James Dickey, the Life and Lies of a Poet
New York: Picador, 2002. Paperback. xxi., 794p., "uncorrected bound manuscript" on cover, hinge starting to give, wraps rubbed, else in good condition. More
Cat.No: 273550
New York: Picador, 2002. Paperback. xxi., 794p., "uncorrected bound manuscript" on cover, hinge starting to give, wraps rubbed, else in good condition. More
Cat.No: 273550
Omaha: The Citizen Printing Company, 1964. Paperback. 182p., teal cloth wraps, small tears on head and tail of spine from use, sticker on front wrap, rubbing on rear wrap, bookplate on verso of front wrap and ownership signature, else in very good condition with tight and clean pages. More
Cat.No: 277055
San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997. Hardcover. 290p., ownership stamp else a very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Biographical sketches and excerpts from the writings of gay authors including Sappho, Virgil, Basho, Hafiz, Shakespeare, et al. More
Cat.No: 62689
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Hardcover. xiv, 273p., corners slightly bumped, spine and boards slightly toned, text block edges and endpapers lightly foxed, else good. Signed and inscribed by the editor, Robert Harvey. Bio-Bibliographies in World Literature, Number 5. More
Cat.No: 280852
Walnut Creek, CA: Rising Tree Productions, 1979. Pamphlet. iii, [1], 64p., illustrations, wraps. 10.75 x 8.5 in. 166 of 200 copies. Art by Gayle Hansen-Obado. Stain on front cover, otherwise Very Good. The author’s first volume of poetry. Hassna was deployed to Vietnam and became a drill sergeant before becoming..... More
Cat.No: 316497
Southlake, TX: Self-published by the author, 1992. Hardcover. vi, 290p., 8.5x11 inches, foreword, source documents, author field section, pseudonym section, signed by the compiler Hawk on title page, very good first edition in wine cloth boards and gilt as issued. More
Cat.No: 220225
Minneapolis: Pratt Community Center/The Loft, 1991. Newsletter. 16p., 8.5x11 inches, folded January Event Calendar laid-in, very good newsletter of folded nested sheets. Landesman on AIDS & writing. Shannon on the Passion to Write. Little on John Gardner. LGBTQ writing program newsletter. More
Cat.No: 298430
Chicago: American Library Association, 1991. Hardcover. xi, 324p., professionally type-set (rather than being run up from keyboard-set text) and hardbound in 10x7 inch plain printed blue cloth boards lettered in dark blue, the cloth casing is a little soiled from handling and offset tints from adjacent books, with a somewhat..... More
Cat.No: 294365
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2004. Hardcover. xxiii, 176p., abrasion on rear cover from sticker removal else good condition. Lacks jacket. Text is divided up amongst "Early twentieth-century voices" (such as Mann, Parker, Cummings, Seldes), "The New York intellectuals" (Howe, Warshow, Greenberg, et al.), and "Postwar mavericks" (McLuhan, Fiedler, C.L.R.James..... More
Cat.No: 218855
New York: Island Books, 2003. Pamphlet. [2], 30, [4]p., wraps. 8.5 x 5.5 in. No. 8 of 10 signed copies of a total edition of 200. Very Good. Early volume of poetry by the author and translator. More
Cat.No: 316527
Cleveland, OH: Self-published by the author as Side Effect Publishing, 2012. Paperback. [48p] 6x7 inches, personal inscription signed by the author/publisher, poems, short story, illustrations, near-fine first edition stated limited to 100 copies, perfectbound pictorial white wraps with matching green dj. Letterpress printed dj. Artworks and cover by Kryss. Memoir..... More
Cat.No: 276419
Honolulu: Editorial Persona, 1991. Paperback. 169p., prefaces, illustrated with drawings, text in Spanish, very good first edition trade paperback in glossy wraps. Serie Testimonios. Memoir and writings by Cuban exile who co-founded Casa de la Cultural Cubana in Miami. More
Cat.No: 180050
New York: Anchor Press, 1987. Hardcover. xvi, 174p., very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and slightly edgeworn dj. More
Cat.No: 61178
Zürich: Fretz & Wasmuth Verlag AG. 1954. Hardcover. 118p., presswork in a normal-size font but (to expand the text to book-length) each line is separated above & below a fraction more than usual. Find scattered color facsimiles of watercolor vignettes pen-painted by Hesse on notes to friend Rolland, seven including..... More
Cat.No: 317605
New York: Gotham Books/Penguin, 2011. Hardcover. xiv, 367p., prelude, very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 256459
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. Paperback. xxii, 227p., mass-market paperback, 4.25x7 inches, wraps worn, pages evenly toned else very good first Perennial Library edition. From the library of literary scholar Noriko Mizuta with her ownership signature, under her married name of "N.M. Lippit", on the inside front wrap..... More
Cat.No: 264472
San Francisco: Howard Gossage / Ramparts Magazine, 1968. Newspaper. 8p., thinnish tabloid with all the bells & whistles (ads, real reporting, cartoons) of a real newspaper (both editors important professionals), except that it is circling the drain and.. there it goes. Acidic paperstock, toned of course, but little wear, no..... More
Cat.No: 310433
Hawthorne, CA: Madge M. Hipsher, 1930. Pamphlet. 56p., wraps. 8.75 x 5.75 in. Author’s presentation inscription on front flyleaf: “To Mr. Will Rodgers, with best wishes, Sept 12th 1930 [signed] Madge Morrison Hipsher.” Bound in dark wraps, printed on front cover in metallic gold ink. Film treatment with several scenes..... More
Cat.No: 311166
New york: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Hardcover. xii, 605p. + 24p. photos, very good first US edition in boards and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 110359
New York: New York Federation of Anarchists, [1966]. Pamphlet. [50p.], 11x8.5 inches, staplebound wraps; illus., foxed and soiled wrappers, slight edgewear from handling, front cover is somewhat loose around staples, else very good. Anarchist essays and poetry. Grew out of the Bowery Poets Co-op, as discussed in the introduction. Allan..... More
Cat.No: 218837
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. Hardcover. xiii, 704p., introduction, A-Z encyclopedia, chronology, index, illustrated with b&w photos, very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 75444
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Hardcover. Two volumes, first US edition, prior owner's name, otherwise very good in djs, lacking slipcase. Vol. I: xxii, 475p. + front., 16p. photos. Vol. II: xii, 754p. + front., 16p. photos, dj spine slightly stained. Vol. I is titled "The Unknown Years;..... More
Cat.No: 13574
Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1980. Paperback. 197p., text in German, introduction, collection of writings by Holz, small paperback in yellow wraps. Cover joint is split a full inch, with a bit of tatter. Inside, find some marginal bracketing and an instance of yellow hi-liting. As is. Universal-Bibliothek #9982 [2]. Includes the..... More
Cat.No: 221303
Brooklyn: Honey & Wax Booksellers, 2021. Paperback. [32]p., elegant small catalogue in 8x5 inch frenchfold wraps and bells and whistles galore, not least the merchandise. Has a spine panel with titling and cat.number. Want Paul Laurence Dunbar' first book, inscribed by his mother? you bet. Amazing scarcities, many treated with..... More
Cat.No: 298608
New York: New York University Press, 1994. Hardcover. xix, 369p., foreword, introduction, notes, bibliography, index, very good first edition in quarter cloth boards and gilt. The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature series, Karla Jay, series editor. More
Cat.No: 219763