Recent Arrivals from Heaven-Haven Books

8vo, gilt stamped black cloth, bevelled pages, gilt topstain, 336pp. First Illustrated Edition, published following the first edition, with pen and ink illustrations by Joseph Pennell. Half title page tipped in, appearing to separate, else binding firm, contents clean. A collection of travel writing and essays on England, a companion to James' earlier work Italian Hours. A handsome copy of… Read more about this item

8vo, aqua cloth with silver titles, 185pp. Unclipped dust jacket (12.95). First Edition. An ex-library copy with stamping to top edge of text block, tape residue marks to endpapers and boards, else unmarked. Dust jacket shows toning, creasing and rubbing to panels. Firmly bound; a nice crisp copy in mylar. A collection of ten stories; Davenport's scarcest trade title.

8vo, quarter blue cloth over gold papered boards, gilt titles, 221pp. Unclipped dust jacket (9.95). Stated First Edition. Discreet ownership signature to front endpaper, mild creases and chips to corners of dust jacket, some foxing to endpapers and text block. A memoir by the illustrious songwriter, country singer and native of Olive Hill, Kentucky, and his first decade working in… Read more about this item

8vo, gold embossed paper boards, green titles, 118pp. Unclipped dust jacket (3.95). Stated First Edition. Slight rubbing to rear panel of dust jacket, else fine. A collection of lyrics and poems by the Kentucky country singer and songwriter of the famous 'Jackson' as sung by John & June Carter Cash. 'Out of all these folk singers comes one Billy Edd… Read more about this item

Tall 8vo, quarter calf over blue marbled boards, titles stamped in gilt over black leather, 670pp. Calfskin shows some abrasions at spine, fading and bumping to corners; marbled boards show a few spots of discoloration and rubbing. Pages are wholly age toned at edges and show scattered spotting and foxing, with an ownership signature to front endpaper, else text is… Read more about this item

Pamphlet in hand bound beige papered boards with dust jacket. One of 50 copies using handmade paper by Harry Reese, signed by the poet to the colophon page. An exceptional copy of a beautifully pressed book.

1st edition. Burgundy full cloth with silver titles at spine, unclipped dust jacket (21.95). Very mild toning and rubbing to DJ and fading to boards, ownership signature to ffep. Firmly bound with clean text; an attractive copy.

Stated first edition with full number line ending in 1. Fine in black papered boards with silver titles at spine. Unclipped dust jacket (24.00). Some foxing to top edge of text block, else fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket, preserved in mylar.

Stated 1st edition. Near fine in red orange cloth with gilt titles and red topstain. Dust jacket is unclipped (6.75) and is a bit ruffled showing chipping at tail of spine and at flaps with minor soiling to rear panel. Boards show some fading, else binding sharp and square with clean text. The first one volume edition of e.e. cummings… Read more about this item

Stated 1st edition. White flecked cloth with silver angel embossment to front board. Dust jacket is unclipped (18.95) stating BOMC selection at bottom of front fold, 9/87 to rear fold. Some rubbing and light creasing present to top edge of front panel. else book is in exceptional condition, well preserved in archival mylar.

1st Edition. Very good in purple cloth with embossment to cover and spine. Corners bumped, light fading to spine. Unclipped dust jacket shows quarter loss to top edge of spine as well as spine edge of front cover. Soiling to endpapers and toning to pages. Else internally clean, sharp, and square. Scarce in dust jacket.

Nearly fine copy in an unclipped jacket (original price of 2.25p to lower corner), denim cloth boards, gilt titles at spine. Some faint wear to edges of DJ and foxing to top edge of text. Scarce.

12mo (5 x 7). Green softcover wrappers, black titles on backstrip, 291pp. 1st edition with the price of 1.500 francs to rear wrap, green bordering to title page. Wraps show wear to edges, sunning and creasing to spine, a few small stains to text block. Ownership signature to flyleaf, else unmarked. Firmly bound with clean text. A nice copy. Traveller… Read more about this item

1st English edition in the Olympia Traveller s Companion Series, a revised and corrected translation from the 1949 English text. Price of 1.200 Francs on rear wrapper, denoting 1st issue thus. Some creasing and sunning to backstrip, else a well aged copy.

1st English edition of Jean Cocteau s semi- autobiographical novel Le Livre Blanc , originally published anonymously in 1928. The preface and accompanying pen and ink illustrations to this edition give away Cocteau s authorship. An elliptical memoir of both a homoerotic and religious character, where he confesses both the awakening of his sexuality and the Catholic faith he would… Read more about this item

1st printing. This slim volume served as a follow up to The New American Poetry: 1945-1960 , a landmark text compiled by Allen, which served as the only compendium to the Black Mountain poets, outside of the Black Mountain Review and Origin publications. As with New American Poetry , this is a uniform smattering of the Beats, Black Mountain and… Read more about this item

NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, Donald Davie, Wesleyan University Press, 1968. 2nd printing softcover edition, signed by Davie to ffep. A slim volume of gathered verse by the English Movement poet, formalist and contemporary of Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin.

First published book by the Arkansas poet (and father of Lucinda Williams), signed to half title page. Ex library copy showing discreet markings to spine, bookplate to front endpaper, and stamp to dedication page, else internally clean sharp and tight.

HYMN TO LIFE, James Schuyler, Random House, 1974. 1st edition. One of the author s scarcest books. Poet of the New York School and frequent collaborator with John Ashbery and Frank O Hara, Schuyler was later awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for The Morning of the Poem. Hardcover in grass-green quarter cloth, housed in an unclipped dust jacket, designed… Read more about this item

First issue of the author's first book, limited run of 1000 copies. 11 page staple bound pamphlet with the price of 10 cents to front cover. Pages wholly age toned with a slight crease to left corner of front cover. Prints sixteen of the earliest poems of William Everson, also known as Brother Antoninus, California naturalist poet and disciple of… Read more about this item