Search Results: Poetry & Poetics from Black Cat Hill Books

San Francisco, CA Dorothy and Frank Shields, 1943. Pamphlet Limited "Private Edition" of 500 copies. Limited "Private Edition" of 500 copies. Very Good+ in Wrapswith vellum "DJ": shows indications of very careful use: light wear to lower corner tips; a small stain at the outside edge of one of the pages and a hint of the same stain to the outside (rag) edges of several other pages; a mild bump to the head of the sewn edge, which affects many of the text pages as well; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Remains close to 'As New'. The vellum DJ showsmild rubbing and a tiny stain near the lower corner of the front panel; light wear to the extremities, but with scant loss to chipping and a tiny tear; attached to the book by the publisher. Remains attractive and intact, but shows mild wear. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x6.15 x 0.2 inches). 32 pages. Red and black text with brown-toned designs. Language: English. Weight: 4.5 ounces.… Read More

Berkeley, CA Fast Speaking Music, 2001. AudioCD One CD. New. Still in Shrinkwrap. Features 17 tracks, consisting of elegiac texts brought to song and instrument. Anne Waldman's harmonic oratory . Includes excerpts from Pieces of an Hour (the John Cage tribute from her epic poem IOVIS), Memorial Day (featuring a 1974 recording with Ted Berrigan), and previously unpublished texts such as Notes on Sitting Beside a Noble Corpse. Also features instrumentals by Steven Taylor and booklet with texts and collage-work. Playing time is 63 minutes 32 seconds. Audio Book: CDs.  

New York, NY New Directions Publishing , 2001. Paperback First Edition Thus [2001], based upon material previously published in 1977, 1982, and 1987, here greatly revised, recast and enlarged for this edition. First Edition Thus [2001], based upon material previously published in 1977, 1982, and 1987, here greatly revised, recast and enlarged for this edition. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a former bookseller's rubber-stamped logo at the front endpaper and a hint line of faint sunning along the rear hinge of the wrapper covers; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound; showing minor cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean.… Read More

New York, NY HarperCollins: Harper Perennial, 1990. Paperback First Edition Thus (1990); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1990); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.35 x 0.85 inches). 315 pages. Language: English. Weight: 10.8 ounces. Trade Paperback.

Boston, MA Sherman, French & Company, 1915. Hardcover First Edition (1915), unstated, but implied: same date at title and copyright pages, according to Sherman, French & Company's customary practice. First Edition (1915), unstated, but implied: same date at title and copyright pages, according to Sherman, French & Company's customary practice. Very Good+ in Fair semi-opaque paper DJ: The Book shows indications of very careful use; top edge dust-dulled; foxing to the deckle fore-edge and bottom edge; a small dark stain at the bottom edge of the front panel; former owner's name and date in pencil at the front free endpaper and the words "Her Book" written under the owner's name; the binding is square and remains quite secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows heavy wear: chip loss; a large section torn away at the lower front panel; surely has darkened from its original clarity (though we have never examined a pritine example, of course). NOT a Remainder, Book-Club,… Read More

New York, NY Penguin Group: Penguin Press, 1994. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use; light wear to extremities; small scar at ourside edge rear panel has been carefully tape-repaired; mild rubbing to sheen of wrapper covers; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 101pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Santiago, Chile Biblioteca Popular Nascimento, 1971. Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: mildest rubbing to wrapper covers; the pages have tanned rather heavily, due to aging; binding leans a little but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 194pp. Prologue by Luis Iñigo Madrigal. Paperback. Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (1902 – 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba. Born in Camagüey, he studied law at the University of Havana, but abandoned a legal career and worked as a typographer and journalist. His poetry was published in various magazines from the early 1920s; his first collection, Motivos de son (1930) was strongly influenced by his meeting that year with the African-American poet, Langston Hughes. He drew from son music in his poetry. West Indies, Ltd.,… Read More

New York, NY W.W. Norton & Co, 1987. Paperback First Edition Thus in USA (1987), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus in USA (1987), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and Clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.35 x 0.5 inches). 143 pages. Language: English. Weight: 6.5 ounces. Trade Paperback.

Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press, 1996. Hardcover First Edition [1996], so stated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition [1996], so stated. Fine in Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding square and secure; the text clean. The DJ is also flawless; unclipped. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 83 pages. Hardback with DJ. The poems in Arias recollect journeys through time and place, emotions and moods. They are also a lyric attempt to present the poet as a crossbreeder of divergent, sometimes exotic poetic strains, as someone who creates new and vigorous hybrids, a multiform richness of feeling and thought.As a girl, Mary Burritt spent extended periods living in southern France and Spain, where her father studied and taught languages. That experience, reflected in her poems, led to her interest in modernist poetry in Spanish, French, and Italian. Although European and Latin American authors have influenced her work, she considers the American… Read More

Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press, 1996. Hardcover First Edition [1996], so stated. First Edition [1996], so stated. Fine: Binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New', showing no flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 83pp. Decorated End Papers. There is an inscription, difficult to decipher, at the bottom corner of the front free endpaper; may be from the author, perhaps not. Hardcover, Lacks DJ. The poems in Arias recollect journeys through time and place, emotions and moods. They are also a lyric attempt to present the poet as a crossbreeder of divergent, sometimes exotic poetic strains, as someone who creates new and vigorous hybrids, a multiform richness of feeling and thought. As a girl, Mary Burritt spent extended periods living in southern France and Spain, where her father studied and taught languages. That experience, reflected in her poems, led to her interest in modernist poetry in Spanish, French, and Italian. Although European and… Read More

London, UK Kegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1886. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; some rubbing and faintest soiling. Gilt still quite legible but somewhat dulled due to rubbing. Binding secure, though interior front hinge is starting; text clean. Despite these flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 232pp. Green Cloth over boards, Top Edge Gilt; Gilt Titles. Collection of the poetry of Austin Dobson. Very attractive little book printed on high quality paper and bound in olive-green cloth with bevelled edges to boards. Frontis illustration. Deckle fore-edge. Interior pages are bright and white. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.  

