London: Grant Richards, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. 146pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Red cloth over boards. The spine is heavily faded. Many of the pages have small, faint tide marks in the top margins. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer, John Ruyle. The fourth and final installment..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Barrio Publications, 1974. Paperback. Octavo [22 cm] Black and white illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers have mild overall rubbing and soiling, and are ever so slightly stained. There is a small chip in the paper at the head of the spine. There are a couple..... More
Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010. First edition. Paperback. 94pp. Octavo [23cm] Paperback. From the publisher: The poems in black seeds on a white dish spring from the search for what is generated and discovered when loss and desire occupy the same space. But lamentation is not the primary focus—by destabilizing everything..... More
Charlotte, NC: Tilt Press, 2009. First edition. Paperback. 29pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Paperback. NEW. A new poetry chapbook from poet Dentz. More
New York: The Candlelight Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Black cloth spine and boards with green lettering and gilt ornament. Fair amount of bumping at the head and tail of the spine and light bumping at the tips of the corners. 302 pages. Dust Jacket - has very slight..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 210pp. Octavo [22 cm] Rebound in tan cloth with black cloth gilt stamped title label on the spine. New endsheets and flyleaves. Good only. The edges of the text block are stained. The pages are browned, and lightly rippled..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. Fourth printing. Paperback. 96pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue and white illustrated wraps. Very good. The wraps are very slightly rubbed, soiled and age-toned. James Dickey won the National Book Award in 1966 for Buckdancer's Choice. More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1965. Third printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 96pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue and white illustrated wraps. With subtle toning and soiling to the spine and rear wrap. James Dickey won the National Book Award in 1966 for Buckdancer's Choice. This copy is inscribed by James Dickey on..... More
New York: Ecco, 2016. Second edition; later printing. Paperback. 83pp. Duodecimo [18 cm]. White illustrated wraps. The essential poems of Emily Dickinson selected and introduced by Joyce Carol Oates. More
London: The Folio Society, 2018. Second Printing. Hardcover. 136pp. Octavo [22.2cm]. Illustrated paper over boards with a translucent printed dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Some rubbing to the bottom of the inside dust jacket flap, and a previous owner's stamp on the half-title that has bled through..... More
NP: The Iggith Wigdorf, 1969. First edition. 18 leaves printed on rectos only. Oblong [8.5 x 5.5]; beige printed wraps, side-stapled. Wrappers show some mild rubbing, minor wear to rear spine edge, else near fine. Rear wrap is printed in the mirror image of the front wrap. Inscribed on the..... More
Oxford: Claendon Press, 1907. Hardcover. Small octavo, 259 pp. with notes. Hardbound in white paper boards, blindstamped decoration. Some dust and discoloration. Some lightly pencilled notes to margin. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. Limited edition. SIGNED. 328pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 3/4 black cloth with decorative paper covered boards, a gilt stamped brown leather title label on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. Deckled edges. In a black paper covered slipcase, with..... More
London: William Pickering, 1832-1833. Aldine Edition. Leather bound. Sextodecimo [17 cm] In a beautiful Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding of blue leather with gilt tooled spines and red leather spine labels, and double-ruled gilt borders on the covers. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gilt turn-ins. Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume 5..... More
Utah: Red Butte Press, 2017. Crane Giamo, Allison Milham, Hailey Rabdau, Marnie Powers-Torrey, Amy Thompson, Emily Tipps, Paperback. 8pp. Sextodecimo [15.25cm]; illustrated accordion fold, with four doublesided panels held closed by a paper band, includes an informative card describing the book. From included descriptive card: Danielle Dubrasky's "Invisible Shores" was..... More
Utah: Red Butte Press, 2017. Crane Giamo, Allison Milham, Hailey Rabdau, Marnie Powers-Torrey, Amy Thompson, Emily Tipps, Paperback. 8pp. Sextodecimo [15.25cm]; illustrated accordion fold, with four doublesided panels in a small slipcase, with a cd recording of the Orchestra of Sourthern Utah performing Valley of Enchantment composed by Mark Dal..... More
Bradford, MA: Anabiosis Press, 2015. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 20pp. Octavo [21.5]; saddle-stitch binding with illustrated wraps. New. Quote by Wyn Cooper from back of book: Through captivating images and musical language, Danielle Dubrasky's chapbook sings a transcendent song. Like its title, "Ruin and Light" is composed of opposites, but..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 179pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with title printed on front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Includes a critical introduction by John Hall Wheelock. Volume contains 'Poems and Translations' by Harry Duncan, 'Samurai and Serpent Poems' by Murray Noss, 'Another..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 179pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with title gilt stamped on front board and backstrip, and an orange ink stamped design on the front board. Near fine. The extremities are very gently bumped and rubbed. Bookseller's small label on the rear..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 179pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with title gilt stamped on front board and backstrip, and an orange ink stamped design on the front board. Very good. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed. The cloth on the boards has several..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 48pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are very gently rubbed, bumped and faded. There are several faint smudges on the front flyleaf. The dust..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 54pp. Octavo [22 cm] Gray cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Fine / Near fine. Signed by Durrell on the front free endsheet in the year after publication. From the jacket- "The whole volume shows the..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Octavo [22.5 cm] Gray cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The corners of the covers are very gently bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are ever so slightly chipped. Signed by..... More
West Orange, NJ: Warthog Press, 1980. Second printing. Paperback. 55pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Tan, black and red illustrated wraps. Very good. The extremities are mildly sun faded. Minor soiling and creasing to the wraps. There is a small light moisture stain at the head of the spine and on the..... More
South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1977. Hardcover. SIGNED. 71pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Light gray cloth-effect paper over boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. The book is in near fine condition. In a very good dust jacket, with subtle age-toning and rubbing..... More