The Old Ways by Gary Snyder - 1977

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1977. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. 12mo. 96 pp. Spine very gently creased, wrappers a bit handled and edgeworn, wrappers and page edges lightly foxed. First Edition.

(San Francisco, California): City Lights Books, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Just a bit cocked, text rippled (from improper storage, not water) with some light creasing on the lower wrap, thus very good.

(San Francisco, California): City Lights Books, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Some ink underlining and marginalia, spine slightly cocked, and toning to the wrappers, very good.

(San Francisco): City Lights Books, 1977. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. Printed wrappers. A bright, fine copy.

(San Francisco): City Lights Books, 1977. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers.

City Lights, 1977. First edition. Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with crisp bright text throughout. A unique gathering of the poet's prose musings on various subjects. Quite handsome all around.

San Francisco: City Lights, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Small trade paperbound volume. 96 pp. A paperbound original book containing six essays by the author of Riprap and Myths and Texts among many others. A handsome near fine copy.

City Lights Publishers, 1977-06-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0.5000 in x 6.7000 in x 4.9000 in. City Lights publication, date given as 1977, but cover is brown and tan with black and white illustrations. Signed and inscribed by author to former owner, James MacElderry. Pages clean and binding sound.

San Francisco, City Lights Books, 1977, small trade paperback (5" x 7"), 96 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Very Good condition in pictorial card covers illustrated by Thomas H. Pohrt. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, small faint stain to front cover, minimal foxing to rear panel. Six essays concerning the politics of poetry, mythology, and a brilliant poets-eye view of North Beach in the 50s by the prominent beat poet and Zen master portrayed in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums as Japhy Ryder. This copy is from the Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature sold Mar. 9, 2006 at PBA Galleries, San Francisco to benefit Gypsy Lou Webb, publisher and widow of the late Jon Webb, and co-founder of Loujon Press, whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. ISBN 9780872860919

City Lights Publishers, 1977-06-01. Paperback. Good. 0.5000 in x 6.7000 in x 4.9000 in. Signed by author. First edition, stated first printing. Trace amount of edgewear to wraps. Mild aging to edges. Pages clean.