Search Results: Authors starting with K from Crow Hop Rare Books

Rooseveltown, NY: Akwesasne Notes/Mohawk Nation, 1974. First Edition. VG+ Illustrated softcover (rubbing, price sticker ghost on front cover). 88 pp. (printed on multiple colored page stocks). Poems and illustrations by the author (formerly Alex Jacobs) from 1970-Spring 1972. This book was first in a series of poetry endeavors by Akwesasne Notes.

Greensboro, NC: Unicorn Press, 1977. Etchings by Henry Moore. VG softcover with cloth jacket (2" loss to tail of spine, toning). INSCRIBED by Kaufman on ffep: "For Ann--whose beautiful poems and friendship I cherish Shirley." Number 177 of 376 total copies.

Chicago: Advent Publishers, 1963. VG+ pictorial softcover (toning, edgewear). 208 pp. A detailed account of the proceedings of the convention which took place August 31-September 2, 1962, in Chicago. Full speeches transcribed and many fascinating moments detailed throughout the weekend, including Jay Holmes from NASA noting that “the United States space program owes a great deal to science fiction” in “creating public interest and maintaining it in the National Space Program,” the Hugo Awards banquet, panels on “Sex and Science Fiction” and “Politics and Science Fiction,” and a talk by Jerry Pournelle entitled “Warfare in the Future: 1962-2000. Speakers/attendees included Fritz Leiber (President Emeritus of Chicago Science Fiction League), Robert Bloch, Ted Sturgeon (Guest of Honor), Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, Shel Silverstein and Hugh Hefner, who “invited several people to be his guests at a party for the remainder of the evening. His gracious hospitality, his swimming pool, his… Read More

Atlanta: Little Library Press, 1971. Paperback. 191 pp., illustrated with black and white erotic heterosexual photos as a cover for closeted men. Worn first printing PBO in original pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction.Only 5 copies per OCLC (Brown, Northwestern, Michigan State, USC, Leather Archives).

Cincinnati: Bantu Publishers, 1976. First Edition. VG+ stapled illustrated wraps (5.5” x 8.5”) with rubbing and soiling. Author photo on rear cover. 32 pp. Twenty-one poems in this Ohio-born poet’s first book (he was 23 years old at the time). Poems include “Fallacies from Black Childhood,” “Militancy With Love,” “Chump Change (Minimum Wage),” and poems to Nikki Giovanni, Julian Bond, and Dudley Randall. The year after this publication, Kidd graduated with an M.A. from Atlanta University, where his thesis was entitled, “Black Women in the Poetry of Nikki Giovanni.” No copies in commerce and 7 holdings per OCLC.

Anchorage, AK: Salmon Run Press, 1995. Salmon Run Pamphlet Series I (ninth pamphlet in series). Fine hand-sewn pictorial wrappers, 5.5” x 8.5”. Number 21 (stamped in red) of 100 and SIGNED by Kinnell at limitation page. Uncommon.

Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1983. First Edition of this holiday greeting card issued by Ewert. Illustration by Jane Banquer Burnham, typography by Evans Printing Company, Concord, and hand-sewn in wrappers by Carolyn Coman, bookbinder. Fine in original, unaddressed envelope. 136 copies were printed in December 1983 for private distribution by Ewert and Kinnell: 100 unsigned with 36 numbered and signed. Although this is one of the 100 unsigned, this copy was SIGNED by Kinnell at a 2003 University of New Hampshire reading that also featured Charles Simic and Donald Hall.

Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1983. First Edition of this holiday greeting card (which includes the title poem) issued by Ewert. Illustration by Jane Banquer Burnham, typography by Evans Printing Company, Concord. Fine in original, unaddressed envelope. 136 copies were printed in December 1983 for private distribution by Ewert and Kinnell: 100 unsigned with 36 numbered and signed. Although this is one of the 100 unsigned, this copy was SIGNED by Kinnell in 2003.

Vancouver: William Hoffer, 1988 . Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. The first chapter of a baseball novel-in-progress. SIGNED by Kinsella (Bill Kinsella) at limitation page, of a total edition of 326 copies, this being number 295 of 300 numbered copies.

New York: Praeger, 1973. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (a touch of discoloration to inside flaps). Advance Reading Copy, with publisher’s slip laid in and stamped in red (September 28, 1973). INSCRIBED by Koch on the ffep. Uncommon signed.

Cairo, Illinois: Koen Publishing, 1990. First Edition. 111 pp. VG+ (edgewear, light rubbing). Koen (1945-2018), born in Cairo, IL, devoted himself from a young age to working to ensure civil and human rights for African Americans in Cairo. The year before he was ordained in 1969, he founded the Black Liberators, a militant civil rights organization, in St. Louis, MO, in 1968 (www.chicagocrusader.com), and after he continued his work as a founder of the United Front Inc. of Cairo in order to secure economic and social equality for all citizens. He, along with many other Black activists, were targets of the IRS and the FBI at this time, which he mentions in this book. Koen worked for Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign.Sections include Coming Down to Earth Again, My Childhood, Levels of the Struggle, Psychological Impact of Boycott, Women and Children, and Determination. In his Conclusion, after noting that the deaths of Huey P. Newton, Mickey Leland, and Abbey Hoffman were not… Read More

Brooklyn, NY: Assembling Press, 1974. First Edition.64 pp. Limited to 1500 copies. VG+ stapled wraps (soiling and a touch of toning, rust at staple). Dedicated to John Cage, "Father Generator."

New York: Berkley Books, 1988. Young Readers Edition. SIGNED by Kotzwinkle on the title page.Based on a screenplay by Melissa Mathison. 44 pp., with16 pages of full-color photographs from the Academy Award winning 1982 film. VG+ pictorial softcover (soiling, front and rear corner creases). An uncommon book, and scarce signed.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1976. First Edition. Near Fine in a VG dustjacket (moderate wrinkling and minor edgewear, stains to underside edges). “A book about war and what it does to human beings,” and the basis for the 1989 film starring Tom Cruise as Kovic.

Philadelphia: Owlswick Press, 1974. First Edition. 82 pp. Quarto. One of 3,000 copies. VG+ brown cloth with pictorial endpapers in an about VG+ unclipped dustjacket (chipping at spine ends, a few closed tears, a touch of rubbing). INSCRIBED on the front pastedown: “for Charles Collins—all the best—Roy G. Krenkel.” Precedes his limited edition of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by one year. Krenkel is perhaps best known for his illustrations sci-fi magazines and later editions of the work of Robert E. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Detroit: Inner City Press, 1984. First Edition. 48 pp. (with an additional page inserted). Illustrated red stapled wraps (5.5” x 8.5”). VG (likely water stain to final 20 pages, light ring impression on front cover, edgewear), about VG. INSCRIBED by the author on title page: “To John My Young Brother Hang In There Peace Zaire 7/29/84”). The author’s first book of poetry (he was about 28 years old at the time of publication)—his biography on the back cover notes “He writes from a strong Black point of view and very much relates to the experiences of Black people around the world. This book is ever flowing with Blackness.” In his Introduction, Kwauhuru writes, “I say asante sana to all the Black poets who picked up a pen and wrote about the Black experience or whatever, as long as it was relevant to Black people. They put out the vibe that enabled me to write.” Poems include “Weed Smoking Ain’t Cool,” “In the Ghetto,” “Beauty is a Black Woman,” “Ears for Reggae,” “The Klu Klux… Read More