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  • POEMS NEW AND SELECTED. by Eberhart, Richard.
    Eberhart, Richard.
    POEMS NEW AND SELECTED.

    Edition: First printing in stapled wrappers, a slim volume.

    New York: New Directions, 1944. First edition - Includes a selection of new poems - including some on World War II (Eberhart was on active duty in the Naval Reserve at the time this was published) - as well as four of his older poems. A title in "The Poets of the Year" series. Each book in this series was printed at a different small fine press: this was designed by Edward B. Thompson at Hawthorn House, Windham, Connecticut and printed at the Walpole Printing Office, Mt Vernon, New York. 30 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Very good in plain white wrappers in a fair only light blue outer wrapper (split along spine, toning and discoloration to wrappers).

    Book ID: 61678
    Keywords: fine press, Poetry
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  • TAILINGS. by Enslin, Theodore.
    Enslin, Theodore.
    TAILINGS.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Milwaukee, WI: Pentragram Press, (1978). First edition - A slim collection of poetry, one of 300 numbered copies, handset and printed sheet by sheet on an antique Golding No 7 Jobber Press, Covers were handpainted by Patty and Michael. 24 pp plus an inner blue wrapper, handsewn.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 61511
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  • SINGLE SOURCE: The Early Poems [1934-1940] by Everson, William (Brother Antoninus)
    Everson, William (Brother Antoninus)
    SINGLE SOURCE: The Early Poems [1934-1940]

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Oyez, (1966) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes all of the poems in three of the earliest works of Everson: These Are the Ravens (1935), San Joaquin (1939); and The Masculine Dead (1942). Introduction by Robert Duncan. One of only 1000 copies in an edition designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh. Second state with the spelling of "language" corrected on p ix. SIGNED by Everson on the title page. xii, 105 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of wear to the ends of the spine dj, and the side of the spine, very short closed tear to upper edge)

    Book ID: 78627
    Keywords: limited edition, Poetry
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  • A HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. by Ferguson, Jane.
    Ferguson, Jane.
    A HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    Edition: First printing, limited edition.

    Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner, (1985) dj. First edition - A limited edition chapbook with a brief history of the San Francisco library, plus a single page which reflects on the value of libraries in the Information Age, one of only 500 copies printed on Artemis paper in Dante types. In addition to running a fine press in Nevada City, Berliner was the District Attorney in Nevada County from 1957-73, and he wrote the text that later became known as the Miranda Rights Warning. 22 pp. plus colophon.

    Condition: Fine in plain stapled white wrappers in an outer printed red wrapper.

    Book ID: 87510
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  • POEMS. by Field, Alice Withrow (1909-1960); Geoffrey Miller, illustrator.
    Field, Alice Withrow (1909-1960); Geoffrey Miller, illustrator.
    POEMS.

    Edition: Limited, numbered first edition.

    Primrose Hill, London: Edward Walters and Geoffrey Miller. 1932. Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems by this writer who is best known for her work as a sex researcher, criminologist and social scientist, published the same year as her book "Protection of Women and Children in Soviet Russia." Most of these poems are intensely personal, but there are glimpses of her professional life - One poem is addressed to "Lenin - You haunt me / day and night/ . . . and you are right /for I am traveling with the oppressing classes," and another is dedicated to Flo "They say you are / a wicked woman, Flo,/ because you are a tart. " #75 out of…

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    Primrose Hill, London: Edward Walters and Geoffrey Miller. 1932. Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems by this writer who is best known for her work as a sex researcher, criminologist and social scientist, published the same year as her book "Protection of Women and Children in Soviet Russia." Most of these poems are intensely personal, but there are glimpses of her professional life - One poem is addressed to "Lenin - You haunt me / day and night/ . . . and you are right /for I am traveling with the oppressing classes," and another is dedicated to Flo "They say you are / a wicked woman, Flo,/ because you are a tart. " #75 out of a total edition of 250. 35 pp plus an index of first lines and a colophon which notes that this was printed on an Albion hand press by Edward Walters and Geoffrey Miller. The illustrations are from wood blocks drawn and engraved by Geoffrey Miller. An appealing small volume.

