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New York: Window Editions, 1981. First Edition . Small Paperback. Near Fine. 6" x 4. P. Z. Kladzyk [graphics]. One of a Limited Edition of 500 copies - signed, inscribed and dated [3/17/82] by the poet. Tiny, haiku-like poems based on each letter of the alphabet. Examples: N - "I am near where I want to be / nearing as clearing / I am almost out of this Noise"; C - "Cat at the window / creatures, curtains". Each is juxtaposed with a simple but fanciful rendering of the letter by P. Z. Kladzyk; ca. 56 un-numbered pages. CONDITION: a solid, bright, unmarked uncreased copy with light shelf-wear (its white on black back cover the negative of the front cover (see scan). This unique little treasure is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with backing board.

Barrytown, New York: Station Hill Press, 1980. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From a Limited Edition of 1,300 copies, an early masterpiece by the recently-deceased avant-garde writer/composer/pianist. CONTENTS: The Long Windows, Yellow Room, Non-Tek Essay on Gorppling, Black New York, A Ritual Embedding of the Spider's Risk into non-Hausdorff M-Space, The Spaghetti Phallaxy, 5 Breathing Moments for Eve Rosenthal on her Birthday, Cobordon, Distance Function, A Ritual Embedding of the Spider's Risk into non-Hausdorff M-Space (Kelly expansion), PreTextS (seven pieces, including "Mac Low"), Kotext, Rugugmool/Love of Moon. 90 pages. CONDITION: a solid, square copy with moderate shelf-wear, unmarked but for the author's inscription on the title page, compromised by some cover creases and a thin vertical cut in the lower right corner of the front cover (visible in the accompanying scan image - repaired on the back with… Read More

Seaside, California: Apraksin Blues, 2003. Side-Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina & Morley Baer. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina, this issue consisting of English translations from the 2003 Russian edition by James Wesley Mantieth. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents. 76 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked copy with negligible shelf-wear (creased only on the straight scored line adjacent to the binding staples). This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Arroyo Seco, California: Apraksin Blues, 1995. Side-Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina. CONTENTS: Another Game (mondo blues) [Apraksina]; Connected Disconnectedness [Dotson]; Heart of Stone? What Is It? [Meerson]; Nonconformism and Modernity [Unksova]; Religion and Science: Irreconcilable? [Einstein]; Civilized Garden [Mantieth]; Blues Unloving the Blues [Tisdeya]; Ritual Palette of Red Girls [Serov]; West-Eastern Cross [Apraksina]; Trinity Evolution in Three Revelations of Art [Markovich]; Like Alexander [Scriabin]'s Son [Kamin]; Other People [Apraksina]; Letters. 74 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased Fine Minus copy with negligible shelf-wear, a small bend at the bottom-right corner of its page-block. This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Seaside, California: Apraksin Blues, 2002. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina. This issue reprints previously-issued material in excellent English translations by James Weslet mantieth CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents __ pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased copy with minimal shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Arroyo Seco, California: Apraksin Blues, 1995. Side-Stapled Wraps. As New (Very Fine). 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina. CONTENTS: Another Game (mondo blues) [Apraksina]; Connected Disconnectedness [Dotson]; Heart of Stone? What Is It? [Meerson]; Nonconformism and Modernity [Unksova]; Religion and Science: Irreconcilable? [Einstein]; Civilized Garden [Mantieth]; Blues Unloving the Blues [Tisdeya]; Ritual Palette of Red Girls [Serov]; West-Eastern Cross [Apraksina]; Trinity Evolution in Three Revelations of Art [Markovich]; Like Alexander [Scriabin]'s Son [Kamin]; Other People [Apraksina]; Letters. 74 pages. CONDITION: a new, manufacturer-sealed, bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased copy. This beautiful, sealed copy is additionally rnclosed in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA: Milwaukee Feminist Women's Collective, 1975. First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Near Very Good. 7" x 8.5. Sandra K. McAvoy (photograph). A signed, inscribed copy of this early collection of the poet-photographer's inspired work. 24 unnumbered pages. CONDITION: a solid, unmarked, uncreased Near Very Good copy with moderate shelf-wear, compromised by some age-speckling/discoloration to the covers (see accompanying scan images) and a vertical "bend" down the middle of this chapbook. This highly collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board. NOTE: This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders.

