San Francisco: The Book Club of California, printed by Susan Acker of Feathered Serpent Press. 1989. Hardcover. 81p., endpapers facsimiles of The Argonaut pages, frontis-portrait, rubricated and illustrated title-page, foreword, epilogue, bibliography, illustrations, photos, fine limited first edition of 450 copies in openweave salt & pepper cloth gilt-titled. Mentor of..... More
Cat.No: 156816
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. Hardcover. 348p., preface, bibliographical essay, very good first edition in black cloth and gilt, unclipped dj with somewhat faded spine. Personal inscription signed by the author, laid-in is a letter to Rudy Lapp from Edgar H. Andrews (author "Christ and the Cosmos") discussing..... More
Cat.No: 155743
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. 259p., plates as called for, first edition cloth boards gilt, t .e.g. Spine panel is somewhat faded, spine rims and corner-tips show a little card, an otherwise very good copy inscribed and signed by author Lynch to Richard M. Hotaling, who googles..... More
Cat.No: 154946
Los Angeles: N. A. Kovach, 1946. xi., 58p., introduction, bibliographical note, illustrations, errata slip tipped-in at rear, very good first Centennial edition limited to 750 copies in cloth boards and edgeworn, unclipped dj. California Centennial Series Vol I. local color and travel tips: "no uncommon thing to see the same..... More
Cat.No: 154921
Washington: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1926. Hardcover. iv, 300p., rust marks from a removed paperclip on front blank endpapers along with a minor marginal dampstain, minor foxing, original green cloth binding with slightly dulled spine gilt. no dj. African American historian. More
Cat.No: 154857
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. iv, 87p., frontis-portrait, preface, note on sources, checklist, rubricated chapter headings, illustrations, fine first edition limited to 600 copies in green cloth and gilt, prospectus laid-in, plain cream dj present, this faintly dust-soiled with faint offset streak. Publication no. 176. More
Cat.No: 154559
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cloud, 1993. 43p., paste-fastened signatures, 8x5 inch wraps. Very good copy, no. 146 of 350 Cloudforms no. 7. More
Cat.No: 154300
San Francisco: Beatitude Press, 1983. unpaginated, very good first edition trade paperback in pink wraps. Persoanl inscription signed by the poet. More
Cat.No: 153980
Berkeley: Red Shoes Press, 1989. 64p., trade-size wraps, fine copy signed on the ffep as Lois, again as Lois Steinberg on copyright page. More
Cat.No: 153279
Youngstown: Pangborn Books, Ltd., 1983. 22p., mini staplebound wraps, very good copy. Youngstown area writers collector series 5. "Never hike alone. Attach a bell to your pack. Whistle or sing loudly at intervals. If, in spite of these precautions, the beast keeps pace in the staggered wood, remember, he does..... More
Cat.No: 152832
New York: Holmes & Meier, 1988. 281p., introduction, chapter endnotes, illustrated with b&w film stills and photos, select bibliography, index, very good first edition in boards and gilt, unclipped dj. Women & Literature New Series Volume 4. More
Cat.No: 152164
Denver: P. J. McIntyre, 1906. Hardcover. 94p., preface, very good first edition in gilt-decorated cloth. Essays, office tales, ethical considerations, personal anecdotes, etc. on insurance in general, with a preface and much text referring to the recent San Francisco quake and fires ("we were camped out in Oakland" &c). More
Cat.No: 150934
Point Reyes Station: Floating Island, 1989. 60p., illustrated with cartoons, very good first trade paperback edition limited to 1,000 copies in pictorial wraps. LA-born, San Francisco-based poet, funny smart guy. More
Cat.No: 150612
South San Francisco: ManRoot Press, 1983. 21p., 5.25x8.25 inches, book announcement for Manroot together with a Manroot price list laid-in, very good second edition review copy in red printed slim trade paperback wraps. Poetry with uncertain sexual content. More
Cat.No: 150095
Long Beach: Self Published by Author, 1949. 57p., foreword, first edition; offsetting on copyright and dedication pages due to news clipping (removed), gift inscription, rubbed cloth boards. Signed by the California poet. More
Cat.No: 149069
Cambridge: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1975. x, 325p., dj with closed chip. A comparison on England and the United States. More
Cat.No: 148408
New York: Dialog Publications, 1972. 38p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, cover illustration of Pablo Neruda by Hugo Gellert. Contributions by Walter Lowenfels, Pablo Neruda, Walter Snow, Tom McGrath, Gale Sondergaard, Ring Lardner, Jr., Ruby Dee and others. More
Cat.No: 148220
Alameda: A POW (Poetry Organization for Women) Publication, 1981. 32p., text is typewriter-set, stapled into 8.5 x 7 inch mildly soiled wraps designed to double as mailer, this with a penned address; penciled marginalia on several pages. More
Cat.No: 147435
Armonk, NJ: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. vii, 279p., slightly shelfworn wraps. More
Cat.No: 147350
Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill, 1953. 32p., wraps, very good. Pendle Hill pamphlet no. 191. More
Cat.No: 147031
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. xiv, 286p., VIII, introduction, bibliography, index, illustrated with plates and a folding map at rear, first edition stated in cloth and gilt, previous ownership label on front free endpaper, unclipped dj. A nice bright copy, clean and sound, signed by Lewis. More
Cat.No: 147009
New York: Times Change Press, 1971. 64p., 5x7 inches, bios, additional bibliography, index, illustrated with drawings, very good first edition in stapled pictorial wraps. Bios of Aphra Behn, Charlotte Cushman, Sacajawea et al. More
Cat.No: 146098
New York: Far East Reporter / Maud Russell Publisher, [1969-?]. 40p., staplebound 8 x 5.5 inch wraps, cover illustrated with papercut of militant woman in Cultural Revolution style. Collection of materials for the benefit of American feminists. More
Cat.No: 145737
Berkeley: Mother Hen, 1994. [ix]57p., introduction, illustrations, very good in pictorial wraps. Mucho Somos Series Number 19. More
Cat.No: 145672
New York: Cultural Correspondence, 1983. 96p., 8.5x11 inches, pictorial wraps slightly sunned at edges. Left cultural journal with dual themes this issue: imagining the eighties and radical humor. Variety of contributors including C.L.R. James (plus interview with him), Lucy Lippard, Eva Cockcroft, Paul Krassner, Robin Tyler, Paul Buhle. Extensive material..... More
Cat.No: 145186
