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New York: L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E / Segue, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. 4to, viii+244pp, printed wrappers. Copy "H" of an unspecified number of copies SIGNED BY ALL CONTRIBUTORS on a half-title page. This copy separately INSCRIBED by Ray DiPalma to Carter Burden on May 26, 1982. A clean copy of the rare signed and lettered state of this essential L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E work. Wrappers protected in mylar.
East of the City by Louis Dudek - 1946
by Louis Dudek
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East of the City
by Louis Dudek
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Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1946. First Edition. Boards. 51p. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, some tanning to edges.An attractive copy of the author's first book.
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Legend (lettered copy, SIGNED by all contributors and separately INSCRIBED by Ray DiPalma to Carter Burden)
by Andrews, Bruce, Charles Bernstein, Ray DiPalma (Raymond Di Palma), Steve McCaffery, and Ron Silliman
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After Ikkyu and Other Poems.
by HARRISON, Jim
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Boston: Shambhala, 1996. Signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. First edition / First printing. Burgundy cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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Let The Rail Splitter Awake and Other Poems.
by NERUDA, Pablo.
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New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1950. First U.S. edition / First printing. Sienna printed wrappers. Light toning to spine, mild soiling to rear wrapper, near fine. Clean tight copy.
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Beatitude 27 (Beatitudes 27, Mayday 77, 1977)
by Reed, Foster, and David Moe (eds.), Bob Kaufman, Jack Hirschman, Neeli Cherkovski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ruth Weiss, Beau Beausoleil, Cesar Vallejo, Ed Dorn, Harold Norse, George Tsongas, Ernesto Cardenal, Kristin Wetterhahn, et al
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San Francisco: Beatitude Press, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Folio, 54pp, stapled wrappers. Unusually nice copy of this scarce oversized mid-seventies issue of the classic San Francisco underground Beat magazine, includes a range of luminaries. Unmarked copy with light wear and toning.
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The Spero 1 (Volume 1, Issue 1; 1965)
by Casement, Douglas (ed.), William S. Burroughs, Piero Heliczer, LeRoi Jones, Carl Linder, John Sinclair, Philip Whalen, Carol Berge, Ray and Bonnie Bremser, Diane di Prima, Magdalene Arndt, Gerard Malanga, William Wantling, J. D. Whitney (association copy)
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Flint, MI: The Fenian Head Centre Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 64pp (plus inserts), stapled wrappers. Number 444 of 500 numbered copies. The 1964 William Burroughs broadside The Coldspring News is bound in (Schottlaender C123). This copy is from the collection of Detroit Artists Workshopaffiliated poet J. D. Whitney, with his signature and address stamp to front cover. Some toning offset from the WSB insert (which is Fine aside from acidification) to adjacent pages. Whitney has added some ink checkmarks to one contents page and about 6 poems (single checks at title lines). Sound overall with some exterior toning.
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SONGS OF CHILDHOOD. New Edition
by DE LA MARE. WALTER.; CANZIANI. ESTELLA. Illustrates
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Longmans, Green and Co. London.,1923. FIRST CANZIANI EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 8 wonderful full colour plates and dozens of line illustrations by Estella Canziani. A fine, bright copy in a fine, contemporary leather binding by Birdsall. Half dark green morocco, spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and decorated with gilt flowers, each with red coloured petals. Green cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A fine pretty binding on this beautiful book. There was also a large paper, limited edition of this edition.:
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Monolithos: Poems, 1962 and 1982.
by GILBERT, Jack
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear at top front flap fold.
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Beechen Vigil and Other Poems.
by C.DAY-LEWIS.
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The Fortune Press, London [1925] Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's first book. 8vo. 31pp. Card wrappers with a paper title label. Wrappers a little chipped and tanned, with some nicking to the yapped edges. A light scattering of spotting to the endpapers. Internally in extremely crisp state. Twenty-four poems printed on handmade paper, Day-Lewis' first published collection (although he had contributed earlier in the year to the Fortune Press anthology 'Ten Singers'). Handley-Taylor & d'Arch Smith A1. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..
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Sonnets and Songs.
by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT (under the pseudonym 'Proteus').
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John Murray, London, 1875. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, never reprinted. Small 8vo. 112pp. Yellow pebbled cloth, a little marked, handled and soiled, lettered and ruled in gold at the upper board and with a small gilt vignette of the sun. Blind rule to the rear board. Some spotting to the endpapers and, lightly, to occasional text leaves. Binding just a little tender in places. A nice bright copy. With the bookplates of noted bibliophile and bibliographic scholar Simon Novel-Smith and his wife Judith Adams. Fifty-one poems. Extremely uncommon..
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The Skylark and Other Poems. Edited by Colin Fenton and with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
by REYNOLDS STONE. Ralph Hodgson
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Printed for the editor at The Curwen Press, London, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. The first edition of this selection, and the first with these magnificent Reynolds Stone engravings. 4to. 94pp. One of 300 copies (out of a total edition of 350) designed by Will Carter, printed on Basingwerk parchment, bound in buckram and signed by Reynolds Stone. Stone contributes a title page decoration, five wood engraved plates and a small closing vignette; plus a small gilt decoration to upper board. Buckram just fractionally marked in one or two places, else a fine copy. No dust wrapper, as issued. Twenty-three poems (including the eleven-parter 'Flying Scrolls'), six of which are hitherto unprinted with several others making their first bookform appearance..
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East of the City
by Dudek, Louis
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Ryerson Press, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. About the book: Hardcover, no jacket. First Edition. Signed by author on title page. Book was also once owned by two other prominent Montreal poets, Artie Gold, and Avi Boxer. Their signatures are on the front board and first free endpaper. Book has moderate wear. A few areas where the boards may have gotten wet. Edges have darkened slightly. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.
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East of the City
by DUDEK, LOUIS
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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1946. 1st. Boards. Near Fine/VG. Octavo. Grey boards in like dust jacket that is darkened ar the edges and stained on the spine. Signed by the Author on the title page. Dudek's first book.
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EAST OF THE CITY
by Dudek, Louis
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Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dudek, Louis. EAST OF THE CITY. Toronto: Ryerson, 1946. First Edition of the author's First Book. A fine lovely copy in the publisher's grey boards and excellent dustwrapper. 450.00.
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quartering
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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