Search Results: Authors starting with W from Derringer Books

No Place: Lee / Lucas Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo. Chapbook of poems. An early work by the now established novelist. One of 100 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. This copy additionally INSCRIBED by the author. Only in good condition in thin stapled wrappers with soiling to covers.

London: Constable and Company, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 57 pp. Woodcut frontis. #432 of 750 SIGNED copies. Small prior owner name to front endpaper else a clean clothbound copy in very good printed paper dustwrapper. A play.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No. First edition. Wide stapled illustrated wrappers . A very good clean copy in stiff decorated card wrappers. Illustrations by Gorey.

Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 4to. STapled mimeograph typescript pages with silkscreen cover by Kryss. One of only 255 "vanishing" copies published by the Ghost Press in Cleveland. Book contains poems and silkscreens by the four contributors. A tribute to Rev. John R. Scott, who was sentenced in 1968 to two years in the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Workhouse on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Light staining to lower edge of front cover, else an exceptionally nice example of this Cleveland poetry rarity.

London: Faber and Faber, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. First UK edition. 224 pp. A commentary on Hughes' Birthday Letters. Fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper.

Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 4to. Small press poetry journal published out of the fertile Sacramento poetry valley by the folks at Runcible Spoon. This copy still sealed with white tape as originally published. Covers are lightly soiled, but otherwise a clean unopened copy.

San Francisco: Wild Dog, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Good. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. 45 pp. Issue #16 of Wagon and Clays' small press poetry magazine. Special editor for this issue was Ed Dorn. Rear page has loosened from staples. Paper tanned and somewhat worn. A good to very good copy of this uncommon issue.

Nobleboro: Blackberry Books, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Slender poetry chapbook by Wah. No date of publication provided. A fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps. Uncommon.

No Place: Greying Ghost Press, 2010. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. A slender unpaginated poetry chapbook by Wahlgren. A fine copy in stapled wrappers with glued on decorated collage to the front cover. One of only 75 copies printed.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. 4to. Decorated cloth spine over paper-covered boards. 25 pp. One ofonly 50 copies bound thus, SIGNED, and with an Original Signed Watercolor painting tipped in. Some staining to top edge of the front pnel else a very good example in clear acetate wrapper.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. 129 pp. A volume of poems. This is copy 26 of 250 specially bound copies and SIGNED by Wakoski. There was also a more limited edition which included a holograph poem. A handsome near fine copy in acetate wrapper.

Madison: Red Ozier Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Poetry Chapbook. Printed on leaves of Frankfurt Cream in Kennerly & Spectrum types. Number 113 of 150 SIGNED copies of this fine press edition of a poem included in Waiting For The King Of Spain.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 160 pp. A book of poems. Stated fsecond printing. A very good copy in dustwrapper. Prior owner name of Jean Doreski and a date of 2-3-72 printed in ink on the front endpaper. Doreski is the spouse of poet Bill Doreski. This copy with a very nice original poem / inscription from Wakoski to Jean Doreski handwritten on the title page and also dated in 1972.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Quarto. Unpaginated volume of poems. #77/140 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. A volume of poems. A near fine clean copy in acetate wrapper. Extra spine label laid in.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. Decorated cloth spine over paper-covered boards. First edition. 157 pp. A book of poems. This is one of the fifty special copies, SIGNED by the author and with a separate original holographic poem. A very Good to Near fine copy in clear acetate wrapper.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Slender sewn wrappers. A single 3 page poem by Wakoski. Published by Black Sparrow Press in 1970 in an edition of 126 hand-numbered copies SIGNED by the poet. This is the variant in black threaded sewn wrappers. Comes in the original BSP mailing envelope. A fine copy.

Cambridge: Sans Souci Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall octavo. A fine press poetry book printed hand-set Garamond and Palatino types. Book was limited to 99 SIGNED copies. This copy is hand-labeled "Review Copy". Light soiling to cloth spine else a very good plus copy in printed boards. issued without dustwrapper.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Wide single sheet folded into card covers. A single poem by Wakoski created as a New Year's Greeting from the Black Sparrow Press. A fine copy. One of 100 trade copies.

New York: Targ Editions, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Square 8vo. A volume of poems by Wakoski. One of 250 copies SIGNED by the poet. Burgundy cloth spine over photo-illustrated boards. A near fine copy. No flimsy unprinted paper wrapper present (what were they thinking?).

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. 8vo. 184 pp. First edition of this poetry collection. Dusty topstain else a fine copy in clear acetate wrapper. This is number 49 of 100 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies.