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New York: The Century Co., May, 1890. First printing. Leatherette. Very Good +. First published appearance of Whitman's "A Twilight Song, for unknown buried soldiers, North and South," with attribution on page 27. (Later collected in Good Bye My Fancy, 1891) [BAL 21599]. Embossed green leatherette boards (original), gold-stamped: A Year of the Century, '90 on spine. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine mildly bent. Round-backed binding, toning to all edges, with interior pages fresh and bright. Yellow endpapers. This large volume has pulled apart at the pastedown and mull is beginning to show at the hinge. 960 pp. Small quarto, 7 x 10 inches tall. Also includes an issue devoted to California, Californiana, and many articles by the Sierra Club founder, John Muir, along with US Civil War analyses and other interesting items.
The Waste Land by T.S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot - 1922
by T.S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot
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The Waste Land
by T.S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot
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New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First Edition, Mixed State. Flexible Boards. Very good +/missing. A very good plus first edition, mixed state in a custom clamshell case. Missing the scarce dust jacket and glassine wrapper. Flexible, thin black boards [early per Gallup A6a] with gilt title-stamping on cover and spine, which is bright and crisp. Binding is sturdy, tight. and square. Front and back covers appear to have been cleaned, leaving a rounded area and toning throughout book edges (dampstaining, see photos). Number 341 of 1000, limited edition. Colophon number is about 5mm tall [early per Gallup A6a]. Interesting gift inscription on glassine paper (perhaps a remnant of the original glassine cover) dated Christmas, 1922 is loosely laid into book, establishing this as one of the earliest publications of the work it was first published in book form on December 15, 1922** 1922 date on title page and copyright page. Unopened title page. The word mountain is misspelled on page 41, missing the "a" making it later per Gallup. Clamshell case is matching black leatherette with gold title stamping on spine, appears as new. [8] 9-64 pp, Duodecimo, 5 x 7 3/4 inches tall. [Gallup A6a], [Ahearn, 1991:195]. *--Notes on the Publishing History and Text of "The Waste Land" Daniel H. Woodward The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Vol. 58, No. 3 (Third Quarter, 1964), pp. 252-269 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Bibliographical Society of America.
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A Twilight Song (in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May 1890, to October 1890)
by Walt Whitman
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.
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Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1885. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.5 x 4.5 inches). One small area of loss (finger nail sized) to the bottom inner margin of one page, well away from the printed text, and a few finger marks but otherwise a very good copy. Finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled and decorated in gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to both boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. An attractive copy of this charming book.
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The House on Marshland
by GLUCK, Louise
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New York: Ecco Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, 42pp. A very good copy, crisp and clean, with the spinea tinge cocked and the very top edges gently sun-faded. In a very good dust jacket with a couple short closed tears, and some droplet stains to the rear panel. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Gluck on the leaf opposite the half-title to fellow author and literary critic David Madden: "For David, with warm wishes. Louise Gluck." Madden's ownership signature appears on the front free endpaper, as does the previous owner, fellow North Carolina poet and author [Katherine] "Bonnie" Soniat. Gluck's second book is scarce in the first printing, especially signed, and particularly in the time since Gluck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020.
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LYRICAL POEMS. Selected and annotated by Francis T. Palgrave. The Golden Treasury series
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Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1908. Reprint of the 1885 edition. Small 8vo. (6.1 x 4.1 inches). Engraved image to title page by G. Stodart. Finely bound, by Ramage of London, in beautiful early full brick red morocco, gilt. The spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt, including dark green dyed central dots. Elaborate floral centre design to boards with gilt tooling over green and fawn leather onlays. Floral corner decorations with green morocco onlays. Board edges with partial ruled gilt lines. Inner Dentelles fully decorated with gilt ruled lines and floral designs, surrounding fawn Moire silk centre pieces. Silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine just very slightly toned. A light mark to the top outer corner of the rear silk endpaper. Neat school prize label, from St. George's school Harpenden and dated 1913, to the front blank free endpaper and gilt coat of arms stamp to the front inner board but otherwise the pages are clean and bright throughout. A beautiful copy.
