The Beloved Witness
New York: Viking, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. 72 pp. The Beloved Witness is a selection from all five published books of Ali's poetry up until 1992. More
POETRY
Selected Works
[Winston Salem]: (Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University, 2010). First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Duodecimo. 5.5 x 7 inches. [30]pp. Illustrated with 20 color reproductions of Ammons' art and herein reprints his artist's statement "Changing things" originally published by Palaemon Press in 1981. Archie Randolph Ammons was an accomplished..... More
Beatitude No. 16 - September - October, 1960 - Inscribed by Shig
(New York: St. Anagar Press, 1960). First Edition. Paperback. Thin octavo. 24 pp. A rare copy being that it is inscribed on the upper cover by "Shig" (Shigeyoshi Murao). Shig Murao was the manager of the lengendary City Lights Book Store and played an important role in the San Francisco..... More
Visual Writing in the Avant Writing Collection
The Rare Books & Manuscripts Library / The Ohio State University Libraries, 2008. First Edition. Paperback. Thin quarto. 8 x 10 in. 142 pp. Fully illustrated in color. With introductions by Bob Grumman and Marvin A. Sackner. More
Jargon 31: 14 Poets, 1 Artist (A New York Portfolio); December 12–14, 1958, New York
Highlands, NC: Jargon Society, 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. 14 loose leafs, each featuring one poet and reproduction illustration of poet by Fielding Dawson. Jargon 31. Poets include Paul Blackburn, Bob Brown, Edward Dahlberg, Max Finstein, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman, Denise Levertov, Walter Lowenfels, Edward Marshall..... More
If Not, Winter; Fragments of Sappho
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.375 in. xiii + [i], 397 + [3] pp. More
Those Days; Early Writings by Raymond Carver: Eleven Poems and a Story
Elmwood, CT: Raven Editions, 1987. First Edition. Thin octavo. Edited with an afterword and notes by William L. Stull. Limited edition, lettered "R" of 26 copies and signed by Raymond Carver on colophon page. More
Valéry Face à Ses Idoles
Paris: L'Herne, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Thin octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 in. 45 pp. Text is in French. Inscribed by Emil Michel Cioran on half title page. Scarce signed. More
The Great Naropa Poetry Wars
Santa Barbara, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1980. First Edition, Wrappers Issue. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 87 pp. Signed by Clark on the title page. More
The Selected Letters of Robert Creeley
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xxxviii, 467 pp. More
The Noose–A Retrospective: 4 Decades
Placitas, NM: Duendes / Tooth of Time Publications, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo. 5 x 8 in. Unpaginated. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of collage artworks by John Brandi. Limited run of 500 copies. More
Ian Hamilton Finlay: The Bicentennial Proposal: The French War: The War of the Letter
Toronto: Art Metropole, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Thin octavo. 6.375 x 9.875 in. 115 + [3] pp. With several black & white reproductions. More
Origin: A Quarterly for the Creative
1952. First Edition. Paperback. Thin octavo. 5.5 x 8.375 in. 60 pp. Summer 1952 issue. More
A Jargon Society Checklist 1951-1979; To Mark an Exhibition at Books & Co. 939 Madison Avenue, New York City, March 15 - April 14, 1979
New York: Books & Co., 1979. First Edition. Paperback. A 22 x 9 in. sheet folded in thirds to create twelve 3.5 x 9 in. panels (front and back). Illustrated with reproductions of photographs of Jargon authors and Jargon books. J. M. Edelstein was the Librarian at the National Gallery..... More
Tick Tock; Short Stories and Woodcut
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1992). First Edition. Octavo. 6.375 x 10.125 in. Unpaginated. Limited edition, numbered 161 of 200 copies and signed by Russell Edson on colophon page. More
The Innocent Assassins
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1973). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 6.375 x 9.375 in. 123 pp. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of black & white drawings by Laszlo Kubinyi. Inscribed by Loren Eisely in year of publication on half-title. Uncommon signed. More
"Between Your House and Mine" The Letters of Lorine Niedecker to Cid Corman, 1960 to 1970.
Durham: Duke University Press, 1986. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 5.75 x 9.25 inches. 262 pages. More
A Primer on Parallel Lives
Asheville, NC: The Captain's Bookshelf, 2007. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xiv; 91 pages. One of 60 numbered copies. Signed by Gerber. More
Going Wrong
[Northampton, MA]: Adastra Broadsheet 2, 1992. First edition. 8.75" x 11.5" Broadside. 1 Sheet. More
Monolithos: Poems, 1962 and 1982
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 93 pp. Signed by Jack Gilbert on front free endpaper. More
Love: A Diptych
Asheville: The Captain's Bookshelf, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Thin octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. [12] pp. This edition was handset in Eric Gill's Joanna type and printed by Dwight Agner at The Press of the Nightowl in Athens, Georgia. With a tipped-in color frontispiece by Janice La Motta..... More
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Love: A Diptych [Hors Commerce Issue]
Asheville: The Captain's Bookshelf, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Thin octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. [16] pp. One of 30 hors commerce copies (from a total of 180). Jack Gilbert's Winning, Falling, and Flying printed herein was his first occasional poem composed specifically for this publication. More
Forty Fungi; Forty Poems by Harry Gilonis with Fungi by Erica Van Horn
(Ireland): Coracle, 2008. First Coracle Edition. Paperback. Duodecimo. 5.125 x 6.875 in. [7] + 82 + [7] pp. Poems by Harry Gilonis variously dedicated to Jonathan Williams, Tom Meyer, Ian Hamilton Finlay, et al. Illustrated with 41 black reproductions of fungi prints by Erica van Horn. Scarce edition. More
