New York: A New Directions Book, 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 79pp. Octavo [21 cm] Rose-red cloth over boards with black lettering on the backstrip. Near fine. The spine ends and edges of the covers are marginally rubbed, and the pages are tanned. In a very good dust wrapper..... More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. 79pp. Octavo [21 cm] Rose-red cloth over boards with black lettering on the backstrip. Near fine. The spine ends and edges of the covers are marginally rubbed and bumped, and the pages are tanned. In a very good dust..... More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1976. First New Directions paperback edition. Paperback. 79pp. Octavo [20 cm] White and black pictorial wraps. With a compliments of the author slip, signed by Michael McClure, tucked in (this slip was at one time mounted to the verso of the front cover. The..... More
St. Paul, MN: Truck Press, 1978. Photographs by Stewart Brand. Limited Edition. Paperback. Slim octavo [22 cm] Pictorial wraps. Very good. The wraps are just a little bit soiled. One in an edition of 1026 copies, designed and typeset at Bull City Studios and printed at the Regulator Press in..... More
St. Paul, MN: Truck Press, 1978. Stewart Brand. Limited Edition. Paperback. Slim octavo [22 cm] Pictorial wraps. Very good. There is a small gouge in the surface of the rear wrap, near the spine. With photographs by Stewart Brand. One in an edition of 1026 copies, designed and typeset at..... More
St. Paul, MN: Truck Press, 1978. Stewart Brand. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 41pp. Octavo [23 cm] Heavily foxed white ivory cloth over boards. Fold-out frontispiece illustration (lightly creased). With photographs by Stewart Brand. One of one hundred casebound copies. This copy is not numbered. Signed by Michael McClure on the..... More
San Francisco: Grey Fox Press, 1980. First Grey Fox Press printing. Paperback. 91pp. Octavo [23 cm] Gray wraps. With rubbing to the wraps, and a small stain on the rear wrap. Michael McClure played an important role in the poet's theater movement that gained momentum in San Francisco in the..... More
San Francisco: Grey Fox Press, 1980. First Grey Fox Press printing. Paperback. 91pp. Octavo [23 cm] Gray wraps. Michael McClure played an important role in the poet's theater movement that gained momentum in San Francisco in the 1980's. More
Göttingen: Verlag Altaquito, 1982. First German language edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 123pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black and white pictorial wraps. Mit einem Nachwort von Reinhard Harbaum. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Reinhard Harbaum. "Jaguar Skies" in German. This copy is inscribed by McClure on the title page. The author writes, "For____, a...... More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. Paperback. SIGNED. 87pp. Slim octavo [20 cm] White and black pictorial wraps. Very good. The wraps are subtly age-toned and rubbed. There are a couple of light stains on the verso of the front cover and on the title page. The larger stain..... More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. Paperback. SIGNED. 87pp. Slim octavo [20 cm] White and black pictorial wraps. Near fine. A signed edition from a poet associated with the "San Francisco Renaissance." Signed by Michael McClure on the title page. More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. Hardcover. 87pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Beige cloth over boards with a red ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket, with age-toning and a 1" closed tear on the top edge of the front panel. Michael..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 42pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Thickly woven blue cloth over boards with paper title labels on the spine and front cover. Blue endpapers. The boards are ever so lightly warped. Printed February 1969 in Santa Barbara by Noel Young for the..... More
New York City: Poet's Press. First edition, limited. Paperback. Very slim square duodecimo [18 cm] Saddle-stitched blue pictorial wrappers. Copy number 49 in an edition limited to 150 copies. Signed by Michael McClure on the limitation page. More
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1972. Paperback. 94pp. Small octavo [20.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. Very good. The wraps are very lightly rubbed. McClure attended San Francisco State College, where he studied with poet Robert Duncan. He gave his first poetry reading in the company of Allen Ginsberg in 1955. More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1963. First edition. Paperback. 82pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Black and white pictorial wraps. The covers are rubbed and creased, the spine ends are chipped, and there is a contemporary owner's brief inscription at the head of the title page. The fore edge corners of the..... More
New York and London: Grove Press, Inc.; Evergreen Books Ltd., 1961. First printing. Paperback. 64pp. Slim octavo [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Good only. Sporadic underlining and marginalia in pencil. In 1953, Michael McClure settled in San Francisco, where his poems were published in a number of little magazines, and where..... More
New York and London: Grove Press, Inc.; Evergreen Books Ltd., 1961. First printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 64pp. Slim octavo [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good plus condition. The wraps are subtly age-toned. In 1953, Michael McClure settled in San Francisco, where his poems were published in a number of little magazines..... More
San Francisco: A Blue Beetle Minibook (A Mel Thompson Publishing Company), 1992. First edition. Paperback. Very slim sextodecimo [18 cm] Saddle-stitched black and white pictorial wraps. Michael McClure, at the age of 22, delivered his first poetry reading at the legendary Six Gallery event in San Francisco, where Allen Ginsberg..... More
Berkeley: North Point Press, 1982. Advance uncorrected galley. Paperback. 133pp. Octavo [21 cm] Printed wraps. With toning to the extremities. Michael McClure wrote the internationally acclaimed play, The Beard, and attended San Francisco State College, where he studied with poet Robert Duncan. He gave his first poetry reading in the..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 1994. Reprint. Paperback. Trade Paperback, 175 pp. More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1986. Hardcover. 116pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine is rolled back. In a near fine dust jacket, with light surface wear and subtle yellowing on the inside flaps. From the..... More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1986. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 116pp. Octavo [20 cm] Black and white photographically illustrated wraps, with moderate surface wear. The first major retrospective collection of the poet and Obie-winning playwright associated with the San Francisco Renaissance and early Beat movement. This copy is..... More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 151pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. The spine and covers are very subtly stained, and the boards are just a little concave. In a very good..... More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 151pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. The front cover is barely perceptibly warped. In a very good plus dust jacket, with subtle age-toning. A collection of..... More