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  • UNDER A GLASS BELL. by Nin, Anais; illustrated by Ian Hugo.
    Nin, Anais; illustrated by Ian Hugo.
    UNDER A GLASS BELL.

    Edition: Second edition.

    New York: Gemor Press, (1944). Hardcover - A slim collection of stories, illustrated with line engravings on copper by Ian Hugo. Both the cover and the nine illustrations were printed relief directly from the plates. Composed in Light Vogue Italic. Design, typography and printing by the Gemor Press. Second edition, limited to 800 copies. 85 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Fair condition only in the fragile paper covered boards, with some cracking to the paper near the spine, previous owner's name on front endpaper.

    Book ID: 68634
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  • THE CIRCULAR GATES. by Palmer, Michael.
    Palmer, Michael.
    THE CIRCULAR GATES.

    Edition: First edition, lettered & signed issue.

    Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An early full-length book of poetry by this influential and award-winning writer (in 2006 he received the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, a prize which recognizes outstanding mastery of the art of poetry.) One of 26 copies hand-lettered (this is G), and SIGNED by Palmer on the colophon page, and hand-bound in boards by Earle Grey. Paisley cloth spine over beige boards, paper title label on spine, pale blue end papers. 134 pp. plus colophon. ISBN: 0-87685210X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like clear acetate dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84300
    Keywords: limited edition, Poetry
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  • THE THANATOS SYNDROME. by Percy, Walker.
    Percy, Walker.
    THE THANATOS SYNDROME.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Percy's last novel, a satiric look at our culture, which is at once very funny and very serious: when Dr. Thomas More returns to his psychiatric practice in his small Louisiana parish, he notices bizarre changes in both his patients and his wife - changes brought about by a well-meaning attempt to regulate behavior by drugging the drinking water. The limited edition issued by the trade publisher - #13 out of 250 numbered copies signed by Percy on the limitation page. 372 pp.

    Condition: Fine in burgundy cloth in a very near fine blue-grey slipcase (hint of sunning to case.)

    Book ID: 55864
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  • [Poetry] Patchen, Kenneth, Bukowski, Charles; Kelly, Robert; Knowles, Alison; and others, contributors. Webb, John Edgar and Louise (Gypsy Lou) Webb, editors. Richard Shelton, signed.
    THE OUTSIDER Volume 2, No. 4/5 Winter, 1968-69.

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

    Tucson: Loujon Press, 1969. dj. SIGNED first edition - The final issue of this unique and impressive journal - "handset, mostly, and hand bound at Loujon's Desert Printery in Arizona" (included on the table of contents is a small note that the editors sold their house and workshop to get this issue out and at the end is the editor's bit & obit, which details their troubles.) This double issue is dedicated to Kenneth Patchen and features a 46- page homage to him with contributions from Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Rexroth, Harold Norse, David Meltzer, Henry Miller and many others. The frontispiece is poem painting by Patchen and the cover of the dust jacket is a photograph of…

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    Tucson: Loujon Press, 1969. dj. SIGNED first edition - The final issue of this unique and impressive journal - "handset, mostly, and hand bound at Loujon's Desert Printery in Arizona" (included on the table of contents is a small note that the editors sold their house and workshop to get this issue out and at the end is the editor's bit & obit, which details their troubles.) This double issue is dedicated to Kenneth Patchen and features a 46- page homage to him with contributions from Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Rexroth, Harold Norse, David Meltzer, Henry Miller and many others. The frontispiece is poem painting by Patchen and the cover of the dust jacket is a photograph of Patchen in his last illness. SIGNED by Richard Shelton at his poem "the crossing." Also includes contributions by Allan Kaprow, Charles Plymell, Russell Edson, Simon Perchik, Clarence Major, Larry Eigner, Charles Bukowski, Diane Di Prima, Denise Levertov, John Haines, Robert Kelly, Ted Enslin, Keith Wilson, Gene Frumkin, d. a. levy, Thomas Merton, Robert Bly, Dick Higgins, David Antin, Anselm Hollo, Ruth Krauss, Lenore Kandel, Alison Knowles, Margaret Randall, Jay Wright, Douglas Blazek, Emmett Williams, Jackson Mac Low, Ray Johnson, Al Hansen, and more. Illustrated with photographs, art and a section of comics by Kelsie Harder. 191 pp.

