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LOVE POEMS
by Sanchez, Sonia
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- 1973
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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New York: The Third Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. An early collection of verse by the much-honored poet, designed and illustrated by Bennie Arrington. A founder of the Black Arts movement, Sanchez (b.1934) was awarded the 2001 Robert Frost Medal for her contributions to the canon of American poetry. Small octavo. Original lavender cloth binding,… Read more
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THE ROGER GOZDECKI COLLECTION OF E.E. CUMMINGS
by Cummings, E.E.
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$125,000.00
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The Roger Gozdecki Collection of E.E. Cummings includes fine first editions of the poet's primary works, many of them signed, as well as letters, original drawings, and a striking self-portrait. The compete catalogue can be downloaded here:
https://mcusercontent.com/90ec68132b3c021c2e6819f62/files/efb04ecd-6b48-f2e4-c217-69ef266902c2/EECUMMINGS.pdf.
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IT CATCHES MY HEART IN ITS HANDS: New & Selected Poems 1955-1963
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Published
- 1963
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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$3,500.00
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New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Limited to 777 copies. This is one of the 40 copies in which Bukowski has written a spontaneous aphorism, each one unique, above his autograph:
"I hope you never ride a camel with Ginsberg - Charles Bukowski April 4th, one nine 6 three 8:31 p.m."
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THIS
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Published
- 1990
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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$2,000.00
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Andernach: Burn Again Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is copy No. 37 of 50 signed by the author. Among the scarcest of Bukowski's later publications. Octavo. Original pale green paper-covered boards, with printed paper title labels. A fine copy. Krumhansl 116.
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RELENTLESS AS THE TARANTULA
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Published
- 1986
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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$350.00
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Detroit: Planet Detroit Chapbooks, 1986. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Signed by Charles Bukowski on the front panel. A rather uncommon publication, featuring eleven poems by the laureate of American lowlife. Octavo: [13] p. Original printed paper wrappers, bound with two staples. A fine copy.
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THE TORNADO IN MY MOUTH: Poems of Protest
by Black, Austin
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- Published
- 1966
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- Very good
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- First Edition
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New York: Exposition Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Inscribed and dated by Austin Black on the front flyleaf. "A devotee of Langston Hughes and LeRoi Jones, the author in this collection of poems confines himself to the contemporary scene, projecting the belief that the artist today must be involved in political life. He says of… Read more
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COLERIDGE AND KANTIAN IDEAS IN ENGLAND, 1796-1817: Coleridge's Responses to German Philosophy
by Class, Monika
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- Published
- 2012
- Condition
- Fine
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781441180759
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$40.00
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London: Bloomsbury, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo: 245 p. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine, unread copy.
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PARADISE LOST AND THE ROMANTIC READER
by Newlyn, Lucy
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- Published
- 2004
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- Fine
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- 9780199242580
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$35.00
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Trade paperback. Fine. Octavo: 295 p. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy.
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SUBLIME COLERIDGE: The Opus Maximum
by Evans, Murray J.
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- Published
- 2012
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 9780230341395
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$50.00
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New Haven: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo: 199 p. Original printed boards; issued without a dust jacket. Just a hint of edgewear; else a crisp, unread copy. Near fine.
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WORDSWORTH AND THE COMPOSITION OF KNOWLEDGE: Refiguring Relationships Among Minds, Worlds, and Words
by Sullivan, Brad
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- Published
- 2000
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 9780820448572
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$35.00
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London: Peter Lang Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Volume 15. Octavo: 202 p. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine, unread copy.
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THE ROMANTIC LEGACY OF PARADISE LOST: Reading Against the Grain
by Shears, Jonathon
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- Published
- 2009
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 9780754662532
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$75.00
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Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ...offers a new critical insight into the relationship between Milton and the Romantic poets. Beginning with a discussion of the role that seventeenth and eighteenth-century writers like Dryden, Johnson and Burke played in formulating the political and spiritual mythology that grew up around Milton, Shears devotes a chapter to each… Read more
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INDIAN JOURNALS, March 1962 - May 1963: Notebooks, Diary, Blank Pages, Writings
by Ginsberg, Allen
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- Published
- 1970
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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$500.00
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San Francisco: Dave Haselwood Books and City Lights Books, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed and dated by Allen Ginsberg on the title page. During 1962-63, Ginsberg and his partner, poet Peter Orlovsky, traveled extensively India, living half a year at a time in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Benares (Varanasi). His writings from this period are wonderfully eclectic,… Read more
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AS EVER: The Collected Correspondence of Allen Ginsberg & Neal Cassady
by Ginsberg, Allen and Neal Cassady
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- Published
- 1977
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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$400.00
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Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Signed and dated by Allen Ginsberg on the title page, with the ticket from a poetry reading at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts on May 7, 1993 laid in. An astonishing, unexpurgated, revelatory dialogue between two of the seminal figures of the Beat Generation, providing intimate… Read more
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CANVAS: Translated by Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivy, C.K. Williams
by Zagajewski, Adam
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- Published
- 1991
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 9780374118679
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$75.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed and dated by Adam Zagajewski on the title page. The poet's second volume to appear in English. One of the "Generation of '68" or "New Wave" writers in Poland, Zagajewski (1945-2021) rose to prominence with protest poetry. His later work explored such themes as… Read more
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TREMOR: Selected Poems
by Zagajewski, Adam
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- Published
- 1985
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 9780374278731
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$100.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed and dated by Adam Zagajewski on the title page. One of the "Generation of '68" or "New Wave" writers in Poland, Zagajewski (1945-2021) rose to prominence with protest poetry. His later work explored such themes as "the night, dreams, history and time, infinity and… Read more
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A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE MILTON COLLECTION IN THE ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Describing Works Printed Before 1801 Held in the Library at December 1975
by Coleridge, K.A.
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- Published
- 1980
- Condition
- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 9780199201105
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$50.00
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This catalogue provides extensive bibliographical descriptions of 224 editions and translations of John Milton's works printed before 1801, as well as less detailed descriptions of 223 other works, the more important Miltoniana in the Library. Octavo: 536 p. with 60 plates. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt… Read more
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MEET MY FOLKS
by Hughes, Ted
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- Published
- 1961
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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$300.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. There are four variants of this first edition. This particular example contains the title page in state B, and page 33 in state A. There is no clear priority between the different states. Each comical poem in this whimsical collection describes a member of an eccentric imaginary family. Hughes… Read more
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MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
by Eliot, T.S.
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- Published
- 1935
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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$1,000.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The Archbishop Thomas Becket speaks fatal words before he is martyred in this, T.S. Eliot's best-known drama, based on the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Praised for its poetically masterful handling of issues of faith, politics, and the common good, it bolstered Eliot's reputation… Read more
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LEAF-SHADOWS AND ROSE-DRIFT: Being Little Songs from a Los Angeles Garden
by Percival, Olive
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- Published
- 1911
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- Very good
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- First Edition
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$75.00
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Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. This is Number 222 of an unknown number of copies signed by Olive Percival. An endearing work, merging Percival's passions for gardening and Chinese poetry. Olive May Graves Percival (1868-1945) was a multi-talented Los Angeles writer, photographer, gardener, artist, and bibliophile. Although she earned her living as an… Read more
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THE RIVER SOUND
by Merwin, W.S. (1927-2019)
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- Published
- 1999
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 9780375404863
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$125.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated in the year of publication by W.S. Merwin on the title page. Merwin's 18th book of poetry pays tribute to real and poetic landscapes whose presence, the environmentally conscious poet modestly hopes, should outlast our own. In addition to his lyrics,… Read more
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