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San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine (though lacking binding thread). 12mo, 16pp, formerly sewn wrappers. The rare original letterpress printing of this poetic work. No markings, light outer soil, nice copy just lacking the thread.
Shig's Review 19 (November 1984) - Robert Duncan's House issue by Murao, Shigeyoshi (Shig, ed.), Robert Duncan and Allen Ginsberg (pictured), John Murao - 1984
by Murao, Shigeyoshi (Shig, ed.), Robert Duncan and Allen Ginsberg (pictured), John Murao
Shig's Review 19 (November 1984) - Robert Duncan's House issue
by Murao, Shigeyoshi (Shig, ed.), Robert Duncan and Allen Ginsberg (pictured), John Murao
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- very good
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San Francisco: Shig's Review, 1984. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 5 leaves (printed one side), corner-stapled. A rare late issue of this Beat-related underground review edited by Shigeyoshi Murao of City Lights Books. Entire issue consists of photos taken at Robert Duncan's residence (includes photos of Allen Ginsberg and Shig, as well as Duncan). Unmarked copy, publisher's stamp to front cover, light wear.
- Bookseller Philip Smith, Bookseller (US)
- Format/Binding Soft cover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition No Jacket (as issued)
- Edition 1st edition
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher San Francisco: Shig's Review
- Date Published 1984
- Keywords Shig's Review 19 November 1984 Shigeyoshi Murao Shig Robert Duncan Duncan's House Allen Ginsberg John Murao San Francisco City Lights Books zine counterculture little magazine Beat Generation Beatnik Gay Literature Poetry LGBTQ Eighties
Dreams of Straw (original 1963 letterpress edition)
by Powell, Roxie (ed. by Charles Plymell; printed by Dave Haselwood and Charles Plymell)
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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Berkeley, California, United States
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Lives of the Poets
by Abbott, Steve
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9780960763023
- ISBN 10
- 0960763023
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Berkeley, California, United States
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San Francisco: Black Star Series, 1987. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 600 stated copies of the first edition of this classic text by noted Bay Area experimentalist Steve Abbott. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.
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Ellipse 17 (1975) - Concrete Poetry / La Poesie Pop issue
by Giguere, Richard, and Larry Shouldice (eds.), b p nichol, David UU, Margaret Avison, Bill Bissett, Earle Birney, Stephen Scobie, David Aylward, Raoul Duguay, et al
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- very good
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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Berkeley, California, United States
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Sherbrooke, Quebec: Ellipse, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. This scarce book-length issue contains concrete and pop poetry (generally with facing page translations) by a range of important contributors. Unmarked copy, cover has a bit of rubbing.
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Trobar 5 (1964)
by Economou, George, Joan Kelly, and Robert Kelly (eds.), LeRoi Jones, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, John Wieners, Jerome Rothenberg, Margaret Randall, Jackson MacLow, Paul Blackburn, Rochelle Owens, Armand Schwerner, et al
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Berkeley, California, United States
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$100.00
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New York: Trobar, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Final issue of this important little magazine, including work by LeRoi Jones, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of sunning and wear to wrappers.
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Orpheus, How Queer
by Geffen, Malka (on Joe Brainard)
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st edition
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Berkeley, California, United States
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n.p.: n.p, n.d. (ca. 2001). 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Square 12mo, 10 leaves (printed one-side), stapled wrappers. Rare (no copies in WorldCat) and seemingly self-published suite of poems dedicated to and inspired by (and concerning) Joe Brainard, presumably from around the time of the Brainard retrospective at BAMPFA. Unmarked copy, just about as new.
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Sum 1 (December 1963)
by Wah, Fred (ed.), Ed Dorn, Richard Duerden, Kenneth Irby (Ken Irby), Ron Loewinsohn, Robert Grenier, Judson Crews, et al
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st edition
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Berkeley, California, United States
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$100.00
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Albuquerque, NM: Fred Wah, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG (back cover detached but present). 4to, 26pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Rare first issue of this classic mimeo revolution magazine, includes a letter from Ed Dorn, plus writing by Duerden, Irby, Grenier, et al. Unmarked copy, back cover detached but present, faint staining and some general wear.
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The Invisible Ray (INSCRIBED to Gerd Stern)
by Dalachinsky, Steve (Steven Dalachinsky, inscribed to Gerd Stern), Shalom Neuman (artwork)
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9780983220688
- ISBN 10
- 0983220689
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- 1
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Berkeley, California, United States
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$100.00
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Brooklyn, NY: Overpass Books, 2016. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [108]pp, printed wrappers. Familiarly INSCRIBED by Dalachinsky to fellow poet Gerd Stern (as "GS") on the title page in the year of publication. A scarce poetry collection from this central New York City presence. Light wear to title page, nice overall.
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Chicago 2 (Volume 2, Numbers 2 & 3; March - April 1972)
by Notley, Alice (ed.), Jim Carroll, Philip Guston, Bernadette Mayer, Bill Berkson, Frank O'Hara, Michael Brownstein, Dick Gallup, Josephine Clare, Anselm Hollo, George Schneeman
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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Berkeley, California, United States
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Chicago: The Chicago Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Folio, 67 leaves (printed one-side), printed wrappers. Double second issue of this important early seventies mimeo poetry magazine edited by Alice Notley. Includes 15 poems by Jim Carroll, a Philip Guston plate page, much else. Unmarked copy (aside from what appear to be publisher's touch-ups to some missing marginal characters), light toning and wear to wrappers, slight bumping.
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$100.00
Love Where the Nights Are Long : An Anthology of Canadian Love Poems - INSCRIBED by Irving Layton
by Layton, Irving (ed.), Leonard Cohen, Alden Nowlan, Bliss Carman, Raymond Souster, Louis Dudek, George Bowering, Al Purdy, Avi Boxer, Harold Town, et al
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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Berkeley, California, United States
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$125.00
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Irving Layton on the half-title page (LOVE in the title is indicated as "My favourite four-letter word"). Classic anthology, includes 5 poems by Leonard Cohen plus work by other eminent contributors. Owner name to half-title, no other markings, a bit of general wear.
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$125.00
Self Portrait (1972)
by Brainard, Joe, and Anne Waldman
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- very good
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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Berkeley, California, United States
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New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 39 leaves, stapled wrappers. A scarce Siamese Banana collaboration from these two legends. Unmarked copy, a bit of wear and staple rust, light toning to back wrapper.
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$125.00
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781460257432
- ISBN 10
- 146025743X
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- 1
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Good+
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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- New
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- Not Issued
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- Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC)
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- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9780802160478
- ISBN 10
- 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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$17.55
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
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- Numbered Edition; First Printing
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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- very good
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- ISBN 13
- 9780913028452
- ISBN 10
- 0913028452
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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- very good
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9789810728496
- ISBN 10
- 9810728492
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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- Used
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- first
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780682486231
- ISBN 10
- 068248623X
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Piggott, Arkansas, United States
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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