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    Condition: Very good in very pale blue illustrated boards over a coarse oatmeal linen cloth spine (minor toning to the covers, contents just about fine)

    Book ID: 84890
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  • DEAD CERT. by Francis, Dick.
    Francis, Dick.
    DEAD CERT.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Special collector's edition of this classic mystery set in the world of horse racing, originally published in 1962. SIGNED by the author on a special tipped in page. Also SIGNED by Francis on a laid-in certificate of authenticity Bound in full leather with gilt titling and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. 217 pp. Silk moire endpapers.

    Condition: Fine (as new)

    Book ID: 65477
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  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF CAMOUFLAGE. by Frank, Thaisa.
    Frank, Thaisa.
    A BRIEF HISTORY OF CAMOUFLAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories, one of only 250 copies published in hardcover. Illustrated title page reproduces cover art. 244 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-87685-8574.

    Condition: Fine condition in illustrated boards and orginal publisher's acetate jacket.

    Book ID: 58711
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  • MY HOLOCAUST SONGS. by Heyen, William.
    Heyen, William.
    MY HOLOCAUST SONGS.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1980. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Illustrated with a wood engraving by Michael McCurdy on the front cover and title page. Quarter bound in navy leather over light blue boards. One of only 30 deluxe copies, numbered in Roman numerals, and printed on Mohawk Supefine (out of a total edition of 180 copies). SIGNED by both Heyen and McCurdy. These copies also include the collection's final poem, 'This Night' in holograph opposite the title page. 20 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 82075
    Keywords: fine press, Poetry
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  • THE SWASTIKA POEMS. by Heyen, William.
    Heyen, William.
    THE SWASTIKA POEMS.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    New York: The Vanguard Press, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third collection of poetry and one of his most important. In this he looks at his heritage as an American born son of a German immigrant, one whose relatives were fighting for Germany duing World War II, and at the horrors of the Holocaust. One of only 50 numbered and SIGNED copies out of a total edition of 3500 copies. Notes. 82 pp. ISBN: 0-814907806.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase.

    Book ID: 82071
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  • BUSTER MESQUITE'S COWBOY BAND. by Hillerman, Tony; Ernest Franklin, illustrator.
    Hillerman, Tony; Ernest Franklin, illustrator.
    BUSTER MESQUITE'S COWBOY BAND.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Hillerman's second children's book, the story of a burro, a coyote, a wildcat, and a black crow who form a cowboy band, illustrated throughout in full color by Ernest Franklin. One of 100 copies numbered and SIGNED by both Hillerman and Franklin on a special preliminary page. Oblong format. 31 pp.

    Condition: Fine - as new in glossy dark purple boards with gilt lettering and a small illustration of Buster on front in a matching purple slipcase dark violet

    Book ID: 66206
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  • BREAKING (from The Book of Medicines) by Hogan, Linda.
    Hogan, Linda.
    BREAKING (from The Book of Medicines)

    Edition: Limited edition.

    Berkeley, CA: Poltroon Press, 2002. First edition - One of 150 copies printed in letter press for the Environmental Poetry Festival, Berkeley, 7 September 2002 by Poltroon Press (an innovative small press founded in 1975 by Frances Butler and Alastair Johnson) A lovely production, consisting of a single poem, printed in black on cream colored stock with a pale aqua seascape woodcut, 13 inches tall by 10 inches wide. Broadside, single sheet.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 65464
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  • THE PERSISTENCE OF RED DREAMS. by Huey, Mark. Illustrated by Peter Brehm.
    Huey, Mark. Illustrated by Peter Brehm.
    THE PERSISTENCE OF RED DREAMS.

    Edition: First printing, a slim chapbook.