New York: Harrison - Hilton Books, 1939. First Edition . Decorative Hard Cover/Slipcase. Very Good Plus/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In praise and dispraise of the tender passion, [in] letters, poems and prose, from Chaucer to Dorothy Parker." Edited and compiled by William Geoffrey. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Foreword; Prologue; Notions of Love, La Donna Mobile, Advice, Love at First Sight, Noli Me Tangere, The Kiss, Praise, Recipes, Desire, Idyll, Absence, Love Letters, Jealousy, In Dispraise, Reconciliation, Declarations, Deadlock, Despair, Farewell; Epilogue; Index. 291 pages. CONDITION: The book itself (Very Good Plus) is bright, tight, square, and unmarked (but with a bit of hinge-glue discoloration on the endpapers), with minimal shelf-wear, its spine a bit sunned. Its Good Plus slipcase is strong and solid, but the edges and corners are noticeably scuffed, with its shelf-exposed areas showing a bit of sunning. This remains a quite attractive copy - now… Read More

Grez-Doiceau, Belgium: Maelstrom - Reg'ART, 2008. First Edition . Soft cover. As New (Very Fine). 8.25" x 8.25. Pierre-Alain Dupont (photography). A new, near-pristine copy of the introductory catalogue-announcement of the Belgian artistic movement "Reg'ART". It includes among its members artists in various disciplines: painters, poets, musicians, sculptors, writers, comedians, photographers, choreographers, dancers, composers, portraitists, filmmakers, designers, master glassmakers and ceramicists. The following artists are represented by brief biographical sketches and examples of their work: Altamirano Xavier (painter), Cordier Laurence (ceramist), Couteaux Isabelle (sculptor), Camus Lucienne (sculptor), d'Andrimont Marthe (painter), de Duve Ninon (painter), Depre Celine (plasticienne), de Vogelaere Jean-Philippe (poet-critic-journalist), de Bois de Vroylande Louise (painter), Dupont Pierre-Alain (photographer), Ganz Otto & Amatheu Catherine (plasticiens), Gillot… Read More

Paris: Pierre Seghers, Editeur, 1956. Assumed First Edition . Paperback. Very Good Minus. 5.25" x 6.25. Poetes d'aujourd'hui 51 "bibliographie, dessins, portraits et fac-similes". An excellent French-language overview of the life, work, and relevance of the great French poet, essayist, and philosopher. CONTENTS: ***See scans of the Table of Contents.*** 224 pages, with numerous illustrations. CONDITION: Good Plus covers with a Very Good Minus interior. The cover and spine show moderate edge- and corner-wear, panel rubbing, with creasing on a couple corners and one on the spine. The interior is unmarked, but a few pages show some spotting (not obscuring text, however). This quite respectable copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Window Editions, 1981. First Thus . Tall Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 10.5. Stella Waitzkin (cover sculpture). A wonderful selection of Berge's unique short writings - a bridge between prose poem and short story - in a Limited Edition of 1,000 paperback copies. CONTENTS: Introduction - "Forms: The Challenge" (Berge); 25 short writings. 44 pages. CONDITION: a solid, unmarked, uncreased copy with moderate shelf-wear, compromised by some small, faint spotting on the front cover and a horizontal crack in the spine about two inches down from the top end. This nevertheless attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA: Self-Published, 1972. First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 6.25" x 9.75. Barbara Gibson (photographs). From a limited edition of 500 copies. The earliest collection of this gifted poet-photographer's inspired work. 34 unnumbered pages, generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked copy with moderate shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board. NOTE: This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders.

