Search Results: POETRY from Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

New York: The Literary Guild, 1927. A collection of original essays, stories, and poems by 72 writers of the 1920s. Contributors include Robert Penn Warren, Ernest Hemingway, Eugene O'Neill, and Gertrude Stein. Decorative endpapers. Black cloth with gilt titling on spine and on front cover. Corners and margins show wear and the spine has faded. Front hinge a bit loose; rear hinge has pulled away and is loose. Harry Crosby's 1929 diary describes a party where "Kay Boyle made fun of Hart Crane and he was angry and flung The American Caravan into the fire because it contained a story of Kay Boyle's (he forgot it had a poem of his in it)". That would have been The Second American Caravan (Boyle wasn't in the first.). With Hart Crane's bookplate in state F: (white gummed paper, measuring 3 1/8 in. x 4 3/8 in.) on the front paste-down end-paper, applied (by Samuel Loveman) after Crane's death, probably in the mid-1950s. [See K. Lohf, "The Library of Hart Crane," Proof, Vol. 3, 1973]. Contains the first… Read More

Guildford, Conn: Telephone Books, 1982. First edition. Wrappers, stapled. 8 1/2 in x 11 in. One of 350 copies. Inscribed to poet Kathleen Fraser. Fraser has annotated more than a few poems, with comments or other marks.

Santiago de Chile: Ediciones de Libreria Neira, 1948. First edition. The first edition of Neruda's masterpiece, later incorporated into Canto General. One of 500 copies numbered in Arabic, an additional 20 numbered in Roman were not for sale. Folio, 25 x 38 cm. 48 pages, 7 full page woodcuts by José Venturelli. Neruda first visited Machu Picchu in 1943, however he did not begin writing the poem until 1945. The French writer Roger Caillois visited him while he was composing it, and began to publish his translations in January, 1946, but the first partial publication in Spanish did not occur until July 1946. This first edition in book form was published by a Santiago bookstore, a courageous effort at a time when Neruda was in hiding from the police in a friend's basement. Original wrappers, a little tanned and with some small areas of paper restoration to the edges; a very good copy of a book scarce in commerce. Becco 84; Loyola 292 (misdated as 1947).

New York: Cape & Smith, 1929. First edition. Original blue cloth; spine dull, slight soiling to sides. Dust jacket worn and repaired. Cloth slipcase. First edition of the author's first regularly published book. Presentation copy to Hart Crane, inscribed by Cowley on the front free endpaper: "To Hart | who got this volume | published | if it's bad, on your | shoulders be the sin | Malcolm." With an additional, very long inscription (covering the half-title and its verso) written by Cowley at a later date, explaining how the book got published: "This copy of Blue Juniata has a history. Hart Crane kept insisting that I publish a book of poems. I had the poems in manuscript, but didn't see them as a book. In 1928 Hart took away the manuscript, rearranged it, and retyped much of it (though without making changes in the text). Then he submitted it to what he called a ‘secret arbiter,' who I found was Gorham Munson, then working for the George H. Doran Company, if I'm not mistaken. Anyhow Doran… Read More

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition. Evans, Walker. No. 175 of 200 copies (from a total edition of only 283 copies) on Holland paper, printed in red and black. Printed for Harry and Caresse Crosby at the Black Sun Press. A most desirable association copy. The Crosbys visited Crane in New York in late 1929. A few days later, Harry committed suicide. Caresse returned to Paris and supervised the production of this book. This copy is from the library of Caresse Crosby, and bears the leather, joint bookplate of Harry and Caresse on the reverse of the front cover. The three Evans photographs are protected by tissue-guards. Original paper-wrapper covers, front and back. Small cracks to the paper on the spine near the top and a minuscule split at the lower front hinge. A very small chip to spine. Offset from bookplate on endpaper. Contained in the original grey cardboard slipcase covered in a gold-and-silver paper, with a cloth pull; the slipcase has been expertly restored. A fine, fresh copy.… Read More

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Second printing of the second edition. Walker Evans. Dark blue cloth,very good, second printing jacket worn but intact. The second edition contains many corrections and revisions. This, its second printing, printed in July 1930, has a different Evans photo as frontispiece. Signed by Crane, and by Walker Evans. Schwartz and Schweik A 3.2.

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition. Evans, Walker. First edition Quarto, original white printed wrappers, small ownership "chop" on front endpaper, a fine copy in original silver paper slipcase. No. 97 of 200 numbered copies on Holland paper. [Schwartz & Schweik A 2].

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition. Evans, Walker. Quarto, original white printed wrappers, copy number 104 out of 200 on Holland paper. Wrappers fine, just a bit of wear to the spine of the original glassine, original silver-paper slipcase worn, missing its ends and with a bit bent down and peeling. [Schwartz & Schweik A 2].