    Charlottesville, VA: Alderman Press, 1980. SIGNED first edition - Poetry by Mark Huey with illustrations in black and white by Peter Brehm. #79 out of a total printing of 175 copies, hand set and printed at the Alderman Press, and hand sewn in orange illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by both the author and illustrator on the colophon page. 20 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55776
    Keywords: fine press, Poetry
    View cart More details Price: $20.00
  • SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC: Robinson Jeffers and the Tragic Sense in Modern Poetry. by [Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962] Gilbert, Rudolph.
    [Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962] Gilbert, Rudolph.
    SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC: Robinson Jeffers and the Tragic Sense in Modern Poetry.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., (1936) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays by Gilbert, a poet himself, which use the poems of Jeffers as a starting point in an investigation of modern American poetry. One of only 1000 copies in this first edition. Bibliography, 197 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (light toning to pages, price-clipped).

    Book ID: 86144
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  • SONGS AND HEROES. by Jeffers, Robinson; edited by Robert J. Brophy.
    Jeffers, Robinson; edited by Robert J. Brophy.
    SONGS AND HEROES.

    Edition: Limited, numbered first edition.

    Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1988. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 22 early poems, not previously published and written around 1912. The title comes from a 1912 letter by Jeffers to his sister Una. No. 21 of 200 numbered copies on Frankfurt paper. Printed by Patrick Reagh, binding by Bela Blau, on Frankfort paper. 33 pp plus notes and colophon.

    Condition: Fine in light brown cloth with paper labels on the spine and front cover.

    Book ID: 76695
    Keywords: fine press, Poetry
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  • THE STONES OF TOR HOUSE. by [Jeffers, Robinson] Jeffers. Donnan.
    [Jeffers, Robinson] Jeffers. Donnan.
    THE STONES OF TOR HOUSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Covelo, CA: Jeffers Literary Properties / Yolla Bolly Press, (1985.). First edition - A monograph on the exotic stones in Robinson Jeffer's Tor House in Carmel by his stone. One of only 1000 copies designed and printed by Caroline and James Robertson at the Yolla Bolly Press in Covelo, California. Illustrated with photographs. 12 pp sewn in outer wrappers. Laid in is a brochure regarding membership in the Tor House Foundation.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated beige wrappers (a bit of creasing to the covers and the outer margin of the pages, the brochure laid in has the membership application form cut out.) Uncommon .

    Book ID: 48734
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  • Lally, Michael.
    ?QUE PASA BABY?

    Edition: First printing.

    Fresno, CA: Wake Up Heavy, 2001. SIGNED first edition - An extended prose-poem, a riff on his forty years as a poet, in cities across the country, printed as a limited edition chapbook of only 150 copies. This is one of the 26 lettered and SIGNED copies. Printed and designed by Mark Begley. 16 pp plus the colophon. ISBN: 1524-0282.

    Condition: Fine in pale blue stapled wrappers (as new.)

    Book ID: 40937
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  • Lally, Michael.
    ?QUE PASA BABY?

    Edition: First printing.

    Fresno, CA: Wake Up Heavy, 2001. First edition - An extended prose-poem, a riff on his forty years as a poet, in cities across the country, printed as a limited edition chapbook of only 150 copies. Printed and designed by Mark Begley. 16 pp plus the colophon. ISBN: 1524-0282.

    Condition: Fine in pale blue stapled wrappers (as new.)

    Book ID: 40936
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  • SELECTED SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY STORIES. by London, Jack (Annotated by Dick Weiderman.)
    London, Jack (Annotated by Dick Weiderman.)
    SELECTED SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    Lakemont, GA: Fictioneer Books, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology containing five long short stories by London and , selected to be present a cross section of his writing in what could be called "social science fiction," annotated and with an introduction by Richard Weiderman. Including "The Relic of the Pleistocene", one of London's stories set in the 1987 Klondike Gold Rush and the lost race story "The Red One." Illustrated throughout in black and white and with one fold-out color plate by Philip Craig Russell. One of "approximately 1500 copies printed." 120 pp plus colophon. Illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (a new copy, but with a short tear to the bottom edge of the foldout illustration).

