San Francisco: Gnomon Press and Island Press, 1966. First edition thus, second issue, with the Duncan cover (replacing the original which RD took umbrage to). The original was first published in 1952 and circulated in a small handful of copies. Very good with some fanding to wraps at extremties, and..... More
Kent: Kent State University Libraries, 1978. 8vo, saddle-stapled in card wraps. With errata slip laid in. One of 100 numbered and signed copies (of a total edition of 624). The second edition, following the first edition of 1950 - this edition adds an afterword by Robert Bertholf. Touch of crimping..... More
![Roots and Branches [Inscribed with Drawing]. Robert Duncan](/pictures/thumb/20429.jpg?v=1595533382)
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1964. First edition. 8vo, wraps. 176 pp. Title page inscribed "Robert Duncan/ at Lawrence/ May 1965" with full-page drawing by the poet. Some light creasing to front wrap and at spine. Minor tidemarking to back cover. Faint droplet stain ghosts to foreedge. Crease to last..... More
![Untitled Drawing [Gestalt]. Robert Duncan](/pictures/thumb/21735.jpg?v=1592947068)
np: nd. 8 1/2 x 8”, ink on paper. Undated. Signed by Duncan within the image. Provenance: from the collection of the artist Ernesto Edwards, a longtime friend of Jess and Robert Duncan, who has a section devoted to his work in An Opening of the Field (pp. 188-193). A...... More
[Berkeley]: [1970]. The beautifully designed and illustrated poster for this 1970 reading at the Le Conte School Auditorium in 1970, probably as a benefit for Jack Shoemaker's Maya Press. The poster is illustrated in a psychedelic fashion with two two moths, though the work is unattributed. This was likely one..... More
Highlands: Jargon, 1962. First edition. Paperback. 8vo, photo-illustrated french card wraps, with original integral acetate jacket. One of 750 copies. Preface by Robert Duncan. Illustrated with two photographs, one by Aaron Siskind and the other by the author. One of the most beautiful titles published by the Jargon Press. A...... More