Search Results: Titles starting with F from James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1970. First edition. Limited to 320 copies. Printers' Choice, 98. Fine copy. 8vo, silkscreen prints by Carolyn Anderson & Michael Nushawg, boards. Limited to 320 copies. Printers' Choice, 98. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2014). First edition. Winner of the National Book Award for poetry. Signed by Gluck on the title-page. Very fine copy. 8vo, original boards, dust jacket. Very fine copy.

(Highlands): The Jargon Society, (1974). First edition, clothbound issue. Jargon 76. Text by Jonathan Williams on front and back jacket flaps. Jaffe B19. Few foxmarks on covers and on endpapers, otherwise a fine copy. News release for the first Meatyard retrospective held at the National Museum of American Art in 1992 laid in. 4to, illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket. Few foxmarks on covers and on endpapers, otherwise a fine copy. News release for the first Meatyard retrospective held at the National Museum of American Art in 1992 laid in.

Newark, VT: Gefn Press, 1984. First edition. Limited to 150 copies handset in Trump Mediaeval with Brush titling by Susan Johanknecht at the Janus Press and signed by the author. Inserted colophon page creased, otherwise a fine copy. Oblong 8vo, illustrated with four original collages, aluminum spine, acetate covers. Inserted colophon page creased, otherwise a fine copy.

Newark, VT: The Janus Press, 1979. First edition. One of 120 numbered copies signed by Kinnell and Van Vliet (the entire edition). Fine copy. Oblong 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Random House, (1985). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Schuyler to the composer Virgil Thomson on the front free endpaper: "For Virgil, whose music I admire and enjoy so much, love, Jimmy Schuyler, Oct. 30, 1985, Chelsea Hotel."www.abe. Fine copy.. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket with painting by Darragh Park. Fine copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1977. First edition. Limited to 150 copies on handmade Eltham paper. Hamady 82. Fine copy with publisher's prospectus laid in. 8vo, illustrated by John Digby, original wrappers. Fine copy with publisher's prospectus laid in.

Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1957. First edition of one of the greatest plays of the Twentieth Century, arguably the equal of Waiting for Godot, or perhaps even its superior. One of 56 numbered copies of the first edition on Velin Pur Fil du Marais (there were also 10 on Velin d'Arches). Fine copy. Large paper copies of Endgame are seldom seen on the market. In spite of the fact that it was issued in a large-paper edition of 35 copies, unsigned, Waiting for Godot seems to present itself more often than Fin de partie, the most recent copy of Godot reaching a price of $40,000.. 8vo, original printed wrappers. One of 56 numbered copies of the first edition on Velin Pur Fil du Marais (there were also 10 on Velin d'Arches). Fine copy. Large paper copies of Endgame are seldom seen on the market. In spite of the fact that it was issued in a large-paper edition of 35 copies, unsigned, Waiting for Godot seems to present itself more often than Fin de partie, the most recent copy of Godot reaching a price of $40,000.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Edizioni Ampersand, 1995). First edition. No. 5 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 135 copies (the entire edition), signed by the artist beneath the etching. As new. 8vo, original frontispiece etching by Velasco Vitali, original white wrappers, publisher's black paper slipcase. As new.

New York: Atheneum, 1969. First edition, a paperback original. Presentation copy, inscribed by Merrill to his sometime publisher Laurence Scott on the half-title page: "where there's smoke, there's Laurence Scott. With great affection ever, James / Stonington / May 1970. Wrappers lightly rubbed, small spot on fore-edge of textblock, otherwise a very good copy. Narrow 8vo, original illustrated wrappers. Wrappers lightly rubbed, small spot on fore-edge of textblock, otherwise a very good copy.

