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Nantes: Pré Nian Editions, 1988. loose signatures gathered in a paper wrapper, grey linen clamshell box. Pré Nian Editions. folio (15 1/8 x 11 inches). loose signatures gathered in a paper wrapper, grey linen clamshell box. (28) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 60 copies, on Johannot paper, each copy signed by the poet and the artist. A sequence of five haiku by the Scottish poet Kenneth White who lives in France and has written verses in English and in French. Each page has the English verse, followed by the French verse set in italic; the recto of each page is Bertrand Bracaval's silkscreen. Inspired by the ancient monuments of Greece, the Acropolis, Delphi, etc. The haiku catch the starkness of the Greek landscape, as do the stone-like triangles in Bracaval's square silkscreens. The French artist has also set the type. Bracaval has been awarded many prizes through nearly four decades beginning with the Prix Lafont in 1967 and most recently the Prix Robert Beltz in 2002. His works are…
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Howl and Other Poems
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San Francisco, CA: The City Lights Bookshop, 1956. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Very good. 44pp. Sextodecimo [15.5 cm] in black wraps with affixed white printed panels. Some foxing to cover. Postcard from Ginsberg with manuscript note and signature laid in, dated 1989. One of the principle works of the Beat Generation. Originally performed at the legendary Gallery Six reading. The Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Dowden pgs. 4-7. Cook pgs. 21-21.
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- Date Published 1956
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[viii]+244+[12] pages with engraved map, folding plan and four engraved illustrations in text and index. Quarto (9 ¾" x 7½") bound in period calf with modern rebacking, original gilt spine leather laid down and ruled gilt edges to cover. Translated by Joh Stevens. First English Edition.This is a highly regarded chronicle of the conquest and colonization of Peru by Spaniards in the latter part of the 16th century and is lauded for its (at the time) objectivity. Cieza de Leon's Chronica was to appear in 4 sections, this translation being the first part only, all that was available of the history until the latter part of the 19th century.Pedro Cieza de Leon was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru. He is known primarily for his history and description of Peru, Cronicas del Peru. He wrote this book in four parts, but only the first was published during his lifetime; the remaining sections were not published until the 19th and 20th centuries. Cieza de León was born to a family of Jewish…
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1719. London: Printed for John Baskett, 1719. Folio. London: Printed for John Baskett, 1719. Folio. 1719 Compilation of New York Laws Printed in London by John Baskett [New York (Colony)]. Acts of Assembly Passed in the Province of New-York, From 1691, To 1718. London: Printed for John Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1719. xv, 292 pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt rules to boards, extra gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, endleaves retained, hinges mended. Shallow scuffing to boards, some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, hinges starting, early armorial bookplate of the Oswalds of Dunnikier, Fife to front pastedown. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, light foxing to a few laves, light soiling and faint spotting to title page, a tear near the gutter carefully repaired. A very handsome copy. $3,000. * Published the same year as William Bradford's compilation, this was the fourth codification of New York laws,…
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Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition. Lower spine end and lower corner tips worn, upper spine end rubbed, faint tape ghost at lower edge of front cover, top edge of pages just a bit dusty, a very good copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front panel) with several closed tears, mostly along folds, small internal tape mends to same, some dust soiling, principally to spine panel, rear panel and along flap folds, small chips at left and right upper spine folds, light wear to lower spine end, and tiny chip at center of front spine fold. Overall, the dust jacket presents fairly well. An uncommon book in jacket. (15273). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-375 [376: blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. 12,500 copies printed. Fifth book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years…
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Nantes: Pré Nian Editions, 1988. loose signatures gathered in a paper wrapper, grey linen clamshell box. Pré Nian Editions. folio (15 1/8 x 11 inches). loose signatures gathered in a paper wrapper, grey linen clamshell box. (28) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 60 copies, on Johannot paper, each copy signed by the poet and the artist. A sequence of five haiku by the Scottish poet Kenneth White who lives in France and has written verses in English and in French. Each page has the English verse, followed by the French verse set in italic; the recto of each page is Bertrand Bracaval's silkscreen. Inspired by the ancient monuments of Greece, the Acropolis, Delphi, etc. The haiku catch the starkness of the Greek landscape, as do the stone-like triangles in Bracaval's square silkscreens. The French artist has also set the type. Bracaval has been awarded many prizes through nearly four decades beginning with the Prix Lafont in 1967 and most recently the Prix Robert Beltz in 2002. His works are…
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Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition. Lower spine end and lower corner tips worn, upper spine end rubbed, faint tape ghost at lower edge of front cover, top edge of pages just a bit dusty, a very good copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front panel) with several closed tears, mostly along folds, small internal tape mends to same, some dust soiling, principally to spine panel, rear panel and along flap folds, small chips at left and right upper spine folds, light wear to lower spine end, and tiny chip at center of front spine fold. Overall, the dust jacket presents fairly well. An uncommon book in jacket. (15273). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-375 [376: blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. 12,500 copies printed. Fifth book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years…
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Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets, No. 4)
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San Francisco: City Lights Publishers, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. 4x0x6. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems was originally published by City Lights Books in the Fall of 1956. Subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police, it was the subject of a long court trail at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. Howl & Other Poems is the single most influential poetic work of the post-World War II era, with over 1,000,000 copies now in print. "Howl was Allen's metamorphosis from quiet, brilliant, burning bohemian scholar trapped by his flames and repressions to epic vocal bard."--Michael McClure "It is the poet, Allen Ginsberg, who has gone, in his own body, through the horrifying experiences described from life in these pages." --William Carlos Williams "At the height of his bardic powers, Allen Ginsberg could terrify the authorities…
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