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London: The Casanova Society, 1926. Limited Edition 1236/1500 copies on deckle-edge laid watermark paper, translated and with a long postscript by Ezra Pound. GALLUP A22b.A very good copy, top corners bumped, edge worn spine a little faded in a very good dust wrapper showing only a little evidence of the soling that seems to be endemic to this title, spine a little tanned and mottled with some small edge chips.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. First Edition. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Signed by the author in his characteristically illegible hand. Fine in a little yellowed dust wrapper.

First edition of author's first book, warmly inscribed to Ellis' close associates:
"For Rik & Margot / Who have had / the dubious privilege to / watch young Ellis in / transition as he wrote / this book. Johnson was no / more indebted to that "School / of the Prophets" than I am / to you"
signed as "Joe Ellis" and dated in the year of publication. A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper with some slight fading to the spine, trifle rubbing to the spine tips, one tiny nick, and a little soiling.
Ellis won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his work Founding Brothers, exploring how the interactions between the leading figures of the US Constitutional era profoundly influenced the early development of the Republic. Ellis is also credited with leading a revival of interest in John Adams, a President he viewed as under-appreciated for both his character and achievements.
The New England Mind grew out of Ellis' PhD dissertation at Yale (The Puritan Mind in Transition: The American Samuel Johnson (1696-1772)).… Read More

New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1972. First edition. Number 14 in the Phoenix Book Shop Oblong Octavo Series.
Limited edition 126 copies, 100 numbered and 26 lettered (not for sale). This is #79 and is signed by the poet.
In addition to his signature, Ginsberg has added "CFG" (a reference to the musical chords of the blues song from which these forms were adapted), "GCD" (presumably a different chord), and a small drawing appearing to be a musical note.
Top right corner little creased from front to back, otherwise fine.

First trade edition. Limited edition, 900 copies.
Oblong, text oriented with spine at top. Self published following rejections ("no thanks" letters) from over a dozen major publishing houses of the day.
A tanned copy -- pages exhibit a little tanning, front and rear pastedowns and free endpapers unevenly tanned, spine and lower third of covers tanned. Dust wrapper, which is lightly rubbed and has a crease and pin hole to rear wrap, also exhibits tanning to spine and severely to lower third of front and rear wrap.
Book presents as nicer than described.

London: Marion Boyars 1975. First UK Edition of author's second book. One corner slightly bumped otherwise fine in a price clipped dust wrapper and new price label on rear.