A Worldy Country: New Poems by Ashbery, John - 2007

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.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. gilt stamped cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. gilt stamped cloth, dust jacket. xii, 291 pages. First edition, second impression. Jacket of spine faded, worn along the edges. Else a very nice copy. Profusely illustrated. Chapters on early printing and printers.

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1923. Hardcover. Condition: very Good. Illustrated by P. H. Webb. Good Front hinge starting to crack but binding still tight, panel corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed,

Chicago: J. Martin Miller, 1899. Unknown. Map. Very Good. [Map copyright 1899, printing date of Atlas later] [19.875x15.125in]; Colored map of Alaska with steamer routes from Portland and Seattle, insets of the Klondike Region on the Upper Yukon and Western portion of Aleutian Islands; On verso index of places and names with two large black and white images; Age toning to all edges, water stain marks on bottom, slight printing offset of colors, small chips and closed tears to lower edge;.

PAGES DU MONDE, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover, condition: Fin. Oblong large-format softcover with fantastic photos of the French region of the Vosges Ships from Hawaii.

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+.

Palermo Edizioni Siciliane, 1936, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). Includes frontispiece portrait of the author. 214 pages. -- Softcover. Good used condition: binding cracked, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned. -- RARE item of this Italian poet, essayist, editor.

Gascoyne, David. Selected Poems. London, Enitharmon Press, London. 1994. Signed, Limited, 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover, grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, Lee Miller's Photograph Revenge on Culture laid on upper cover, wrapped in original glassine. pp xx, 253. Limited edition of 50, this is number 21 writtten and signed by author on imprint page. In fine order throughout.

Alexandria NSW, Australia: Opifex, 2019. Paperback. 6 x 9 inches. Paperback. 114 pages. "Loney's personal approach is strong medicine--an antidote to the worn discourses that drain the concept of the book as a work of art of all meaning." - Peter Koch, The CODEX Foundation, California "With grace and wise-ranging erudition Alan Loney dismantles the exclusive and elitist myths regarding both book and work of art in our digital age. This is a most welcome celebration of book and artmaking in all their specificity and materiality." - Marion May Campbell, Deakin University, Australia In Search of the Book as a Work of Art is a probing series of questions about how we understand the words 'art' and 'book' and what happens when we put them together. It argues that the categories by which we have distinguished different kinds of books no longer tell us what we are looking at when we look at new books, including many being made by trade publishers. Categories like 'fine press book' and 'artist book'… Read More

Rand McNally & Company, Chicago.1962 Pictorial Hardcover- no dust jacket . Condition: Very Good.The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Calico Pie (A Rand McNally Junior Elf Book) by Edward Lear, Irma Wilde (Illustrator). Juvenile Fiction. Unpaginated , Minor rubbing on cover One Corner Bumped Edges minor Rubbing. pages clean and unmarked