Portland, OR: Breakwater Press, 1982. Softcover. Tall octavo. Unpaginated. Sewn binding in blue-grey printed wrappers. Limited to 250 copies, SIGNED by Simon. Hint of fading to fold. Poet and translator, "Greg Simon lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He co-translated, with Steven F. White, Federíco García Lorca's Poet.....
Dorset: Words Press, 1988. Softcover. Octavo. Unpaginated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pink paper wrappers. Limited to 75 SIGNED and numbered copies; this is #70 (200 total in the edition) Hint of fading at fold. "Timothy Steele studied with the poet J.V. Cunningham. The influence of formal masters like Cunningham and.....
Florence, KY: Robert L. Barth, 1984. Softcover. Octavo. Unpaginated. Staple-bound pamphlet. White paper wrappers. Limited to 150 copies; this is #102. SIGNED by Steele. Toning to spine fold. Very light bit of soiling to cover. "Timothy Steele studied with the poet J.V. Cunningham. The influence of formal masters.....
Omaha: Abattoir Editions / The University of Nebraska, 1984. Softcover. Tall octavo. Unpaginated. Grey Japanese paper wrappers with printed label. Limited to 255 copies; this is #42. SIGNED by Steele. Printed by Harry Duncan. Hint of fading to edges. "Timothy Steele studied with the poet J.V. Cunningham. The.....
Omaha: Abattoir Editions / The University of Nebraska, 1984. Softcover. Tall octavo. Unpaginated. Black Japanese paper wrappers with printed label. Limited to 255 copies; this is #168. SIGNED by Steele. Printed by Harry Duncan.
Los Angeles: The Symposium Press, 1983. Softcover. Tall octavo. 37pp in printed wrappers. Limited to 265 copies; this is #3 (III) SIGNED BY Steele and by fellow poet Charles Gullans to whom the book was dedicated. Spine darkened, light mark on front. "Timothy Steele studied with the poet.....
Denver: Alan Swallow, 1962. Hardcover. Sm. quarto. 58pp. Creamy yellow boards stamped in green, in matching dust jacket. Light bump to top of spine, gutters have light spotting. Dust jacket has light general wear including some toning to edges.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1974. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 28pp. Number 5 in the FIRST GODINE POETRY CHAPBOOK SERIES. Floral patterned paper over boards, with pasted labels. Mild fading to spine; a couple rubbed corners and light general wear. A collection of nature themed poetry. Clear mylar dust jacket.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1960. Hardcover. Octavo. First edition thus. 543pp. Incl glossary. Gilt stamped tan cloth. Bump to one corner. Some toning to fore-edge. Dust jacket is toned on spine and edges. Edward Taylor is considered America's foremost colonial poet. Compared to John Donne and George.....
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, 1996. Hardcover. Octavo. 368pp. incl. index. Gilt stamped green cloth. Dust jacket is faded on spine. Gathered here are Robert Wallace's essay, "METER IN ENGLISH" and fourteen essay length responses to it.
Boston: Laurens Maynard, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 173pp. Illustrated with two inserted leaves (quite toned -as usual) on Japan paper, one the frontispiece, a drawing by H. D. Young of Whitman and Peter Doyle the other a photograph of a letter after page 112. Presentation copy "With Dr. Bucke's.....
London: Faber & Faber, Ltd, 1933. First edition thus. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 89pp. This copy has the bookplates of Jack Hagstrom and Joshua Odell. It also has a long inscription from Hagstrom to Odell, " For J.O. on admissions committee meeting day...1987..." Also has an unrelated ownership signature. Tan cloth.....
Madrid: REAL ACADEMIA DE NOBLES Y BELLAS ARTES DE SAN LUIS, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 13 1/4'' x 9 7/8''. 409pp. with index. Some light wear to dustjacket.
London: Oxford University Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 9'' x 6 1/4''. 474pp. with index. Some toning to pages. Spine bumped. Spine of dustjacket darkened, with some spotting. Scarce book in dustjacket.
London: Andre Deutsch Ltd., 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 55pp. White cloth boards stamped in gold. Nicely designed dust jacket by Francis Minns. Off-setting to endpapers; light toning to book edges. Light fading to spine of dust jacket; rear white panel of dust jacket lightly soiled. "Winner.....
London: Andre Deutsch Ltd., 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 69pp. White cloth boards stamped in gold. Nicely designed dust jacket by Francis Minns. Hint of fading to spine of dust jacket; rear white panel of dust jacket lightly soiled.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Hardcover. Royal octavo, large paper edition. 250pp. Limited edition #14 of 750 copies. Orange paper covered boards with black cloth spine. Beveled edges. t.e.g. In French-folded dust jacket with extended edges; small tears at corner folds. With "Memorandum from Mr. Knopf...1939" indicating that this.....
New York: The Typophiles, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Continuous pagination, 283 pp. in two volumes. Illustrated. Typophile Chap Books XIII & XIV. #700 of 825 copies printed by Peter Beilenson Mount Vernon, New York. Red cloth, lightly faded on spines. In slipcase has fading and wear to edges...
New York: The Typophiles, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Continuous pagination, 271 pp. in two volumes. Illustrated. Typophile Chap Books 35 & 36. One of 1,050 copies designed by Rudolph Ruzicka and printed at the Anthoensen Press. Fine copies in the original, edgeworn glassine. Housed in black paper covered slipcase.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 460pp. Incl. index. INSCRIBED by American book publisher, Henry Holt, "To Paul Elmer More, with love born of our many delightful quarrels. Henry Holt Dec. 14/23" Nice inscription and nice association, but unfortunately in rather poor condition. Blue cloth stamped in.....
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 258pp. "...a collection of interviews with nine small press publishers," including James Laughlin (New Directions) , Lawrence Ferlinghetti (City Lights), David Godine, Sam Hamill and Tree Swenson, (Copper Canyon Press) and John Martin (Black Sparrow Press). Mild toning to spine.....
Riverside, CT: Privately Printed /Ellen Knowles Harcourt, 1951. Hardcover. 12mo. 120pp. With the bookplate of Frederic Melcher. Alfred Harcourt (1881-1954) was an American publisher and founder of Harcourt, Brace & Co. Green paper covered boards with black spine. Hint of fading to spine. "Frederic Gershom Melcher (1879-1963).....
New York: The Typophiles, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 149pp. TYPOPHILE CHAP BOOK :XV. Limited edition, #246 of 400 copies, of a total edition of 805. Burgundy cloth, with black and gold stamping, in burgundy paper covered slipcase.With three book plates on front paste-down: Albert Sperisen, San Francisco Area Printer.....
New York: Rizzoli, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 12 1/4'' x 9 1/2''. 167pp. Photography by Matt WallaStaining to gutters from publishers glue, otherwise a clean bright copy in dustjacket.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1962. Third edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Tall octavo. 292pp; 326pp. Second printing of third edition. Gilt stamped red cloth; very minor bump to one corner. In dust jackets that have a couple minor spots.