San Francisco: (The Grabhorn Press), 1927. Limited Edition. Self wrappers. One of fifty special copies, duodecimo size, [62] pp. Flora Arnstein (1885-1990) was the daughter of a distinguished pioneer family; from an early age she was drawn to the arts and rebelled against the traditional values and obsession with wealth..... More
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[Paris]: Editions de la Maison Francaise, [1947]. Dignimont, Andre. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of an unspecified number reserved for "des amis du florilege", inscribed by Andre Dignimont, quarto size, 229 pp., in French, unbound sheets. With original artwork on front blank signed by Dignimont and inscribed to "a moi bien..... More
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[Octon, France]: Verdigris, 2007. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Accordion. Number 2 of 33 copies, forty-eightmo size, [9] pp., signed by printer Mark Lintott and Judith Rothchild, text in French. This poem by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was intended as an epigraph for the second edition of "Le Fleurs du mal" [The..... More
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Octon, France: Verdigris, 2000. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. Number 4 of 10 de luxe copies (total edition 50), quarto size, [16] pp., signed by Judith Rothchild with an additional print also signed, in French. A single poem, "L'Invitation au Voyage" is from the collection Les Fleurs..... 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
London: Designed and printed by Linda Anne Landers at Spoon Print Press, 1998. Landers, Linda Anne. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. Number 77 of 100 copies, duodecimo size, [12] unnumbered pp., signed by Linda Anne Landers. A lovely hand-printed edition of William Blake's "The Lamb," first published in "Songs of Innocence" in..... More
[Westminster]: [The Beaumont Press], [1925]. Schwabe, Randolph. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 55 of 80, octavo size, 73 pp., signed by the author. Edward Blunden (1896-1974), English poet and author, served in World War I and wrote of his experiences in the war in both poetry and prose; "The Masks of..... More
![Les Embarras de Paris [The Embarrassment of Paris]; (Satire VI). Boileau-Despreaux, Dubout,...](/pictures/thumb/18041739_1.JPG?v=1535158234)
Paris: Editions Kra [printed by M. Massol], 1929. Dubout, Albert. 2nd Printing. Wraps. Second printing with illustrations by Dubout, no. 960 of 1000, octavo size, 21 pp., in French. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711), known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and satirist whose work had a great influence on French..... 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: University Club [printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies, octavo size, 24 pp., inscribed by Thomas Hamilton Breeze. This collection of sonnets by Thomas Hamilton Breeze was printed by the Grabhorn Press, and each sonnet is addressed to a particular person, making..... More
Saint Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2017. Sayenko, Dmitry. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 15 of 26 copies, oblong elephant folio size, [46] unnumbered pp., signed by Dmitry Sayenko, text in both English and Russian. A stunning new translation of poetry by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996). Brodsky visited Venice..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press (1906), 1906. Coburn, Frederick Simpson (illustrations); Armstrong, Margaret (binding, endpapers, and title page). Hardcover. Duodecimo size, [48] pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created..... 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 Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition of 1000 copies, unnumbered, octavo size, 365 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 society. A...... 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
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, printed by "The Brothers Johnson at The Windsor Press" 1929. Links, Julian. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 132 of 325 copies, quarto size, 39 pp., signed by Witter Bynner, with related ephemera. Witter Bynner (1881-1968) had a literary mind from his high school days..... More
Ojai, California: The Book Club of California [printed by the Classic Letterpress in Ojai, California], 2014. Campbell, Carolee. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 51 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
[Gloucestershire]: Evergreen Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Folio. Number 25 of 75 copies (only 55 for public sale), six broadsides, elephant folio size, signed by each respective author. The first of three series of broadsides celebrating ninety-five years of new writing in Oxford. Beautifully printed by John Grice of the Evergreen..... 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
[Verona]: A New Directions Book [Printed by the Officina Bodoni], (1966), 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 108 pp., signed by Ezra Pound, no. 78 of 190 copies. Guido Cavalcanti (ca. 1255 - 1300) is regarded as the first major poet of Italian literatue and was the best friend of..... More
Norwich: Embers Handpress, 1985. Gisele Celan-Lestrange. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 76 of 100 copies, first edition of these translations, octavo size, 42 pp., signed by Gisele Celan-Lestrange and Michael Hamburger. Paul Celan (1920-1970) was born Paul Antschel in Romania to a German-speaking Jewish family, his surname was later..... More
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[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 "X" of 30 lettered copies hors de commerce, artist book folded accordion style. This the first Two Hands Press edition, a facsimile - or "recreation" as the press prefers to describe it - of the first..... More
San Francisco: Printed by the Grabhorn Press for Leon Gelber and Theodore Lilienthal, 1936. Starr, Judson. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, quarto size, [16] unnumbered pp., with holiday card and ms translation slipped in. An edition of this Christmas poem by Canadian poet Louis Frechette (1839-1908) the poet-laureate..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California (printed by John Henry Nash), 1918. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 13 pp. Prominent San Francisco poet Ina Coolbrith (1841-1928) delivered this poem for Commencement Day at the University of California, and was the first of its kind to..... More