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A Portfolio of Previously Unpublished Poems By Six Gnomon Authors: Wendell Berry, Jonathan Greene, Michael McFee, Robert Morgan, James Still, Jonathan Williams
by [GNOMON PRESS]
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2006
- Condition
- A fine copy of a lovely production published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Jonathan's Greene's influential Gnomon Press
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$600.00
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[Lexington]: (King Library Press), 2006. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy of a lovely production published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Jonathan's Greene's influential Gnomon Press.. One of 75 copies. An 11.5 x 17.5 inch portfolio containing six broadside poems signed by each poet, excepting James Still who was deceased. Each broadside is hand printed at… Read more
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$600.00

Why I Wake Early; New Poems
by OLIVER, MARY
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine in original hunter green cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780807068762
- Item Price
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$250.00
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Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in original hunter green cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket.. Octavo. 6.5 x 8.75 in. 71 + [1] pp.
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$250.00

Promises; Poems, 1954-1956
by WARREN, ROBERT PENN
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1957
- Condition
- A lovely 1957 Christmas ownership inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise near fine in original dark blue cloth, some fadi
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$150.00
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New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A lovely 1957 Christmas ownership inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise near fine in original dark blue cloth, some fading to spine. Lacking dust jacket.. Octavo. 7 x 9 in. 84 + [2] pp. Pulitzer Prize winner, National Book Award winner. Inscribed by Robert Penn Warren on title… Read more
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$150.00

Signed Photograph
by GINSBERG, ALLEN
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Condition
- Fine glossy photo.
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$200.00
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Fine glossy photo.. 8 x 10 in. Black-and-white, signed in black marker by Ginsberg.
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$200.00

Monolithos: Poems, 1962 and 1982
by GILBERT, JACK
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1982
- Condition
- Fine in original black cloth and just about fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780394523866
- Item Price
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$350.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in original black cloth and just about fine dust jacket.. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 93 pp. Signed by Jack Gilbert on front free endpaper.
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$350.00

Going Wrong
by GILBERT, JACK
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1992
- Condition
- A fine broadside of Gilbert's poem "Going Wrong" printed on Genesis Bone recycled paper. Faint silhouette image of a fish behind
- Edition
- First edition
- Item Price
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$400.00
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[Northampton, MA]: Adastra Broadsheet 2, 1992. First edition. A fine broadside of Gilbert's poem "Going Wrong" printed on Genesis Bone recycled paper. Faint silhouette image of a fish behind the text of the poem. Signed by Jack Gilbert. One of 100 copies. Available unframed.. 8.75" x 11.5" Broadside. 1 Sheet.
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$400.00

At Dusk Iridescent: A Gathering of Poems, 1972-1997
by MEYER, THOMAS
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1999
- Condition
- Softcover. Fine in original wine red wrappers and fine pictorial dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN
- 9780912330815
- Item Price
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$40.00
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Winston-Salem, NC: The Jargon Society, 1999. First Trade Edition. Paperback. Softcover. Fine in original wine red wrappers and fine pictorial dust jacket.. Narrow quarto. 257 pages. With one black-and-white reproduction of a photograph (frontispiece). Signed by Meyer on the title page. Published as Jargon 102.
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$40.00

Kintsugi
by MEYER, THOMAS
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2011
- Condition
- Fine in original pictorial wrappers.
- Edition
- First Trade Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780981952093
- Item Price
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$30.00
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Flood Editions, 2011. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine in original pictorial wrappers.. Thin 12mo. 5.5 x 7.5 in. xii; 66 pp. Evocative cover photograph by Reuben Cox of Jonathan Williams at home at Skywinding Farm in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina. As new in original pictorial wrappers. A lovely book! Specially signed by Meyer on the dark… Read more
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$30.00
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Love: A Diptych [Hors Commerce Issue]
by GILBERT, JACK and LINDA GREGG
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1994
- Condition
- Fine in sewn Phthalo Blue Simpson Filare paper wrappers and fine Ichimatsu Blue handmade paper dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$275.00
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Asheville: The Captain's Bookshelf, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine in sewn Phthalo Blue Simpson Filare paper wrappers and fine Ichimatsu Blue handmade paper dust jacket.. Thin octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. [16] pp. One of 30 hors commerce copies (from a total of 180). The text consists of two previously published poems, one each by… Read more
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$275.00

October Crossing
by MORGAN, ROBERT
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2009
- Condition
- Fine in original blue cloth in a fine slipcase with a photographic onlay by Dobree Adams on the upper cover.
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- ISBN
- 9780980211719
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Frankfort, KY and Asheville, NC: Broadstone Books and The Captain's Bookshelf, 2009. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in original blue cloth in a fine slipcase with a photographic onlay by Dobree Adams on the upper cover.. Octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. 39 pages. One of 30 hardcover copies. Signed by Morgan.
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$75.00

Jubilant Thicket: New and Selected Poems
by WILLIAMS, JONATHAN
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2005
- Condition
- Fine in original pictorial wrappers.
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN
- 9781556592027
- Item Price
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$30.00
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Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 2005. First Trade Edition. Paperback. Fine in original pictorial wrappers.. Octavo. x, 304 pp. Withblack & white photographic frontispiece portrait of Jonathan Williams. Signed by Jonathan Williams on title page.
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$30.00

Open Wide: Polaroid Photographs; The Derby Photography Festival, 1992
by WILLIAMS, JONATHAN
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1992
- Condition
- Nearly-fine.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Artlocate Derby, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Nearly-fine.. Tall thin quarto. One of 30 numbered copies. Seven single sheets laid into a printed folder with a photograph of Williams in his Lee County Lizard Patrol hat snapping a picture on the front cover. Signed by Jonathan Williams on title page.
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$75.00

Love: A Diptych
by GILBERT, JACK and LINDA GREGG
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1994
- Condition
- Fine in Phthalo Blue Simpson Filare sewn wrappers.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$125.00
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Asheville: The Captain's Bookshelf, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine in Phthalo Blue Simpson Filare sewn wrappers.. Thin octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. [12] pp. This edition was handset in Eric Gill's Joanna type and printed by Dwight Agner at The Press of the Nightowl in Athens, Georgia. With a tipped-in color frontispiece by Janice La Motta.… Read more
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$125.00