City Junket
Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1987. First edition thus. 79, [14] pp. Glossy perfect-bound printed wrappers. A version of this play was originally published in 1972. Cover by Joe Brainard. Fine copy.
Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1987. First edition thus. 79, [14] pp. Glossy perfect-bound printed wrappers. A version of this play was originally published in 1972. Cover by Joe Brainard. Fine copy.
New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1961. First edition. Original Wraps. First edition of Elmslie's first book, published in an edition of 300 copies. 34 pp. Staple-bound wraps with dust jacket. The jacket was originally glued under the flaps to the front and rear covers; the glue has come undone.....
Paris: Éditions GLM, 1935. First edition. Unbound folded gatherings laid into publisher’s photographically illustrated wrapper, as issued. Some creasing to the front cover at the spine, as often seen, slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Interior clean and bright. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase, with title.....
Paris: Pierre Seghers and Imprimerie Union, 1953. Folded concertina, made up of three sheets assembled and attached to the back with strips of cloth. Original hangers attached to verso. With the publisher's original rhodoïd case. A gorgeous, fine copy, bright and fresh. Now housed in a custom clamshell box...
Paris: Éditions Cahiers d’Art, 1947. First edition. [48] pp. Plain wrappers with attached dust jacket. Some toning to cover extremities, minor handling wear, near fine. One of 500 numbered copies, although Eluard noted that only 258 copies were printed due to a lack of paper. Eluard’s poignant tribute to.....
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. First edition. First edition, wrappers issue, of the first book by this acclaimed poet, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006. 58 pp. Printed glossy wrappers. A fine copy.
Paris: Aux Editions Jeanne Bucher, 1934. First edition. One of 800 numbered copies (of a total edition of 816 copies). Five volumes, in publisher's slipcase. Each volume is numbered 335, interestingly some are stamped and some are hand-numbered. The five volumes are as follows: Premier Cahier: Dimanche / Elément: La.....
Paris: Éditions de la Revue Fontaine, 1945. Second edition. Original wrappers with integral dust jacket. Slight spotting to wrappers, spine a little browned. 1860 copies were printed on various papers; this copy unnumbered and apparently on wove pur fil du marais, of which fifty lettered copies were noted at.....
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1931. First edition. Translated by Kay Boyle. [8], 38, [8] pp. Publisher's black cloth boards, decorated in elaborate gilt and blind, designed by Ernst in collaboration with A.J. Gonon. Nineteen photograms with tissue guards, with text printed in red. One of 200 copies on "finest.....
Paris: [Les Presses du Montparnasse], 1923. First edition. [57] pp. Printed wrappers. Inevitable toning to leaves, else a fine copy of a fragile production. 180 copies were printed; this one of the 100 copies on vergé, unnumbered and unsigned. Frontispiece by Max Ernst, drypoint on chine, mounted, signed in.....
New York: B. Ess, 1979. Oversized tabloid format, unbound as issued. Just Another Asshole was an experimental "no wave" publication that ran from 1978 to 1987. Each issue was published in a different format, the first two being xeroxed zines estimated at about 20 copies printed. This third issue compiles.....
Berkeley: Oyez, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 181 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt, with the dust jacket. Jacket a bit rubbed at extremities, book fine. Bartlett & Campo A41. 500 hardcover copies were printed according to the Oyez checklist.
Newcastle, CA: The Blue Oak Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 44 pp. Linen boards over brown cloth backstrip, spine lettered in gilt. Slight tape ghosts to boards, some rubbing to jacket. Illustrated by Richard Hotchkiss. Photographs by Jerry N. Uelsmann. Afterword by Allan Campo. One of 100 numbered copies on.....
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies printed (although many copies were lost in shipment). xviii, 113 pp. Red cloth, printed spine label. Edited, designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch. A collection of essays written by Everson on the topic of.....
Berkeley: University of California General Library, 1960. First edition. Single sheet, folded twice to make [4] pp. One of 200 copies printed by Kenneth J. Carpenter on an Albion handpress as a keepsake for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, September 1960. Slight browning to edges, two.....
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1964. First edition. One of 200 copies printed, signed by the author (of a total edition of 205). Cream paper-covered boards over purple leather backstrip, paper spine label lettered in gilt, with the original unprinted dust jacket. Spine a bit faded as usual, jacket has.....
Berkeley: Oyez, 1969. First edition. Original wrappers. [8] pp. Printed stapled wrappers. Fine copy. Inscribed "for Ken & Pat [Carpenter] in belated praise of the finished Springing of the Blade, a superb feat of design and craftsmanship! Brother Antoninus May 9, 1969." Kenneth J. Carpenter was the founder of the.....
[Kentfield]: Privately Printed, n.d., c. 1969. First edition. [7] leaves, stapled in upper left corner into red covers. A biographical and critical essay written by Everson to be used for publicity purposes; he used the pseudonym so as not to appear self-aggrandizing. Fine copy. Bartlett & Campo F13.
Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1967. First edition. Original wrappers. 86 pp. Perfect-bound printed wrappers. Some minor rubbing to the extremities. Inscribed by Everson to Don Allen, dated 1971. Bartlett and Campo, p. 96.
Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1967. First edition. Original wrappers. 86 pp. Perfect-bound printed wrappers. Some minor rubbing to the extremities. Inscribed, "for Madeline [Gleason] / with best wishes / Brother Antoninus." Bartlett and Campo, p. 96.
New York: Harper Perennial, 2011. First edition. 382 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. A son's memoir of his father, both of them great writers. Signed by Dan Fante on the half-title. Interior covers browned, else fine.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1934. First edition. 273 pp. Full lavender cloth, lettered and decorated in black, with the dust jacket. Top edge spotted, head and tail of spine a bit discolored. The jacket has an inch chip on the top edge of the front panel, affecting the title lettering.....
Chapel Hill: Contempo, 1932. Original wrappers. Single large sheet, folded once to form four pages. Folded horizontally, with old fold line vertically, edgewear, starting at horizontal fold line, very good. Poems and prose by Faulkner.
New York: Kermit Bloomgarden, c. 1975. Heavy brad-bound wrappers, title and author stamped in blind on the front cover. [97] leaves, printed on rectos only. An early version of Feiffer's Tony-nominated play, eventually produced in 1976 under the title Knock Knock. Bloomgarden, the legendary Broadway producer, was not involved with.....
Oxford: Sycamore Press, 1969. First edition. Single sheet folded twice. Fenton's second publication, containing two poems "One" and "Another One," printed by John Fuller at the Sycamore Press. The title is a misquotation from the Psalms, about which Fuller said, "This is the one I misprinted the title. He didn’t.....