    Book ID: 39525
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  • AGADIR. by Lundkvist, Artur (preface by William Jay Smith.)
    Lundkvist, Artur (preface by William Jay Smith.)
    AGADIR.

    Edition: First printing (limited edition.)

    Pittsburgh: Byblos Editions II, (1979.). Hardcover first edition - A long narrative poem describing the events of the 1960 earthquake in Southern Morocco that detroyed the city of Agadir, Preface by William Jay Smith; translated from the Swedish by Smith and Leif Sjoberg. One of only 230 copies, Illustrated with a sepia-toned frontispiece by William Libby (details from the frontispiece are used in the book to separate sections. 55 pp. Fine in marble covered boards with linen spine. No dust jacket, likely as issued. One of 230 copies.

    Condition: Near fine in red and gold marbleized papers with a black linen cloth spine,gilt lettering, in the original acetate wrapper (gift inscription on front endpaper, tear to acetate wrapper.)

    Book ID: 41494
    View cart More details Price: $40.00
  • DANGEROUS AS DAUGHTERS. by MacDonald, Susan.
    MacDonald, Susan.
    DANGEROUS AS DAUGHTERS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    San Francisco: Five Trees Press, 1976. First edition - Designed and printed by Kathy Walkup in an edition of 500 copies, 450 of which are bound in wraps. Illustration and ornaments by Robin Cherin, Jungle Press. Oblong format, unpaginated.

    Condition: Very good+ (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 48246
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  • A PLETHORA OF PRINTERS' POETRY or A COMPOSING ROOM COMPENDIUM. by Mackellar, Thomas; Henry Lewis Bullen, Franklin P. Adams, and anonymous.
    Mackellar, Thomas; Henry Lewis Bullen, Franklin P. Adams, and anonymous.
    A PLETHORA OF PRINTERS' POETRY or A COMPOSING ROOM COMPENDIUM.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Rafael and Petaluma, California: Mt. Tam Press and Anchor & Acorn Press, 2004. First edition - Keepsake 'specially printed for the Joint Meeting of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club in Los Angeles.' A collection of 4 poems glorifying the printer's craft and a poetic puzzle (with translation) by Franklin P. Adams. Limited edition, one of only 250 copies. Illustrated with small engravings. 11 pp plus the colophon. Slip noting that this copy was presented to the Sacramento Book Collectors Club.

    Condition: Fine condition in stiff cream wrappers with a turquoise printed outer wrapper.

    Book ID: 32476
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  • IGITUR. by Mallarme, Stephane; Rendered into English by Jack Hirschman
    Mallarme, Stephane; Rendered into English by Jack Hirschman
    IGITUR.

    Edition: Limited, numbered edition in wrappers.

    Los Angeles: Press of the Pegacycle Lady, 1974. First edition - The first English language translation of this piece by Mallarme, #154 out of 500 numbered copies. Sewn in stiff rust-red paper wrappers with a photo illustration by Wallace Berman pasted on the front cover. 21 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-915148048.

    Condition: Very good overall (some dampstaining in lower gutter, affecting the back cover and several pages - but still an attractive copy)

    Book ID: 78967
    View cart More details Price: $60.00
  • FLAGSTAFF. by Maytag, Ken.
    Maytag, Ken.
    FLAGSTAFF.

    Edition: Signed broadside.

    Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1968. SIGNED first edition - Poem on a long single sheet folded five times to fit into envelope, printed on pale green paper with darker green illustrations and black letter. Cover has a small illustration and states "350 copies of Flagstaff, a Unicorn Longside, published January 2, 1968. Printed by Noel Young." The sheet then unfolds into a long thin broadside, . 21 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, with a drawing along the left hand side. SIGNED by Ken Maytag at the bottom and dated. Nov 14-15 67.

    Condition: Fine in a very good example of the original cream envelope.

