Bright Ambush by Wurdemann, Audrey - [1934]

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. New and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. Clean pages except for a prior owner's name on the front free endpaper and age-toning in the margins throughout; the green cloth hard cover is heavily faded along the spine and edges, the gilt titles dulled to brown along the spine, and spine ends bear small spots of fraying, otherwise sound. Jacket absent. Pulitzer Prize winner, 1935. This is the enlarged edition published in 1935, after the first edition in 1934.

NY 1934 1st John Day. Poetry by Pulitzer prize winning writer. Octavo, 76pp., hardcover. Good plus, some light wear overall, no DJ. .

John Day, 1934-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. ***Please Read*** ex-library markings - No DJ. Cover shows wear. No marks on text - My shelf location - 6-E-21*

New York, NY: The John Day Company, 1934. cloth, dust jacket, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (x), 76, (2) pages. Biographical sketch of the author, table of contents. A collection of poetry. Dust jacket tanned and chipped at edges.

New York: The John Day Co., 1934. Gilt titles on green cloth. 76pp. Slight darkening along top edge of boards. Dust jacket is heavily worn along top edge, with faint damp stain along rear edge (book not affected), Quite presentable within new Brodart sleeve.. Hard Cover. Very Good/DJ Fair. Large Octavo.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: John Day Company, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Near fine in chipped good dustwrapper with modest sunning at the extremities. Author's first book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

New York: John Day Company, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with modest sunning at the extremities, and some modest chipping on the rear panel. Author's first book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

New York, NY: John Day Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's first work, with prospectus. 1935 Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry. Ex libris Ivan Doig per bookplate. Inscribed by the typographer Richard Ellis, along with a letter written on the prospectus. Trained as a chemist, Ellis became involved in typography after WWI and continued to design books throughout his life. Green cloth boards are lightly rubbed on edges, interior is clean, binding tight. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket is sunned overall with chips along edges, has not been price-clipped; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; Signed by Typographer .

New York: John Day Company, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Owner's name on the front fly, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with modest sunning at the extremities. Author's first book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.

Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine

Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows…) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions… Read More

Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.

Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .

Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.

NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.

Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.