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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, Paternoster-Row; And Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1835. First edition. Presentation copy to the poet's patron, William Lowther, the Earl of Lonsdale, inscribed "From The Author" on the half-title page. With the bookplate of the recipient's descendant Hugh Cecil, Fifth Earl of Lonsdale, on the front endsheet, & with the Lonsdale coat of arms on the front cover of the binding. Sonnet 43 on p. 229 is dedicated "To The Earl of Lonsdale"; & the recipient of the poem "Lines Written in the Album of the Countess of _______ Nov. 5, 1834" on p. 237 is identified by a pencil annotation in the blank as "Lonsdale". Wordsworth's great long poem, "The Excursion" (1814) was dedicated to William, Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland & Westmorland, whom Wordsworth supported politically on numerous occasions, but particularly in the election of 1818, in which Wordsworth published Two Addresses to the Freeholders of Westmorland, "which helped seal the fate… Read More

Berkeley: Oyez, 1966. First edition, hardbound issue. One of 200 copies bound thus (1800 copies were issued in wrappers). Bertholf A20b. Presentation copy, inscribed by Duncan on the title-page: "inscribed for Gerard Malanga / Robert Duncan / at home, San Francisco / 1972". Duncan has also credited his title-page portrait photograph: "photo by Gogo Givens c. 1944 Provincetown. Fine copy. 8vo, original pictorial boards, dust jacket. Fine copy.

Cambridge, MA: Temple Bar Bookshop, 1974. First published edition, after 26 photocopied typescripts run off by the author; the bibliographers refer to this as the "second edition, first impression, paperback issue." One of 750 copies. Hagstrom & Bixby A25c. Presentation copy, inscribed by Merrill to his close friends, the Summers: "for Joe & U. T. with love always. Jim 1974. Front hinge strained, spine a bit sunned, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Front hinge strained, spine a bit sunned, otherwise a fine copy.

Cambridge, MA: Temple Bar Bookshop, 1974. First published edition, after 26 photocopied typescripts run off by the author; the bibliographers refer to this as the "second edition, first impression, hardcover issue." One of only 50 copies specially bound and signed by Merrill. Very fine copy. 8vo, original black cloth. Very fine copy.

(Hennicker, N.H.): United Artists (Bernadette Mayer & Lewis Warsh), (1979). First edition, mimeographed. Limited to 500 copies. Fine copy. 4to, original pictorial wrappers with cover drawing by Rosina Kuhn & photographs by Rochelle Kraut. Fine copy.

New York: Bulletspace, etc., 1991. First edition. Limited to 150 copies, the numbered limitation is in white ink on the black rubber wrapper. Each poster is signed by the artist. Printed at Bullet Space, an anarchist, squatter community since 1982, The Lower East Side Workshop, Black Cat Printshop, Cooper Union, and the Brandywine Workshop, and funded by Art Matters, Artist Space, Northstar Fund, and the Andy Warhol Foundation, the 32 silkscreened posters printed by hand on Mohawk vellum paper are each signed by the artist. The artists include: Paul Castrucci, John Fekner, Stash Two, Tom McGliynn & Emily Carter, Day Gleeson & Dennis Tomas, Nadia Coen, Anton Von Dalen, Juan Sanchez, Martin Wong, Miguel Pinero & Andrew Castrucci, Betzaida Concepcion, Seth Tobocman, Sabrina Jones, Red Rodriguez, Marguerite Van Cooke & James Romberger, Neighborhood News, David Wojnarowicz, Lee Quinones & Eduardo Galleano, Lady Pink, Sebastian Schroeder, Missing Foundation, Salter Sipser, Bruce Witsiepe, Will Sales,… Read More

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1902. First edition, first issue, with ads dated 10/02, The first appearance in book form of Conrad's masterpiece Heart of Darkness. Bookplate on front paste-down, mild foxing, spine ends worn. 8vo, original green decorated cloth. Bookplate on front paste-down, mild foxing, spine ends worn.