![Item #2208 [INSCRIBED] The Double Dream of Spring. John Ashbery](/pictures/thumb/2208.jpeg?v=1589144886)
New York: The Ecco Press, 1976. First Edition Thus. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), 95, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED by John Ashbery on the title page: "For William Targ /John Ashbery / 4/11/77." Targ was the editor-in-chief of..... 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
Boston: The Stratford Company, 1929. First Edition. Small Quarto (9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 247 x 163 mm), 49, [1] pages, in illustrated red wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED by the author on the half title: "For Marquette [?] from Christy Cunningham." A collection of poems by Christy..... 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 #2606 [Poetry] [Signed] Believing Almost Nothing. Diane Di Prima](/pictures/thumb/2606.jpeg?v=1668474341)
[San Francisco]: Sore Dove Press, 2006. First Edition. Broadside: stiff card folded to create 4 panels, each measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches (280 x 217 mm), one of only 75 signed and numbered copies. SIGNED by Diane Di Prima on the front cover, a broadside featuring two..... More
![Item #2625 [Poetry] [Beats] [Signed] Reflections From Chapel Hill: Vol. 1, No. 3...](/pictures/thumb/2625_1.jpeg?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...](/pictures/thumb/2616.jpeg?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](/pictures/thumb/2599.jpeg?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
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
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 hardcover version; most copies were issued in wrappers and were unsigned. Striking cover and..... More
![Item #2601 [Poetry] [Signed] Burning Through. Elizabeth McKim](/pictures/thumb/2601.jpeg?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](/pictures/thumb/2236_1.jpeg?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
![Item #1262 [Theatre] [Signed] Old Times: a new play by Harold Pinter [Program]. Harold Pinter](/pictures/thumb/1262.jpg?v=1495490803)
London: The Aldwych Theatre, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (9 x 5 1/4 inches / 230 x 132 mm), [20] pages, in the stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Harold Pinter at his biography page, "To Milton from Harold," and SIGNED by the stars Vivien Merchant, Dorothy Tutin, and Colin Blakely..... More
[Philadelphia]: Slash and Burn Press, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 217 x 138 mm), unpaginated, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED in ink on the copyright page. A collection of poems by Philadelphia poet and journalist Maralyn Lois Polak, one of 500 copies..... More
![Item #1151 [Situationism] New Leaf No. 2. David Russell, Michèle Hoare, Edward Rosen](/pictures/thumb/1151.jpg?v=1484753245)
London: Humanities Society, Chelsea College, [ca. 1974]. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 inches; 210 x 152 mm), 39, [1] pages in green stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED on the inside front cover by David Russell, one of the editors. A rare issue of New Leaf, which..... More
![Item #1709 [Poetry] [Signed] [Beats] 20,000 A.D. Edward Sanders](/pictures/thumb/1709.jpeg?v=1668513742)
Plainfield, Vermont: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 x 5 7/8 inches; 228 x 150 mm), 99, [3] pages, in illustrated, perfect-bound wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED by Ed Sanders on the title page. A collection of poems by the prolific author and publisher..... More
![Item #1124 [Poetry] [SIGNED by James Schuyler and Fairfield Porter] A Sun Cab. James Schuyler](/pictures/thumb/1124.jpg?v=1471123974)
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215 mm), [30] leaves in stapled wrappers, printed on rectos only (soft cover). SIGNED by James Schuyler and Fairfield Porter on the limitation page of this collection, which features poems..... More
San Francisco: Harwood Alley Monographs, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 216 x 140 mm), [20] pages, in illustrated stapled wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED on the title page to San Francisco poet Kirby Doyle (1932-2003). A chapbook containing 16 poems, mostly from 1983... More
![Item #1414 [Poetry] [Signed] Premier Chant du Chaman et Autres Poèmes. Gary Snyder](/pictures/thumb/1414_1.jpg?v=1558043737)
[Paris]: Orphée / La Différence, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. 16 mo, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (115 x 164 mm), 124, [4] pages in wrappers. INSCRIBED to fellow poet Clayton Eshleman on the first page: "For Clayton -- / Gary / in Feb''96." A nice association..... More