Newark, West Burke, Vermont: The Janus Press, (1976). First edition. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed, torn, cut, and bound by Claire Van Vliet at the Janus Press on and out of Kozu, Fabriano and Canson paper; not issued signed. Presentation copy, and copy number 3, inscribed by Schuyler to his friend Jane Freilicher and her husband Joe Hazan soon after receiving the author's copies of the book: "Jane [Freilicher] & Joe [Hazan] from Jimmy 12/17/75". Freilicher was the close friend, a confidante and a muse, of the group of poets called the New York School that included Schuyler, Ashbery, O'Hara and Koch. In 1952, Schuyler wrote Presenting Jane, a play for the Poet's Theater in Cambridge, MA, which was also filmed (the film was never completed and is now lost). In one scene from the film, Freilicher appeared to walk on water, a sign of the great love and esteem Schuyler and his fellow poets felt for her. Freilicher illustrated Schuyler's novel What's For Dinner? (Black Sparrow Press, 1978). One… Read More

Newark and West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, (1976). First edition. One of 150 numbered copies (the entire edition) printed, torn, cut, & bound by Claire Van Vliet at the Janus Press on and of Kozu, Fabriano & Canson paper. One of Schuyler's scarcest books owing to the fact that most of the edition went to subscribers of the press, with the result that few copies of the book have been available for collectors of the poet. Fine copy. 8vo, illustrated with architectural cut-out endpapers fashioned after the topiary gardens at Levens Hall, Westmorland, England, original orange decorated wrappers. Fine copy.

Newark, West Burke, Vermont: The Janus Press, (1976). First edition. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed, torn, cut, & bound by Claire Van Vliet at the Janus Press on & of Kozu, Fabriano & Canson paper. Although not issued signed, this copy is signed by Schuyler on the front free endpaper. One of Schuyler's scarcest books owing to the fact that most of the edition went to subscribers of the press, with the result that few copies of this delightful book have been available for collectors of the poet. Narrow, three-quarter inch strip of light fading along the top of the front cover, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, illustrated with architectural cut-out endpapers fashioned after the topiary gardens at Levens Hall, Westmorland, England, original orange decorated wrappers. Narrow, three-quarter inch strip of light fading along the top of the front cover, otherwise a fine copy.

Rocky Ledge, (NY): Cottage Editions, (1982). First edition of these poems surrounding the birth of her first child. Limited to 526 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title: "For Ted Berrigan - 'My heart is elephantine' loyally & faithfully yours, Anne Waldman, June 30, 1982, St. Marks Place. Covers slightly soiled, but a very good copy. 8vo, drawing by Patricia Padgett, original decorated glossy white wrappers with a quotation on the back by Michael McClure. Covers slightly soiled, but a very good copy.

(London): Fulcrum Press, (1969). First edition. One of 150 numbered copies printed on fawn glastonbury antique laid paper and signed by Duncan. Bertholf A30b. The bibliographer notes that only 135 copies were published. Top-edge dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy. Large 8vo, original buckram, dust jacket covered in publisher's acetate outer wrapper. Top-edge dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy.

Fresno, CA: Press at California State University, Fresno & Greenhouse Review Press, (2013). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by PL to his brother Eli: "Dear Eli & Louise, If you don't read this no one will know. Love, Phil." The book is also signed on the title-page. Contributors include Christopher Buckley, Kelly Cherry, Peter Everwine, Edward Hirsch, Mark Jarman, Paul Mariani, Sharon Olds, Dewayne Rail, Charles Simic, Mona Simpson, Gary Soto, David St. John, Gerald Stern, Jean Valentine, Charles Wright, Gary Young, among many others. Fine copy. 8vo, frontispiece, original paper wrappers. Fine copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1970. First edition. One of 150 press-numbered copies. Hamady 39. Although not called for, signed by Kinnell. Fine copy. 8vo, original quarter leather & marbled boards by Douglas Cockerel. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First edition of Merrill's first regularly published book. One of 990 numbered copies. Although not called for, signed by Merrill on the title-page. Hagstrom & Bixby A4; Hagstrom & Morgan A4. A very fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. A very fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket.

(N. Y.): New American Library, (1968). First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning poet's scarce first book. The white dust jacket is faintly discolored as usual, with a shallow chip at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. The white dust jacket is faintly discolored as usual, with a shallow chip at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1970. First edition. One of "one hundred or so copies printed for friends for Christmas". Hamady used special Shadwell paper "handmade from old shirts in the basement" for this broadside. Fine copy. Broadside, 14 1/2 x10 1/2 inches. Fine copy.