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    Condition: Very good+ in plain stiff cream colored wrappers in a very good+ dust jacket with a photograph of Patchen on the front cover, and a photograph of a black woman by Florence Mars on the back cover. Interestingly, this wrappered issue is much more uncommon than the hardcover (corners slightly bumped, some toning to the pages, one page foxed).

    Book ID: 56506
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  • LESSONS LEARNED: Seven Poems. by Price, Reynolds.
    Price, Reynolds.
    LESSONS LEARNED: Seven Poems.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    New York: Albondocani Press, 1977. dj. SIGNED first edition - One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author on the colophon page. Set in Palantino type, printed antique laid-paper and hand-sewn into wrappers of French marble paper. The press work and binding by William Raquel and Ferguson.19 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust clear acetate outer jacket.

    Book ID: 52058
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  • THE PRE-RAPHAELITES & THEIR WORLD: A Personal View From 'Some Reminiscences' and other writings of William Michael Rossetti. by Rossetti, William Michaell; introduction by Angela Thirlwell.
    Rossetti, William Michaell; introduction by Angela Thirlwell.
    THE PRE-RAPHAELITES & THEIR WORLD: A Personal View From 'Some Reminiscences' and other writings of William Michael Rossetti.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: The Folio Society, 1995. Hardcover first edition - A beautifully produced book illustrated throughout with reproductions of paintings and photographs in both full color and black and white. Includes an introduction and epilogue by Angela Thirlwell. List of illustrations, sources, index. xvii, 234 pp. Purple cloth binding with an ornate cover design by David Eccles.

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    London: The Folio Society, 1995. Hardcover first edition - A beautifully produced book illustrated throughout with reproductions of paintings and photographs in both full color and black and white. Includes an introduction and epilogue by Angela Thirlwell. List of illustrations, sources, index. xvii, 234 pp. Purple cloth binding with an ornate cover design by David Eccles.

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    Condition: Fine in near fine slipcase.

    Book ID: 45967
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  • EYE. by Schow, David J.
    Schow, David J.
    EYE.

    Edition: First printing - a limited, signed edition.

    Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of short fiction- 13 stories, including an afterword with notes on the stories, One of 1000 copies numbered and SIGNED on an illustrated preliminary page. Red illustrated endpapers. Dedicated to Christa Faust. 244 pp. ISBN: 1-892284739.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 69601
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  • ROCK BREAKS SCISSORS CUT. by Schow, David J.
    Schow, David J.
    ROCK BREAKS SCISSORS CUT.

    Edition: First printing - a limited, signed edition.

    Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The mysterious Dr. Gold is involved in a project about the recording of dreams; her three star volunteers - Jovana, a fashion model, Gilbert, a pop journalist, and Melinda, a bookstore employee - seem to have nothing in common at first until it seems that the experiments are linking them in unexpected ways. One of 750 copies numbered and SIGNED on an illustrated preliminary page. This copy is also SIGNED by Schow on the title page. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Caniglia. Illustrated endpapers. 142 pp. ISBN: 1931081816.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 63081
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  • CRYPT ORCHIDS. by Schow, David J. (introduction by Robert Bloch)
    Schow, David J. (introduction by Robert Bloch)
    CRYPT ORCHIDS.

    Edition: First printing - a limited, signed edition.

    Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of cutting edge short fiction with introduction by Robert Bloch and an afterword by Schow. One of an edition of 500 copies numbered and SIGNED on an illustrated preliminary page (this is lettered P/C - publisher's copy) . Signature page illustration by Grant Christian; interior illustrations by Timothy Caldwell. 235 pp. ISBN: 0-964989069.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 70048
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  • A DAUGHTER'S GEOGRAPHY. by Shange, Ntozake.
    Shange, Ntozake.
    A DAUGHTER'S GEOGRAPHY.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    New York: St Martin's, (1983) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of poetry by this African American writer best known as the author of 'for colored girls who have considered suicide.' . Number 138 out of 250 copies signed on a special preliminary page. ISBN: 0-312-183429.

