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1946. LOWELL, Robert. LORD WEARY'S CASTLE. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1946). First edition, with publisher's review slip tipped-in at the front. x,69 pp. Slim octavo, black cloth, gilt lettering at spine. A near fine copy; faint foxing to endpapers, and few spots of marginal soiling, else clean and crisp. In a dust jacket which is heavily foxed, being more apparent on the thin strip of white at the fold-in of the upper panel and on the white lower panel, shows light edgewear, and has a closed tear at the lower fold-in. Lowell's second book, containing "The Quaker Garveyard in Nantucket," it was greeted with critical acclaimn.
C: A Journal of Poetry, Vol. I, No. 4 by Denby, Edwin, Ted Berrigan, Frank O'Hara, John Wieners, & Andy Warhol - 1963
by Denby, Edwin, Ted Berrigan, Frank O'Hara, John Wieners, & Andy Warhol
C: A Journal of Poetry, Vol. I, No. 4
by Denby, Edwin, Ted Berrigan, Frank O'Hara, John Wieners, & Andy Warhol
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The September 1963 issue of Berrigan's now-legendary journal, devoted to the still-neglected poems of Edwin Denby, with the almost infamous Warhol silkscreen covers. The covers on copies of this issue, reportedly executed by Berrigan himself, vary considerably, essentially constituting a Warhol multiple as much as an edition. The compelling front cover image on this copy is sharper and more complete than is usual. Reva Wolf's estimate of the importance of these images is worth quoting in full: "This is the first-known instance in which Warhol used Polaroids for silkscreen portraits, a practice he did not pursue at the time but one to which he would return and which would become his standard procedure for making portraits, beginning in 1970. Even his editorial approach to the C portraitsthoughtfully selecting a few photographs out of several he had shot would become a customary step in his production of later Polaroid portraits. A comparison of five rejected Polaroids from the Denby and Malanga sitting to the two images he chose to use for the C cover reveals that Warhol selected for the cover those images that were most legible, most centered compositionally, and that would set up a clear narrative which moved from a formal portrait on the front covera witty homosexual parody of conventional portrayals of husbands and wivesto an intimate exchange on the back cover" (Andy Warhol, Poetry, and Gossip in the 1960s, p. 22). She also notes regarding the back cover image, Malanga has recalled unhesitatingly that for this photograph Warhol had specifically instructed him to bend over and kiss Denby. Uncommon, historically important, and poignant beyond all the ironies.
The September 1963 issue of Berrigan's now-legendary journal, devoted to the still-neglected poems of Edwin Denby, with the almost infamous Warhol silkscreen covers. The covers on copies of this issue, reportedly executed by Berrigan himself, vary considerably, essentially constituting a Warhol multiple as much as an edition. The compelling front cover image on this copy is sharper and more complete than is usual. Reva Wolf's estimate of the importance of these images is worth quoting in full: "This is the first-known instance in which Warhol used Polaroids for silkscreen portraits, a practice he did not pursue at the time but one to which he would return and which would become his standard procedure for making portraits, beginning in 1970. Even his editorial approach to the C portraitsthoughtfully selecting a few photographs out of several he had shot would become a customary step in his production of later Polaroid portraits. A comparison of five rejected Polaroids from the Denby and Malanga sitting to the two images he chose to use for the C cover reveals that Warhol selected for the cover those images that were most legible, most centered compositionally, and that would set up a clear narrative which moved from a formal portrait on the front covera witty homosexual parody of conventional portrayals of husbands and wivesto an intimate exchange on the back cover" (Andy Warhol, Poetry, and Gossip in the 1960s, p. 22). She also notes regarding the back cover image, Malanga has recalled unhesitatingly that for this photograph Warhol had specifically instructed him to bend over and kiss Denby. Uncommon, historically important, and poignant beyond all the ironies.
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Le Lacrime di San Pietro di Luigi Tansillo Poema Sacro con Gli Argomenti, ed Allegorie Di Lucrezia Marinella ed Un Discorso Di Tommaso Costo. Giuntavi in Questa nuova Edizione la Raccolta delle sue Rime notabilmente accredsciuta. First Edition, 1738
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Extremely Rare Book Publication! The only library that has a copy of this book is the: Bayerishe Staatsbibliothek. Le Lacrime di San Pietro di Luigi Tansillo Poema Sacro con Gli Argomenti, ed Allegorie Di Lucrezia Marinella ed Un Discorso Di Tommaso Costo. Giuntavi in Questa nuova Edizione la Raccolta delle sue Rime notabilmente accredsciuta. In Venezia Appresso Francesco Piagentini. MDCCXXXVIII (1738). ConLicenza De Superiori, E Privilegio.In Venice: Francisco Piacentini 1738, 1738. 3 parts in a volume in-4° (255x185mm), pp. (1), XXIV, 160, XXXII, 83, Nice mottled calf leather binding with gold filigree in bands on the spine. Original multi-colored internal boards with edging blue swirls decorate with an arabesque style. Text on two columns of the ten songs of the "Tears of Saint Peter" similar to the compositions of a religious character of the same Cost ("spiritual Rhymes over the effusion of the blood of Our Gentleman", "Sonetti to the image of the Crocifisso"), sonetti and the songs of the…
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LAND OF UNLIKENESS Inscribed to Randall Jarrell
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(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Small ink date of 1944 at the bottom right corner of the title page, likely in Jarrell's hand. Mild sunning to the spine which has a small, neat repair at the head; lacking the plain tissue dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Fine box. Publisher's blue boards stamped in orange, title page printed in red and black with woodcut in blue by Gustav Wolf. Housed in a half blue morocco leather slipcase. Introduction by Allen Tate. Lowell's scarce first book, limited to a total of 250 copies printed. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper to poet Randall Jarrell: "For Randall/with affection and admiration/and no apologies for dogma,/Cal." Lowell was nicknamed Caligula at preparatory school, and the diminutive "Cal" stuck with him throughout his life. Lowell and Jarrell met at Kenyon College, where they were roommates, and became lifelong friends, each providing valuable criticism of the other's work. In 1965, Lowell eulogized…
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Smith College [Set of 4]
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Smith College collection 1948-1951. Northampton, Massachusetts. Four items, Smith College Courses of Study 1948-49 and 1950-51, and Smith College: A Handbook of Information, 1949. The 1950-1951 bulletin published during Sylvia Plath's freshman tenure as student describes the requirements of study for each department. Laid in notice of fees increase for 1949 affecting the Smith College Catalogue for 1948-49. Laid in newsletter from Smith College Winter 1983. 23 x 15.5 x 1. 77, 84, 102 pages.
