The Match Up 2: with the Five Step Approach by Bradshaw, Jim "The Hat

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984, hardcover, 268 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight, and clean with no markings, slightest spine-end touches, touch of foxing to top edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in new Brodart sleeve. This collection of 14 stories by the prolific children's author range from the macabre to the hilarious, from fairy tale to technology and, in location from New York's Washington Square to that ancient, rather wild part of London, Rumbury Town. Illustrated with drawings by Pat Marriott. ISBN 9780224021982

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1965, hardcover, 88pp, Signed, First Edition, First Printing, Association copy, Signed, inscribed, and dated 1966 by the Author on the front endpaper to Don Hudson, popular CBC Radio, Calgary broadcaster from 1964 through 1989 and host of Wild Rose Forum. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bottom corners and edge bumped, darkening to spine and edges. Dustjacket, edge nicked, short closed edge tears, in new Brodart sleeve. McCarthy's first collection of original poetry deals with "the horror and wonder of existence" in the smog-bound, virus-laden city. Dustjacket blurbs by Irving Layton and John Robert Columbo (The Tamarack Review).

Toronto, ECW Press, 2003, hardcover, 224 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the Title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, in new Brodart sleeve. The prolific Canadian fiction writer, poet, editor, creative-writing instructor and co-founder of the Toronto Small Press Book Fair presents A collection of poems drawn from his three ECW books, as well as previously uncollected work from chapbooks, postcards, and leaflets, paired with a selection of new poems appearing in print for the first time. ISBN 9781550225747

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1990, hardcover, 400 pp, Edition not stated, No previous English-language editions or printings noted, Very Good+ in Good dustjacket, Signed and dated by the Author in the year of publication on the front endpaper, three tiny spots to front endpaper as well, small ink stamp and light dampstain to rear pastedown. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge bumps, dampstain to rear panel and flap, in new Brodart sleeve. Five plays by the Russian dramatist focused on Lenin's role in organizing the Communist Party network, leading the Russian Revolution, and the formation of the Soviet Union. Shatrov's plays about Lenin became the most frequently staged plays in all of the USSR during the reign of Leonid Brezhnev. Contents include five plays: Bolsheviks, The Brest Peace, Blue Horses on Red Grass, Thus Shall We Conquer!, and Onwards...Onwards...Onwards!, as well as an interview with the author 'History is a Factual Drama' and an afterword by Dr. Yuri Sharapov:… Read More

San Fransisco, Habenicht Press, 2003, staple-bound softcover, 12 pp, Limited Edition of 500 copies, First Printing stated, Signed by the Author on the half-title page, Fine condition. Straight, tight, clean and unread with no wear or markings. The result of a writing assignment given by Di Prima to her class, in which she also participated, exploring her relationship to poetry and creativity during that time.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984, hardcover, 268 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight, and clean with no markings, slightest spine-end touches, touch of foxing to top edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in new Brodart sleeve. This collection of 14 stories by the prolific children's author range from the macabre to the hilarious, from fairy tale to technology and, in location from New York's Washington Square to that ancient, rather wild part of London, Rumbury Town. Illustrated with drawings by Pat Marriott. ISBN 9780224021982

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1965, hardcover, 88pp, Signed, First Edition, First Printing, Association copy, Signed, inscribed, and dated 1966 by the Author on the front endpaper to Don Hudson, popular CBC Radio, Calgary broadcaster from 1964 through 1989 and host of Wild Rose Forum. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bottom corners and edge bumped, darkening to spine and edges. Dustjacket, edge nicked, short closed edge tears, in new Brodart sleeve. McCarthy's first collection of original poetry deals with "the horror and wonder of existence" in the smog-bound, virus-laden city. Dustjacket blurbs by Irving Layton and John Robert Columbo (The Tamarack Review).

Toronto, ECW Press, 2003, hardcover, 224 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the Title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, in new Brodart sleeve. The prolific Canadian fiction writer, poet, editor, creative-writing instructor and co-founder of the Toronto Small Press Book Fair presents A collection of poems drawn from his three ECW books, as well as previously uncollected work from chapbooks, postcards, and leaflets, paired with a selection of new poems appearing in print for the first time. ISBN 9781550225747

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1990, hardcover, 400 pp, Edition not stated, No previous English-language editions or printings noted, Very Good+ in Good dustjacket, Signed and dated by the Author in the year of publication on the front endpaper, three tiny spots to front endpaper as well, small ink stamp and light dampstain to rear pastedown. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge bumps, dampstain to rear panel and flap, in new Brodart sleeve. Five plays by the Russian dramatist focused on Lenin's role in organizing the Communist Party network, leading the Russian Revolution, and the formation of the Soviet Union. Shatrov's plays about Lenin became the most frequently staged plays in all of the USSR during the reign of Leonid Brezhnev. Contents include five plays: Bolsheviks, The Brest Peace, Blue Horses on Red Grass, Thus Shall We Conquer!, and Onwards...Onwards...Onwards!, as well as an interview with the author 'History is a Factual Drama' and an afterword by Dr. Yuri Sharapov:… Read More

San Fransisco, Habenicht Press, 2003, staple-bound softcover, 12 pp, Limited Edition of 500 copies, First Printing stated, Signed by the Author on the half-title page, Fine condition. Straight, tight, clean and unread with no wear or markings. The result of a writing assignment given by Di Prima to her class, in which she also participated, exploring her relationship to poetry and creativity during that time.