Salt Lake City: Elik Press, 2002. First Edition Thus. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 135 mm), 22,[2] pages in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Anne Waldman on the title page. An interview with the poet on a variety of topics: the writing life, Buddhism, activism..... More
New York: Ecco Press, 1977. First Edition Thus. SIGNED by John Ashbery on the title page, a collection of 12 poems. This 1977 edition from Ecco Press follows a 1966 edition issued by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Striking cover illustration by Trevor Winkfield. Vol. 12 in the Ecco Press American..... More
New York: Akashic Books, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED by Amiri Baraka on the half title: "For / Chris /Amiri Baraka / 2/19/07." A collection of short stories, most of which had never been published. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/4 inches / 21 cm), 221, [2] pages..... More
Chico, California: Flume Press, 1984. First Edition. Small Quarto (9 x 6 inches; 230 x 152 mm), 32 pages, in string-bound wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED in ink on the title page to an unnamed recipient: "To a comrade who loves poetry and much as I do. I wish..... More
London and New York: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman Publishers, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 245 x 165 mm), [106] pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). A book of poems and prose, INSCRIBED on the front end paper..... More
Providence, Rhode Island: The Booke Shop, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the front free end paper and dated Christmas 1938: "To Ruth -- / With best wishes / from her sometimes / director, who knows / she is an actress still -- even tho he..... More
La Crosse, Wisconsin: Juniper Press, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author: "Hello! Bruce." A collection of long, narrative poems. Bruce Cutler (1930-2001) was the founder of the creative writing program at Wichita State University. Corner of an envelope with Cutler's Wichita address is..... More
Montréal: Mansfield Book Mart Ltd., 1979. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED on the front end paper: "for --- missing them -- love, Michael, June, 1980." A collection of poems, Number Four in the M.B.M. Monograph Series of Mansfield Book Mart. Chatty letter from the poet to the recipients laid in..... More
![Item #2625 [Poetry] [Beats] [Signed] Reflections From Chapel Hill: Vol. 1, No. 3...](https://lebookiniste.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2625_1.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1668527657)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Reflections From Chapel Hill, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 250 x 160 mm), 101, [3] pages, in illustrated wrappers with yapp edges (soft cover). SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the first page of this scarce literary..... More
![Item #2616 [Environment] [Signed] The Tree [and] The Nature of Nature. John Fowles, Aaron...](https://lebookiniste.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2616.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1668527879)
Covelo, California: Yolla Bolly Press, 1995. First Edition. Small Quarto (10 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches; 259 x 224 mm), ix, 99 pages, bound in Belgian linen cloth, and with a slipcase, paper label to spine. SIGNED in pencil by John Fowles and Aaron Johnson on the colophon..... More
![Item #2599 [Poetry] [Signed] Song to My Sister. Alice Friman](https://lebookiniste.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2599.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1666827546)
n.p. Writer's Center Press, 1979. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 138 mm), unpaginated, in stapled, pictorial wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To -- / (my hand is shaking) / Best wishes / Alice Friman." In addition..... More
San Francisco: Ban-Del Press, 1977. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator on the title page. A collection of poems with many striking illustrations. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), unpaginated, in perfect-bound white and blue wrappers (soft cover)... More
New York: Frank Hallman, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Thom Gunn on the colophon, one of 100 signed and numbered hard-cover copies from a total edition of 400. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 190 x 130 mm), [28] pages, in cream-colored cloth..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 140 mm), 204 pages, in gray cloth, silver titles to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). SIGNED by Xiaolu Guo on the title page and dated 14..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 220 x 135 mm), 183, [1] pages, in black cloth, titles to spine, in a photo-illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by Xiaolu Guo on the title page; this is her first book to..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1967. First Edition Thus. Square 24mo (5 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 146 x 143 mm), unpaginated, in green boards, titles to spine, in an illustrated dust jacket designed by Ben Shahn. INSCRIBED on the title page in memory of the book's illustrator Ben..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1986. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 210 x 130 mm), 169, [3] pages, in black and brown boards, pink top stain, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). INSCRIBED by Charles Johnson on the title..... More
Nashville: Winston-Derek Publishers, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 225 x 150 mm), 55, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED by the author on the half title: "For Mary McCarthy, with warmest wishes! Bruce Kaduk," and dated 4/10/92. A collection..... More
Brunswick, Maine: Coyote Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 215 x 138 mm), [20] pages, in stapled gray wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED on the title page: "For Jack, all best, Paul Kahn." A collection of poems. SCARCE. CONDITION: Staples..... More
Brockport, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1990. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For Norman -- / Stay Awake! / Dorianne Laux." The first book of poems by Dorianne Laux (b. 1952). Awake was nominated for the San Francisco Bay Area Book Critics Award for Poetry..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 215 x145 mm), 178 pages, in quarter cloth over boards, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Doris Lessing on the title page. A novel..... More
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1981. First Edition. SIGNED by Steve Levine on the half title. A collection of poems, one of 70 signed copies from a total edition of 620. This is the scarce hard-cover version; most copies were issued in wrappers and were unsigned. Striking cover and..... More
![Item #2601 [Poetry] [Signed] Burning Through. Elizabeth McKim](https://lebookiniste.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2601.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1666827547)
Green Harbor, Mass. Hot Mama Poetry Collective and Wampeter Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 217 x 140 mm), 91 pages, in pictorial wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED on the half title by Elizabeth McKim, the first book by this Boston-area poet. Illustrated by..... More
![Item #2236 [African-American] [Signed] Disappearing Acts. Terry McMillan](https://lebookiniste.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2236_1.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1640731623)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 205 x 135 mm), [12], 384 pages, in orange wrappers printed in black. SIGNED by Terry McMillan on the title page. A scarce uncorrected proof for the U.K. edition of "Disappearing Acts," McMillan's second novel, a...... More
Boston: Northeastern University Publishing Group, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 135 mm), 44, [2] pages, in pink illustrated wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED by the author on the half title: "For Howard Baker, with admiration and affection. Sam," and then signed Samuel..... More