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

Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 43 pp. Quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. One of 120 copies printed, signed by the translator. Printed by Kay Michael Kramer at the Printery. An uncommon volume printing poems by the existentialist philosopher written while interned at La Sante prison and Drancy concentration camp during World War II. Minor rubbing to board edges, else fine.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition of the first major collection by the 1992 Nobel laureate, preceded by three volumes of verse and several plays only published in the West Indies. 80pp. Green paper marbled boards over white cloth backstrip, spine lettered in gilt. A beautiful copy, fine in a fine jacket with a couple of minor age spots on the endpapers, this copy also has the extremely rare dark green wraparound band with the Robert Graves quote ("Derek Walcott handles English with a closer understanding of its inner magic than most (if not any) of his English-born contemporaries."). This copy is signed on the front free endpaper by Walcott and dated April 99.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Wallace's third book, co-written with his former Amherst roommate. A couple of creases to front and rear cover, but overall a near fine copy in wrappers, as issued.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1997. Second edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Second edition of Wallace's third book, co-written with his former Amherst roommate. Small crease to the lower corner of the front cover, but overall a near fine copy in wrappers, as issued.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 2005. First edition. 343, [1] pp. White paper boards over red cloth backstrip, spine lettered in silver, publisher's device in blind on the front board, with the dust jacket. Slight rubbing to jacket at head and tail of spine and rear panel, near fine or better. Wallace's last collection of essays to be published before his death in 2008.

Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 44 pp. Printed paper boards over brown cloth backstrip, printed spine label. Some scuffing and minor soiling to boards, spine slightly rolled. An early Ward Ritchie imprint. Laid in is a Christmas card with a printed poem by Probst and a mounted illustration (likely of the author) by Graziella Jacoby. No printing information is given but this could possibly also be the work of Ritchie. The Ward Ritchie Press and Anderson, Ritchie and Simon, p. 73.

[West Lafayette, IN]: Sparrow Press, 1981. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 49, [3] pp. Integral printed wrapper over stiff plain wrapper. Designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Frontispiece after an etching by Eugene G. Canadé. Inscribed by Weil on the front free endpaper to Herman and Aveve Cohen of the Chiswick Bookshop. Fine copy.

New York: United Artists Books, 1982. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. First edition. 43 pp. Printed perfect-bound wrappers. Fine copy. Journals originally written in 1970 by a poet who was an important associate of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E movement. Charles Bernstein wrote of her, "Weiner is one of the great American linguistic inventors of the last thirty years of the 20th century. She created an alchemical poetry that transforms the materials of everyday life into a dimension beyond sensory perception.

London: Minerva, 1996. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. First edition, a paperback original, of Welsh's stage adaptation of his novel, together with Headstate, a theatre piece, and a ten-page introduction titled "Drugs and the Theatre, Darlings." 97 pp. + 8 pp. ads. A touch of surface wear but still a fine copy of an uncommon book.

New York: Totem Press in association with Corinth Books, 1960. First edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 45, [1] pp. Stapled printed wrappers, cover illustration by Robert LaVigne. Minor toning to covers, near fine.

San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1958. First edition. [10] pp. String-sewn wrappers. Several ring stains and a burn mark on the front cover, which bleeds through to the next two leaves, very good. Runic cover design and illustration by Robert Duncan. Borregaard's first book, and an early White Rabbit title. Johnston A4.

San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1958. First edition. Original wrappers. Fine. Drawings by Jess Collins. Unpaginated. String-sewn printed wrappers. Text lithographed from Jess' holograph. A remarkably fresh, fine copy of one of the earlier White Rabbit imprints. Johnston A9.

Willowdale, Ontario: The Piraeus Press, 1978. First edition. Unprinted wrappers with integral dust jacket. [32] pp. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by the poet. Very slight rubbing to top and lower edges, else a fine copy. The debut solo publication by an important Canadian poet; his work is both erudite and deeply felt.

Philadelphia: Billstein & Sons, 1892. First edition. Gray sewn paper wrappers with attached cover sheet. Two inch closed tear at head of spine, pages partially uncut. Contains various addresses and readings in honor of Whitman, along with several excerpts from his work. Apparently issued in an edition of 750 numbered copies; this copy unnumbered. BAL, Whitman sec. IV, p. 99.

[n.p. (Chicago): Hairy Who, n.d. 1968]. Staple-bound printed wrappers. [16] pp. Some minor handling wear, minor old stain to top edge affecting most leaves. This artist comic book was distributed at two Hairy Who shows in Chicago and San Francisco that were held the same year. It features works by the six original Hairy Who members, Jim Falconer, Art Green, Gladys Nelson, Jim Nutt, Suellen Rocca and Karl Wirsum.

n.p.: Samuel Charters, 1968. First edition. no binding. Fine. One of 300 copies printed. Single sheet folded into six panels. Number 11 of Samuel Charters' Portents series. A fine copy with the red tissue band intact.

New York: Angel Hair, 1974. First edition. Original wrappers. Near fine. First edition, one of 500 copies printed. [10] pp. Stapled wrappers. Cover illustration by Gordon Baldwin. "Transcribed from tape of reading at The Poetry Project, St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery, New York City, February 13, 1974, and from author's manuscripts." Minor toning to covers, near fine or better.

New York: Pantheon, 1993. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, with the original glassine dust jacket. 74 pp. Originally published in 1955 as a signed limited edition, this is the first trade edition. Slight rubbing to head of fragile jacket spine, else fine. Signed by Wilbur on the title-page.

New York: New Directions, 1958. First edition. Five volumes. Original light gray cloth, lettered in gilt and blocked in various colors, with the dust jackets. All volumes show some mild even toning to the jackets. Book 1 shows some browning to the endpapers, the jacket is slightly chipped at the head of the spine; Book Two has some toning to the jacket but is otherwise near fine; Book Three has a tiny nick to the head of the jacket spine and a very short closed tear to the top edge of the front jacket panel; Book Four has a very short closed tear to the head of the jacket spine; Book Five has some minor rubbing to the jacket. Williams' epic masterpiece, a song of Paterson, New Jersey, a companion to his friend Ezra Pound's Cantos. Volumes 1-4 were published in editions of 1000 copies each, stated; volume 5 was published in an edition of 3000 copies. Wallace A24, A25, A30, A34, A44.

[New York]: The Living Theatre, 1952. Printed illustrated wrappers, stapled. 16pp. Printed (likely via lino or monotype) on cheap brown paper, text block detached from staples with some chipping at the head of the spine and a small chip at the top front corner. A fragile survival.Program for the inaugural season of The Living Theatre, held at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village. This March 2, 1952 program featured three performances: Gertrude Stein's "Ladies' Voices," Pablo Picasso's "Desire (Trapped by the Tail)," and T.S. Eliot's "Sweeney Agonistes." (A side note of interest is the casting of John Ashbury [sic] and Frank OHara [sic] as "the two bow-wows" in the Picasso play.) The program includes a text on the Picasso and Eliot plays by "J.M." (likely Judith Malina, co-director, along with Julian Beck, of the Living Theatre), a poetic piece by John Cage, and Williams' "Reply," a text addressed to "X" commenting on poetry and prose sent to Williams for comment. The program also includes a… Read More