Search Results: Authors starting with W from Better Read Than Dead

Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Press, 1965. Softcover octavo, staple-bound in illustrated white paper wrappers with black lettering and decoration, 5 pp. Very good, light creases to wrappers along spine and a couple small creases to pamphlet, a couple lightly soiled spots.

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1968. 1968 Kennikat Edition. Two volumes, hardcover octavos, blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine, [ix] 812 pp (1-420) (421-812). Very Good both, tight square bindings, some soiling, light rubbing to boards, gentle pushing to spine perimeters and corners, tape offsetting from review slip taped to FFEP vol 1.. Critical Introduction by Frank A. Burdick.

New York/London: The New Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover, [octavo], cream boards, embossed gilt spine titles, illustrated dust jacket, 238 pp. Near fine book; near fine dust jacket. Jacket design Emmanuel Polanco.

New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. First printing. Hardcover, [octavo], brown cloth boards, purple spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 104 pp. Near fine book; near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milenda Nan Ok Lee. Inscribed to front free endpaper to literary critic and poet Aldon Nielsen.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, [vii], iv, [iii], 139, [3] pp. Very good book; very good dust jacket, lightly scuffed with worn edges. Author-inscribed on front free endpaper.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. First printing. Signature-bound, [octavo], pictorial wraps, 275 pp. Very good book, spine faded, wraps creased and rubbed, edge wear. Cover design by Jacqueline Susan. Two dramatic works.

Chevy Chase, MD: ORIT Press, 1995. Saddle-stapled octavo in glossy pictorial wraps. 50 pp. Near Fine.

Cherry Valley, NY: Rocky Ledge Cottage Editions, 1983. One of 200 copies signed by Waldman and Elmslie at their contributions, and by Brainard to rear cover. Single-sheet folded once, 11 x 8-1/2 in. [4]pp. Light toning along spine, mild bumps to fore-corners. Very good or better.. Joe Brainard, cover drawing.. One poem each by Waldman and Elmslie, written for a reading at the Savoy Theatre in Montpelier, Vermont, on August 28, 1983. Bamberger A34. Several copies available.

Buffalo, NY: Leave Books, 1991. Saddle-stitched with white thread in tall oblong wraps, 11 x 4-1/8 in. 21pp. Very good, with irregular toning and light soiling to wraps..

Columbia, MO: Open Places, 1978. From an edition of 1,000. Perfect-bound in photo-pictorial wraps, 8-3/8 x 5-1/2 in. 80pp. Near fine. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Kenward Elmslie - Rosemarie Waldrop". Poems by Waldrop, with several reproduced photos by Amy Stromsten. Open Places Poets Series #5.

New York: New Directions, 1994. Perfect-bound in glossy printed wraps, 8 x 5-1/8 in. 66pp. Light wear to corners, else about fine.. Signed and inscribed by Waldrop on the half-title: "For Kenward Elmslie Rosemarie Waldrop 19/94

Saratoga, CA: Instance Press, 2000. Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 8 x 6 in. 99pp. Near fine, with minor bump to bottom fore-edge at rear, a touch of sunning to spine.. Signed (a scribble) and inscribed by Waldrop on the half-title: "For Kenward [Elmslie]

Richmond, CA: Omnidawn, 2013. First Edition. 8vo, perfectbound in printed wraps, 107 pp. Near fine, with a touch of corner curling.. Cover art by Keith Waldrop. Signed (a scribble) and inscribed by Waldrop on the title page: "For Kenward [Elmslie]". $30.

Distributed by Random House, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Light wear to boards, and slight bumping to the corner of spine. Tight binding, clean square text block, and bright leaves free of soiling or creasing. Signed and inscribed with drawing in colored markers by author to Roger Irvine Richards. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Paris, France: Editions Finistere, 1953. First edition. Softcover 8vo with cream wrappers and black lettering in two two jackets, interior heavy green paper and an exterior marbled paper with a pasted pictorial label on cover, 57 pp. Book in very good condition, light shelf wear and rubbing around edges, small stain at spine mid-section, otherwise binding is strong and is a very clean copy (aside from first page inscription)./Fair, two dust jackets: outer jacket printed on marbled paper has some wear and light chipping around edges and at corners, a few small sections displaced on spine, a few discolorations visible from interior of jacket, which has been fractured along the middle into two pieces with considerable(1"-2") tears at joints and seams of flaps; and the inner dust wrapper is in tact with light wear and chipping around edges. overall, complete with good color yet frail and borderline brittle jackets. Expat, actor, poet, who knows what else embody this mystery renaissance man, but here is… Read More

New York: United Artists, 1987. Perfect bound in pictorial wraps, 8 x 5-1/2 in. 93pp. With laid-in corrections slip. Near fine, with light bump to base of spine.. Inscribed by Warsh on the half-title: "For Kenward [Elmslie], with love Lewis 11/87

Detroit: In Camera, 1986. Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 10 x 8 in. 21pp. Very good or better, with light creases to leading corners.. Inscribed on the title page: "For Kenward [Elmslie] - With Love - Lewis 12/86". With a laid-in typed slip signed by Warsh informing Elmslie of his new address in New York.

New York: Bergman Publishers, 1968. Facsimile reprint, 1968. Hardcover royal octavos both. Brown calf with silver lettering to spines. xix, 481 pp [vol 1], xiii, 611 pp [vol 2]. Very Good both, with touches of fray to edges and corners and light soiling.. Facsimile edition reproduced from the original copy in Harvard's library holdings. One of many out-of-print African-American texts brought back into circulation under smaller reprint publishing houses during the Civil Rights era.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1964. Hardcover octavo quarterbound black cloth spine with silver lettering and embossed black paper boards in illustrated dust jacket, 308 pp. Very good, light discoloration to cloth ends of spine and lightly toned pages./Good jacket, chipped and worn around all edges and corners, spine discolored, several tears as well. Critical examination of the history and context of Christianity for Black Americans, examining the role of the church in revolutionary struggles and as a landmark cultural institution; and, as a place of worship, the author challenges the functions of this multiplicity that has historically existed within and against a segregated society.

New York: Carlton Press, 1964. Hardcover, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 100 pp. Very good book; very good dust jacket, spine faded, spine ends chipped, covers rubbed, edges and corners lightly creased with wear. Jacket designed by Ladd Fraternale. The murder story of a refugee doctor from Nazi Germany who kills his wife after settling in Washington's imaginary West African Republic of Yulan under dictatorial rule.