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0 to 9 Number 6 (Number Six, July 1969)
by Acconci, Vito Hannibal, and Bernadette Mayer (eds.), Jasper Johns, Yvonne Rainer, Alan Sonheim, Lawrence Weiner, Dan Graham, Philip Corner, John Giorno, John Perreault, Robert Smithson, Clark Coolidge, Adrian Piper, Nels Richardson, Larry Fagin, Bern Port
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New York: Vito Acconci, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 128pp, stapled plain wrappers. The rare final issue of Vito Acconci and Bernadette Mayer's seminal 1960s mimeo revolution magazine of experimental writing and art. Includes many works by first-rank avant-garde artists and their scribbling confreres. This copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of a rare survival with a significant provenance, light wear and minor evidences of material experience.
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A Twilight Song (in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May 1890, to October 1890)
by Walt Whitman
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New York: The Century Co., May, 1890. First printing. Leatherette. Very Good +. First published appearance of Whitman's "A Twilight Song, for unknown buried soldiers, North and South," with attribution on page 27. (Later collected in Good Bye My Fancy, 1891) [BAL 21599]. Embossed green leatherette boards (original), gold-stamped: A Year of the Century, '90 on spine. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine mildly bent. Round-backed binding, toning to all edges, with interior pages fresh and bright. Yellow endpapers. This large volume has pulled apart at the pastedown and mull is beginning to show at the hinge. 960 pp. Small quarto, 7 x 10 inches tall. Also includes an issue devoted to California, Californiana, and many articles by the Sierra Club founder, John Muir, along with US Civil War analyses and other interesting items.
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.
by STEVENSON. ROBERT LOUIS
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Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1885. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.5 x 4.5 inches). One small area of loss (finger nail sized) to the bottom inner margin of one page, well away from the printed text, and a few finger marks but otherwise a very good copy. Finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled and decorated in gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to both boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. An attractive copy of this charming book.
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The House on Marshland
by GLUCK, Louise
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New York: Ecco Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, 42pp. A very good copy, crisp and clean, with the spinea tinge cocked and the very top edges gently sun-faded. In a very good dust jacket with a couple short closed tears, and some droplet stains to the rear panel. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Gluck on the leaf opposite the half-title to fellow author and literary critic David Madden: "For David, with warm wishes. Louise Gluck." Madden's ownership signature appears on the front free endpaper, as does the previous owner, fellow North Carolina poet and author [Katherine] "Bonnie" Soniat. Gluck's second book is scarce in the first printing, especially signed, and particularly in the time since Gluck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020.
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LYRICAL POEMS. Selected and annotated by Francis T. Palgrave. The Golden Treasury series
by TENNYSON. AFRED. LORD. --- Fine Binding by Ramage
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Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1908. Reprint of the 1885 edition. Small 8vo. (6.1 x 4.1 inches). Engraved image to title page by G. Stodart. Finely bound, by Ramage of London, in beautiful early full brick red morocco, gilt. The spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt, including dark green dyed central dots. Elaborate floral centre design to boards with gilt tooling over green and fawn leather onlays. Floral corner decorations with green morocco onlays. Board edges with partial ruled gilt lines. Inner Dentelles fully decorated with gilt ruled lines and floral designs, surrounding fawn Moire silk centre pieces. Silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine just very slightly toned. A light mark to the top outer corner of the rear silk endpaper. Neat school prize label, from St. George's school Harpenden and dated 1913, to the front blank free endpaper and gilt coat of arms stamp to the front inner board but otherwise the pages are clean and bright throughout. A beautiful copy.
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0 to 9 Number 6 (Number Six, July 1969)
by Acconci, Vito Hannibal, and Bernadette Mayer (eds.), Jasper Johns, Yvonne Rainer, Alan Sonheim, Lawrence Weiner, Dan Graham, Philip Corner, John Giorno, John Perreault, Robert Smithson, Clark Coolidge, Adrian Piper, Nels Richardson, Larry Fagin, Bern Port
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New York: Vito Acconci, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 128pp, stapled plain wrappers. The rare final issue of Vito Acconci and Bernadette Mayer's seminal 1960s mimeo revolution magazine of experimental writing and art. Includes many works by first-rank avant-garde artists and their scribbling confreres. This copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of a rare survival with a significant provenance, light wear and minor evidences of material experience.
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The Waste Land; c.1
by T S (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1 Eliot
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The Waste Land; c.1
by T S (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1 Eliot
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The Waste Land; c.1
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The Waste Land; c.1
by T S (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1 Eliot
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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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
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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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.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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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
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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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…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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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.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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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 .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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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.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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Piggott, Arkansas, United States
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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+.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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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.
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