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

    Book ID: 72618
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  • GIVINGS: Nine Poems. by Sheppard, S. R.
    Sheppard, S. R.
    GIVINGS: Nine Poems.

    Edition: First printing,a slim chapbook.

    Northampton: Printed by B. Chandler for L. S. Heaton, 1974. First edition - Printed in black with silver titles by Bruce Chandler (of The Heron Press). #181 of 300 copies on Mohawk Vellum in Kenntonian type; silkscreen frontispiece printed by Glenn Johnson. Unpaginated (20 pp)

    Condition: Very good+ in gray hand-sewn paper wrappers.

    Book ID: 87130
    View cart More details Price: $21.50
  • ELEGIES TO DELIA OF ALBIUS TIBULLUS. by Slavitt, David R., translator.
    Slavitt, David R., translator.
    ELEGIES TO DELIA OF ALBIUS TIBULLUS.

    Edition: First printing,a slim chapbook.

    Cleveland: Bits Press, (1985). SIGNED first edition - Love poems by this first century B.C. Latin poet, who was a supporter of Brutus and had his estates confiscated and who died young, translated and with a brief prefatory note by David R. Slavitt. SIGNED on the colopon page, which notes that this is part of an edition set in twelve point Times Roman by John Hoffa, printed by Robert Wallace in an edition of 370 copies, all signed by the translating poet . . 333 copies have been saddlesewn into Fabriano covers on which a copy of the etching has been printed from a zinc engraving. Unpaginated (14 pp), printed in dark brown and red.

    Condition: Very good+ (corners slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 87131
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  • COMMAND. by Stockwin, Julian
    Stockwin, Julian
    COMMAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2006). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 7th novel in the Tom Kydd series, which follows his career in the British Royal Navy from pressed man to Master. #641 in the limited edition of 1000 copies, SIGNED on the title page, numbered and stamped. Laid in is a SIGNED promotional postcard and a bookmark. "Thrilled at his first command Thomas Kydd must race to bring his ship to battle readiness.. . But his jubilation does not last long - peace is suddenly declared and Kydd is left ashore on half pay. A rare chance gives him the opportunity to go to sea once again. He sets sail as captain of a convict transport for the…

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    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2006). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 7th novel in the Tom Kydd series, which follows his career in the British Royal Navy from pressed man to Master. #641 in the limited edition of 1000 copies, SIGNED on the title page, numbered and stamped. Laid in is a SIGNED promotional postcard and a bookmark. "Thrilled at his first command Thomas Kydd must race to bring his ship to battle readiness.. . But his jubilation does not last long - peace is suddenly declared and Kydd is left ashore on half pay. A rare chance gives him the opportunity to go to sea once again. He sets sail as captain of a convict transport for the penal colony in New South Wales - and challenges that will test both his seamanship and his humanity to the limit." Nautical chart endpapers, ribbon bookmark bound in. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-340898550.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 70752
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  • A COLLECTOR'S DECABIBLON: An Address to the Annual Meeting of Gleeson Library Associates April 23, 1972. by Strouse, Norman H.
    Strouse, Norman H.
    A COLLECTOR'S DECABIBLON: An Address to the Annual Meeting of Gleeson Library Associates April 23, 1972.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1972. First edition - An entertaining speech in which this collector reminiscences about books, collections and booksellers, including his purchases from the 1948 auction of Mosher's own library, incunabula, booksellers like David Magee, and much more. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. One of 200 copies specially printed for private distribution by the author, out of a total printing of 1,000 copies. 21 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled gray wrappers.

