Riprap; a cobble of stone laid on steep slick rock to make a trail for horses in the mountains by Snyder, Gary - 1959

Origin Press, 1959. Soft cover. Fair/No jacket. Bin 3. Covers are worn along edges. Binding is tight. Bottom edges of pages are stained, not covering text. Text is clean and unmarked. As is.

Berlin, Stadtlichter Presse, 1999. Quer-8°, 99 S., 1 Orig.-Graphik, Brosch., Verlagsfrisch. Ex. 85/300. Text Dt./Engl. Beatnik-Lyrik. 010

San Francisco: Origen Press, 1959. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light shelf rubbing to the corners, small mark and tape remnant toward the spine bottom, very little wear overall. Text is clean. Unpaginated. Bound in brown patterned paper covers sewn with blue thread. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. Photos available upon request..

Ashland MA / Kyoto: Origin Press, 1959. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. In japanese style sewn binding with brown textured (bamboo?) paper covers, upper cover title label, 8vo, unpag. Signed and Inscribed By Author on title page: "Gary Snyder - for Bill - 15.II.'03 - Salt Lake City". Printed in Kyoto by Genichido Co. for distribution in the US by City Lights. The first collections of poems by Gary Snyder. (upper cover label lightly creased at corner, previous owner's name/address to upper margin of title page, light fading to covers at spine).

(Kyoto): Origin Press, 1959. Softcover. Fine. Second edition. Octavo. Japanese--style stitched pale brown patterned wrappers with printed title label. Very slight wear, about fine. The author's scarce first book.

San Francisco: Origen Press, 1959. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Binder's tape at the spine bottom partially off; very slight corner rubbing; little wear whatsoever. Quite clean. Unpaginated. Bound in brown patterned paper covers sewn with blue thread. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. Photos available upon request..

Ashland, Mass.: Origin Press , 1959. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at title page. Second edition of his first book. String tied ricepaper wrappers. Near Fine, slight curl to bottom corners, original price of $1.25 in pencil top corner title page. A quite lovel gift quality copy. Initially identified with the Beat Generation, Gary Snyder's poetry evolved to explore a wide range of social and spiritual subject matter. He is a winner of both the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Book Award.. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Second Edition. String Tied. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Book. Near Fine. Broadside. SIGNED BY Gary Snyder. First Edition. 5.25" x 10.25". Red sheet, with black ink. Poem begins, "Lay down these words/ Before your mind like rocks," and ends, "As well as things." Discreet pinholes in four corners, signature slightly smudged, nonetheless, a clean and attractive copy. No date..

San Francisco: Origin & Totem Press, (1960). Second edition (one of 1000 copies) of the first title and first edition of the second title. Both in publisher's wrappers. Rip rap is signed by Snyder on the title page (and with previous owner's signature on the front pastedown). Spot on cover of first item. Very good

Kyoto: Origin Press, 1959. 2nd. Japanese Style. Fine. A collection of the author's poems, bound in bamboo paper with string, Japanese style.