New York, NY W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991. Hardcover First Edition [1991]; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. First Edition [1991]; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. Very Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows barely discernible reverse spine lean, though binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. The DJ shows only the mildest overall rubbing; "National Book Award Finalist" sticker affixed to the front panel; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.55 x 6 x 0.55 inches). x, 60 pages. Weight: 10.2 ounces. Hardback with DJ.

Bad Gandersheim am Harz Verlag von Adolf Rottger, 1922. Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.45 x 0.2 inches). xiii, 56 pages. Uebertragen aus dem Altniedersachsischen in das Neuhochdeutsch unserer Tage mit einem erklarenden Weckrus an das Deutsche Volk versehen von Johanna Severin. Duotone frontispiece reproduction of a court portrait painting. Language: German (in script). Weight: 4.2 ounces. Paperback.

Salzburg, Germany Otto Muller Verlag, 1939. Hardcover Seventh Edition. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows only minor indications of use: some rubbing to the top edge near the corner tips; the binding shows barely discernible lean, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows just a touch of wear to the extremities; mild rubbing; faint soiling; unclipped. No longer 'As New', but remains quite close to it. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 147pp. Hardback with DJ. Georg Trakl (1887 –1914) was an Austrian poet and brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists.

Huron, OH Bottom Dog Press, 1991. Paperback Reprint Edition. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use; light wear to extremities; mildest rubbing; marginal lines pps 4 & 5 have been whited out; binding shows barely discernible spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 164pp. Edited by Larry Smith and Laura Smith. Biographical Introduction by Larry Smith. Reprint Edition. Presumed First Impression thus, but unstated. Trade Paperback. Available again in a revised reissue, AWASH WITH ROSES, Patchen's classic collection of 100 love poems, includes a biographical introduction of Kenneth and Miriam Patchen by the writer's biographer Larry Smith. Kenneth Patchen wrote fiction and poetry, did poetry-poems, poetry-jazz, and poems-and-drawings. He was a key figure in the Greenwich Village scene of the 1930's and 1940's, then active in the pre-Beat period… Read More

London, UK Chatto & Windus, 1969. Hardcover First Edition (1969), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted and same date at the title and copyright pages, in accordance with Chatto & Windus' customary practice. First Edition (1969), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted and same date at the title and copyright pages, in accordance with Chatto & Windus' customary practice. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: The Books shows considerable foxing to the endpapers and top edge of the text block; sparse foxing to the fore-edge; else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a notable cosmetic flaw. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows… Read More

Oakley, CA Privately Printed, 1992. Paperback First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 91pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps.

Chicago, IL Rand McNally & Company. Hardcover Very Good: shows moderate wear to the extremities; mild rubbing;a couple of small soil spots at the rear panel and some darkening at the backstrip (the titles thereon are rendered less bright than when new, but remain legible); the former owner's rather attractive bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper and his name inscribed at the front free endpaper. The Binding remains square and secure; the text is clean. Despite a number of flaws, remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 278pp. Decorated Endpapers; Attractive crimson cloth over boards with gilt floral designs at the front panel; gilt titles at front panel and backstrip. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. The Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses are a set of martial songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling originally published in two parts: the first set in 1892, the second in 1896. Many have become classic military ditties and are… Read More

New York, NY Henry Altemus , 1899. Hardcover Good+: shows moderate wear to the extremities, where the cloth over boards has worn through to the underlying board at three corner tips and at the heel of the backstrip; mild rubbing; faint but pervasive soiling. Binding square and secure, but only because the front hinge has been reinforced with binders glue; text clean. Despite a number of flaws, remains a sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 16mo. 247pp. Decorated Endpapers; Attractive green and gilt floral designs at the panels and backstrip; gilt titles at front panel and backstrip. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. The Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses are a set of martial songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling originally published in two parts: the first set in 1892, the second in 1896. Many have become classic military ditties and are still well known, particularly "Gunga Din", "Tommy" and "Danny… Read More

New York, NY: Random House. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with DJ.. Irst Edition (1941) , First Printing stated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Good DJ: The Book shows just a hint of shelf-soiling to the lower extremities; slight darkening and/or foxing to the pastedown endpapers; four tiny flecks of foxing to the upper fore-edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive flaws. Bright and Clean. Remains close to 'As New'. The DJ shows fairly heavy wear to the extremites with some loss to chipping and rubbing and a 3/4" chip at the lower mid point of the rear hinge; rubbing to the panels and some consequent soiling and smudging; the price is… Read More