York Beach: Samuel Weiser, 1991. Revised second printing of the first paperback edition. 8vo, 287 pp, wraps. A superb issue, including poems Gerrit Lansing, Harvey Bialy, Charles Stein, Robert Kelly and George Quasha, and a section on Kenneth Anger by Robert Haller. Very good with fading to the spine. More
Lawrence, KS: Terrence Williams, 1965. First edition. 8vo, [14] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a limited edition of 250 copies, issued as the Formula Series Number One. Superb, superb early chapbook by Kirby, an early emanation from the Kansas Vortext. Very good with some minor creasing to extremities. 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
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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
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
![The Dios Kuroi [The Dioskuroi]. Jess, Collins](/pictures/thumb/25269.jpg?v=1594506847)
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
Iowa City, IA: Stone Wall Press, 1969. First edition. 8vo, 55 pp, letter press printed and bound in brown boards with printed spine label. No dust jacket as issued. One of 260 copies. Johnson's first book, published many years in advance for the novels which would make him one of..... 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
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, [4] pp, saddle-stapled in card wraps. One of a limited edition of 26 lettered copies signed by Lasky at the colophon. A fugitive edition of this early publication, and the first copy we've seen - OCLC locates no institutional holdings. The play..... 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
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1966. First edition. 4to, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and side-stapled, with an original painting print by Mara to cover, and a mimeograph stencil print by levy bound in inside front cover. One of a limited edition of 110 copies. The first and only edition of..... More
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1966. First edition. 4to, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and side-stapled, with an original painting print by Mara to cover, and "under the sheets i touch me," a mimeograph stencil as print by levy tipped onto the verso of the second sheet. One of a limited..... More
[London]: [Christopher Logue], nd. 4to, single folded sheet, offset printed. Artists' book by Logue, consisting of an detourneed magazine excerpt from Intellectual Life. Minor creasing else fine. 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..... More
Brooklyn: Out & Out Books, 1980. First edition thus. 8vo, [8] pp, saddle-stapled in orange card wraps. First public edition, following the privately distributed 1978 edition of the text made on the occasion of the Feminist Perspectives on Pornography conference in San Francisco. The paper had previously been delivered in..... More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1961. First edition. 8vo. wraps. Inscribed by McClure to fellow poet and musician Dan Lauffer in San Francisco in 1963. First edition, one of 725 copies printed. Scarce with an early signature. Front panel of wraps creased at fore edge, with a couple light spots of..... More
New York: Totem Press, 1959. First edition. 8vo, 8 pp, unbound, folded sheets laid into illustrated card covers. Published as Blue Plate #2. Signed by McClure at the title page. Pages and wraps toned at extremites. Near fine. More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1963. First edition. Inscribed by McClure to his fellow poet, artist, and musican Dan Lauffer. Wraps a bit creased, with some foxing and toning to the edges of the text block, but very good or better. More
New York: Grove Press, 1961. First edition. 8vo, illustrated wraps. Signed by McClure beneath the first poem in San Francisco, and dated 1963. Scarce with an early signature. Fine. More
