Mainline to the Heart [first edition, boards issue] by Matson, Clive - 1966

Satori in Paris, complete in Evergreen Review Magazine; #39, #40 and #41. New York, 1966, softcover, First Editions, Very Good+ condition, with no markings, light rubs, lightly age-toned edges. Specifics: No. 39, Very Good+, small spot near head of spine. No. 40, Near Fine, No 41, Very Good+, top corner bumped. The complete text of Satori in Paris in three installments preceding the Grove Press hardcover publication as noted on the copyright page. Other major contributors of new material include; Samuel Beckett, Robert Creeley, George Grosz (details from Ecce Homo), Alan Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Eugene Ionesco, Eric Bentley and Lenore Kandel.

New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1933, hardcover, 256 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Association copy Signed and Inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper "To Kay Francis - all admiration - Max Ewing" and dated "New York, December 1932" Very Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slightly rolled and faded spine, nicks to top edge of front board and head of spine, two small holes and edge nicks to front endpaper, small split to paper at front hinge. The many accomplishments of this multi-talented pianist, composer, novelist, poet, sculptor, and photographer were overshadowed by his homosexuality and his unlikely friendship with the prize fighter Jack Pollock. Max's suicide in 1934, at the age of 31, adds drama and sadness to this remarkable man's mostly happy but short life during which Max mingled with dozens of artists, authors, composers, musicians, politicians, stage and movie stars, and wealthy families in Europe, New York, and Hollywood. An… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1942. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Edition (so stated), one of only 1700 printed, of Jarrell's first collection of poems. 8vo: xi,82pp. Publisher's crimson fine-bead cloth, spine lettered in navy blue; vivid red typographic dust jacket, lettered in white and priced $2.00. Fine and apparently unread; About Fine jacket (minimal fading to spine panel, lettering still crisp) that has benefited from minor expert restoration to spine panel tips (far from lettering on both ends). Wright A1. Heavily influenced by the poetry of W.H. Auden and dedicated to the American poet Allen Tate. Published the year Jarrell enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers… Read More

London: Fortune Press, 1965. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second (unauthorized) Edition, originally published by the Fortune Press in 1945. Tall, slim 8vo: [4],36pp. Publisher's smooth maroon buckram (some copies bound in brownish-orange buckram, no priority known), spine lettered in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed; beige dust jacket (Bloomfield calls it pale orange, but to my eye there is very little, if any, orange in it) printed in black, priced 21s. Possibly run off from the same plates as the first edition, with the copyright page still reading "First Published 1945," though this edition appeared in a larger format than the original (9 1/8'' x 5 5/8'' vs. 7 1/8" x 5"). A virtually pristine, unread copy, completely free of foxing and wear, in Fine jacket. Bloomfield A1(b). This pirated edition, limited to 500 copies, was issued in advance of the authorized Faber & Faber release (on Sepember 15,1966), but was swiftly withdrawn when Larkin discovered its existence. By 1972, according to… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Red cloth. Very fine in very fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A remarkably bright and fresh copy.

New York: James Rivington, 1768. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes: Vol. 1: [4], 369, [3] p.; v. 2: [4], 330, [2], xlviii p.; 22 cm. Original black leather spines with plain green boards. Red paper labels with printed spine titles and volume numbers. Pages are untrimmed. Made up of sheets of the 3rd London edition (1766) with new title pages and a list of American subscribers. Advertised by James Rivington as "this day published" in the New York Gazette & Weekly Mercury, Nov. 21, 1768. Bristol suggests that the list of subscribers "was probably printed in New York for Rivington." With a half-title to each volume. Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 302 misnumbered 102; v. 2, p. 281, 297 misnumbered 182, 279. Early American Imprints, 1st series, 41875; Bristol, B2911; Shipton & Mooney, 41875. Contents: v. 1. The Rosciad -- The Apology -- Night -- The Prophecy of Famine -- An Epistle to William Hogarth -- The Ghost; v. 2. The Conference -- The Author -- The Duellist -- Gotham -- The… Read More

New York: Eastburn, Kirk & Co, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by D. & G. Bruce. 136 p.; 15 cm. Publisher's beige paper over boards; black spine and cover titles. Publisher's advertisements on back board; both boards printed within decorative border. Pages untrimmed. Lara written by Lord Byron; Jacqueline written by Samuel Rogers. Printer statement on title page verso. Early Am. Imprints, ser. 2 (Shaw & Shoemaker), 31056. The two poems were first published together in London in 1814. Former owner's name on title page: S.L. Keene. The New York edition is much scarcer than the London edition. In Very Good- Condition: cover is soiled and lightly stained; ends of spine and corners are rubbed; some loss of paper on spine; lightl foxing and browning throughout; otherwise clean and tight.

New York:: E.P. Dutton & Company,, 1883.. Second Edition. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued. A Very Good+ copy. Corners bumped, head and foot of spine softened, shelf wear yet the pictorial gilt and silvered ornamentation on the boards is bright and rich, as are the fine heavily printed chromolithographed plates. Folio (9.75 x 12.75 inches). Dark brown beveled boards with gilt lettered decorative illustration to boards and spine. AEG. Former owner's dated signature on prelim. (Dec. 25, 1882) Unpaginated. 55 pages, includes four b/w lithographed plates; illustrated titlepage, dedication page, table of contents, and 11 (of 12) colored plates with tissue guards. Lacking the Hoar Frost plate. A fine selection of autumnal poems accompanied by striking seasonal floral bouquets, some with insects, by American painter, author and art instructor Lida Clarkson. (active 1870-99). Poems by William Cullen Bryant, Whittier, Mary Maples Dodge, RW Emerson, Celia Thaxter. 'To American Poets only I… Read More

London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1985. Limited Edition. Faux leather white boards, silver lettering at the spine.�One of 25 signed & numbered copies.�This being 1/25.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904. Decorated cloth hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket.. Illustrated with photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong.. Publisher's decorated green cloth over boards, gilt lettering at front cover and spine, gilt top edge, designed by Margaret Armstrong with light green stamped orange and cream art nouveau floral designs, 65 photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner of the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. 8vo, 8.25 inches tall; 123 pages with indexes of First Lines and Titles. A lovely collectable copy. First publication of the poems 'The Plantation Child's Lullaby', 'Blue', 'Charity', and 'Curiosity'. Ref: BAL 4951. Authentic-feeling Southern dialect of an earlier day. Background Information: One of the first influential Black poets in American literature and was internationally acclaimed for his dialectic… Read More