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[Marshall, MN]: Ox Head Press, 1977. First Edition. Wraps. One of 500 copies in dark blue printed wraps with hand-painted ornaments in the text by D. Olsen.
[Marshall, MN]: Ox Head Press, 1977. First Edition. Wraps. One of 500 copies in dark blue printed wraps with hand-painted ornaments in the text by D. Olsen.
Boston: Beacon Press, (1975). First Edition. Softcover. Printed wraps. Third Printing. A Seventies Press book. Bilingual edition with both Spanish and English text. Mostly poems by Federico Garcia Lorca and Cesar Vallejo, but also poems by Hart Crane, Allen Ginsberg, and others. SIGNED by Bly on the title page.
(Denver): (The Ally Press), (1975). First Edition. Softcover. Thin printed stitched wraps containing two poems. Of a total of 200 numbered copies, this is #29 of 50 SIGNED by Bly.
(Denver): (The Ally Press), (1976). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth with decorative endpapers. Bly's versions of poems by this 15th century Hindu poet. Copy #45 of 50 SIGNED by Bly. "Second Printing" is stated on the title page, but a 1982 letter from Ally Press publisher Paul Feroe explaining the error.....
(Denver): (The Ally Press), (1976). First Edition. Softcover. Printed stapled wraps. Bly's versions of poems by this 15th century Hindu poet. SIGNED by Bly on the title page.
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1973. Wang Hui-Ming. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (8-3/4" x 8-3/4"), published only in softcover. Poems by Robert Bly illustrated with woodcuts by Wang Hui-Ming. SIGNED by Bly on the title page with a drawing and SIGNED and dated 1988 by Hui-Ming on the front endpaper.....
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1973. Wang Hui-Ming. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (8-3/4" x 8-3/4"), published only in softcover. Poems by Robert Bly illustrated with woodcuts by Wang Hui-Ming. SIGNED and dated 1988 by Hui-Ming on the front endpaper.
n.p. (The Massachusetts Review), (1969). Wang Hui-Ming. First Edition. Wraps. Pictorial yellow wraps (6" x 9") containing the poems "Two Together" and "Turtle Climbing from a Rock" illustrated with woodcuts by Wang Hui-Ming. Printed on the rear cover: "Pages from a forthcoming book of poems by Robert Bly and Wang.....
Athens, GA & London: The University of Georgia Press, (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. A Review Copy with publisher's inserts laid in. This copy SIGNED by 14 contributors on the front endpaper including Allen Ginsberg, Donald Hall, Robert Pinsky, Robert Hass, Robert Bly, Philip Levine, Charles Simic, Stephen Dobyns, Robert Creeley.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Poet's third book. This copy SIGNED by her on the front free endpaper with the signature of theater set designer Oliver Smith on the front pastedown. A difficult title to find signed.
New York: The Viking Press, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Poet's second book. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith: "For Bill,/in hope my islanders/may, as they reach/offshore, sail out/toward his open sea.../Philip/as of/March 26th/1962."
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's first book, winner of the Lamont Prize. Prize card laid in.
New York: The Viking Press, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "Inscribed, far inland, for/William Meredith,/whose long/and generous/concern/for these poems/has been one/of the margins.../Philip Booth/April 16th/1971." With two corrections in the text, noted by Booth on the title page. An Advance Reading Copy with a letter from the editor.....
New York: The Viking Press, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "For Bill Meredith/who knows/these weathers and edges/in good friendship/over many seasons...." SIGNED publisher's compliments card laid in.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's first novel about a Kentucky family transplanted to the Sunbelt.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. First book by this acclaimed author, a collection of stories, reportedly done in a print run of only 1500 copies.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. First book by this acclaimed author, a collection of stories, reportedly done in a print run of only 1500 copies.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. First book by this acclaimed author, a collection of stories, reportedly done in a print run of only 1500 copies. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. First book by this acclaimed author, a collection of stories, reportedly done in a print run of only 1500 copies.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. "The sensual paradise and the erotic paradise are two separate places. They are not on the same map...."
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof of this collection of short stories by this critically acclaimed author.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. A penetrating portrait of a modern American family.
(Port Townsend, WA): Copper Canyon Press, (1995). First Edition. wraps. Softcover issue in pictorial wraps. SIGNED by the poet on the title page and additionally INSCRIBED by him in 5/95 on the half title page: "To Austin--/Thanks for/your kindness--/looking forward to/more of your fine/poems/Best/David."
London: Faber and Faber, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. Author's second book, a novel that begins in the basement of Foyle's bookshop. Dustwrapper art by Kenneth Rowell.
Tangier, Morocco: 1986. Letter. Three TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs) to Bob Sharrard, publisher/proprietor of City Lights Books in San Francisco, on onionskin paper, SIGNED "Paul Bowles" and "Paul B" (two). Bowles writes from his home in Morocco on various literary matters. Some excerpts: "I think I wrote you that a......