Search Results: Titles starting with W from James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

N. Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Signed by Levine on the title-page. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.

Santa Barbara: Ninja Press in association with The Friends of the Library of the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988. First of this edition. Limited to 150 copies printed by hand using Jan van Krimpen's Spectrum and Antigone type on Barcham Green Charter Oak paper, bound in Barcham Green Renaissance III covered boards. A very fine copy. Folio, original linen backed boards, paper portfolio with printed label. A very fine copy.

London: Gogmagog Press, 1967. Chambers 19. Copy number 13 of 65 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Printed on Barcham Green Dover Castle handmade paper, bound in natural felt boards with orange flame pattern at covers. Japanese endpapers, matching paper slipcase with silk draw ribbon. Prospectus laid-in. Neat and attractive book-label with initials "WP" at the bottom of the front endpaper. Neat and attractive book-label with initials "WP" at the bottom of the front endpaper.

N. Y.: Atheneum, 1962. First edition of Merrill's rarest trade publication. A tiny tear at top of front panel of the dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. A tiny tear at top of front panel of the dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy.

N. Y.: The Grenfell Press, 1988. First edition. One of only 15 specially bound, Roman-numeraled copies signed by Mathews and Winkfield, with an original four-color silkscreen print signed by Winkfield laid in, the binding and box bearing original colored silkscreen designs not used in the regular issue of this book, which was strictly black & white. Box lightly soiled, otherwise a fine copy. WINKFIELD, Trevor.. Oblong 4to, illustrations by Trevor Winkfield, color pictorial cloth, matching folding linen box with silkscreen design by the artist. Box lightly soiled, otherwise a fine copy.

N. Y.: The Grenfell Press, 1988. First edition. One of 75 numbered copies on Arches, signed by Mathews and Winkfield, out of a total edition of 90 copies. As new.. Oblong 4to, illustrated with eight black & white drawings by Trevor Winkfield, original cloth, printed paper labels, glassine dust jacket. As new.

The collection is exceptional, including as it does the dedication copy of Levine's first book, as well as his rarest book, Silent in America, of which we know of only one other copy to have appeared on the market in the past twenty-five years. A detailed list is available upon request.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1969. First edition. Limited to 207 copies printed on Shadwell paper. Hamady 25. Fine copy. 8vo, title-page decoration by Jack Beal, original blue Fabriano paper covers. Fine copy.

London: Gogmagog Press, 1964. Chambers 12. Copy number 27 of 50 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Printed on Hosho Japanese handmade paper, bound in quarter vellum and heavy Hosho yellow-green paper boards. Stone colored cardboard slipcase with grey and black monotypes at the sides and orange ribbon-pull. Prospectus laid-in.

(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944. First edition. One of 380 copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi type on Dacian paper. Wallace A23. A diminutive but significant volume, which includes "Paterson: The Falls", "The Dance (In Breughel's great picture)", "The Semblables" and "To Ford Madox Ford in Heaven", in addition to Williams' important introduction, a brief "Ars Poetica. Arthur Mizener's copy, with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet, spine very slightly faded, with a touch of wear at the base, otherwise an unusually nice copy of this fragile book, which seldom survives in fine condition.. WILLIAMS, Wightman. 12mo, original decorated paste-paper boards. Arthur Mizener's copy, with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet, spine very slightly faded, with a touch of wear at the base, otherwise an unusually nice copy of this fragile book, which seldom survives in fine condition.

(N. Y.): Adventures in Poetry, (1972). First edition. Limited to 300 copies. Signed by Waldman and Brainard. Fine copy.. 4to, illustrations & original wrappers by Joe Brainard. Fine copy.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. First edition. Signed by Oliver on the title-page. Very fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Very fine copy.

Kendal: Titus Wilson, (1980). First edition. An Autograph (Titus Wilson and Son) Postcard Signed from the author "To Jonathan [Williams] and Tom [Meyer] is laid in. Fine copy. Small 4to, illustrations, original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy.

(Np: Self-published, nd). First edition of this 127pp mimeo poetry collection. Presentation copy, inscribed by Silliman to poet and translator Tom Meyer on a preliminary leaf: "For Tom, simply, Ron 8 September 72 San Francisco. Very light use, otherwise in fine condition. 4to, original Velo-bound yellow unprinted wrappers. Very light use, otherwise in fine condition.

(Auckland, NZ): Heinemann, (1987). First edition, the basis of the acclaimed New Zealand film about a twelve-year old Maori girl. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "For our dear Hugh, on the occasion of your va whanan...[2 additional lines in Maori] New York, '87. Spine ends and extreme fore-tips slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy in trifle edgeworn dust jacket. 8vo, original cloth boards, dust jacket. Spine ends and extreme fore-tips slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy in trifle edgeworn dust jacket.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, (1944). First edition. Contributors include Mary McLeod Bethune, Sterling A. Brown, W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, Gordon B. Hancock, Leslie Pinckney Hill, Langston Hughes, Frederick D. Patterson, A. Philip Randolph, George S. Schuyler, Willard S. Townsend, Charles H. Wesley, Doxey A. Wilkerson, and Roy Wilkins. An exceptionall fine copy; apart from a wrinkle at upper right corner of text block, virtually as new. 8vo, original cloth, dust jackeet. An exceptionall fine copy; apart from a wrinkle at upper right corner of text block, virtually as new.

N. Y.: Knopf, 1991. First edition. Winner of the National Book Award. Signed by Levine on the title-page. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Knopf, 1991. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title page by Levine to the poet Jane Cooper who was a fellow student in John Berryman's class at the University of Iowa: "Fresno, April 12, '91. For my dear Jane, who has been with me from the start. Love, Phil". Also signed by Levine on the title page. Fine copy. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Knopf, 1991. First edition. Winner of the National Book Award. Signed by Levine on the title-page. Dust jacket lightly faded at spine, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly faded at spine, otherwise a fine copy.

Cambridge, MA: The Pym-Randall Press, (1967). First edition. Limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Bunting. This copy inscribed by Bunting to poet and Jargon Press publisher Jonathan Williams on the colophon page "for Jonathan. Wrappers faintly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.. Thin 8vo, original printed wrappers, string-tied, as issued. Wrappers faintly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.