The Shell in Silk
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Poetry Society, 1996. Hardcover. 66pp. Octavo. 1/4 black cloth with gray paper over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Gift inscription on front free endsheet. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Poetry Society, 1996. Hardcover. 66pp. Octavo. 1/4 black cloth with gray paper over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Gift inscription on front free endsheet. More
San Lorenzo, CA: Shameless Hussy Press, 1974. First printing. Paperback. 47pp. Octavo [22 cm] Saddle-stitched white and black pictorial wraps. The wraps are toned, the front wrap has a small sticker stain, and the rear wrap has a small moisture stain. There is a brief gift inscription on the verso..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1882. Early edition. Hardcover. 455pp. Octavo [18.5 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles and decorative designs on the spine and front cover. All edges gilt. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the front flyleaf. The verso of the frontispiece..... More
New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED 134pp. Octavo [20cm] Olive green cloth over boards with title stamped in white on front board. Blind stamp boarder. Deckle edges. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Gift signature from the author on front free endsheet. More
London: John Lane: Publisher, 1905. Philip Connard. Illustrated. Leather bound. 46pp. Twenty-fourmo [14 cm] Flexible olive green leather wraps with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Fair. The spine and edges of the covers are faded. The edges of the covers are rubbed. There is a contemporary..... More
New York: New Directions, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 128pp. Octavo. 1/4 navy cloth and decorative paper over boards. Light rubbing to head of spine. Small gift inscription on front free ensheet. A lovely collection of Ezra Pound's early works. More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. First paperback edition. Paperback. 114pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] White softcover with a dust jacket. Very good. There is a gift inscription on the first page. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The rear panel is very subtly browned. Gary Snyder is the..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. 118pp. Quarto [31 cm] Light green cloth covered boards with a red gilt stamped title label on the spine. Top edge gilt. Other edges deckled. Very good. There is minor staining on the rear board. The cloth at the..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. Reprint. Paperback. SIGNED 301pp. Octavo [23 1/2 cm] Illustrated wraps with light wear to extremities. Half title has gift inscription written by May Swenson. Signed on title by May Swenson. More
London: John Camden Hotten, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 8; 66; 8; 6pp. Foolscap octavo [17 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. With "1867" at foot of backstrip. Black endpapers. With 8 pages of publisher's adverts at the front. There is a thin frayed..... More
Wichita, Kansas: The Goldsmith-Woolard Publishing Co, 1909. 80th Thousand. Paperback. 61pp. Tall skinny octavo [24 cm] Pictorial wraps with a green ribbon tie binding, deckled fore edges, and the publisher's patterned glassine dust wrapper. The book is in very good condition, and the the dust wrapper, is in good plus..... More
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2000. Laura Lee Candid. First edition in book form. Hardcover. SIGNED. 43pp. Octavo [24 cm] Gray cloth over boards. There is a gift inscription on the verso of the front flyleaf. In a dust jacket, with minor toning to the spine. Illustrated with photoengraving from line..... More