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[Denver]: Bowery Press, 1969. Broadsheet, 17 x 11 inches. Printed in black on blue paper. Horizontal fold, as issued. Light discoloration at fold. Very good. Bowery Press Broadsheet No. 3, containing six poems by Beat poet Stuart Perkoff (1930-1974), including "Some Aspects of Prison," "Some Aspects of Being a Junkie," and "Love Is the Silence."

Japan: Akira Ikeda / Taura, 2004. First Edition.[30] pp. including nine color plates. In English and Japanese. Quarto. A fine copy. Akira Ikeda Gallery Catalogue No. 210. Printed in a limited edition of 1000 copies.

[Washington, D.C.]: Government Printing Office for the United States Forest Service, [ca. 1925]. Broadside, 13 2/3 x 10 inches, on card stock. Offsetting and abrasions on verso, evidently, from removal from a different copy of the poster below (not visible on recto). Light warping, very light edgewear, else fine.
A striking fire prevention poster depicting a fiery red wolf on a black background below a horizon of charred trees. The earliest reference to the poster we have found is in a 1926 list of publications issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (under which the Forest Service operates) available for purchase.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. [5],208,[1] pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine titled in gilt, in pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on dedication leaf verso. Jacket lightly rubbed, else fine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Warmly inscribed by the author to a fellow World War I veteran and alumnus of the American Expeditionary Forces University at Beaune, France, "For Red & Elizabeth Palmer with good wishes & Affectionate Thoughts & Memories of A.E.F. [i.e., American Expeditionary Forces] University Beaune - Beaune - pas bon Beaune! E. Hoffmann Price also known as Tao Fan| Mar 12 1969," and signed with a stamp of his Chinese chop. The first hardcover collection of the author's short stories. Jacket designed by Lee Brown Coye. 2007 copies printed. Derleth 93. Jaffery 100.