Willits, CA: Tuumba Press, 1976. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Association copy, inscribed at the first blank to Irby's longtime friend and fellow poet Gerrit Lansing, with a beautiful ink drawing of a sun emerging behind clouds. Some faint tidemarking of the upper edge of wraps, some minor fading, but..... More
Barrytown: Station Hill and Tansy, 1992. First edition. 4to, wraps. Beautifully inscribed "To Ron" by the late poet at the title page, with an intricate drawing in pencil. Near fine. More
Barrytown: Station Hill and Tansy, 1992. First edition. 4to, wraps. Association copy, beautifully inscribed to Irby's close friend and fellow poet at the title page in the year of publication, with an intricate drawing in pencil. Near fine with some faint foxing to first blank. More
Kent, Ohio: Credences Press, 1979. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. A special issue of the little magazine dedicated to the great Kenneth Irby, which features poems by the poet as well as contributions by Don Byrd, Thomas Meyer, Linda Parker, Jed Rasula, Kenneth Irby, Bob Callahan, John Moritz, Paul Kahn..... More
Annandale-On-Hudson: Matter, 1968. First edition. Oblong 8vo, wraps. Mimeographed from typescript on yellow paper. Very good with some moderate creasing and a couple short nicks to wrappers. More
Cambridge, NY: White Creek Press, 1976. First edition. 4to, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. Association copy, inscribed by the editor to Irby's longtime friend and poet Gerrit Lansing. A superb 5 pp. poem by Irby, and a beautifully designed chapbook. Fine. More
Greensburg, PA: The Zelot Press, 1982. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Issued as the Zelot No. 4. Association copy, inscribed to Irby's longtime friend and fellow poet Gerrit Lansing, with a drawing of a cloud and sunbeams in different colors of ink. Foxed and creased, else about very good. More
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Sacramento: Arcturus Editions, 1999. First edition. Oblong 12mo, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a limited edition of 182 copies, of which this is copy no. 3. Association copy, inscribed to fellow poet Kenneth Irby in the year of publication. Near fine with a light crease to front wrap and a touch..... More
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Lawrence, KS: A Tansy Publication, 1980. 8 1/2 x 11" broadside, offset printed on yellow paper stock. An unusual and beautifully designed broadside, featuring two breathtakingly beautiful prose poems by the late Irby. A couple faint small stains. Very good. More
[San Francisco]: Hermes Free Press, 1972. First edition. 8 x 11" broadside on newsprint. Broadside reprinting an article from the Manchester Guardian concerning war crimes by the American military in Vietnam. The title to the broadside is printed in two colors, with the two words intersecting (sharing the "R"). One..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First edition. Limited edition, the "numbered series", numbered and signed by the author at the ffep, with an authorial correction to the copyright page as issued. Very good, with some moderate foxing and discoloration to boards, in a very good jacket lightly toned, with..... More
London: James Press, 1931. First edition. 8vo, viii, 139 pp, bound in red boards backed in vellum, with title stamped in gilt at spine. T.e.g., deckled fore edge. Inscribed by James at the first blank in the year of publication; "To dearest Zosia from Edward October 1931." A substantial collection of..... More
Oakland: Mills College Tape Music Center, 1969. First edition. 15 x 18" wax paper bag with illustrated paste-down to front panel, containing nine broadsides and a metal badge. A great assemblage produced by the San Francisco Tape Center in 1969. The contents are Roger Pritchard, "Death Piece # 98.6," Anthony Gnazzo..... More
np: nd. 8vo, [8] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated in b/w. Signed by Jess inside front cover. The first separate edition of this series of collages which was originally printed in a 1963 issue of the Northwest Review. Some faint handling creases, else fine. More
New York: nd. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, offset lithograph. The wonderful flyer for this reading, designed and illustrated by Joe Brainard, featuring one of his Sluggo works, with the details of the reading incorporated into the speech bubble. Faintest of toning to lower margin, some fant handling creases, else..... More
New York: Trobar, 1964. First edition. Folio, mimeographed from typescript, and illustrated with drawings by Josie Rosenfeld on offset printed sheets. Side-stapled in card covers and backed in blue tape at the spine. Of an edition of 150 numbered copies, this is no. 28. Association copy, inscribed to Kelly's longtime..... More
New York: Shivastan Publishing, 2006. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, printed on handmade Nepalese paper. Fine. More
Hannover: Edition H, 1969. First edition. Artists' book. 4to, unpaginated, die-cut sheets saddle-stapled in printed wraps. One of 300 copies of the trade edition. There was also an edition of 100 deluxe copies. A superb work of concrete poetry, each page being die-cut differently so that as the pages turn..... More
Uelzen: Bong & Co, 1969. First edition. Artists' book. 4to, die-cut loose leaves housed in a cloth portfolio.. One of an edition of 200 copies numbered and signed by the artist. A work of concrete poetry, each unpaginated sheet page being die-cut differently, allowing the reader to compose a potentially..... More
Baires, Argentina: Opium, 1964. Oblong 8vo, 64 pp, bound in photographically illustrated wraps. The rare second issue of the main periodical of the Opium Group, the Latin-American counterpart to the Beat Generation. With contributions from Aristarco, Juan Jacobo Bajarlía, Mariano Betelú, Miguel Brascó, Alberto Cousté, Miguel Grinberg, Reynaldo Mariani, Quino..... More
[San Francisco]: [Cranium Press], [1979]. 10 1/2 x 8" broadside, letterpress printed in blue on wheat paper. Kyger's name is given as the sixth line of the poem. Though there is no imprint information, this was printed at Cranium Press by Wesley Tanner. A beautiful broadside. Fine. More
Lawrence, KS: Terrence Williams, 1965. First edition. Oblong saddle-stapled wraps. Inscribed by the poet - "Compliments - To Ferlinghetti from La Follette." A scarce chapbook from the Lawrence, Kansas scene. La Follette, who also wrote The Clever Body, taught at one point at Oregon State University, and at the time..... More
San Francisco: Oyez, 1966. First edition. 8 x 11", offset printed on card stock. Photographically illustrated with a portrait of the young Lamantia. An unused proof copy of the cover for the first edition. It differs from the final version in a very important respect, being that Philip's name is..... More
CAmbridge, MA: Katalanché Press, 2005. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled in corrugated cardboard wraps with a title pastedown to cover. One of a limited edition of 100 copies. A collection of poems "written in the darkened theater as the films themselves took place on the screen." Remarkably, the exterior of the..... More
