Inscriptions
[London: Poetry Book Society, 1958]. First edition. 8vo, printed wrapeprs, stapled. Facsimile of the poet's hand. One of 1100 copies. More
[London: Poetry Book Society, 1958]. First edition. 8vo, printed wrapeprs, stapled. Facsimile of the poet's hand. One of 1100 copies. More
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1909. First edition thus. Two volumes, 4tos, full vellum gilt, t.e.g. A splendid edition, limited to 350 copies, printed by John Clay on handmade paper, with impressive heavy vellum boards decorated in gilt with an large ornamental device of grapevines. According to the colophon, only 300..... More
London: Atlas Press, (1995). First edition thus. Wraps. Square 8vo, unpag.; wrappers; housed in publisher's two-chamber slipcase together with the separately printed fold-out photo-collage "Cubist View of My Room," here in the form of a six-color screenprint by Uldry Serigraphie printed on 105g Tyvek, in printed and embossed chemise and..... More
(Cummington, Massachusetts): The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition. Boards. Small 8vo, 37pp; original pale blue-green boards printed in black on the spine and with yellow design on front board. One of 92 copies on Beauvais Arches with handcolored initials, out of the total edition of 246 copies. Edelstein A12... More
-. Folding menu card, single leaf folded to make four gilt-edged pages, approx. 4-1/4 X 6-1/2 in. Handwritten menu card from a formal dinner held in Breslau on October, 9, 1924, with a number of signatures in pencil including, the great composer Richard Strauss, as well as the host Wolfgang..... More
Berea, Kentucky: The Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc., (1964). Second edition. 12mo, wrappers. A reproduction of Stuart's first book, originally published in Oklahoma in 1930. With a lengthy inscription to Marie Bullock, founder of the Academy of American Poets: "To Marie Bullock, who has done so much for poetry..... More
Praha: Státní Nakladatteství Krásne Literatury, Hudbt a Umení, 1956. First edition. Large 8vo, [45] 232pp + index; original linen stamped in black; ribbon marker intact; control slip loosely inserted. More
Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1950. First edition. Wraps. 12mo, pamphlet in plain laid paper wrapper with printed label. One of 300 copies printed of this single poem, with illustration by Wightman Williams. More
New York: Macmillan, 1933. First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. The poet's last book, prepared for publication shortly before her death. With the publisher's promotional materials laid in. More
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne, 1904. First edition. Cloth. 4to, 92pp, a.e.g, decorative gold endpapers; original illustrated blue cloth gilt. Uncommon first printing -- later printings are frequently offered as firsts -- of this finely produced picture book celebrating the life and reign of Louis XIV. The book is distinguished by..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2006. First edition. -. Single leaf, with accompanying explanatory text, housed in original cardboard chemise. One of 200 copies, numbered and initialed by the artist. A conceptual work by the Belgian artist, this was the second in the One Printed Page series of projects..... More
Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber, 1863. First edition. 12mo, 443pp; original cloth-backed boards. Delicate one-volume edition of the full libretto to Wagner's masterpiece, with a 24-page foreword by Wagner written for this edition. More
New York: Totem Press, (1960). First edition. Wraps. 8vo,47pp; wrappers. More
(San Francisco): Auerhahn Press, 1959. First edition. Wraps. Folded broadside in original printed wrappers. More
Champaign, Illinois: Finial Press, (1977). First edition. -. Small folio, eight leaves (inlcuding title leaf), 8.5 in. square, loosely inserted into a plain red paper chemise. One of 103 copies hand-numbered copies, the entire edition. This copy inscribed by Williams to the poet Harvey Shapiro: "Harvey's from Jonathan." One of..... More
N.P. (Aurora, New York & Cummington, Mass.): The Wells College Press/Cummington Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. 8vo, 64pp; original slate gray cloth, with printed spine label. One of 310 numbered copies printed on English handmade paper, this being one of 250 in the regular, unsigned, issue. A handsome collaboration between..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1991). First edition. Cloth-backed boards. 8vo, 659pp; cloth-backed boards. An excellent presentation copy, inscribed by Yevtushenko to fellow poet Quincy Troupe and his wife: ". . . the wonderful couple with irresistable healthy craziness, sparkling in your eyes. Keep crazy, but only together, bless..... More