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Paris: Société du Livre d'Art, 1923. Jacquemot, Charles. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. XI of XXV copies on Japon imperial (Japan vellum), octavo size, 112 pp., with an extra suite of plates, all illustrations signed in pencil by the artist. Adrien Pierre Bagarry was a French Impressionist and Modern artist (1898-1949);..... More
Buenos Aires: (Colombo), 1953 / 1958. Limited Edition. Wraps. Number 45 of 48 copies on Fabriano, quarto size, [12] pp. A lovely small book of poetry (in Spanish), with woodcut illustrations in purple and green. Offered as issued in unbound signatures in original wraps, with original glassine jacket. ___DESCRIPTION: Heavy..... More
Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 2003-2015. Hardcover. Twenty-two volumes in twenty-three books (complete), octavo size, approx. 9200 total pp., all text in German. Nicolaas Thomas Bernard (1931-1989) is considered "to be one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era", and his work "the most significant literary achievement since World War..... More
[Carrollton, Ohio]: Press on Scroll Road, [2003]. Bates, Wesley. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 numbered copies, large octavo size, [54] pp., signed by Wendell Berry, Wesley Bates, and James Baker Hall, with prospectus. Wendell Erdman Berry (b. 1934) was the first living writer to be inducted into the Kentucky..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. Hardcover. Large octavo size, in original slipcase, in shrink-wrap. Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was the recipient of numerous awards (Pulitzer Prize in 1956, National Book Award in 1970, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976, and the Congressional Poet Laureate from 1949 to..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, (2008). Van Stone, Mark. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 6 of 65 copies, folio size, [32] pp., signed by both authors, with prospectus. A collection of twenty prose poems written by two prominent poets of New Mexico. John Brandi..... More
[San Francisco]: [The White Rabbit Press], [1958]. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, octavo size, [14] pp. Beat poet and author Richard Gary Brautigan (1935-1984) may be best known for his novels, including "Trout Fishing in America". However, he began his career as a poet, with the..... More
Bolinas, California: [No publisher stated] Printed by Mallette Dean, 1957. Limited Edition. Softcover. One of 150 copies, unnumbered, octavo size, unpaginated [126 pp.]. A deceptively simple book of poetry by three SF Bay Area poets and showing a decided beat-era influence (Ginsberg's "Howl" having been published just two years prior)..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 signed/numbered hardcover copies, octavo size, 209 pp., signed by Bukowski. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A...... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Bukowski, Charles. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 (126 total) signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, 287 pp., signed at colophon. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 signed/numbered hardcover copies, 243 pp., signed by Bukowski. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A cult hero..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Bukowski, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 126 lettered/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, 225 pp., signed at the colophon. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 signed/numbered copies, octavo size, 225 pp., signed by Bukowski, with poster prospectus. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. Bukowski, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, large octavo size, 119 pp., with prospectus. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 750 signed/numbered hardcover copies, octavo size, 208 pp., signed by Bukowski. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A...... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. Bukowski, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 126 signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, 283 pp. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American..... More
Edinburgh: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. Hardcover. 4 volumes (complete), octavo size, 1775 total pp. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world, Robert Burns (1759-1796) is widely regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement; his poetry is known for using the Scots..... More
Ojai, California: The Book Club of California [printed by the Classic Letterpress in Ojai, California], 2014. Campbell, Carolee. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 90 of 300 copies, quarto size, [53] pp., with a broadside signed by Kay Ryan laid in, signed by all five contributing poets. The Book Club of California's..... More
Los Angeles [Lunenburg, Vermont]: The Symposium Press [printed at The Stinehour Press], 1979. Limited Edition. Wraps. Letter I of those lettered A to AA, of a total edition of 300 copies, quarto size, 27 pp., signed by Turner Cassity and Charles Gullans. American playwright and poet Allen Turner Cassity (1929-2009)..... More
New York: International Publishers, 1947. Hardcover. Octavo size, 346 pp. Per Wikipedia, "Christopher Caudwell was the pseudonym of Christopher St John Sprigg (20 October 1907 – 13 February 1937), a British Marxist writer, literary critic, intellectual and activist..published The Crisis of Physics in 1936... According to Marxist historian Helena Sheehan..... More
[Verona]: A New Directions Book [Printed by the Officina Bodoni], (1966). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 108 pp., signed by Ezra Pound, no. 78 of 200 copies. Guido Cavalcanti (ca. 1255 - 1300) is regarded as the first major poet of Italian literatue and was the best friend of Dante..... More
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, [2014]. d'Arbeloff, Natalie. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. V of X (total edition 160), folio size, 44 pp., signed by Dick Jones and Natalie d'Arbeloff. Blaise Cendrars (nom de plume for Frederic-Louis Sauser, 1887-1961), the "heir of Rimbaud", greatly influenced the European Modernist movement with his..... More
Playa Vista, California: Two Hands Press, 2018. Delauney, Sonia. Limited Edition. Accordion. Lettered copy "J" of 30 lettered copies hors de commerce, artist book folded accordion style, signed by Kitty Marryat at the colophon. This the first Two Hands Press edition, a facsimile - or "recreation" as the press prefers..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1907. Keith, William. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 171 pp., inscribed by Ina Coolbrith, with "The Ina Coolbrith Dahlia" leaflet. Ina Donna Coolbrith (1842-1928), California's first state Poet Laureate, lived a life rather unusual for a woman of her days. She moved with her..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Keith, William. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 171 pp. Ina Donna Coolbrith (1842-1928) lived a life rather unusual for a woman of her days. She moved with her family at the age of seven years from Illinois to California, in 1868 Bret..... More