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Right On! (Original gathering of press materials for the 1970 film)
by Herbert Danska (director); Felipe Luciano, Gylan Kain, David Nelson (starring_
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New York: Leacock-Pennebaker, 1970. Vintage gathering of promotional press materials for the 1970 film. The gathering includes seven leaves of material including, two variants of the promotional graphics for the film, one printed on a rust-colored leaf and one on a purple leaf, one leaf of credits, two leaves of "Production Notes" and biographies of co-producer Woodie King and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (First printing of this edition, one of 920 copies)
by Edward Fitzgerald (translator)
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- 1899
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East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1899. First printing of this edition. Limited Edition, one of 920 hand numbered copies (this being No. 638) SIGNED by publisher Elbert Hubbard.
Poor, bound in embossed suede, with text block detached from the binding, a chip at the heel, and endpapers moderately toned. Item Price
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The Ivory Throne of Persia (First Edition)
by Ferdowsi (poet); Dorothy Coit (translator)
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- 1929
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. First Edition. First Edition. A collection of stories adapted from the "Shahnameh" by the Persian poet Ferdowsi.
Very Good plus, lacking the dust jacket, with a slight lean, spine lightly toned and soiled, and a small dampstain on the top left corner of the rear board. Item Price
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Candle-Lightin' Time (First Edition)
by Paul Laurence Dunbar; Margaret Armstrong (illustrator)
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- 1901
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€11,781.25
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New York: Dodd, Mead, 1901. First Edition. First Edition. First printing, with the title page in state B, printed in black and green. With art nouveau decorations by Margaret Armstrong, and photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club, throughout.
A collection of nine poems by renowned, influential African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, best known for his dialect… Read more about this item Item Price
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Critical Dreams (Limited Edition, signed and inscribed by the author)
by Jess Collins writing as Jess
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- 1986
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Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1986. Limited Edition, one of 120 unnumbered copies SIGNED by author Jess Collins. Additionally INSCRIBED by the author on the first blank: "Dear Ken / Some old dreams here all dresst [sic] up pretty like / Sending herewith loving best wishes as always and ever / Love / Jess."
The only known publication by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Wild Swans at Coole (First Trade Edition)
by William Yeats; T. Sturge Moore (cover art)
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- 1919
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€400.56
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London: Macmillan, 1919. First Trade Edition, preceded by the Cuala Press edition in 1914. Gilt cover design by T. Sturge Moore.
Very Good plus, lacking the scarce dust jacket, with small bumps at the bottom right board corners, and a tiny splash on the bottom right of the front board. Item Price
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Original Harm Farm and The Heads of the Town performance in support of poetics journal Prosodia poster, San Francisco, 1990
by Harm Farm, [The] Heads of the Town (performers); Prosodia (publication)
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- 1990
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San Francisco: New College of California, 1990. Vintage "Harm Farm and The Heads of the Town Join Various Poetic Performers to Celebrate the Publication of NCOC's Poetics Journal Prosodia" poster, for a performance at San Francisco's New College Valencia Center, Saturday, June 30, 1990.
The critically acclaimed Harm Farm were an alternative San Francisco band, whose use of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Orignal "Hard Driving Acoustic Poetry in the Castro" flyer for a performance and art opening at San Francisco's A Different Light bookstore, 1990
by [LGBTQ] [Poetry] Michael Brown (artist)
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- 1990
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San Francisco: N.p., 1990. Vintage "[illegible] Hard Driving Acoustic Poetry in the Castro" flyer for a performance by what appears to be "Tritanes," although the a has been illegibly amended, and an art opening by Michael Brown, at San Francisco's A Different Light bookstore, Sunday March 4, 1990.
A Different Light was a chain of four LGBTQ bookstores,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death Drag: Selected Poems 1948-1979 (Signed First Edition, one of 26 lettered copies)
by John Clellon Holmes
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- 1980
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€164.94
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Pocatello, Idaho: The Limberlost Press, 1980. First Edition. First Edition. Limited Edition, one of 26 hand-lettered copies (this being letter C) SIGNED by the author.
Very Good plus in side stapled wrappers, with wrapper spine lightly toned. Item Price
€164.94
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Glory for Me (First Edition, inscribed by the author in the year of publication)
by MacKinlay Kantor
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- 1945
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New York: Coward McCann, 1945. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper: "For Hugh Bullock / Cordially / MacKinlay Kantor / December 12, 1945."
An epic poem, deemed nearly unpublishable at the time of its release, which became the basis for the classic 1946 film "The Best… Read more about this item Item Price
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Word Rain or a Discursive Introduction to the Philosophical Investigations of G,R,E,T,A, G,A,R,B,O, It Says (First Edition)
by Madeline Gins
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- 1969
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New York: Grossman, 1969. First Edition. First Edition. Noted artist, architect, and philosopher Madeline Gins' first published book, now regarded as a masterwork of experimental fiction.
Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Faint offsetting on the boards, and a small tap on the top edge of the front board. Jacket moderately foxed overall, with… Read more about this item Item Price
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'Hat Heads Gallery' Presents a Danielle Hell Party featuring Iao Core (Original flyer for the 1989 performance)
by Danielle Willis [Danielle Hell], Iao Core
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- 1989
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€212.06
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N.p.: N.p., 1989. Vintage flyer for a performance by Danielle Hell and Iao Core on Saturday, September 2, 1989, at the Hat Heads Gallery of the San Francisco College of Art.
Danielle Willis, a self-described San Francisco-based poet, writer, and vampire, who often went under the pseudonym Danielle Hell in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is best… Read more about this item Item Price
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Komotion Pictures: Sugar Cane Alley (Original flyer for a 1989 film screening at San Francisco's Klub Komotion, with poetry by Q.R. Hand accompanied by Lewis Jordan on sax, and music by Fuzz Factor)
by Euzhan Palcy (director, screenwriter); Joseph Zobel (novel); Garry Cadenat, Darling Legitimus (starring); Q.R. Hand (poetry); Lewis Jordan (saxophone); Fuzz Factor (band)
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- 1989
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San Francisco: Klub Komotion, 1989. Vintage flyer for a 1989 film screening at San Francisco's Klub Komotion, held on December 2, 1989. In addition to the screening, the flyer advertises poetry by Q.R. Hand accompanied by Lewis Jordan on sax, and music by Fuzz Factor.
Based on the 1950 French novel "La Rue Cases-Nègres" by Joseph Zobel. Set… Read more about this item Item Price
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Original flyer announcing a limited edition book produced to honor Dutch poet Rosey E. Pool
by [Rosey E. Pool]
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- 1971
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London: Paul Breman, 1971. Vintage flyer announcing the forthcoming publication of a book in honor of Dutch poet and anthologist Rosey E. Pool, limited to 250 copies and slated for publication on May 7, 1974 (Pool's birthday).
The last page of the flyer lists the contributors to the book, includingW.E.B. DuBois, Nina Simone, Naomi Madgett, Langston Hughes,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Calamus: Poèmes (Limited Edition)
by Walt Whitman; Frans Masereel (illustrator); Léon Bazalgette (translation)
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- 1919
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€235.62
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Geneva: Editions du Sablier, 1919. Limited Edition, one of 706 numbered copies (this being No. 8). With ten woodcut illustrations by Flemish artist Frans Masereel. Text and titles in French.
Very Good plus, bound in contemporary quarter-leather, with raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Item Price
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Leaves of Grass (Later printing, published by Worthington)
by Walt Whitman
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- 1860
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Boston: Thayer and Eldridge / Richard Worthington, 1860. Third edition. Richard Worthington "pirated" printing, with no printer and stereotype information on copyright page. Frontispiece tissue guard intact.
The third edition of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" was initially published by Thayer and Eldridge in 1860. At the beginning of 1861, however, they declared bankruptcy and sold the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Artificial Heart (First Edition, inscribed by Edward Storer)
by Edward Storer; Enrico Prampolini (cover art)
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- 1939
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Unknown: Privately printed, 1939. Limited Edition, one of 100 numbered copies (this being No. 27). INSCRIBED by the author to American journalist Edgar Mowrer on the limitation page: "To Edgar Mowrer / from / Edward Storer / Rome / 30/1/'60."
Considered by many to be "the dean of American foreign correspondents," Edgar Mowrer was born in Bloomington in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Minstrel (First UK Edition)
by James Beattie; Birket Foster (designs); The Brothers Dalziel (engravings)
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- 1858
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€42.41
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London: George Routledge, 1858. First UK Edition thus. Illustrated throughout with 33 engravings by the Brothers Dalziel, after Birket Foster.
Good, with front hinge starting, dampstains on the bottom right page and board corners, and light foxing on the endpapers. Item Price
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The Uninhabited: Selected Poems of Andre du Bouchet (First Edition, signed by Paul Auster)
by Paul Auster (translator); Andre Du Bouchet (author)
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- 1976
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€212.06
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New York, 1976. First Edition. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. SIGNED by Auster who translates this collection by du Bouchet.
Fine in wrappers with French flaps. Item Price
€212.06
The Living Theatre Presents The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop with Kenneth Patchen (Original flyer for two 1959 musical performances)
by The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop, Kenneth Patchen
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- 1959
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New York: The Living Theatre, 1959. Vintage two-color flyer, advertising a performance by The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop with Kenneth Patchen, held on March 16 and March 20, 1959 at The Living Theatre.
Charles Mingus first conceived of the jazz workshop in 1951, in the hopes of fostering the exchange of ideas and encouraging varied forms of… Read more about this item Item Price
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