[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
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
Studio City: Three Penny Press, 1959. First edition. 8vo, offset printed from hand-lettering and drawings, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated by Piven, Dictor & Fox. One of three chapbooks of poetry issued by the important female beat poet in 1959, which constitute her first published standalone books. Published by Grover Haynes under... More
New York: Grove Press, 1969. First edition. Top edge a bit dusty and foxed, else near fine, in a near fine dust jacket noticeably foxed at verso, but which presents well, with the yellow pigment not yet fled. More
Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1978. First edition. Ten letterpress postcards, letterpress printed on various colors of paper stock, housed in the original mailing envelope. One of a limited edition of 150 copies. Poets include William Bronk, Denice Joan Deitch, Ruth Krauss, Keith Waldrop, Rosmarie Waldrop, Larry Eigner, Tom Ahern, Gordon... More
Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 1977. First edition. 4to, unpaginated, mimeographed from typescript on various colors and sizes of paper stock. Illustrated with two foldout sheets reproducing collages, each offset printed, and a silkscreen print. Side-stapled and tape-bound at spine in red covers, illustrated with a silkscreen in black. First and... 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
San Francisco and Ohio: [Zephyrus Image], 1974. First edition. 6 5/16 x 11 1/4", letterpress on light green paper. This appears to be a variant issue, or perhaps a proof, without the printed titled and author's name, which are here blank boxes. Very good with fading to extremities. More
San Francisco and Ohio: [Zephyrus Image], 1974. First edition. 6 5/16 x 11 1/4" on rose paper. This appears to be a variant issue, with the paper corresponding to Johnston's first state, but here with the title and author supplied in holograph in Kyger's hand. Lightly faded at extremities, with... 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
Berkeley: Oyez, 1966. First edition. 8vo, photographically illustrated wraps. Designed and printed by letterpress by Graham Mackintosh. One of 1500 trade copies. A clean, tight, very good example with some moderate soiling and toning to wraps. More
New York: Bonacio &Saul With Grove Press, 1955. First edition. 8vo, 72 pp, bound in green cloth titled in gilt. Printed dust jacket. Translated & with an introduction by William J. Smith. Fine in a very good jacket darked at spine, with some marginal closed tears, creasing and nicks. More
np: 1961. 18 3/4 x 13 1/2", ink and wash on both sides of a sheet of sketch paper. Unsigned and undated. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Bobbie Louise Hawkins, former wife of Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different... More
np: 1961. 18 3/4 x 13 1/2", ink and wash on both sides of a sheet of sketch paper. Unsigned and undated. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Bobbie Louise Hawkins, former wife of Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different... More
np: 1961. 13 x 20", ink on paper. Signed and dated by the artist. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different times with the Tachisme, Art Informel, and Nuagisme movements. He was also the first... More
np: 1957. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different times with the Tachisme, Art Informel, and Nuagisme movements. He was also the first translator of Ezra Pound into French, and it was Ezra Pound who... More
Calais, Vermont: Z Press, 1998. First edition. 8vo, hand-stitched in dove grey Fabriano Ingres French fold wraps with title pastedown to front panel; interior printed on German Ingres by Peter Kruty Editions. One of 226 copies, the entire edition. The title poem by Lauterbach, here accompanied by a beautifully printed... More
Athens: Hermias, 1974. First edition. 8vo, wraps. Signed by Layton at the title page. A battered copy with some creasing, a narrow tidemark to top edge, and a ballpoint pen doodle on front cover. More
New York: New Directions, 1966. First edition. First edition, simultaneous wrappered issue. With errata slip laid in. Very good with some moderate toning to the wraps. More
New York: New Directions, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a jacket showing some faint traces of soiling, else fine. More
Temple, Maine: 1964. Two typescripts, two ALS, one APS, and a signed mimeographed typescript of a telegram, all sent to Ed Budowski. The correspondence relates to publication in a magazine edited by Budowski (almost certainly Fubbalo, though not named). Included are typescripts of two poems, "For Flossie" and "The Broken... More
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1965. First edition. 4 1/4 x 5 1/2", [8] pp, saddle-stapled oblong wraps. Letterpress printed in two colors. Edition unstated, but one of only approximately 100 copies produced. Lowell B3, T&H P-48. An early, minimal, experimental poem by levy, his eighth standalone book issued only two years... More
Niagara: press : today, 1966. First edition. Folio, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and side-stapled in unprinted white covers, as usually found. One of 100 copies, out of a total edition of 126. With a foreward by Doug Blazek. One of levy's major long poetical works, published two years... More
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1964. First edition. 8vo, letterpress printed in on various colors of paper stock, and side-stapled into letterpress printed white card wraps. Illustrated with prints by Katherine Wasil, Cuz, and Kent Taylor. One of a limited edition of 150 copies. A beautifully printed and innovatively designed issue of... More
Northwood, Middlesex, UK: Scorpion Press, 1958. First edition. 12mo, 36 pp, bound in black card wraps printed in white. One of a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. A collection of poems based on Pablo Neruda's Los Cantos d'amores, and an early work by Logue. A couple faint creases to wraps, else fine. More