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  • WEST OF THE WEST: Imagining California: An Anthology. by [Anthology - signed] Michaels, Leonard; David Reid and Raquel Scherr, editors, Gary Soto and Maxine Hong Kingston, signed.
    [Anthology - signed] Michaels, Leonard; David Reid and Raquel Scherr, editors, Gary Soto and Maxine Hong Kingston, signed.
    WEST OF THE WEST: Imagining California: An Anthology.

    Edition: Trade paperback reprint.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1995). SIGNED - Moving from the South to the North of California, this anthology contains both literary and non-fiction excerpts about the varied faces of California. SIGNED by TWO authors at their contributions: Gary Soto at "One Thing After Another" and Maxine Hong Kingston at 'Twisters and Shouters,' a glimpse into the thoughts of a homeless Chinese man on Market Street in San Francisco. Also includes selections from M. F. K. Fisher, Octavio Paz, Mary Austin, Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller, Joan Didion, Richard Rodriguez, Leo Litwack, Ishmael Reed, James D. Houston, Vince Bugliosi Gretel Ehrlich, Amy Tan and many others. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-520201647.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (remainder line, minor wear to covers, small blacked out line on first page) Uncommon signed.

    Book ID: 87635
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  • [Anthology] Various Authors
    LIBERTINE LYRICS by Various Authors Mostly of the XVII and XVIII Centuries

    Edition: First thus.

    Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, n.d. (ca 1960). Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Anthony Amour. One of 1750 copies of this edition, printed on specially made paper. Bound in terra cotta cloth with a pasted-on illustration on the front cover, paper spine label. 93 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine slipcase (some sunning to the spine, toning to edges of slipcase)

    Book ID: 62988
    Keywords: limericks, Poetry
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  • LIFE COLLECTION. by Apache Corral.
    Apache Corral.
    LIFE COLLECTION.

    Edition: First printing.

    Oakland, CA: Apache Corral Publishing Company, (1983-84) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of poems by a self-identified multi-ethnic poet "with a special sensitivity to women, life and love" who was born in French Camp in California's Central Valley and worked as a country and western musician. Photograph on back cover of dust jacket by Shirley Rivas-Cabalas. Boldly INSCRIBED on the first blank page and dated in 1985. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-961693223.

    Condition: Fine in red boards in a good dust jacket with several short edge tears.

    Book ID: 88906
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  • Argueta, Jorge.
    LOVE STREET.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.

    San Francisco: Tiki Bob Publishing, (1991.). SIGNED first edition - Bilingual (English/Spanish) edition. INSCRIBED on the title page. 'Annese, with love and madness.' Translated by Margot Pepper. Introduction by Francisco Alarcon who says 'Salvadorean poet Jorge Argueta, like a modern Saint George, is implacable in confronting, taunting, wrestling, slashing open teh make-believe dragon of "El Norte, " that mirage stamped like a star of promise between the eyes of millions of men, women and children-who like Argueta-have come to the United States during the past decade [1980s] escaping death squads, political persecution, institutionalized terror, plain old misery, and solitude.' Although Argueta, who came to San Francisco in 1980, is now best known for his children's books, which are rooted…

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    San Francisco: Tiki Bob Publishing, (1991.). SIGNED first edition - Bilingual (English/Spanish) edition. INSCRIBED on the title page. 'Annese, with love and madness.' Translated by Margot Pepper. Introduction by Francisco Alarcon who says 'Salvadorean poet Jorge Argueta, like a modern Saint George, is implacable in confronting, taunting, wrestling, slashing open teh make-believe dragon of "El Norte, " that mirage stamped like a star of promise between the eyes of millions of men, women and children-who like Argueta-have come to the United States during the past decade [1980s] escaping death squads, political persecution, institutionalized terror, plain old misery, and solitude.' Although Argueta, who came to San Francisco in 1980, is now best known for his children's books, which are rooted in the folklore of his native El Salvador, and explore the sense of belonging to two countries that many immigrants feel, this early collection is much grittier, with many of the poems set in the Tenderloin district, focused on the underside of modern American life: the hardships of undocumented immigrants, drug users, homeless and more. 53 pp

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    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated black and white wrappers. Very uncommon, especially signed.

    Book ID: 30417
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  • Armstrong, Paul.
    THE FLIP SIDE OF PAUL ARMSTRONG.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Eugene, OR: Lane Community College Press, (1971.). SIGNED first edition - INSCRIBED on the title page. A collection of mostly very short, wry and ironic poems. Clean and tight, some sunning to covers, mild edgewear. 95 pp.

    Condition: Fine in tan illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 35605
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • HOW SALVATOR WON and Other Recitations. by [Art Nouveau Binding] Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919)
    [Art Nouveau Binding] Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919)
    HOW SALVATOR WON and Other Recitations.

    Edition: First thus - early reprint.

    Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co.
    (1895.)
    . Hardcover - Bound in a brown cloth with gilt lettering and a gilt design of Cupid, scrolls and flowers. Frontispiece portrait. 160 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ - prev owner's name, small piece missing from upper corner of frontispiece. Binding very near fine; gilt is bright.

    Book ID: 55629
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  • SELF-PORTRAIT IN A CONVEX MIRROR: POEMS . by Ashbery, John.
    Ashbery, John.
    SELF-PORTRAIT IN A CONVEX MIRROR: POEMS .

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of thirty-six poems, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Rather uncommon in the hardcover first edition. 83 pp. ISBN: 0-670-63283X.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (name of previous owner, that of poet Elizabeth Harrod, on front endpaper, some nicks to the upper edge of the dj.)

    Book ID: 46298
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  • NOTES FROM THE AIR: Selected Later Poems. by Ashbery, John.
    Ashbery, John.
    NOTES FROM THE AIR: Selected Later Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - Selections by Ashbery himself from ten later collections, spanning two decades. Index of titles and first lines. xv, 364 pp. ISBN: 978-0061367175.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder line).

    Book ID: 71639
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • SELECTED POEMS. by Ashbery, John.
    Ashbery, John.
    SELECTED POEMS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - A selection made by Ashbery himself of 138 poems from his first 10 collections of verse. Index. 349 pp. ISBN: 0-670809179.

    Condition: Good only in a good example of the attractive marbled-paper dust jacket (extensive ink notations at 2 poems, affecting 7 pages, one note on the table of contents, some chipping and edgewear at the ends of the spine of the dj)

    Book ID: 67915
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • (Ashbery, John; Suk, Julie; MacPherson, Sandra and others)
    POETRY, Volume CLXVI, Number 4, July 1995.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Chicago: 1995. First edition - Other poets include Deirdre O'Connor, Linda Pastan, Jean Jansen, Laurie Greer and more.

    Condition: Good in wrappers (mailing label, upper corner bent.)

    Book ID: 14945
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • ASIMOV'S SHERLOCKIAN LIMERICKS. by Asimov, Isaac.
    Asimov, Isaac.
    ASIMOV'S SHERLOCKIAN LIMERICKS.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1978) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Asimov's fourth collection of limericks and "the first to be entirely respectable." Contains 60 limericks, one for each of the Sherlock Holems canonical tales. Illustrated with a full color frontispiece by Gahan Wilson. #136 of 250 copies signed by Asimov and illustrator Gahan Wilson 60 pp plus author information and the limitation page. ISBN: 0-89296040X.

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

    Book ID: 70829
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  • THE LOVE BEGGARS: Poems 1995-2004. by Attie, Michael.
    Attie, Michael.
    THE LOVE BEGGARS: Poems 1995-2004.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Los Angeles: Neon Buddha Press, (2004). First edition - The second book of poems by Attie, who has been a student of Zen, Vipassana and Advaita for over 40 years. 86 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated stapled gray wrappers (address label on first page)

    Book ID: 88412
    Keywords: buddhism, humor, Poetry
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  • THUNDER IN THE ROOM. by Atwood, George Huitt.
    Atwood, George Huitt.
    THUNDER IN THE ROOM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dorrance & Company, (1968) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of poems, INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Index of first lines. 86 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (price-clipped, some light edgewear to dj).

    Book ID: 79593
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • Atwood, Margaret.
    SELECTED POEMS: 1965 - 1975.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1987.). Originally published in the US in 1976, this was being re-issued simultaneously with a volume of her poems from 1976-86. Includes selections drawn from 'The Circle Game', 'The Animals from That Country', the entire long poem of 'The Journals of Susanna Moody', etc. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-395-404223.

    Condition: Very good in stiff illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 35571
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  • TRUE STORIES. by Atwood, Margaret
    Atwood, Margaret
    TRUE STORIES.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Jonathan Cape, (1982.). SIGNED first edition - Her ninth collection of poems, perhaps her darkest - 'the true story is vicious/ and multiple and untrue/ after all' - and the poems often contradict the implicit ideas inthe title - 'Christmas Carols' begins 'Children do not always mean/ hope. To some they mean despair.' Originally issued as a trade paperback in Canada in 1981, and only issued in wrappers in the UK also. SIGNED on the title page. Cover photograph (on both front and back) by Graeme Gibson. 103 pp. ISBN: 0-224-020714.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 30178
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • THE JOURNALS OF SUSANNA MOODIE by Atwood, Margaret
    Atwood, Margaret
    THE JOURNALS OF SUSANNA MOODIE

    Edition: Later printing in stiff illustrated wrappers.

    Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. Series of connected poems which together form a narrative about the experiences of an Englishwoman who emigrated to Canada in 1832, where she settled in the bush on a farm with her husband. The cover is a design by Atwood, (as are the collages in the book) but spoiled, according to her, by the publisher adding red to it, without her knowlege or consent. 64 pp. ISBN: 0-195401697.

    Condition: Near fine - ghost of a sticker on the front cover, some yellowing to white background.

    Book ID: 73756
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • Atwood, Margaret (illustrated by Charles Pachter.)
    THE JOURNALS OF SUSANNA MOODIE.

    Edition: First thus.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Hardcover first edition - A beautifully illustrated edition of these interrelated poems - first issued in a fine press limited edition of only 120 copies. This edition includes a new foreword by David Staines, and a memoir by Charles Pachter. ISBN: 0-395-880432.

    Condition: Fine in a fine slipcase.

    Book ID: 18107
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • Auden, W. H.
    NONES.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Random House, (1951.). Hardcover - Poems mostly from 1947-1950. 81 pp

    Condition: Near fine in gray and blue boards (some offsetting to the endpapers), lacking the dustjacket.

    Book ID: 28672
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • Auden, W. H. (Daniel Halpern, editor.)
    THE PROLIFIC AND THE DEVOURER, Antaeus, Number 42, Summer 1981.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book of aphorisms begun by Auden in 1939 - part 1 had originally appeared in Anteus in 1976, but this is the first publication of the entire work. The entire issue is devoted to this and to an index of Anteus, Numbers 1- 42. The uncommon hardcover issue. ISBN: 0-912946-946.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 22240
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • JUVENILIA: Poems 1922 -1928. by Auden, W. H. (edited by Katherine Bucknell)
    Auden, W. H. (edited by Katherine Bucknell)
    JUVENILIA: Poems 1922 -1928.

    Edition: First printing.

    Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Brings together all of the poems written by Auden between the ages of 15 and 22. Includes a long biographical introduction and detailed annotations of each poem by the editor, Katherine Bucknell, which illuminate Auden's complex intellectual life and point out the connections between his earliest writings and his mature work. Appendix, index. lxxii, 263 pp. ISBN: -69103415X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder mark)

    Book ID: 75837
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • LOS ESPACIOS PROHIBIDOS. by Audirac, Javier
    Audirac, Javier
    LOS ESPACIOS PROHIBIDOS.

    Edition: First printing, a slim softcover book.

    Mexico, D.F. : Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1992. First edition - Poemas. Un titulo de la serie "Ala del Tigre." La edicion consta de 1,000 ejemplares.
    Text in Spanish - en espanol. 59 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 9-68362524X.

    Condition: Nueva condicion. As new, in white wrappers. Many pages still unopened, in original glassine wrapper.

    Book ID: 83799
    Keywords: espanol, Poetry
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  • A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY OF SURREALIST POEMS. by Auster, Paul, translator.
    Auster, Paul, translator.
    A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY OF SURREALIST POEMS.

    Edition: First thus.

    Minneapolis: Rain Taxi, (2002). First edition - Although an earlier version of these poems was published in 1972, this is a very attractive production and it includes a brief new introduction by Auster. Translates poems by Rene Char, Tristan Tzara, Antonin Artaud, Paul Eluard, Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, Phillippe Soupault, Louis Aragon, and Robert Desnos. One of only 300 copies, designed by Kelly Everding. 35 pp. plus colophon.

    Condition: Fine in beige printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 61173
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  • POEMS OF HERE AND THERE. by Austin, Grace Jewett.
    Austin, Grace Jewett.
    POEMS OF HERE AND THERE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Dallas, TX: Story Book Press, (1948.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A slim collection of poety, many telling stories of Texas and the South, others inspired by Austin's wide-ranging travels. The front cover of the dust jacket has a photograph of Austin and her daughter, with a St Bernard dog between them, in Switzerland in 1934, with a reference to one of the poems in this book ("Old Moritz.") Warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper and dated in 1947.

    Condition: Near fine in a fair only dust jacket with many chips and edgewear.

    Book ID: 42741
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  • QUIET THOUGHTS: Reflections in Poetry and Photography/ by Austin, Janice.
    Austin, Janice.
    QUIET THOUGHTS: Reflections in Poetry and Photography/

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Vantage Press, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of poems, illustrated with black and white photographs by the author. Presentation copy INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. 47 pp. ISBN: 0-533097037.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76019
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN NOTEBOOK, VOLUME 1. by Awoonor, Kofi N. [Nyidevu] (1935-2013)
    Awoonor, Kofi N. [Nyidevu] (1935-2013)
    LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN NOTEBOOK, VOLUME 1.

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

    Trenton, NJ. Africa World Press, (1992). First edition - An uncommon collection of poetry by this Ghanian writer, who was tragically killed in the terrorist attack on a Nairobi shopping mall. Cover and illustrations by Carles J Juzang. 87 pp. ISBN: 0-86453-3151.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58298
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  • THE LATEST ILLUSION. by Axinn, Donald Everett
    Axinn, Donald Everett
    THE LATEST ILLUSION.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Arcade Publishing, (1995). First edition - His sixth collection of poems - praise on the back cover from such poets as William Stafford, Cornelius Eady, Erica Jong (who says "He is one of the few poets who celebrates the joy of being alive.") and more. Notes (on Richard Byrd and Amelia Earhart.) 110 pp. ISBN: 1-559702982.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 69548
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • JUMPING-SHOES: Poems. by Aylen, Leo
    Aylen, Leo
    JUMPING-SHOES: Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    London: Sidgwick & Jackson, (1983). SIGNED first edition - The sixth collection of poetry by this writer who was born in South Africa. INSCRIBED on the title page. Notes. 59 pp. ISBN: 0-283990317.

    Condition: Very near fine in stiff black illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79617
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • Baca, Jimmy Santiago.
    BLACK MESA POEMS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    New York: New Directions, (1989.). First edition - A collection of poems rooted in the American Southwest by this award-winning writer. Glossary. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-8112-11029.

    Condition: Good overall -some creasing to the covers, contents clean.

    Book ID: 65650
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  • BLACK MESA POEMS. by Baca, Jimmy Santiago.
    Baca, Jimmy Santiago.
    BLACK MESA POEMS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    New York: New Directions, (1989.). A collection of poems rooted in the American Southwest by this award-winning writer. Glossary. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-8112-11029.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings and tape-reinforced spine, but otherwise tight and clean

    Book ID: 50469
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  • HEALING EARTHQUAKES: A Love Story in Poems. by Baca, Jimmy Santiago.
    Baca, Jimmy Santiago.
    HEALING EARTHQUAKES: A Love Story in Poems.

    Edition: Third printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Grove Press, (2001.). SIGNED - "A series of small poems divided among five books, it explores the history of love in the poet's personal relationships: in (and not in) his childhood community, his mother and brother, women taken as lovers, and the first woman with whom he found love. Heavy with metaphor throughout, the "Healing" in the title no doubt resonates with the poem's epicenter: the falling in and falling out of love with his wife, a process steeped in contradictions as much as self-indulgence. The poems, correspondingly, are intensely personal, contradictory and completely forthcoming." (Publisher's Weekly) Born in New Mexico, of Chicano and Apache heritage, Baca was a runaway at 13, in prison at 21, and…

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    New York: Grove Press, (2001.). SIGNED - "A series of small poems divided among five books, it explores the history of love in the poet's personal relationships: in (and not in) his childhood community, his mother and brother, women taken as lovers, and the first woman with whom he found love. Heavy with metaphor throughout, the "Healing" in the title no doubt resonates with the poem's epicenter: the falling in and falling out of love with his wife, a process steeped in contradictions as much as self-indulgence. The poems, correspondingly, are intensely personal, contradictory and completely forthcoming." (Publisher's Weekly) Born in New Mexico, of Chicano and Apache heritage, Baca was a runaway at 13, in prison at 21, and all of his poetry is written out of deep personal knowledge. SIGNED and dated on the first page. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-38144.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88445
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