Authors starting with O from Alexander Rare Books

Paperback Clare, Ireland: Salmon Publishing, 1997. 50 pp. First UK edition with Review slip from US distributor Dufour Editions laid in. Fine in wrappers. ... (more information)

Subjects: POETRY / General;

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London and Newark, VT: Gefn and Janus Press, 1998. Paperback Half-size facsimile of the 1985 Gefn Press edition limited to 30 copies with lithographic prints. Poem by O'Callaghan, illustrations by Gefn Press founder Susan Johanknecht. This edition printed offset by Stinehour Press. The French-fold book is nestled in Thai gold-threaded burgundy kozo paper. Housed in a white box with titled paper slipcover, and enclosed in a plastic envelope. As New. ... (more information)

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London: Macmillan, 1966. Softcover First UK edition xx; 308 pp. Uncorrected proof copy in pale blue wrappers. Work never published in book form: mostly reviews and articles on theatre and literature; three short stories. Selected and Introduced by Ronald Ayling. Text printed on rectos only. Lightly worn and soiled; spin-faded, very good. Scarce proof printed in the UK for both UK and US market. ... (more information)

Subjects: FICTION / General;

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[Winston-Salem]: Palaemon, n.d. [1980]. Paperback First edition Palaemon Press Broadside Number Sixteen (approx. 10x 8 in.); limited to 126 copies, 100 numbered (this copy is out-of-series), printed in black and red on heavy stock, not signed. First separate publication of this poem. Fine. ... (more information)

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New York: Knopf, 1985. Hardcover First printing. First book, a collection of humorous pieces by this Harvard grad who was one of Letterman's early writers. Except for a folded inside corner of the jacket this copy is like new. Fine in Near Fine DJ ... (more information)

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New York: Adventures in Poetry, circa 1973. Paperback First edition Part of an interesting series printed at The Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church in oversized stapled wrappers that published Ted Berrigan and other NY poets. One of 500 copies. An 8 page typed letter to Joe LeSueur published posthumously. Edges turned a bit, still very good. ... (more information)

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Bolinas, CA: Grey Fox Press, 1977. Paperback First edition This volume edited and with a foreward by Donald Allen collects Frank O'Hara's writing during the years he was a student at Harvard. This is the paper issue. Lightly rubbed, with the price roughly incised from the back cover, otherwise about fine. Very Good + in Wraps. ... (more information)

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New York: Random House, 1985. First edition VG An Advanced Reader's Edition of this great writer's selected stores, with an intro. by Frank MacShane. Published as Collected Stories, but in truth this is a small selection: O'Hara along with Updike published more stories in The New Yorker than anyone. This is a very tight copy in yellow wrappers, with creases on front and back covers near spine having more to do with the binding (excess glue) than wear. ... (more information)

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New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1980. First printing An uncorrected proof in salmon wrappers with publisher information (pub date June 1, 1980 written in) taped to verso of cover. No preliminary pages printed. Near Fine. ... (more information)

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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957. Hardcover First edition The last full-length play and like LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT published posthumously and against his wishes. Fine in a lightly worn and price-clipped (with old remainder sticker from Yale Co-op attached). ... (more information)

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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. Paperback First edition 62 pp. Poet's first collection, winner of the Walt Whitman Award for 2005; judged by Mary Oliver. Printed letter to members of the Academy of American Poets laid in. ... (more information)

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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1970. Hardcover First edition. One of the author's scarcest titles, a collection of poetry. A remarkable copy still in shrinkwrap: the top of the front dust jacket overlaps the red cloth edge and is creased, otherwise virtually as new. ... (more information)

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New York: Carroll & Graf/ An Otto Penzler Book, 2002. First edition An uncorrected proof copy in illustrated wrappers of this short novel, a mystery of sorts set on a mid-70's college campus. Lightly scuffed, otherwise fine. ... (more information)

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Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1977. Paperback First edition. [5 /14" x 7 3/4"] [4 pp.] Holiday greeting card printed by the Stinehour Press for G. K. Hall. Soiled, and lightly worn; about very good. ... (more information)

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New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1977. Paperback First edition. Single sheet folded to make an oblong holiday card. Printed by The Stinehour Press. Very near fine, lacking envelope. ... (more information)

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Claryville, NY: A Red Hill Book, 1998. Paperback First edition. Poet's fifth collection. Fine in illustrated wrappers. ... (more information)

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New York: Knopf, 2002. First edition Published in trade paper and hardcover simultaneously, this is the paperback. Nominated for the National Book Award, she lost to Ruth Stone, one of her acknowledged mentors. This copy is Fine in wraps. ... (more information)

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New York: Knopf, 1992. First edition Fine in Wraps An uncorrected proof copy of her fourth collection. ... (more information)

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New York: Knopf, 1987. Softcover First edition Unpaginated. An uncorrected proof copy of her third collection of poems, the first to follow her NBC C-winning second collection. Pub material stapled to inside covers. Spine-faded, else fine. ... (more information)

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New York: Knopf, 1992. Paperback First trade paper edition Fine in Wraps Issued simultaneously with the hardcover, her fourth book, poems about the illness and eventual death of her father, a sequence of sorts. As with most of the Knopf poetry books of this era very well made and printed especially for a paper issue. ... (more information)

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