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition. Evans, Walker. Quarto, original white wrappers, original printed dust jacket, original glassine jacket, untrimmed. Housed in publisher's original silver foil-covered slipcase. Custom boxed. Copy number 121 of 200 copies on Holland paper (from a total edition of only 283 copies). This copy has Crane's bookplate, version "C" (K. Lohf, Proof, 3, 1972), on the front endpaper. Illustrated with three superb tissue-guarded photographs by Walker Evans. The second and last book published during Crane's brief and tragic life, The Bridge was written in violent reaction to the pessimism and disillusionment of post-war American and English poetry, specifically Eliot's Waste Land. Crane's goal was to write a visionary poem integrating American history since the Spanish conquest with present-day realities of business, the marvels of architecture and engineering, and the American spirit of democratic optimism, all held together by one dominant symbol -- the Brooklyn… Read More

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition. Evans, Walker. From the first edition of 283 copies, this copy is one of only 25 review copies marked "hors commerce". Lightly soiled wrappers with minor wear and sun to the spine. Pages have the occasional faint spotting. Schwartz & Schweik A 2. The Black Sun Press issued a note with hors commerce copies (although not present here) stating "[We] regret that due to a defective impression and quality of paper these advance copies of 'The Bridge,' hors commerce, are considered typographically imperfect. A re-impression on velin Van Gelder of the numbered copies will appear for sale March 1st at the Bookshop of Harry F. Marks, New York..." This would indicate that hors commerce copies along with those on Japanese vellum arguably constitute a first impression before the type was reset for the run on Van Gelder, and, indeed there are differences in the line spacing between the printings.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. Evans, Walker. Blue boards, a near-fine copy, without dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece by Walker Evans. An amazing association copy, inscribed on the front end paper by Hart Crane to Walker Evans, whose three small photographs illustrated the first edition. To Walker Evans, - / 'clean animosity, - clear name." / from / Hart Crane / New York - Brooklyn in fact / March 25th '30", three days after official publication. Evans was involved in their arrangement in the book and, perhaps, also that of the larger, horizontal image used as the frontispiece in this edition: "With Walker Evans's ownership signature above the inscription. Spine gilt dulled; near fine in blue boards without jacket. From the collection of noted photographer and collector Arnold Crane. Schwartz & Schweik A 3.1. Although their fathers were business acquaintances, the poet and photographer first met in the fall of 1928, when both men were living in Brooklyn Heights,… Read More

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Second printing of the second edition. Dark blue cloth,very good. This second edition contains many corrections and revisions. Its second printing has a different Evans photo as frontispiece. Schwartz and Schweik A 3.2.

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition. Evans, Walker. Quarto, original white printed wrappers, glassine cover, silver-gilt paper slipcase in pieces, light offsetting to the front end-papers, and with the usual slight discoloration to the covers, and a few small spots to the spine. Basically, a fine copy, fresh and clean. One of 200 numbered copies on Holland paper. The first book illustrated by Walker Evans, with three photogravures.

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First edition. Evans, Walker. One of 50 copies on Japanese Vellum, signed by Crane. Quarto, original white printed wrappers, with original glassine cover and gilt paper covered slipcase (slipcase slightly rubbed, 1-inch piece missing from bottom edge). A beautiful copy of one of the rarest and most important books of twentieth century poetry, and the first book publication of Evans's work, it was illustrated with three gravures printed actual size from his 1-3/8 inch by 2- 1/2 inch photos.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. Evans, Walker. Photographic frontispiece by Walker Evans. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (few soil marks); pictorial dust jacket (some minor chipping at edges, a few old tape repairs on verso). Provenance: Kathryn and Nick Kenney (presentation inscription). First American Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CRANE TO KATHRYN AND NICK KENNEY on the front free endpaper: "For Kay and Nick | With the most affectionate regards | of the 'last | bear, shot drinking in the Dakotas' | Hart Crane | Brooklyn, '30." Kathryn Kenney and Crane met in the spring of 1921 in Cleveland, when she was "a vivacious, enormously talented girl who seemed the focus of every group in which she moved"; she was Crane's "happiest companion as, singing, laughing, alive with irrepressible wit, they would turn their troubles into comedy" (John Unterecker, Voyager: A Life of Hart Crane, New York, 1970, p.210). Kenney later wrote the society… Read More

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. Photographic frontispiece by Walker Evans. Thin tall 8vo, dark blue smooth cloth boards stamped in gilt at spine and front cover. Very good copy. 82pp. With Walker Evans's famous photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge frontispiece signed by Evans under the photograph, and an original print of the Evans portrait of Crane, used in Liveright's publicity for "The Bridge" mounted to the half-title. The copy is also inscribed on the front free end paper to Crane scholar John H. Birss from Grace Hart Crane, mother of the author, dated August 6, 1934. Additionally, tipped in on the blank leaf is a Christmas card from Grace Hart Crane to John H. Birss, with a long note to Birss, signed by her [1936], two newspaper cuttings referring to Crane, a t.l.s. from Samuel Loveman, who was holding this book for Birss, and a carbon copy letter from Birss to Loveman, looking to help Mrs. Crane.

Venice, Calif: J'Ose Press, 1971. First edition. Unbound sheets in plastic folder and printed envelope as issued. Worn envelope. One of 150 copies.

London: The Calendar Press, 1927. Wrappers, near fine. Contains Crane;'s "National Winter Garden," "Southern Cross". Schwarz and Schweik B 67, B100.

[Bolinas]: Sara Schrom, 1979. Photocopied sheets, side stapled. Lower cover detached, else very good. *"An unauthorized Xerox of the Original Fuck You Press publication with special addenda of Canto CXX". An interesting derivative, second-generation piracy. "Canto 120" (one of the fragments from Canto 115) is reproduced from "Anonym", Buffalo, 1969. letter from the perpetrator are included. See Gallup C1885.

West Branch, Iowa: The Cummington Press, 1966. First edition. One of 125 copies. Slight foxing on the last leaf, as usual, otherwise fine.