    Book ID: 58573
    View cart More details Price: $25.00
  • McCarthy, Mary.
    WINTER VISITORS.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1970.). Hardcover first edition - 'Winter Visitors is taken from BIRDS OF AMERICA, a novel by Mary McCarthy, which will be published in the year 1971. This limited edition is published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author and publisher.' Publisher's card laid in. Small volume, 57 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in brown pictorial boards with a cream cloth spine.

    Book ID: 29537
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  • TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas by Melville, Herman.
    Melville, Herman.
    TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas

    Edition: First thus.

    West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1962. Hardcover first edition - An attractive edition of this classic novel, based upon Melville's own experiences in 1842, when he and a companion jumped ship in the Marquesas. Designed by Bradbury Thompson, this limited edition features illustrations reproduced from the Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature, and Art, 1846. 324 pp plus final illustrations and colophon. Bound in quarter cowhide leather with the title stamped in gold over deorated paper boards. Slipcase reproduces the illustrations on the endpapers.

    Condition: Fine in very good slipcase (some toning to the slipcase) Signed presentation slip tipped onto front endpaper.

    Book ID: 67827
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  • Middleton, David.
    AS FAR AS LIGHT REMAINS: Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a limited edition.

    Omaha, Nebraska: The Cummington Press, 1993. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 18 poems, printed by Harry Duncan from Bembo type with Perpetua initials in red on handmade paper from India. Case bound by Campbell-Logan in scarlet Japanese cloth with gilt stamping. One of 250 press numbered copies (203 for sale). 44 pp. Small prospectus laid in.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 61713
    Keywords: fine press, Poetry
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  • Montes de Oca, Marco Antonio (Introduction by Octavio Paz.)
    THE HEART OF THE FLUTE.

    Edition: Limited edition.

    [Pittsburgh, PA:] Byblos Editions, International Poetry Forum. (1978.). Hardcover first edition - First work of this well-known Mexican poet to be published in the US. One of only 230 copies printed on warm white Teton text, bound in marbleized boards with cream cloth spine. A bi-lingual edition with a translation by Laura Villesenor and with an introduction by Octavio Paz. Frontispiece by Jane Katselos. 60 pages.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 17787
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  • IDIOSYNCRASY & TECHNIQUE: Inaugurating the Ewing Lectures of the University of California Los Angeles, October 3 and 5, 1956. by Moore, Marianne (1887-1972)
    Moore, Marianne (1887-1972)
    IDIOSYNCRASY & TECHNIQUE: Inaugurating the Ewing Lectures of the University of California Los Angeles, October 3 and 5, 1956.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1958. First edition - A slim volume containing two lectures on poetry, which were delivered by Moore at the University of California, Los Angeles ("Inaugurating the Ewing Lectures"), on October 3rd and 5th, 1956. Introduction by James E. Phillips. Notes. Designed by Adrian Wilson. 27 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in stapled plain ivory wrappers with outer wrappers striped in shades of blue, deep self-flaps and a printed paper label.

    Book ID: 84743
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  • HERE IS EINBAUM. by Morris, Wright.
    Morris, Wright.
    HERE IS EINBAUM.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of five short stories, one of 226 specially bound copies, individually numbered and SIGNED by Morris. Printed by Noel Young, designed by Barbara Martin and handbound by Earle Gray. 84 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Fine in decorated boards with a paper label on the spine in a near fine acetate dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81026
    View cart More details Price: $80.00
  • WHEN I DIE - SONNET LXXIX. by Neruda, Pablo.
    Neruda, Pablo.
    WHEN I DIE - SONNET LXXIX.

    Edition: First printing.

    Nevada City, CA: Full Circle Press / Harold Berliner, (ca 2003). First edition - A single poem - a sonnet - printed in letterpress on heavy stock, in black with red initail W - measures 13 inches by 10 inches. Undated and with no printing information, but this was part of a group of items from Harold Berliner and later the Full Circle Press. A very attractive and uncommon production.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 88322
    View cart More details Price: $30.00