Search Results: Poetry and Poets from Cinemage Books

Canada: Editions Giles Gheerbrant., 1973. Limited Edtion . Oversize Prints in Folder. LIMITED & SIGNED EDITION OF 100 OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 98 . Very handsome limited edition consisting of two 11" x 14" prints by the poet & critic John Perreault & the artist Ira Joel Haber. 1 page is printed on light brown heavy stock paper & is a hand written text poem by Perreault. The 2nd page is a full color serigraph of collage of buildings with coloring added by Haber, printed on heavy stock white paper. Placed in a white folder, that has very minute soiling. Fine.

New York: Sothebys, 1999. First Edition . Paper. Marvelous auction catalog of belongings and memorablia from the estate of Allen Ginsberg along with the estates of Jack Kerouac & William Burroughs along with material from many other important members of the beat scene. Well illustrated with over 100 photos and repros. Includes the scarce prices released sheets. Also included is catalog from a major bookdealer that is mainly devoted to beat literature and poetry of the sixties listing 612 items. No illustrations. Both are vg+ Also laid in is a very nice fold-over brochure for "Beat Memories The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg" from the Grey Art Gallery at NYU from early 2013. Illustrated

New York: Grove Press, 1977. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. . Cloth with Dustjacket. Large collection of jounal entries by the late poet. Illustrated throughout with photos, drawings and illustrations. Fine/fine.

New Hampshire: Black Sparrow Press., 2004. 1st Edition . Paper. LAID IN HIS A HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD FROM 1981 WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY ED SANDERS TO THE ORGANIZER OF A SERIES OF READINGS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY IN WHICH SANDERS EXPRESSES HIS PLEASURE IN BEING ASKED TO TAKE PART IN THE SERIES. Well known counter culture underground writer's 3rd vol. of his epic free verse chronicle of our American Century. Fine.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1966. Fifth Printing . Cloth with Dustjacket. Terrrific collection of poetry by African American writers including Paul Laurence Dunbar, Fenton Johnson, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Sterling Brown, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks and many others. LAID IN IS A SMALL HANDWRITTEN NOTE IN BLUE INK ON BROWN PAPER FROM GWENDOLYN BROOKS IN WHICH SHE SAYS THAT HER AGENT WILL BE GETTING IN TOUCH TO ARRANGE A DATE WHICH I ASSUME IS FOR A READING. NOT DATED THE CARD IS SIGNED GWEN BROOKS. Former owner signature on the top of the front endsheet, sun fading to the spine panel and unobtrussive tear to the back panel of the dustjacket. Fine/vg+ Also included is a nice 54pg. catalog of rare African American literature offered by a leading bookdealer in modern editions. Vg.

New York: New Directions, 1977. First Edition . Cloth with Dustjacket. SIGNED BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. His 2nd collection of poems. Dustjacket is illustrated with a painting by Williams. Invitation to a publication party laid in. Fine/fine

New York: St Martins Press, 2000. First Edition First Printing . Cloth Wiith Dustjacket. Book of photographs of the troubled poet Anne Sexton along with her letters and writings from her last summer before she took her own life. The front and back flaps have been irregularly cut by the former owner, and there is the usual light tonning to the paper, otherwise this is a near fine copy in a vg. dustjacket (with the damaged flaps taken into account).

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. 1st Edition . Small Glazed Bds. w/o. Dj.. A charming small book of poems with full color illustrations by the wonderful Bantock along with a 30 minute tape of him reading the poems. Both housed in a small gate-fold box. Soft corner crease to the box. Fine/vg.

New York City: The New York Public Library, 2013. First Edition . Small Paper. Very nice small, 24pg. brochure for an exhibiition on Lorca that was held at the New York City Public Library. Illustrated with photos and drawings + text. Bound to become scarce. Fine

New York: Penguin Books, 1987. First Penguin Edition/2nd Printing . Paper. SIGNED BY JIM CARROLL. Classic underground novel that became above ground and was even made into a film that starred Leonardo Di Caprio and Mark Walberg. A few of the pages have minor damp staining, the rest of the cover including the signature is nice and clean. Former owner signature on verso of front cover. Vg.

Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1983. 1st Edition . Oversize Cloth Without Dj.. An amazing 2 vol. reference work on Beat writers that taken together is over 1,000 pgs. Includes long essays on 68 writers and poets along with 100's of terrific photos and illustrations. Published without dustjackets both volumes are fine. Published as part of the impressive Dictionary of Literary Biography series. Uncommon. Laid in his a large 4pg. foldover program for an exhibition on writers and magazines of the lower eastside circa 1960-1980 that was held at The New York Public Library. Also laid in is a nice foldover announcement poster for the exhibition Beat Memories, the photographs of allen ginsberg that was held at the Grey Art Gallery in NYC.

CA.: Black Sparrow Press., 1981. Signed Limited Edition . Illustrated boards. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 276 OF WHICH THIS IS COPY 221. SIGNED BY BRADFORD MORROW, SEAMUS COONEY AND ROBERT KELLY ON A BOOKPLATE ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. Very handsome large bibliography documenting the publications of the Black Sparrow Press from 1966 through 1978. Illustrated with 112pgs. of b&w repros. of some of the publications. Published without a dustjacket. Fine.

New York: Knopf Pub., 1999. 1st Edition . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY SAPPHIRE. "FOR ADRIENNE (RICH?) WITH GRATITUDE. Third book by Sapphire is a book of poems. Artwork on dustjacket by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Very faint crimp like crease to the top edge of the back panel of the dustjacket otherwise fine/fine.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of art/viking, 1995. First Edition First Printing . Oversize Illus Bds. W. Dj.. T. A beautiful book combining the wonderful art of Bearden with the wonderful poetry of Hughes. Vivid and handsome with great production values. Fine/fine

New York: Painted Leaf Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Paper. Moving large collection of poems published in the memory of Matthew Shepard who was brutally beaten, tortured and finally left tied to fence to die. Vg.

Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University Of California Press, 1985. 1st Printing . Cloth with Dustjacket. Compelling study of Byron's love of males, and how it influenced his poetry, not to mention his life. Fine/fine.

Vermont Z Press 1981.. Paper. Very Good. Vg+/tiny damp spot to frnt. top edge of wrap. light wrap. soil. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE POET. Coll. of poems by a leading poet of the N.Y. School. 1st. edition. Binding is yellow wraps.

New York: Lines Editions, 1966. 1st Edition . Stapled Paper. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE POET IN 1969. 1st published book of poems. Nicely printed. The white covers also designed by Perreault has minute soiling. Vg.

Toucan Press. Ohio. 1982. Small oblong paper Toucan Press. Ohio. 1976. Stapled paper. SIGNED BY THE POET. 20pg. collection of poems & letters on the poet's pet cats. Cover drawing "The poet & his mews" by P. Craig Russell. Fine, Also included is a copy of "Nijinsky"s Underwear" which measures approx. 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" and is a 6 line poem. SIGNED BY THE POET "A".

Amsterdam: Athenaeum-polal & Van Gennep, 1990. First Edition . Paper. TEXT IN ENGLISH. SIGNED BY JAMES PURDY ON THE TITLE PG. IN ADDITION ON THE VERSO PURDY HAS INSCRIBED THE BOOK TO THE AUTHOR NORMAN ROSTEN: "FOR NORMAN ROSTEN FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR WITH APPRECIATION JAMES". Nice collection of poems by the noted author. A nice association copy. Near fine.