Vanity Press
Abuse from my Mind A Book of Poetry to Ease Your Mind
San Lorenzo, CA: Brown Palace Publications, 1997. Trade Paperback. vi,74p. inscribed and signed by the author. Covers lightly soiled and rubbed. More
Cat.No: 196828
Poetry 2 lyrics: Memoir m1/I cry no more pain
Berkeley: Three Twelve Pub. 2012. Paperback. 111p., very good first edition self-published trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 180591
Poetic Gems of Beauty
Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., 1997. Paperback. 94 pg. paperback, 6 x 9 inches, very good. Poems addressing Black identity, civil rights leaders, and Christianity. In her author bio, Bryant is described as a widow and a mother of five. She is a member of the National Sorority of Phi Delta..... More
Cat.No: 277391
Always Been You vol. 1 of Second Chances series
no place: Self-published by the author, 2015. Paperback. 189p., very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. M/M romance by Australian cisgender mother of two. More
Cat.No: 234450
Carver: a great soul
Fairfax, CA: Serpent Wise, 1998. Paperback. 79p., book-length prose poem on George Washington Carver, personal inscription signed by the author, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 192543
Andy's Song
Salinas: Sapphire Books, 2013. Paperback. 299p., very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Lesbian romance novel. More
Cat.No: 232810
Musings of Eve [poems]
Fresno: Self-published by the author at Economy Printers, 1951. Hardcover. 85p., 4.5x7 inches, very good first edition in blue leatherette and gilt boards. Self-published book of poetry with Californi, Religion, love and anti-war themes. More
Cat.No: 231434
A simple life
Great Neck: Todd & Honeywell, 1981. 131p., illustrated with family photos, very good first edition in buckram cloth and gilt, dj. Vanity press autobiography of a professional dancer and dancing instructor who settled in California. Long personal inscription to relative signed by the author. Blurbs by Alex Haley, Alvin Toffler..... More
Cat.No: 128297
Art wrks; bad poems, horrible haiku, letters, erotic stuff, and "emerge"
N. pl. Self-published by the author, 2009. Paperback. 75p., first edition trade paperback in slightly worn white wraps. More
Cat.No: 153461
Among the Missing; poems
Francestown: The Golden Quill Press, 1979. Hardcover. 80p., very good first edition in cloth boards, gilt and unclipped dj. Vanity press publication of poetry by a 91-year-old Massachusetts poet, "much of it written during the 1970's when she was an active participant in Harold Bond's poetry workshop at the Cambridge..... More
Cat.No: 117085
Floodgates
Tallahassee: Dreamspinner Press, 2014. Paperback. 214p., fine first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Gay fantasy by the prolific Kentucky author M/M Romance by cisgender woman. More
Cat.No: 225897
As Time Goes By [inscribed & signed]
New York: iUniverse, 2005. Paperback. 60p., inscribed and signed by the Peruvian American poet residing in Northern California, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Vanity-press novella about two Peruvian immigrants living in San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 149902
Sunshine Patriots
Tucson: Hats Off Books, 2004. Paperback. 210p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Rastafarian SciFi. More
Cat.No: 213534
Dropping the Tire Iron [poems - signed]
San Francisco: San Francisco Union of Street Poets, 1982. [20p] 8x9.5 inches, poetry, personal inscription signed by the poet, good large chapbook in lightly-foxed gray and red sewn wraps. San Francisco street-poet. More
Cat.No: 138145
Poemas triunfales
San Francisco: Publicaciones Este OEste, 2001. Paperback. 52p., text in Spanish, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Salvadoran poet who immigrated to the US in 1981. More
Cat.No: 194531
As If Nothing Happened
Shreveport: RootSky Pub. 2002. Paperback. 222p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Self-published novel of Sisterhood. More
Cat.No: 213614
Love Theme With Variations
San Diego: Los Hombres Press, 1990. Paperback. 122p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 56858
Before and After Time
New York: Vantage Press, Inc., 2000. Paperback. 36p., paperback, 5.5x8 inches, very good. First edition. Poetic adaptations of the beginnings of the Book of Genesis. Only one copy found in OCLC. Castillo is a New Mexico based poet. More
Cat.No: 283321
That Week in Acapulco & Happy New Life (aka Emma's Story) [two stories]
No place: Self-published by the author, 2015. Paperback. 106p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Lesbian romance novel by a onetime "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" fan-fiction author. More
Cat.No: 231964
Nowhere Diner: Finding Love
no place: Amber Quill Press, 2009. Paperback. 124p., fine first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Young gay man running away from his home state Minnesota finds true love with a lomg-haul trucker at a diner in the middle of nowhere. More
Cat.No: 216988
The Vanguard
Lincoln, UK: Total E-Bound Books, 2012. Paperback. 282p., fine first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. A Prince finds his soulmate in an enemy soldier. More
Cat.No: 216997
Wonderings
Mill Valley: The Summit, 1992. 121p., very good first edition in wraps. Personally inscribed and signed by Bay Area poet. More
Cat.No: 135485
By Hook or By Crook: a tale of adventure surviving child abuse
Pittsburgh: Dorrance, 1998. Paperback. viii, 154p., preface, very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Fictionalized account of the author's childhood. Vanity press publication. More
Cat.No: 266553
Orphan's quest; book one of The chronicles of Firma
Dixfield, ME: Glynworks Publishing, 2007. 327p., first edition glossy pictorial trade-size wraps, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 163943