Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 1992. Limited Edition. Softcover. Unpaginated; [10] pp. Printed wrappers. Limited edition of 500 copies. Distributed as a holiday greeting in December 1992 to the friends of Kirk Douglas and Pepper & Stern Rare Books, Inc. The letter was written by Douglas during production of the..... More
Rochester, New York: Privately printed by Howard I. Gralla, 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. [Unpaginated; 8 pp.], colophon. Tan cloth spine with handmade, printed paper over boards. Paper spine label. Light wear. Internally fine. Limited edition of 50 copies. More
Agoura, California and London, England: Ellen Enzler-Herring of Trophy Room Books and Rowland Ward of Holland & Holland. Limited Edition (#14 of 25). Leather bound. 195pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/2 green moroccan over green boards in a matching slipcase. Raised bands and gilt titles to backstrip. Zebra print endsheets and..... More
Santa Fe: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2021. Very limited edition. Quarto [32 cm] Sewn wraps and leaves of paper pulp made at the Museum of Paper and Watermark. In a salmon-colored cloth covered clamshell box, in very good condition, with light shelfwear. An exquisite fine press..... More
Agoura, California and London, England: Ellen Enzler-Herring of Trophy Room Books and Rowland Ward of Holland & Holland. Limited Edition (#14 of 25). Leather bound. 271pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 red moroccan over red boards in a red slipcase. Raised bands and gilt titles to backstrip. Zebra print endsheets and..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1965. Limited edition. Leather bound. SIGNED. Folio [42 cm] 1/2 brown suede with with yellow, tan and orange striped cloth covered boards. Good. The extremities are rubbed and have large areas of damp staining. The top and bottom edges of the text block have numerous..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1996. #98/100. Hardcover. 29pp. Small narrow quarto [28 cm by 11 cm] Red cloth with plain wood inlay to front board. Fine. Dorothy Field’s observations of how paper has been used in the Orient to connect the physical and the spiritual worlds. Four..... More
Chatham, NY: Sagarin Press, 1977. Limited edition, signed and hand-numbered (#155 of 200 copies). Hardcover. Signed by the author and the illustrator in ink on the colophon. [48] pp. Quarto [27 cm]; full tan colored cloth with title blind stamped on the front board and printed in brown on the..... More
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. 56pp. Small quarto [23.5cm]; perfect-bound and sewn in slate blue illustrated wrappers. Dark navy blue endpapers. Previous owner's name (a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector) written neatly in ink on the front flyleaf. The spine is sunfaded, else a...... More
[Seattle, WA]: Jawbone Press, 1978. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED by the author in black ink on the title page. [16]pp. 32mo [12.5cm]; string-sewn in original letterpress printed wraps. Previous owner's name (a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector) written neatly in black ink on the front flyleaf. Just a touch..... More
Denver, Colorado: Copper Canyon Press, 1973. First edition. Limited edition of 500 copies. Paperback. 65pp. Octavo [21cm]; perfect-bound printed paper wraps. Previous owner's name (a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector) written neatly in ink on the front flyleaf. Just a hint of wear at edges and corners. Letterpress printed..... More
[Port Townsend, WA]: Copper Canyon Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED and warmly inscribed ("To ______ — | S M O O O O C H | Sam") in black ink on the front flyleaf. The inscription is to a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector. [8]pp. Small octavo [19cm];..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1977. First edition. Limited edition of 100 copies. Paperback. SIGNED with small illustration by the author in black ink on the colophon. [12]pp. Square 24mo [15cm]; string-sewn in original plain navy blue wraps, and in the original cream colored letterpress printed dust jacket. No..... More
[Port Townsend, WA]: Copper Canyon Press, 1979. First edition. Limited edition of 200 copies. Paperback. SIGNED with a brief inscription and an illustration by the author in black ink on the half-title page. The inscription is to a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector ("For ______ — | [illustration of..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1983. First edition. Limited edition of 250 copies. Hardcover. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page ("To ______ | With Love | Sam"). The inscription is to a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector. [32]pp. Square octavo [20cm]; 3/4 black..... More
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 1978. First edition. Limited to 150 clothbound copies. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the half-title page. 107pp. Small quarto [25cm]; full russet brown colored cloth over boards. Initials of the author are blind stamped on the front board. Printed title label affixed to..... More
[Port Townsend, WA]: Copper Canyon Press, 1982. Limited edition of 170 copies. Broadside. Poetry broadside [35cm x 23.5cm / 13.75" x 9.25"]; beautifully printed in four colors (subtle) on fine white paper. 43 lines in 8 stanzas (2 columns). Illustration at top left. Broadside has been professionally mounted onto fine..... More
[Port Townsend, WA?]: [Copper Canyon Press?], 1976. Broadside. Poetry broadside [33cm x 24cm / 13" x 9.5"]; three colors printed on fine cream colored stock. Illustration at top left printed in maroon. Title at top and author attribution at bottom printed in red. Dedication, text of the poem (27 lines..... More
Santa Fe: Press of the Palace of the Governors, Summer, 1982. Very limited edition. Paperback. SIGNED. Quarto [31 cm] Text volume in sage green printed wraps. ***With 11 of the 14 loose prints with tissue-guards (Sunflower; Gayfeather; Wild Iris; Prickly Pear; Blackfoot Daisy- Desert Daisy; Devil's Claw-Unicorn Plant; Yucca- Soapweed;..... More
Mission, BC, Canada: Barbarian Press, 1985. First edition. Limited edition of 200 copies, this is copy number 108. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author and warmly inscribed by the translator on the half-title to the noted Pacific Northwest poet and artist Cheryl Van Dyke. xiii, 97pp. Quarto [25cm]; bound in light..... 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
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2005. Collectors Edition. Leather bound. 245pp. Octavo [22 cm] Full red leather with raised bands elaborate gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Orange moire endsheets. Minor scuffing along the bottom edge of the spine and boards. Keppler's most important astronomical..... More
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1969. First edition. Limited edition (#42 of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author). Paperback. Signed and hand-numbered by the author on the colophon. [20]pp. 12mo [18.5 x 14cm]; bound at the top, string-sewn in card wrappers and integral handmade paper dust jacket..... More
Great Barrington, MA: Penmaen Busyhaus Publications, 1985. Limited Edition "Out of Series" Print Set (not numbered, not in linen slipcase/box). Prints. Folio [39 cm] Two suites of loose prints (the suites are issued in two states). 13 prints printed on white paper, 12 of which are signed; 13 prints printed..... More
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 1983. First edition. Limited edition of 250 copies. Hardcover. Unpaginated [40p]. Small quarto [25cm]; full terracotta colored cloth with title printed on spine. In the printed dust jacket. From the library of a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector, with her ownership inscription on..... More