Search Results: Authors starting with M from Triolet Rare Books, ABAA

Paris: Thames & Hudson, 2000. First French edition. 224 pp. Full black cloth, lettered in silver on the spine and blind on the front board, with the dust jacket. A translation of Caws' Dora Maar: With and Without Picasso, translated by Christian-Martin Diebold. Profusely illustrated with black and white and color plates. Slight rubbing to lower board edges, else fine.

New York: Vantage Press, 1995. First edition. 63 pp. Perfect-bound glossy wrappers. Bit of surface wear, minor crease to front cover. Lengthily inscribed by Madsen in verse on the half-title, dated in 1997. An early collection of Bukowski-esque poems by the actor perhaps best known for ensuring that "Stuck in the Middle With You" can never again be listened to with a casual ear (so to speak).

New York: The Olympia Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First edition of the first novel by this important African-American poet. 203 pp. Blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with dust jacket. The jacket is somewhat rubbed with some wear at the head and foot of the spine. The hardcover edition is uncommon.

Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2002. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. First edition of Manguso's first book. 55 pp. Original printed glossy wrappers. A fine copy.

Normal: Dalkey Archive Press, 1993. First edition. Original wrappers. Near fine. 94 pp. Original perfect-bound wrappers. Minor edgewear, slight smokiness, near fine. Better known as an innovative novelist, Markson also wrote poems throughout his career.

Key West: Sand Paper Press, 2010. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. First edition. 56 pp. Original printed wrappers. A collection of poems by the enigmatic and important avant-garde writer, the first American member of the Oulipo. A fine copy, signed by Mathews on the half-title.

Key West: Sand Paper Press, 2010. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. First edition. 56 pp. Original printed wrappers. A collection of poems by the enigmatic and important avant-garde writer, the first American member of the Oulipo. A fine copy.

Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 2002. First edition. Original wrappers. Fine. 186 pp. Original glossy perfect-bound printed wrappers. Fine copy. A major collection by the oracular master, signed on the half-title.

Providence: Burning Deck, 1974. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. First edition, one of 350 numbered copies printed. Original stapled wraps with dust jacket. [24] pp. A fine copy of an uncommon Mathews title.

New York: Poets Press, 1966. First edition. String-sewn and bound into full red cloth, lettered in gilt on the front board. Introduction by John Wieners. Drawings by Erin Matson. Minor darkening to the spine, else fine. Matson's first book, signed on the half-title. According to Peter Howard's penciled notes within, only twenty copies were thusly bound.

n.p., 1981. First edition. Side-stapled wrappers. Slight rubbing to corners, near fine. An edition of 75 numbered copies, signed by both poets. Cover art uncredited but likely by Mayer.

Lenox, MA: Angel Hair Books, 1978. First edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. First edition, one of 750 copies printed. Perfect-bound illustrated wrappers with front cover design by Joe Brainard and photograph of the author by Lewis Warsh on the back cover. Slight soiling to rear cover, else a fine copy.

New York: Qohéleth Press, 1960. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 28 pp. Stapled wraps. Some wear to covers, sunning at spine, evidence of label removal on front cover, but overall a very good copy. Scarce first book by Mayhall (1918-2009) who was active in New York's bohemian circles for many years and served nine residencies at Yaddo.

Cambridge: Barbara Matteau Editions, 1995. First edition. Original wrappers. Fine. 53 pp. Perfect-bound printed wrappers. Fine copy of the poet's first book, signed on the half-title.

Lawrence, KS: Tansy/Wakarusa Press, 1972. no binding. Near Fine. Single sheet broadside, folded twice as issued. One fold slightly off-center, else a fine copy.

New York: Poets Press, 1968. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Stapled pictorial wrappers. [12] pp. One of 150 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine copy.

Big Sur: Jonathan Williams, Publisher, 1956. First edition. [12] pp. String-tied printed wrappers. One of 200 copies printed. Some foxing, primarily first and last leaves. McClure's first book. Printed by the Windhover Press and published as Jargon 20. With original prospectus laid in, which contains the full text of the poem "For the Death of 100 Whales," along with an excerpt of a letter from William Carlos Williams to publisher Jonathan Williams, who deems it "an astonishing composition." McClure read the poem at the famous Six Gallery reading the previous year, where Ginsberg publicly debuted "Howl." This prospectus must constitute its first publication, preceding the book. Clements A1. Not in Wallace.

New York: The Pierrepont Press, 1969. First edition. Acrylic hinged box with printed label, containing fabric bag with drawstring and 28 printed cards. One of 300 copies, numbered and signed. There were also 26 lettered and 4 hors commerce copies. The box shows some slight rubbing on the top but is overall undamaged, and scarce thus.

New York: [Phoenix Bookshop], 1980. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. [8] pp. Stapled wrappers. Christmas greeting from the legendary bookseller, recounting a visit to Michael McClure in San Francisco in the 1960s. First issue. Wilson has written on the inside front cover, "The unissued, suppressed (because of poor inking, broken type, wrong color paper) first state. Not to be signed! RAW" Fine copy.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition of the Irish poet's first book, only issued in wrappers. A bit of age-toning to wraps, Oxford price sticker on rear cover, overall a near fine copy.