"And I will be heard," two talks to the American people
New York: Twice a Year Press, 1940. Pamphlet. 43p., stapled wraps, touch of rust to staples else very good condition. Radical poetry. More
Cat.No: 92707
New York: Twice a Year Press, 1940. Pamphlet. 43p., stapled wraps, touch of rust to staples else very good condition. Radical poetry. More
Cat.No: 92707
New York: Twice a Year Press, 1940. Pamphlet. 43p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, touch of rust to staples, wraps lightly worn, else very good condition; inscribed and signed by Beecher to Lawrence Cramer, the first executive secretary of the Fair Employment Practices Committee, on which Beecher worked as a field..... More
Cat.No: 281775
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1975. Hardcover. xiii, 290p., first edition, sound unmarked copy, cloth boards a little dusty, in a worn dj with some chipping on the edges and rear panel. More
Cat.No: 41638
New York: International Publishers, 1968. Hardcover. 189p., stated first edition, corners bumped, spine discolored, else very good condition in a shelfworn dj that is stained along the spine; signed by Beecher on the free front endpaper. More
Cat.No: 80015
New York: Twice A Year Press, 1941. Hardcover. 42p., one of a hundred copies signed by Beecher, first edition, dj, very good condition. Beecher, born in New York City, grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and worked at the open hearth furnaces in Birmingham's steel mills. This experience contributed to the..... More
Cat.No: 92698
New York: Twice A Year Press, 1941. Hardcover. 42p., first edition, one of 400 unsigned copies, this copy not numbered, very good condition in like dj. Beecher, born in New York City, grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and worked at the open hearth furnaces in Birmingham's steel mills. This experience..... More
Cat.No: 233548
Scottsdale, Arizona: Rampart Press, 1960. Hardcover. 29p., one of an edition of 400, hand-set & printed by John & Barbara Beecher, review copy, prospectus for this work laid in, spine faded, else very good condition; inscribed and signed by John Beecher to the writer and civil liberties activist John Caughey..... More
Cat.No: 44878
New York: MR Press, 1962. Hardcover. 81p., inscribed and signed by Beecher dated 1963, frontispiece, first trade edition, photo-offset reproduction of the original limited edition in brown cloth boards, paper title labels front and spine, in very good condition. Protest poetry from a descendant of the Abolitionist family which produced..... More
Cat.No: 17264
New York: MR Press, 1962. Hardcover. 81p., inscribed and signed by Beecher dated 1964, frontispiece, first trade edition, photo-offset reproduction of the original limited edition in brown cloth boards, paper title labels front and spine. Title of poem on page 29 underlined in blue ink. Small tears to fore-edges, occasional..... More
Cat.No: 268930
New York: MR Press, 1962. Hardcover. 81p., frontispiece, very good first trade edition, photo-offset reproduction of the original limited edition in brown cloth boards, paper title labels front and spine, spine label slightly chipped. Protest poetry from a descendant of the Abolitionist family which produced Henry Ward Beecher. The poet..... More
Cat.No: 16221
Cocoa Beach: Red Mountain Editions, 1971. Hardcover. 83p., very good photo-offset reproduction of the original limited edition, third printing in dj. Protest poetry from a descendant of the Abolitionist family which produced Henry Ward Beecher. The poet worked in the steel mills of Alabama (where he began writing poetry) and..... More
Cat.No: 97185
Birmingham, AL: Red Mountain Editions, 1966. Hardcover. 93p., first edition, front., illus., previous owner's stamp on front blank endpaper, else very good condition in an unclipped dj with two small closed tears. More
Cat.No: 80030
Scottsdale, AZ: [John & Barbara Beecher], 1959. Hardcover. [22p.], original cloth binding with a paper cover pasted on as issued, limited to 500 copies, fine condition. Woodcuts by Barbara Beecher, handset & printed by John and Barbara Beecher. .Poems by Henry Birnbaum, William Newberry, John R. Reed, Olga Cabral, Jerry..... More
Cat.No: 92703
Scottsdale, AZ: [John & Barbara Beecher], 1959. Hardcover. [22p.], original cloth binding with a paper cover pasted on as issued, limited to 500 copies, fine condition, inscribed by the Beechers and signed in full "For Roger Levenson in friendship, John Beecher, Barbara Beecher, December 29, 1960." Woodcuts by Barbara Beecher..... More
Cat.No: 225945
Santa Monica: California Quarterly, 1962. Paperback. 96p., 6x9 inches, poetry journal, paperback in pictorial wraps, Some general soiling. Circular staining to front cover. Coastlines was a left-leaning publication that lasted between 1955 and 1964, replacing The California Quarterly when it folded in the mid-1950s. It published many radical poets including..... More
Cat.No: 195953
Santa Monica: California Quarterly, 1962. Paperback. 96p., 6x9 inches, poetry journal, paperback in pictorial wraps, smudge on cover. Coastlines was a left-leaning publication that lasted between 1955 and 1964, replacing The California Quarterly when it folded in the mid-1950s. It published many radical poets including John Beecher and Thomas McGrath..... More
Cat.No: 291449