Ex Libris Odile Mercier
np: nd. 5 x 6 1/2" engraved bookplate on Rives paper. Superb bookplate featuring an engraving based on the Lady of Elche sculpture. Fine. More
np: nd. 5 x 6 1/2" engraved bookplate on Rives paper. Superb bookplate featuring an engraving based on the Lady of Elche sculpture. Fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 24mo (5 x 3 1/2"), saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 21a, third noted variation, in the PPS(3) binding. Merrimee's classic Romantic novella, one of the earliest titles in the series. Very good with some minor toning and a light bump to upper tip. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 24mo (5 x 3 1/2"), saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 21a, third noted variation, in the PPS(3) binding. Merrimee's classic Romantic novella, one of the earliest titles in the series. Very good with some minor toning and a light bump to upper tip. More
np: Privately Printed, [1998]. 5 7/8 x 9" broadside, thermograph printed in raised letters in two colors on wove paper, with gilt border. A privately printed broadside of one of Merrill's last poems, written while dying of complications due to AIDS, described in heartbreaking detail. The poem is here printed..... More
[Washington, DC]: Folger Shakespeare Library, 1976. First edition. Though unstated, one of about 200 copies. 8 x 14", printed in black from the author's holograph on bluish gray, watermarked laid paper. [Morgan & Hagstrom A32]. Folded twice, as if for mailing. Very good. More
np: The Artist, 1984. 8 1/2 x 11" broadside, printed on pink paper from the poet's holograph. One of less than 100 copies printed, according to Hagstrom & Morgan. One of Merrill's most unusual broadsides, issued as an invitation to a pool party hosted by a friend of Merrill's mother..... More
np: The Poet, [c.1977]. 4 1/2 x 6" postcard, printed on the recto in blue ink, and in black and red at verso from the poet's holograph. According to Hagstrom & Morgan, one of less than 100 copies. Addressed to a family friend, with postage stamp and frank marks. A...... More
Wien: Pakesch & Schlebrügge, 1990. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled card wraps. Illustrated with color photographs and reproductions. Fama & Fortune was an artists' periodical / artists' book series published in Wien by Peter Pakesch and Johannes Von Schlebrügge. Each issue invites an artist or artists to create and design the..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1928. 32mo, saddle-stapled in light blue wraps. Gibbs 1295. One of the scarcer books in the series, and one of the more subversive publications in the series from a labor standpoint. The cover only lists the first essay, and with the presence of only that title almost..... More
Kent U.K. Waterbomb! 1990. 8vo, 28 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. This issue of the C86 / indie fanzine includes material on Paintbox, The Ammonites, Steve Kilbey, The Chills, Shoes, Velvet Crush, and Action Painting! Flexi disc not present. Fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1927. First edition. 24mo (5 x 3 1/2"), saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 1246, first printing, in both the first state recorded for both text and wrapper. Crease to back cover, and an unnecessary tape repair at copyright page and some other wear, looking as it was well-loved in..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 1023, first noted variation, in the second noted wrapper state. Near fine with some light fading to lower margin. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1927. 32mo, saddle-stapled faded blue wrappers. Gibbs 1214, first state noted, in the LBB(2) binding. One of the best titles in the Little Blue Book series, being exactly what the title promises - a substantial compendium of jokes about Ford automobiles. The most glorious of several works..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled [2 staples] in wraps. Gibbs 317a, earliest recorded state of the text, in the second wrapper variation. "Hence, loathed melancholy... Wraps slightly faded at margins else fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 87a, noted variation 2. A sturdy near fine copy with light marginal toning. More
Santiago de Chile: Editorial Nascimento, 1922. First edition. 8vo, 117 pp, bound in photographically illustrated wraps. Text in Spanish. First edition of this early posthumous collection from this important anarcha-feminist writer, published shortly following her suicide in December 1921. It collects the texts Páginas de mi Diario, Con las manos..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled green wrappers. Gibbs 1395, first noted variation, LBB(2) green binding with small union slug. A superb and humorous attack against the then-popular self-help book Instantaneous Personal Magnetism, writter by Webster Edgely - the founder of Ralstonism. Paper lightly toned, wraps faded at margins, but..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, c. 1925. 32mo, saddle-stapled in light green blue wraps. Gibbs 285b, in the LBBb binding. George Moore's the story of the remarkable account of Texan bookseller Honor Wolfe, who travelled to Moore's doorstep in Ireland in 1907 to tell him of her enthusiasm for his work, and..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1950. 8vo, 31 [1] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Very good with the usual toning, small spot of soiling to back cover and rusting to the staples, but better than usually found. More
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1965. First edition. One of approximately 100 copies printed. Small artist book in oblong wraps, 5 5/8 x 2", letterpress printed, side-stapled and wrapped in letterpress printed card wraps. A gorgeous book of nautical, minimal poetry, printed and published by d. a. levy in Cleveland, and unpublished..... More
[Canada]: CURVD H & Z, 2008. 4 x 6" card, printed in two colors. One of a limited edition of 111 copies. A concrete poem card, published as Curvd H & Z 467. Fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1923. 32mo, saddle-stapled [2 staples] in wraps. Gibbs 469, first noted state of text, second noted wrapper state. Near fine with a touch of fading to wraps, a beautiful example. More
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1935. First edition. 4to, single sheet folded twice. Published in an edition of 350 copies, this example marked H.C. Morley, author of the Haunted Bookshop, was inspired to write the Rubaiyat one day while visiting Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart, when he witnessed..... More
Paris: Le Musee de Poche, 1961. First edition. 8 x 16 1/2 x 8" sheet, offset printed on recto only on coated paper stock. Announcement in French and English for a show of paintings by the beat-affiliated American poet and gestural painter at Le musee de Poche/The Pocket Museum at..... More
Paris: Carnets of Rhinoceros jr, 2008. First edition. Square 12mo, 48 pp, bound in stiff illustrated wraps. Text in English. Limited edition, one of 500 copies printed. Small, spectacular, jewel-like book reproducing contact prints with annotations by Morris. One of the mysterious and beautiful catalogs and publications emanating from the..... More