New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968. First edition in English. Hardcover. SIGNED. 85pp. Octavo [21 cm] in boards over cloth spine. Very light edgewear to price-clipped jacket; slight bump to front board at top, else boards are crisp and unworn. Signed by Grass on half-title. Günter Grass was awarded... More
New York: New Directions, 1974. First clothbound U.S. edition. Hardcover. 114pp. Octavo [21 cm] Chartreuse cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine is discolored. The dust jacket is in Very good condition as well. A sticker announcing the book as a.... More
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972. First edition. 84pp. Octavo [21 cm] Full blue cloth with title gilt stamped on backstrip. Fine/Fine. Translated from the Swedish by May Swenson. Swenson's translation won a medal from the International Poetry Forum, and May Swenson also penned the preface. Signed by the... More
St. Marks Church In-the-Bowery: The Poetry Project, 1967. Original editions. Paperback. Folio [35.5 cm] Black and white illustrated wraps with a stapled binding. Very good. The covers are mildly age-toned. Very occasionally, the blank pages at the back have come loose. The following issues are present: Number 9, 12/67; Number... More
Mount Horeb, WI: The Perishable Press, 1993. Henrik Drescher. Limited Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. Sextodecimo [16 cm]. Coptic-bound in wraps of pale grey Shadwell handmade paper with like jacket. Text and illustrations on handmade Sekishu paper. Middle signature still unopened. Association copy. Inscribed to illustrator Henrik Drescher from printer Walter Hamady... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. First printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 121pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 natural cloth with blue paper covered boards. The boards are faded at the edges, and the spine is a bit rolled. The dust jacket is very moderately darkened and soiled. Written in the tradition... More