The Locked Man by Russo, Alan - 1960

Santiago De Chile, Chile: Editorial Del Pacifico S. A. , 1949. Very Good Plus, original tan wrappers lightly soiled, small bookseller's plate front end page. 44 pages, printed in blue and black, end pages uncut, one of 2760 unnumbered copies on Pluma paper, there were also 240 numbered copies printed on Ingres paper. An extract from Neruda's canto "Los Libertadores", part of his Canto General which was published in full in Mexico in 1950. . First Edition. Printed French Wrappers. Very Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Edition.

Santiago de Chile: Babel, 1950. # 275 of 370 copies printed on Ingres paper, under the direction of Mauricio Amster. Fine, as issued. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Marbled Boards. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Oxford: University Press, London: Humphrey Milford, , 1938. "With other poems before published and many new ones, Also a song in French set to music by Henri Saguet and a frontispiece by Paul Tchelitcheff". Original publisher's cloth, lacking the dust jacket, with rear flap of jacket laid in. Very Good Plus, moderate toning, top corner bumps. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

San Francisco: The Lantern Press, 1927. #172 of 450 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press on Ingres paper, there were an additional 50 copies, #ed 1-50, printed on Van Gelder hand made paper and signed by the author. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"For Gary, Here's to the future Jake May 20, 1976" . Association Copy, from the collection of Gary Steigerwald, who at the time worked as a bookseller for Jake. Very Good, the paper at spine missing and torn, binding still holding nicely. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Tall 8vo. Association Copy.

London: Constable and Company, 1923. #276 of 350 numbered and SIGNED copies. Two volumes bound in gray paper-covered boards, light tan buckram back with brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Very Good Plus, spines and labels at spines darkened. A quite handsome set and rather uncommon in current commerce. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1891. "Only Fifty copies of this Large Paper Edition (Post 4to) have been printed, ten of which are on Japan vellum, and forty on Van Gelder's hand-made paper. Each copy numbered, and the type distributed. No. 34". Thomas B. Mosher's first published book. Foreword by E. Cavazza. Number 34 of the 40 copies printed on Van Gelder's paper, and SCARCE. Near Fine, small rub at head of spine, a scattering of foxing, pages are uncut. In a Near Fine French wrappers dustjacket, title at spine slightly rubbed, narrow chip at head of spine, light soiling. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

No Place (California): Albion Press , 1970. SCARCE in current commerce. Near Fine, tiny bottom corner crease. 31 unnumbered pages / Poems accompanied by Chinese character woodcuts representing titles. WorldCat locates 7 institutions with holdings of this 1970 First Edition, there was a reprint edition published by Unity Press of San Francisco in 1972. One of the few books published under this imprint, A SCARCE California imprint. . First Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Sacramento, California: D. R. Wagner / Runcible Spoon Press , 1970. Two separate issues published 1970. The first -"This is the first volume in the grand clearance issue of RUNCIBLE SPOON. There will be as many as are needed to clear all accepted mss, then ..... I don't know, we'll see." Printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled. 48 mimeographed sheets. Very Good, two small tears to wrappers, pages uniformly browned. Poets include T.L. Kryss, Grace Butcher, Brown Miller, Charles Tidler, Carlos Reyes, and Dave Kelly. The second, published in a stated edition of 200 copies, in pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lacking the rear cover, front cover with silk screen illustration, two internal silk screen illustrations by Grady Jones and Steve Ferguson. With four poems by Charles Bukowski - the first 3 uncollected -"dooby do do do", "shoot the goat through the head and paint the bones green", "the vast area of space nothingness with snakes crawling through me… Read More

San Francisco: The Bruce Brough Press, 1929. #147 of 400 copie printed, 390 of which were for sale. With Bruce Brough, Printer business card laid in, with "Compliments of " in ink at top edge of card. Near Fine, slight toning to boards. [11] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait. OCLC locates 18 institutions with copies. SCARCE in current commerce.. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

United Kingdom: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926. In fine contemporary binding, stamp-signed Ramage London, of half red morocco over red buckram, the back gilt, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.