Norkinshot Press, 2000. Limited/Numbered First . Twine - with Wraps. Fine. 6" x 9. This is number 21 of a Limited Edition of 108 copies, each crafted by the author - a remarkable handmade chapbook, bound with twine, its front cover affixed with a circular 5/8-inch-high ceramic object (with several tiny objects imbedded in it), requiring a styrofoam rectangle and polypropylene bag for safe storage and shipping. This "quasi-auto-maniacal reverie" [my assessment] mixes Kamin's poetic adventurousness with his alchemical curiosity, dangerously. 16 pages. CONDITION: a bright, unmarked copy with negligible shelf-wear, its lower left corner showing a tiny bump, the lower right corner of the title page having a faint crease. This unique item is now in a clear polypropylene bag with protective styrofoam rectangle and archival backing board.

Taos, New Mexico: UnM-Taos Department of English, 2013. Limited Edition . Soft cover. New (Very Fine). 6" x 9. Claire Tiwald (cover art). From a limited edition of 600 copies. The Literary Journal of the Arts of UNM-Taos is "a reflection of the literary and artistic endeavors from both inside UNM-Taos and the wider Taos community." CONTENTS: Faculty Advisor Statement; Student Government Message; Editors' Message: "Synchronicity"; poetry, prose, and artwork; Bios of Contributors and Editors. 94 pages, generously illustrated with photos and images, most in full color. CONDITION: A bright, tight, square, unmaked, uncreased "as new" copy with no apparent shelf-wear now in a clear protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Norkinshot Press, 2000. Limited/Numbered First . Soft cover. Fine. 6" x 9. A beautiful handmade chapbook - number 41 of a Limited Edition of 108 copies, each crafted by the author. This quasi-autobiographical reverie mixes Kamin's poetic adventurousness with his alchemical curiosity, dangerously. 16 pages. CONDITION: a bright, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Lulu.com, 2008. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An often deeply moving collection of poems, here self-published by a group of friends, as a labor of love - signed and briefly inscribed by one of the contributors. CONTENTS: individual sections for each poet, followed by Contact Information; About this book; Visual Art credits. 198 pages, illustrated. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with minimal shelf-wear, compromised only by a bump/scuff on the rear spine-bottom tip. This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Denver, Colorado: Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1984. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Moll. Poems and prose poems by the esteemed stage actress, best remembered for her early role in Lillian Hellman's "The Children's Hour" and her highly-acclaimed tribute shows "Tallullah", "Affectionately Yours, Fanny Kemble", and "Women of the West". ACCOMPANYING LETTER: This was perhaps Helen Hayes's personal copy as it contains a letter to her on Eugenia Rawls's embossed stationery, containing references to Miss Hayes's teaching, to Miss Rawls's poetry book, to her forthcoming appearance on the Joe Franklin Show (to be followed by another "Tallulah" performance), and to responses to her poetry received from such theatre luminaries as Vincent Price, Katharine Hepburn, Mary Martin, and Portland Hoffa. CONTENTS: Biographies; A Moment Ago; A Certain Light;… Read More

Zhitomir, Ukraine: Evenok O.O., 2012. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.25" x 11.75. A delightful artist-inscribed booklet full of line-drawing-illustrated poems and brief tales (in Ukrainian), intended for artful coloring by children. CONTENTS: See accompaning san image of the Table of Contents. 16+4 pages. CONDITION: A bright, solid, umarked, uncreased copy with minimal shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Radford, Virginia: Highlands Press, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paige Hayes (cover). An excellent regional literary review, edited by Charles L. Hayes (fiction) and Philip Pierson (poetry). Other contributors not listed above: Thomas Johnson, Ronald Wallace, John Allman, Errol Miller, Richard Frost, and P.B. Newman. 64 pages. CONDITION: a solid, unmarked, uncreased copy with moderate shelf-wear (soiled/discolored covers - see accompanying scan image), its interior pages uncompromised. This scarce copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Taos, New Mexico, USA: Jai Publishing, 2004. First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fascinating collection of reveries and recollections - in prose and poetry. CONTENTS: Bugs, Life, Death and the Moving Business; Blood Is a Metaphor; A Real Boy; Days of Irony; and several more. 33 pages. CONDITION: a bright, solid, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board. NOTE: This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders.