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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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  • 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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  • 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
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  • 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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  • 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
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
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  • 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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  • 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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