Search Results: Authors starting with M from Crane's Bill Books

Arthaud, 1957. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Pages unnumbered. Tipped-in b&w photographic portraits, each accompanied by its subject's own self-portrait drawing. In French. Among the subjects are Jean-Louis Barrault, Georges Braque, Leslie Caron, Blaise Cendrars, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Colette, Serge Lifar, Marcel Marceau, Andre Maurois, Yves Montand, Pablo Picasso, Jacqes Prevert, Jean Renoir, Francoise Sagan, Jean-Paul Sartre, Georges Simenon, Maurice Utrillo and Boris Vian. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, covers sunned at edges and lightly foxed, page edges and margins tanned, binding just a bit tender, corners of front free endpaper and first leaf clipped, slight wave to upper page margins. Size: Small 4to

Los Angeles, CA: Little Caesar Press, 1982. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. With original promotional poster (10"x16", folded twice), reproducing the front cover illustration by Francis Shishim, laid in. 95 pp. Design by Henk Elenga/Hard Werken. Wrappers lightly handled, edgeworn, bumped at corners. The poster is As New.

New York: George Braziller, 1972. First Edition . Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Signed by the poet on title page and additionally inscribed on halftitle "To --- who came in at the beginning of the amputations. Affectionately, Cynthia." Her first collection. Braziller Series of Poetry. 80 pp. Wrappers sunned, lightly dustsoiled; corners lightly bumped, back cover and last few leaves creased, one leaf thumbed at fore-edge and wrinkled. Size: 8vo

New York: George Braziller, 1976. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Signed by the poet on title page and additionally inscribed on halftitle "To --- successful transplants. Best, Cynthia." Braziller Series of Poetry. 70 pp. Wrappers lightly sunned, gently creased at spine edges, with tiny scuff on front; page edges tanned, corners bumped. Size: 8vo

Dance Horizons, New York, & Dance Books Ltd., London, 1975. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 400 pp., b&w illustrations throughout. Spine slightly cocked, wrappers rubbed and edgeworn, corners bumped, very faint small stain to upper corners of first several pages only. Size: 4to

New York: Gaetano Massa, Las Americas Publishers, 1959. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Good. William Bailey. A Cypress Book. 209 pp. Poems in Spanish with facing-page English translations. Light wear at head of spine and corners of boards, heel bumped, page edges tanned, faint finger mark on rear blank page. Jacket worn, sunned and stained at spine, dustsoiled overall, with edges bumped and numerous small chips and closed tears. Size: 8vo

West Branch, IA: Toothpaste Press, 1980. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). One of 1450 copies. [20] pp. Spine lightly bumped, light edge and corner wear to wrappers, small faint spot on back cover. Size: Narrow 8vo

Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts, 2001. Self-Wrappers. Near Fine. 4to. 75 pp., b&w plates. Exhibition catalog. Wrappers lightly bumped at edges and corners and just a bit dusty.

Northern California Ecumenical Council, American Friends Service Committee, Pacific Mountain Region, Criminal Justice Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1990. Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 84 pp., illus. An essay on the U.S. penal system focusing on the Walnut Street Prison in Philadelphia. Preface by Jan Marinissen. Lower corners lightly bumped. Size: 8vo

London: Serpent's Tail, 1998. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Fine. Oblong 8vo. 128 pp., b&w plates. Fine, nearly As New.

Missoula, MT: Duck Down Press, 1976. Wrappers. Very Good. 44 pp. Poetry. Corners bumped, upper corners more pronouncedly.

[Nicosia, Cyprus]: The author, 2003. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. 20 pp., illus. (chapbook). Palestinian-American poet and critic. Wrappers lightly handled and edgeworn, with small sticker mark on front and a bit of scuffing on back: corners very lightly bumped.

[Nicosia, Cyprus]: The author, 2003. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Inscribed and signed to a fellow poet. 20 pp., illus. (chapbook). Palestinian-American poet and critic. Wrappers lightly handled and edgeworn, with very faint sticker mark on front and just a touch of scuffing on back.

Notre Dame, IN: Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame. Wrappers. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. n.d. (2006). 121 pp., color plates. Checklist, Bibliography. Exhibition of works from the Gilberto Cardenas collection of Latino art. Essays by Gilberto Cardenas, Miki Garcia, Ramon H. Rivera-Servera, Jose Manuel Valenzuela Arce, Tomas Ybarra-Frausto. Foreword by Charles R. Loving. English-Spanish. Wrappers shelfworn, lightly edgeworn; corners lightly bumped.

New York: Poetry on Films, 1970. First Edition (of 500 copies) . Side Stapled. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 61 pp. Covers worn, stained, rippled at fore-edges; back cover and last several leaves detached from lower staple; corners bumped, page edges tanned, rippling to front and rear tissue endsheets. Interior clean and unmarked, Size: 4to

Atlanta, GA: Marla Mallette Texiles, 1988. Stapled Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). [14] pp., 24 b&w illus. Spine and corners bumped. Size: 4to

Storrs, CT: Wormwood Review Press, 1963. Limited . Stapled Wraps. Good. No. 170 of 500 copies printed. 32 pp. Vol. 3, No. 2. Contributors include Dave Etter, William Heyen, Judson Crews and George Zabriskie, among others. Wrappers sunned, bumped at edges, with notes in ink on front, back dustsoiled; corners bumped.

Stockton, CA: Wormwood Review Press, 1980. Limited . Stapled Wraps. Good. 8vo. No. 363 of 700 copies printed. 32 pp. Vol. 20, No. 4. Includes six poems by Charles Bukowski and contributions by Judson Crews, Steve Richmond, Lyn Lifshin, Ronald Koertge and Gerald Locklin, among others. Upper corners lightly bumped, previous owner's note on title page ("From Judson 3-31-81").

Lincoln, NE, and Albuquerque, NM: Bent Quoin Press. Limited Edition . Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 24mo. 1953, 1958, 1959. Illustrated paper wrappers, 16, 16, 8 pp. Three very scarce self-published poetry chapbooks (there were five altogether) by the soon-to-be editor of the Wormwood Review. "Cockerel's Crop" limited to 50 copies, with copies 1-12 signed; this copy marked "Review copy, 7/10," but not signed; "Two Over Twice Equals Sixteen" limited to 100, with 1-20 signed; this one marked "Author's copy 6/10," but also unsigned; "Conversation Peece*," 100 copies, with 1-20 signed; this copy no. 3 and signed "M. Malone." This latter also has one correction in ink in the poet's hand. Malone produced "Cockerel" in Lincoln, the other two in Albuquerque. Wrappers of all three just a bit sunned, "Cockerel" wrapper creased at one corner and edgeworn, "Twice Over" lightly bumped at corners.

Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1978. Wrappers. Good. 8vo. xxi, 80 pp. Wrappers shelfworn and a bit soiled, corners lightly bumped, front cover and first few leaves gently creased at upper corner, page edges lightly tanned with faint stray mark on fore-edge. Interior clean and unmarked.