Search Results: Titles starting with G from Dividing Line Books

Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 20pp. Staple-bound pamphlet. Moderate soiling and browning to wraps, with curling at corners and a small chip out at head of front cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Collects a series of Gainesville Sun editorials in support of the peaceful desegregation of Florida's schools, written by the long-time University of Florida journalism professor H.G. Davis, Jr., for which he was awarded the 1971 Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing. OCLC only locates two copies of this publication, presumably issued circa 1971, with no publisher or place of publication stated.

NY: New Directions, 2016. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. NY: New Directions, 2016. 232pp. 8vo. Perfect-bound in printed wraps. Near fine. This copy from the library of New York School poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022); inscribed to him and signed by Waldrop to the half-title: "For Kenward Rosemarie 4/2016.

1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. [Paris]: [Gare du Nord], 1997. 40pp. 4to. Side- stapled in wraps. Erratum slip laid in. Near fine. First issue of this journal of experimental prose and poetry, with contributions from Andrew Duncan, Joe Brainard (posthumously), Anselm Hollo, Alice Notley, Rudy Burckhardt (self-portrait), et al. Though unstated, this copy from the library of New York School poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022).

Tokyo: Graficamag, 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A collection of black-and-white and color portraits documenting drag-clad members of the gay community in the Shinjuku neighborhood of Tokyo during the late 70s. Tokyo: Graficamag, 2008. First edition. 8vo. Signature-bound in printed card wraps. 77pp.; plates. Near fine, with minor corner wear. Signed by Hiroyasu in Japanese on the title page. All text in Japanese. With a 4pp. pamphlet, Memo Grafica No. 1, laid-in. No. 4 in the publisher's Memoria Grafica series.

Virginia City, NV: Silver Dollar Books, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Signed copy of Gonzo journalist Warren Hinckle's account of the 1978 assassination of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone by Dan White, with a laid-in signed flyer from Hinckle's unsuccessful 1978 mayoral campaign. Virginia City, NV: Silver Dollar Books, 1985. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Hinckle on the half-title. Perfect-bound in printed wraps; 8 x 8.75 in., 100pp. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white, with twelve pages of full-color images. In very near fine condition, with a small soft crease to the top front corner. Additionally, laid-in is a xeroxed flyer (8.5 x 11 in., folded once horizontally) announcing a speaking engagement at Valencia Books in San Francisco, part of Hinckle's unsuccessful mayoral campaign of 1987. Hinckle has signed the flyer next to the drawing of himself and his beloved hound dog, Bentley. Hinckle (1938-2016) was a political… Read More

Riverside, CT: Frederick C. Bursch / Hillacre Bookhouse, 1914. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 16mo. 56pp. First edition thus. Galsworthy's essay in support of women's suffrage, reprinted from "The Nation," London. Here published by Hillacre Bookhouse, the second of two imprints run by the American typographer and book designer Frederick C. Bursch, whose presses gravitated towards material of a more radical nature. Cardstock boards with brown wrap-around jacket pasted on at the spine. Paper label on front panel. Front gutter split about 2/3 of the way down from the top; does not affect structural stability at all. Else fine. A remarkable example of this uncommon title, of which OCLC locates only 19 copies.

Orono, ME: The National Poetry Foundation / University of Maine at Orono, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Uncommon hardcover issue of this hefty collection of essays exploring Oppen's milieu, method, and oeuvre, along with a bibliography of commentary on Oppen's work. Edited with an introduction by Burton Hatlen. Contributors include Harvey Shapiro, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Marjorie Perloff, and Theodore Enslin. First edition. Octavo (6.25 x 9.25 in.); 514pp., indexed; green cloth boards. Short closed tear to cloth at head of spine. Else fine in a very good (+) unclipped jacket with several short closed tears at spine ends.

NY: Experiments in Art and Technology, 1981. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. NY: Experiments in Art and Technology, 1981. 45pp. Printed wraps in plastic comb binding, 5-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. Light abrasion to rear cover; mild edgewear; scattered foxing to first page. Very good. A collection of transcribed interviews conducted by electrical engineer Billy Klüver with eleven artists - Jim Dine, George Brecht, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, John Wesley, Robert Watts, Tom Wesselmann, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Jim Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg - and originally issued as an LP in 1963 with cover art (here reproduced) by Andy Warhol. The record was issued to coincide with the Popular Image Exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, April 18-June 2, 1963, in which all eleven artists featured. This book version was published by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), a non-profit facilitating collaborations between artists and engineers, which Klüver co-founded in 1966 with… Read More

NY: New Directions, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. An attractive second edition of one of the French author and Nobel Prize winner's earliest books in English, based on a series of six lectures Gide delivered in 1922. Translator unacknowledged. Introduction by Arnold Bennett. Small octavo (7.5 x 5 in.); 176pp.; blue cloth boards, in dust jacket. Mild toning to edges of textblock, else fine in a very good (+) jacket, with moderate toning, particularly to spine panel and flap fore-edges.

