Run Through Rock by Brigham, Besmilr (Edited by C. D. Wright) - 2000

Stapled wraps. San Francisco, no date, stapled wraps, Very Good + with slight edgewear, unpaginated, printed at Cranium Press, POETRY [shlf]; H0286 T poe .

Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A Nice Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket that has a touch of shallow chipping at the corners. Author's second book.

USA: Abraxas Press, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8x7x0. Pen inscription to Dream of Black Apples, War reading 5 lines skipped in the middle of this line, cross to poem. Covers lightly marked and rubbed with some mottling. Very slight loss to bottom edge of rear cover. Very scarce.

Portland, Oregon: Prensa de Lagar, 1969. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers lightly sunned at the edges, near fine. First book by the part-Choctaw author (born Bess Miller Moore). One of 425 copies (of 450 total).

Portland, OR: Prensa de Lagar, 1969. First printing. (25) pp., 8vo. Saddle-stapled into printed wrappers. Designed and published by Carlos Reyes in an edition of 450 copies, of which the first 25 were numbered and signed by the author on the title page; this is number 3 from the signed copies. As new. The scarce first book by Brigham, a one-time student of Robert Duncan, whose daughter Heloise (also a poet) was married to noted New Mexico poet Keith Wilson; a remarkable family. Born Bess Miller Moore, she later changed her name to the more colloquial phonetic spelling. Her work has become more widely known in recent years through the efforts of C. D. Wright, who edited a selection of her short poems, published by Wright's Lost Roads Press, which also offers an annual award in Brigham's name for a woman writer. From the publisher's last remaining copies, in pristine condition.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE FRONT ENDPAPER AND FLAT SIGNED AT THE TITLE PAGE. First Edition (1971) , so stated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows only a hint of shelving wear at the bottom edge of the tan and brown cloth-covered boards; foxing apparent to the top edge of the tan portion of the boards and to the rear pastedown endpaper; a small stain at the rear free endpaper; the binding is ever-so-slightly cocked off square but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only minor, unobtrusive flaws. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows a couple of… Read More