The Little Man Press, 1940. First edition thus. Pamphlet. 7 5/8'' x 5''. 32pp. Pip Pap Po is one of the three books making up the 2nd Issue of THE LITTLE MAN, a quarterly magazine. Each issue consists of a series of booklets. Some minor soiling and toning.
Eureka, CA: 1955. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 16 pp.; Mimeograph sheets stapled into card covers. #95 of 200 numbered copies signed by poet, E.V. Griffith, the editor. Second issue of this early little magazine. Contributors include Judson Crews, Russell Atkins, James Schevill, Gael Turnbull, Wendell B. Anderson, Hadley Swain,and more.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. Softcover. 12mo. 4pp. in salmon color wrapper, printed in black and orange. Cover illustration and one interior illustration by George Wolfe Plank. Printed at the Harbor Press. With the original salmon colored envelope. Small "Leonie Adams" written on edge of envelope. Very good envelope.....
San Francisco: D. Alexander. 1968. First editions. Softcover. 9'' x 6'' ; 11'' x 8 3/4''. Unpaginated. General light wear, two inch tear to spine. Tiny stain to cover of volume one. Contributors include Diane Wakoski, Clayton Eshleman, David Bromige, Robert Kelly Carol Berge, and others.
London: Agenta Editions, 1978. First edition. Pamphlet. 8 1/2'' x5 1/2''. 20pp. INSCRIBED.
New York: Random House, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2'' X 6 1/2''. 273pp. INSCRIBED by Angelou "Sue Joy, Maya Angelou". Some wear to dust jacket.
New York: Random House, 1945. First American edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4'' X 6''. 466pp. Dustjacket has a chip at spine and general wear. Light toning to endpapers.
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.....
New Haven: Privately Printed, 1909. Softcover. Octavo. 68pp. INSCRIBED by the author to Chauncey and Henrietta Goodrich. Printed wrappers are faded a little on spine and edges. Nicely printed book. This is Leonard Bacon's first book. He later won the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his satiric.....
Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 40pp. Quarter hessian over mauve & purple patterned paper boards, printed paper label. Limited edition of 200 copies; this is #66. Title printed in red & black, with a woodcut vignette. Spine has a hint of fading.
Norfolk, CT: New Directions / Poet of the Month, 1941. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 32pp. Blue paper covered boards is toned at edges. Endpapers toned and a little spotty, rear endpaper more so. Matching dust jacket faded on spine and top edge.
Ashland, Massachusetts: ORIGIN PRESS, 1959. First edition. Softcover. 7 1/4'' X 5 1/4''. Unpaginated. Bound Japanese style. Very light fading, age related. Collectible condition.
London: Hayward Publishing, 2015. Softcover. Sq. Quarto. 240pp. Profusely illustrated in color. "The New Concrete is a long-overdue survey of the rise of concrete poetry in the digital age. The accessibility of digital text and image manipulation, modern print techniques and the rise of self-publishing have invigorated a movement that.....
St. Paul: Ally Press, 1987. Reprint. Paperback. 8 1/2'' x 5 1/2''. 51pp. Signed by Bly on fly-leaf. Then Inscribed '' For Dave'' on Title page. Minor soiling to covers.
Privately Printed, n.d. Octavo. Four folded sheets, 8.pp in photo illustrated wrappers. Photograph by Paul Logsdon.
El Cerrito, CA: Jacaranda Publishing, 1990. Softcover. Octavo. 16pp. In pictorial wrappers. Staple-bound. Pencil note says this is a rejected copy, limited to 10. A Prospectus is laid in, with information different than the colophon, so it does seem like some sort of proof copy. A little toning to fold.....
Softcover. One folded sheet, 4pp. Appears to be an excerpt from another publication, (Hellas, Poetry and Essays) perhaps made-up as a keepsake.
Florence, KY: Robert L. Barth, 1988. Softcover. 12mo. 7 x 4.25" 8pp. plus title and colophon. In olive green paper wrappers. Staple-bound. Limited edition number 13 of 175 SIGNED and numbered copies; total edition limited to 200 copies. Second copy (number 17).
Florence, KY: Robert L. Barth, 1988. Softcover. 12mo. 7 x 4.25" 8pp. plus title and colophon. In olive green paper wrappers. Staple-bound. Limited edition letter "S" of 25 SIGNED and lettered copies; total edition limited to 200 copies.
Los Angeles: UCLA, 2003. First edition thus. Softcover. Two broadsides in folder. 11x 7". Designed and printed letterpress at Occasional Works. Illustrated. Deckled bottom edges. Limited to 100 copies. "Published to commemorate the UCLA Edgar Bowers Conference, April 11, 2003. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library UCLA.".....
Greensboro, NC: Unicorn Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. 16mo. Unpaginated. (16pp. Incl. cover). "The author has handset, handprinted (on recycled paper) and handbound 250 copies of this book January 1, 1980. " #58. Light toning to recycled paper and edges of cover.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 142pp. plus 2pp ads. Purple cloth with decorative embossing and gilt title. Spine and edges darkened, top and bottom of spine worn; top of spine torn with loss. 2" split to cloth at fold. Rear hinge cracked, but still sound. Ownership.....
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1949. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 297pp. Incl. Index to First lines. Blue cloth with title stamped in gilt. Light rubbing to spine ends. Endpapers have some browning/ offsetting. minor toning to page edges. Small bookplate. "Thomas Carew was the poetic.....
Menlo park: Occasional Works, 2000. First edition. Softcover. 8 1/4'' x 5 7/8''. Unpaginated. Edition limited to 100 copies.
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1956. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 587pp. Incl. index of Persons, places and Titles. Blue cloth with title stamped in gilt. Toning to fore-edge. Dust jacket has very light wear with darkening to spine and edges. Small bookplate. Charles Churchill (1732-1764), was an English.....