New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1957. First English-language edition. Hardcover. 83pp. Quarto [28.5cm] Black cloth over boards. Bottom corners and bottom of backstrip are bumped. Boards are mildly warped and soiled. The dust jacket is noticeably sun-toned. In this 1st English Language Edition of this text, Paul Bowles' words and Peter..... More
New York: Munro's Publishing House. First printing. 48pp. Text double column. Large wood engraving to front cover [p. 1, "Old Cap. Collier, Gripstick in Hand, Watched the Mormon Elder and His Five Fair Victims"]. 10 5/8 x 7 1/4". Printed wrappers, stapled. Age-toning, with some chipping to the extremities, and..... More
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 1987. First paperback edition. Paperback. SIGNED by the author in blue ink on the front flyleaf ("Jaan Kaplinski | Port Townsend | February 13, 1999"). 70pp. Octavo [23cm]; perfect-bound in yellow pictorial wraps. A nice copy, faded at and around the spine, otherwise clean..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. First American edition. Hardcover. 166pp. Quarto [27 cm] Sea-green cloth over boards. The edges of the spine and covers are faded. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with darkening, and multiple closed and open tears to the edges. Several tears have been taped on the..... More
[San Francisco]: Designed and printed by The Grabhorn Press, 1966. First edition printed for the Bohemian Club. Hardcover. 47pp. Slim octavo [23.5 cm] Red floral patterned paper over boards. Stitching visible in the inside margins here and there (book is sturdy). A historical play. This the sixty-first Grove Play is..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980-1984. Randy Steffen. Second and third printings. Hardcover. Missing volume 4. 195; 215; 267pp. Quarto [31 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title and two red ink stamped panels on the backstrip. Bright yellow endpapers. Volume 1 is in very good..... More
Traverse City, MI: Grand Traverse Herald [Thomas T. Bates, editor and proprietor], 1883. First edition. 59pp. Quarto [29 cm]; in original side-stapled binding (three staples) and tan printed wrappers. Internal pages printed in three columns. Condition is very good with minor foxing as well as some small bumps and minor..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Thin square octavo [23.5 cm] Bright yellow cloth over boards. Subtle darkening of the endpapers along the hinges. In the dust jacket illustrated by Gahan Wilson, with minor soiling and toning, and a small closed tear and chip to the..... More