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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. First edition. One of 500 copies printed, signed by Seidel on the half-title. 55 pp. Matte black perfect-bound wrappers, stamped in silver on the front cover. Very minor handling wear, near fine or better. Seidel's signature is very rare. As Jonathan Galassi wrote in the introduction to his interview with Seidel in The Paris Review, "Seidel's reserve has involved an absolute refusal to participate in the public life of poetry. He has never given a reading and, as this writer, who is also his publisher, can ruefully attest, he doesn't lift a finger to make himself known. Nevertheless, his work has slowly gathered a remarkably intelligent body of critical recognition along with a growing following among younger readers, and there is now a broad consensus that this reclusive, proud writer of willfully 'disagreeable' poems is one of the great living practitioners of his art." OCLC locates four copies.
Picture-Poems by Kenneth Patchen. Seven Letterpaper Cards and Envelopes. Series R-150PC [together with:] Series RS-150PC by Patchen, Kenneth - 1962
by Patchen, Kenneth
Picture-Poems by Kenneth Patchen. Seven Letterpaper Cards and Envelopes. Series R-150PC [together with:] Series RS-150PC
by Patchen, Kenneth
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[Palo Alto?]: Kenneth Patchen, 1962. A total of 14 cards with envelopes in two separate, original packaging, unopened. Cards: 8 x 5 inches. In a letter to another bookseller Miriam Patchen described these two series as "... seven different, never-before-published 'Picture-poems' on a variety of colored and not colored papers, some surfaced, some not, packaged with deluxe, deckle-edged (like the one here) envelopes in a sealed cellophane wrapper with a gaily-colored identifying label.... The printing is small." All the poems later appeared in Hallelujah Anyway. Unopened in original cellophane wrappers. Morgan B8.
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- Date Published 1962
Evening Man
by Seidel, Frederick
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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The Old Bachelor and Other Poems
by Justice, Donald
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Miami: Pandanus Press, 1951. First edition. [8], 10, [6] pp. Hand-sewn blue wrappers, printed title label on front cover. One of 240 copies, hand-set and printed by Preston H. Dettman. Some edgewear and surface wear to covers, very minor old staining, contents clean. The very rare first publication by an important American poet, preceding his first regularly published book The Summer Anniversaries by nine years. Justice earned his PhD at Iowa in 1954 and was long associated with the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Despite the limitation, quite scarce; OCLC locates eleven copies.
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Mainline to the Heart [first edition, boards issue]
by Matson, Clive
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New York: Poets Press, 1966. First edition. String-sewn and bound into full red cloth, lettered in gilt on the front board. Introduction by John Wieners. Drawings by Erin Matson. Minor darkening to the spine, else fine. Matson's first book, signed on the half-title. According to Peter Howard's penciled notes within, only twenty copies were thusly bound.
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The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar
by Hughes, Ted
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Devon: Richard Gilbertson, 1970. First edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. First separate edition. [8] pp. Original marbled wrappers with two metal rivets and woodcut illustration from Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Slight edgewear to the bottom edge, else fine. First issue, which was withdrawn due to the transposition of two lines in the third stanza of the poem. One of about 100 copies thus. The poem was previously published in Hughes' first book, The Hawk in the Rain. Sagar & Tabor A21a.1.
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The Art of Worldly Wisdom [first edition, inscribed]
by Rexroth, Kenneth
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- very good
- Hardcover
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Prairie City, IL: The Decker Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 117 pp. Light green paper-covered boards over brown cloth backstrip, spine lettered in silver and front board lettered in brown. Corners heavily rubbed, minor general edgewear. An uncommon Rexroth book- although 500 copies were slated to be published, far less than that were bound, and the sheets were later used under different imprints. This copy unnumbered. Inscribed by Rexroth on the front free endpaper and dated Xmas 1950, an early inscription. The ink from the inscription has offset onto the front pastedown. Errata slip laid in.
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Evening Man
by Seidel, Frederick
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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£610.42
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. First edition. One of 500 copies printed, signed by Seidel on the half-title. 55 pp. Matte black perfect-bound wrappers, stamped in silver on the front cover. Very minor handling wear, near fine or better. Seidel's signature is very rare. As Jonathan Galassi wrote in the introduction to his interview with Seidel in The Paris Review, "Seidel's reserve has involved an absolute refusal to participate in the public life of poetry. He has never given a reading and, as this writer, who is also his publisher, can ruefully attest, he doesn't lift a finger to make himself known. Nevertheless, his work has slowly gathered a remarkably intelligent body of critical recognition along with a growing following among younger readers, and there is now a broad consensus that this reclusive, proud writer of willfully 'disagreeable' poems is one of the great living practitioners of his art." OCLC locates four copies.
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£610.42
The Old Bachelor and Other Poems
by Justice, Donald
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- First edition
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Miami: Pandanus Press, 1951. First edition. [8], 10, [6] pp. Hand-sewn blue wrappers, printed title label on front cover. One of 240 copies, hand-set and printed by Preston H. Dettman. Some edgewear and surface wear to covers, very minor old staining, contents clean. The very rare first publication by an important American poet, preceding his first regularly published book The Summer Anniversaries by nine years. Justice earned his PhD at Iowa in 1954 and was long associated with the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Despite the limitation, quite scarce; OCLC locates eleven copies.
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£2,034.75
Mainline to the Heart [first edition, boards issue]
by Matson, Clive
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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£284.86
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New York: Poets Press, 1966. First edition. String-sewn and bound into full red cloth, lettered in gilt on the front board. Introduction by John Wieners. Drawings by Erin Matson. Minor darkening to the spine, else fine. Matson's first book, signed on the half-title. According to Peter Howard's penciled notes within, only twenty copies were thusly bound.
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£284.86
The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar
by Hughes, Ted
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- first
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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£325.56
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Devon: Richard Gilbertson, 1970. First edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. First separate edition. [8] pp. Original marbled wrappers with two metal rivets and woodcut illustration from Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Slight edgewear to the bottom edge, else fine. First issue, which was withdrawn due to the transposition of two lines in the third stanza of the poem. One of about 100 copies thus. The poem was previously published in Hughes' first book, The Hawk in the Rain. Sagar & Tabor A21a.1.
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The Art of Worldly Wisdom [first edition, inscribed]
by Rexroth, Kenneth
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Prairie City, IL: The Decker Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 117 pp. Light green paper-covered boards over brown cloth backstrip, spine lettered in silver and front board lettered in brown. Corners heavily rubbed, minor general edgewear. An uncommon Rexroth book- although 500 copies were slated to be published, far less than that were bound, and the sheets were later used under different imprints. This copy unnumbered. Inscribed by Rexroth on the front free endpaper and dated Xmas 1950, an early inscription. The ink from the inscription has offset onto the front pastedown. Errata slip laid in.
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781460257432
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- 146025743X
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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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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- 1906
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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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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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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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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- 9780802160478
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- 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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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
by Reza, Seema
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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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
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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- 9780913028452
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- 0913028452
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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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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- 9789810728496
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- 9810728492
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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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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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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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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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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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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- ISBN 13
- 9780682486231
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Piggott, Arkansas, United States
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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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