NY: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 8vo. 180pp. Blue cloth, black spine titles and front board illustration. Very good (+), with moderate bumping to spine ends and board bottoms, a few patches of color loss to board cloth, and former owner's name inked on front free endpaper. Unclipped "$2.75" jacket also very good (+), with light rubbing/creasing at spine ends. Young adult novel about a girl who gets into trouble after taking on a questionable summer job against her mother's wishes. Decorations by Tom O'Sullivan.

NY: Macmillan, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 319pp. First printing thus. Translated by Edith Simon. Full green cloth with gilt spine titles. NF/VG+. Softening at base of spine, very light sunning to tops of boards. Unclipped "$5.95" jacket bears very light edgewear, with a touch of curling at top of spine. The Danube edition of Koestler's first novel, printed with a new postscript.

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo (9.5 x 6.25 in.); xi + 210pp.; brown cloth boards stamped in bronze on front panel and spine, lacking a jacket as issued. A fine hardcover copy of the first issue of this journal of textual studies. Perhaps most notable for containing the first English-language appearance of Jacques Derrida's important essay on J. L. Austin, "Signature Event Context," as well as a feud-inducing rebuttal by John Searle.

NY: Basic Books, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sharp copy of this uncommon title in which the Hungarian-born Catholic philosopher argues against traditional modes of epistemology in favor of a theory that places distinction on the separation of subject and object, god and man. First edition (full number line on copyright page). Octavo, 8.5 x 5.75 in.; xvii, 237, with index. Reddish-brown cloth boards, blue and silver spine titles, light blue topstain; in dust jacket. A few faint smudges to front board, old repricing/remainder stamp on front free endpaper. Else fine in a near fine jacket, price-clipped, with a short closed tear at base of front panel.

San Francisco: Sufism Reoriented, 1966. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Uncommon pamphlet collecting various statements advising against the use of hallucinogens by the Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba (1894-1969), an important figure in the 1960s counterculture. Baba warns that LSD and related drugs cannot provide a shortcut to true spiritual awakening, and indeed may only lead one further from such a goal. An interesting counterargument to the view, then prevalent among advocates of psychedelic experimentation, that such substances possess the de facto power of entheogenic revelation. San Francisco: Sufism Reoriented, 1966. First edition. Saddle-stapled in light pink printed self-wrappers, 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. 11pp. Light toning and soiling to wraps, a few minor spots of interior soiling. Very good. This copy lacking the cancel slip frequently seen mounted at base of p.6; thus possibly an earlier state.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. First edition. Small 8vo. Blue textured-paper boards; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. 272pp; index. Board corners very lightly tapped; toning to textblock; offsetting to endpapers. Very good in a very good jacket, unclipped, with small chips to ends of the toned and splash-marked spine. First edition of this collection of discourses by Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba (1894-1969), who was to become an important figure in the 1960s counterculture. As edited and with an introduction by C. B. Purdom.

NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 391pp. First edition. Translated by Christopher Levenson from Bauer's and Franke's German version of the original Chinese. Bound in full brown cloth with green topstain. VG/VG-. Very minor bowing to the boards, some faint splash marks to fore-edge of textblock. Unclipped "$7.50" jacket bears shallow chips at crown of spine and front panel, which also has a 1/4" closed tear. Light soiling and browning to rear panel and flaps.

London: John Baker, 1966. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo.120pp. Signature-bound softcover in printed wrappers. First edition thus, following the "de luxe" illustrated edition published by Thacker & Co. in 1957. Some soiling to the front cover, a smaller amount to the rear. One dog-eared page corner. Else very good.

Chicago: The David Company, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Chicago: The David Company, 1988. First edition (stated first printing). 8vo. Saddle-stapled in gilt-titled orange wraps. 31pp. About fine. Signed, dated (1989), and briefly inscribed by Brooks to half-title. Four poems, as published by Brooks's own The David Company imprint.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition of this anthology of women's writings about grandmothers, as edited by American poet Nikki Giovanni, who has signed, dated, and inscribed this copy on the title page. Contributors include Gwendolyn Brooks, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gloria Naylor, and others. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. First edition. Octavo, 8-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. xxi, 168pp. Orange boards backed with olive cloth; silver spine titles; dust jacket. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket.

NY: Doubleday, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. x+345pp. No statement of printing. Full grey cloth with black spine titles. Cloth shows some bleaching at head of spine and along board tops, with some very faint spotting to textblock top. Else very good (+). Very good jacket shows wear at spine ends, with scattered short closed tears around the perimeter. Jacket clipped at bottom front corner, where it would appear there had been a "book club edition" statement; "$4.95" repricing stamp at the top corner. Subtitled: "The twenty-five most memorable true stories written since the time of Grantland Rice." Uncommon sports title.