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All in the Family
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Davis, CA: University of California Davis Library Associates, 1975. First printing. 3.75 x 8.5 inches. A single 8.5 x 11 inch sheet folded twice to make six pages (three of which are printed), sewn into printed covers. Illustration by Mimi Osborne. Designed, hand-set in Neon Helvetica, and printed on Rusdael Rag paper by Sid Berger, assisted by Lee Bartlett, in an edition of two hundred copies signed and numbered by author and artist. Number two in the Fine Art Series from the UCD Library Associates. Covers lightly soiled at edges, otherwise fine.
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LORD WEARY'S CASTLE
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1946. LOWELL, Robert. LORD WEARY'S CASTLE. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1946). First edition, with publisher's review slip tipped-in at the front. x,69 pp. Slim octavo, black cloth, gilt lettering at spine. A near fine copy; faint foxing to endpapers, and few spots of marginal soiling, else clean and crisp. In a dust jacket which is heavily foxed, being more apparent on the thin strip of white at the fold-in of the upper panel and on the white lower panel, shows light edgewear, and has a closed tear at the lower fold-in. Lowell's second book, containing "The Quaker Garveyard in Nantucket," it was greeted with critical acclaimn.
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Le Lacrime di San Pietro di Luigi Tansillo Poema Sacro con Gli Argomenti, ed Allegorie Di Lucrezia Marinella ed Un Discorso Di Tommaso Costo. Giuntavi in Questa nuova Edizione la Raccolta delle sue Rime notabilmente accredsciuta. First Edition, 1738
by Tansillio, Luigi
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Extremely Rare Book Publication! The only library that has a copy of this book is the: Bayerishe Staatsbibliothek. Le Lacrime di San Pietro di Luigi Tansillo Poema Sacro con Gli Argomenti, ed Allegorie Di Lucrezia Marinella ed Un Discorso Di Tommaso Costo. Giuntavi in Questa nuova Edizione la Raccolta delle sue Rime notabilmente accredsciuta. In Venezia Appresso Francesco Piagentini. MDCCXXXVIII (1738). ConLicenza De Superiori, E Privilegio.In Venice: Francisco Piacentini 1738, 1738. 3 parts in a volume in-4° (255x185mm), pp. (1), XXIV, 160, XXXII, 83, Nice mottled calf leather binding with gold filigree in bands on the spine. Original multi-colored internal boards with edging blue swirls decorate with an arabesque style. Text on two columns of the ten songs of the "Tears of Saint Peter" similar to the compositions of a religious character of the same Cost ("spiritual Rhymes over the effusion of the blood of Our Gentleman", "Sonetti to the image of the Crocifisso"), sonetti and the songs of the…
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LAND OF UNLIKENESS Inscribed to Randall Jarrell
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(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Small ink date of 1944 at the bottom right corner of the title page, likely in Jarrell's hand. Mild sunning to the spine which has a small, neat repair at the head; lacking the plain tissue dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Fine box. Publisher's blue boards stamped in orange, title page printed in red and black with woodcut in blue by Gustav Wolf. Housed in a half blue morocco leather slipcase. Introduction by Allen Tate. Lowell's scarce first book, limited to a total of 250 copies printed. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper to poet Randall Jarrell: "For Randall/with affection and admiration/and no apologies for dogma,/Cal." Lowell was nicknamed Caligula at preparatory school, and the diminutive "Cal" stuck with him throughout his life. Lowell and Jarrell met at Kenyon College, where they were roommates, and became lifelong friends, each providing valuable criticism of the other's work. In 1965, Lowell eulogized…
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Smith College [Set of 4]
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Smith College collection 1948-1951. Northampton, Massachusetts. Four items, Smith College Courses of Study 1948-49 and 1950-51, and Smith College: A Handbook of Information, 1949. The 1950-1951 bulletin published during Sylvia Plath's freshman tenure as student describes the requirements of study for each department. Laid in notice of fees increase for 1949 affecting the Smith College Catalogue for 1948-49. Laid in newsletter from Smith College Winter 1983. 23 x 15.5 x 1. 77, 84, 102 pages.
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All in the Family
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Davis, CA: University of California Davis Library Associates, 1975. First printing. 3.75 x 8.5 inches. A single 8.5 x 11 inch sheet folded twice to make six pages (three of which are printed), sewn into printed covers. Illustration by Mimi Osborne. Designed, hand-set in Neon Helvetica, and printed on Rusdael Rag paper by Sid Berger, assisted by Lee Bartlett, in an edition of two hundred copies signed and numbered by author and artist. Number two in the Fine Art Series from the UCD Library Associates. Covers lightly soiled at edges, otherwise fine.
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Quartering
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
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Fan poems
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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