    Book ID: 43425
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  • KID NIGREDO by Suntree, Philip
    Suntree, Philip
    KID NIGREDO

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Isla Vista, California) Turkey Press, 1978. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poetry, one of an edition of only 400 copies handset by Harry Reese in 14-point Bembo and printed by Sandra Liddell. INSCRIBED on the half title page by the poet. 33 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Near fine in stiff brown wrappers (slight sunning to upper edge.)

    Book ID: 86156
    Keywords: fine press, Poetry
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  • Suntree, Philip
    KID NIGREDO

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Isla Vista, California) Turkey Press, 1978. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poetry, one of an edition of only 400 copies handset by Harry Reese in 14-point Bembo and printed by Sandra Liddell. INSCRIBED on the half title page by the poet. 33 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Near fine in stiff brown wrappers (slight sunning to upper edge.)

    Book ID: 10546
    Keywords: fine press, Poetry
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  • [Typography] Owens, L. T.
    J. H. MASON 1875-1951: SCHOLAR-PRINTER

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Frederick Muller, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - First biography and study of the work of this remarkable man who worked at the Ballantyne Press, the Doves Press with Emery Walker and Cobden Sanderson, the Cranach Press, and later collaborated with Eric Gill, Gordon Craig, and Edward Johnston. Although he was self-educated, Mason came to be considered as one of his era's greatest printers; among other achievements he developed the Imprint type, a congenial and readable face well suited for periodical printing and book composition. The author was a student of Mason in the years between the wars at what was then known as the L.C.C. Central School of Arts and Craft. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, and…

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    London: Frederick Muller, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - First biography and study of the work of this remarkable man who worked at the Ballantyne Press, the Doves Press with Emery Walker and Cobden Sanderson, the Cranach Press, and later collaborated with Eric Gill, Gordon Craig, and Edward Johnston. Although he was self-educated, Mason came to be considered as one of his era's greatest printers; among other achievements he developed the Imprint type, a congenial and readable face well suited for periodical printing and book composition. The author was a student of Mason in the years between the wars at what was then known as the L.C.C. Central School of Arts and Craft. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, and 12 other illustrations, including some double spread ones. Several appendices listing some of the books produced under his direction and also containing letters and speeches by Mason. Introduction by James Moran, index. A title in the Ars Typographica Series. xvi, 192 pp. ISBN: 0-584103530.

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    Condition: Fine in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering in fine pale blue dust jacket (a new copy.) Slightly oversized format.

    Book ID: 31492
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  • Wightman, Wayne.
    GANGLION & OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 10 very offbeat stories with an introduction by Elinor Mavor. One of 674 SIGNED copies. xiii, 215 pp plus statement of limitation. Cover Art by Michael Dashow. ISBN: 1-892391007.

    Condition: Fine in black cloth with green lettering and illustration, no dust jacket as issued.

    Book ID: 36667
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  • P. G. WODEHOUSE: THREE TALKS AND A FEW WORDS AT A FESTIVE OCCASION IN 1982. by [Wodehouse, P. G.] Usborne, Richard; William Douglas-Home, Malcolm Muggeridge and Angus McIntyre.
    [Wodehouse, P. G.] Usborne, Richard; William Douglas-Home, Malcolm Muggeridge and Angus McIntyre.
    P. G. WODEHOUSE: THREE TALKS AND A FEW WORDS AT A FESTIVE OCCASION IN 1982.

    Edition: Limited edition, in wrappers.

    New York & London: James H Heineman / Curwen Press. 1989. First edition - For two months in 1982 there was, in the foyers of the National Theatre in London, an exhibition to celebrate P. G. Wodehouse's centenary. In conjunction with this exhibition, there were frequent talks in the Lyttelton Theatre on Wodehousian subjects. Three are printed here along with an after-dinner speech. Printed in letterpress and limited to 500 individually numbered copies, of which this is 76. Tall thin format. 52 pp. plus 2 pp of information on the series. ISBN: 0-870081268.

    Condition: Fine in stiff pale blue wrappers with black lettering.

    Book ID: 84043
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