(Richmond, Surrey): The Keepsake Press, 1971. Paul Piech (Paul Peter Piech). Limited Edition. Sewn stiff paper wraps. 12mo. Pp. 30. Cover linocut and several full-page prints by Paul Peter Piech. Slight foxing to wraps, else Fine. One of 200 copies, unnumbered. Paul Peter Piech (1920-1996) was born in Brooklyn to.....
San Francisco: The Magdalene Syndrome, (1967). First Edition. Sewn stiff wraps. 12mo. Unpaginated. Hand-sewn in stiff printed wrappers, the cover printed with black lettering and an anthropomorphic figure in red. Signed by Burke and dated in year of publication on the half-title page. An early Burke publication collecting eleven poems.....
Galisteo, New Mexico: Desert Rose Press, (1993). William Slater. First Edition. Stiff paper wraps. Small 8vo. Pp. 62. With spot illustrations by William Slater. Bound in illustrated stiff wrappers printed in black and red. Inscribed by Burke on the half-title page. A TLS from Burke is laid-in, reminiscing about collaboration.....
London: Restif Press, 1968. Limited Edition. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Bound in stiff plumb-colored wraps, stapled. Number 46 of an edition limited to 500 copies. A nine-part poem by Richard Burns written under the the nom-de-plume Agnostos Nomolos as a response to the far-right Greek junta of April 1967. The.....
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 212. Frontis. engraving with tissue guard. Illustrated with fifteen additional engravings with tissue guards. Black cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, elaborate decorations in blind on the covers and spine, gilt edges, pale yellow endpapers.....
Seattle: Press of the Calvert Company, [1898]. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. 69. Pale blue cloth, titles and decorations in brown, pale blue topstain. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, fading and light dampstains to boards, three blank leaves excised. Regarding the excised leaves, we suspect they were stubs created from a......
London: Chatto and Windus, 1921. First Thus. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. xxiv, 129. Frontis. heliogravured photo of a Greek gem with tissue guard. Introduction by Charles G. D. Roberts. Off-white paper covered boards, titles in gilt on the spine, lyre illustration on the cover, top edge gilt. Binding fatigued, spine and.....
New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 100. Notes. Bound in black cloth, gilt titles on the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, unclipped. Dust jacket lightly soiled/rubbed, else fine. Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
Woodstock, Vermont: Countryman Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 107. Notes. Bound in light blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, unclipped. Publisher's advertisement laid in. Dust jacket edges rubbed, no other detracting qualities. Poems written over nearly thirty.....
New York: John Bisco, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 602. Index. Quarter bound in light brown calf, marbled boards, gilt rules and titles on the spine. Edges trimmed. Jenks armorial bookplate, pencil annotations on FFEP. Spine and edges chafed, covers rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed. Text block quite fresh and.....
Paris: Charles Froment, 1825. Reprint. Two Vols. in Full Leather. Two vols. 16mo. Pp. (4), viii, 248. Engraved frontis. Pp. (4), 214. Contemporary calf with four raised bands, borders and vignettes elaborately tooled in blind, dentelles, gilt-tooled borders and spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Spines a bit faded to a......
London: Hutchinson & Co., [1932]. Williams [?] (dust jacket). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 101. Frontis. Coward photo portrait. Illustrated with black & white halftone photo reproductions on coated paper. Half red cloth, magenta patterned paper covered boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, laid paper.....
Seattle and New York: Wave Books, (2010). Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vol. Pp. 105. Bound in white cloth with lettering stamped on spine in black. Of 100 copies signed by the poet, this is copy 24. The publisher's one-page announcement, sent to subscribers when the book was published, is laid-in. Dust.....
Minneapolis: Truck Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Unbound. 8vo. Bifolium sheet with the poem printed on the third page, the fourth being the colophon. The front cover printed with the date of Creeley's reading, February 18, 1978. Inscribed by Creeley. One of 300 copies printed. Inscribed by Creeley "for Gus +.....
(Bushey Heath): Taurus Press, [1970]. Paul Peter Piech. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps, saddle stapled. Taurus Poem 17. 8vo. Unpaginated. Cover illustration and linocuts throughout by Paul Peter Piech. Bound in stiff paper wraps, saddle-stapled. One of 200 copies, this is hand-number 87. Lower corner of front cover slightly bumped (please.....
Madison, Wisconsin: Printed by Tracy & Kilgore [for the Author], 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pp. 92. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering stamped on front board. Light wear to cloth, with some rubbing to front board. A presentable copy. Mostly poetry addressing many subjects specific to Wisconsin.....
(Juneau, Alaska): (Miner Publishing Company), (1977). First Edition. Stiff Wrappers, Saddle-Stapled. 8vo. Pp. iv, 40. Color frontis. photo portrait. Illustrated with black-and-white and color photography. Bound in stiff photo-illustrated wraps. Signed by Tiger Olson and Carol Beery Davis. A tribute to an Alaska luminary, Tiger Olson of Taku Harbor, brought.....
London: Villiers Publications, 1954. Limited Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Pp. 39. Stiff blue wrappers with gilt lettering stamped on front cover, saddle-stapled. In the original glassine dust jacket that has a few chips. A superb, bright copy of this collection, handsomely printed on refined paper, with the ownership signature of poet.....
Berkeley: PalOmine Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Stiff Paper Wraps. 16mo. Unpaginated [Pp. 20]. Bound in light green paper with printed label, Yapp edges, hand sewn. Typeset and printed by Jason Davis on light blue-gray stock. Edition limited to 126 of which 100 are numbered and 26 lettered. This copy lettered.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Tall 8vo. Pp. xii, 47 followed by two pages of publisher's titles in the series. Bound in bright red cloth with a gilt star stamped on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Wear and fading to the upper.....
Portland, Oregon: Tavern Books, 2013 - 2014. First Edition. Newsletter in various formats. All issues are folded single sheets except #7 24mo. saddle stapled, #11 and #15 8vo. saddle stapled, most in their original mailing envelopes which are neither sealed nor addressed except #8 and #24 unopened and addressed to.....
(2007). Milo Duke. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps saddle-stapled. 4to. Unpaginated [12 pp.]. Illustrated in full color with the poet-artist's work appearing above each poem. Bound in stiff illustrated wraps, saddle-stapled. Of an edition limited to 125 copies, this is hand-numbered copy 61. A charming production in which each poem is.....
(Portland): Lost Pleiade Press, (2000). Limited Edition. String-bound. 8vo. Unpaginated. String-bound in hand-decorated letterpress wraps. Edition limited to 100 copies. Inscribed by the poet on the title page. Inscription reads, "For -- and --, Cheers, old friends! [signed] Bob". A fine letterpress production provides a refined format for the noted.....
Norfolk, CT: New Directtions, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. A volume in the publisher's series, "The Poets of the Year." 8vo. Pp. 30 (1). With a roster of previous winners of The Poets of the Year, which began in 1941. Green mottled paper-covered boards with title and author printed on front.....
Seattle: A. D. Eshelman, 1901. First Edition. Stiff Printed Wraps. Square 8vo. Pp. 63. Illustrated throughout with black & white gravure photographs. Saddle sewn, pale green embossed paper cover printed in red and gold. Slight soiling to front cover, else a well preserved copy. Poems and photographs by various writers.....