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Literary Licensing, LLC, 2012-06-16. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Morris Gallery (Profile Press), 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good-. Inscribed by the author to Max Geltman on the fly leaf. 1955, First Edition. Number 101 of 500 copies. Hardcover, brown cloth. A Near Fine clean copy in a Good- dust jacket. The DJ is missing a 3/4-inch section from the middle of the spine; spine faded; jacket shows edgewear, with some chipping; plus rubbing and snags along the spine. The author's second book of poems. Max Geltman was an author and theater manager who published books on Ezra Pound, Socialism and anti-Semitism. The DJ is now housed in a mylar wrap.

Morris Gallery, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. Octavo. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES designed by Fred Siegle and printed at the Profile Press. A pristine copy, lean and unmarked.

New York: Morris Gallery, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in about very good dustwrapper with two light tape shadows from old internal repairs to tears and some soiling. Date of "Apr 5 1955" on front flap. Inscribed by Ignatow "For Mr. & Mrs. Morrison and Daughter. Sincerely David Ignatow 4/14/55 Brooklyn." Author's second book. One of 500 copies.

New York: Morris Gallery, 1955. Unbound, untrimmed sheets of the first edition of the poet's second book. 500 copies were printed, but many remained unbound. Red marker stripe on the first leaf (which would have been the pasted down endpaper) otherwise fine. Inscribed by Ignatow.

Prairie City and New York: Decker Press and Morris Gallery, 1948 and 1955. First Edition. First editions of the poet's first two books housed together in a clamshell case with leather label. POEMS in yellow cloth and fragile yellow jacket. Near fine in an easily very good and complete jacket, with light wear and minor stain. The price has been gently scored through in pencil and in the same pencil above the price is written: "19 cents." THE GENTLE WEIGHT LIFTER is in the most common form of the book: loose signatures laid into the dust jacket of the book.  Apparently only a small percentage of the run of 500 got bound. The jacket usually found toned is bright; red binder's mark on what would be pastedown, else fine. Both books inscribed to a dealer/collector in 1989. POEMS is a very scarce book, rare signed. Both books much nicer than usual. Decker Press was founded in 1940 and for nearly a decade published several titles a year including volumes by Edgar Lee Masters, August Derleth, William Everson… Read More