Search Results: Authors starting with A from Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. First Edition. Good.. From a limited edition of 785, this being no. 174. 288pp. Hard Cover. Large 8vo. A good, sound copy; worn at edges. Rubbing to spine. Starting at front hinge.

Calais, VT: Z Press, 1975. First Edition. Very good.. First printing of this short verse accompanied by photographs of a car. Wraps. 4to. Saddle-stapled in pink wraps. sunning at spine and along top edge of rear wrap. Interior bright and clean. Very good. Number 172 of 500.

New York: Vedanta Society, 1903. Second Edition. Very Good.. Scarce second edition. 215pp. plus ads. Hardcover. 8vo. Original green cloth. Very good. Minor shelf wear/soil. Name and date to front pastedown. Else clean and sound throughout.

np: The Dragonfly, 1972. First Edition. Very good.. Uncommon collection of minimalist single-line poems, with contributions from Bill Zavatsky, Charles Simic, William Stafford, Robert Bly, and others. Wraps. Oblong miniature. 8.5" by 2.75" approx. Side-stapled wraps. Very good. Wraps a bit rubbed; rear wrapper fully detached. Else clean and bright. Binding sound. Unpaginated.

Boston: New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Near fine in a very good + jacket.. Reproductions of seven portfolios of photographs made from 1936 to 1976, originally issued as limited editions. 90 plates, with a general preface by Adams and an introduction by John Szarkowski. Includes individual portfolio introductions by Adams, Nancy Newhall, and Barrett Newhall. Hardcover. 4to. Pale grey cloth boards in white dust jacket. Minor edgewear; spine and top edges sunned. INSCRIBED by Adams on title page. Near fine in very good plus jacket.

Paris: Librarie Plon, 1961. First Edition. Near Fine in a very good jacket.. First edition, inscribed by author Adriani to fellow artist and noted New Yorker and Payboy cartoonist Edwin Dedini. Hardcover. 4to. Illustrated. 90pp. Small chip and tear to spine of jacket. Mild rubbing. Else clean and sound throughout.

Chicago: Match Corporation of America, 1950. Very good.. An extravagant catalog of promotional matchbooks from the "World's largest direct selling manufacturer of advertising book matches." Includes examples with sample text and graphics as well as examples from companies all over the US, from diners and motels to major corporations like ALCOA and Borden's. Includes hundreds of stock images and text with various styles, sizes and finishes, from a 10 match book with single color printing to embossed, gold foil 40 match books. Striking (#sorrynotsorry). Hardcover. Plastic-comb-bound book, 10" x 11.5" approx., in illustrated cloth boards. Approx. 136 samples glue-mounted in nine tabbed sections, with tissue guards between pages. Pages profusely illustrated in full color. Light rubbing to boards. Boards bowed. Tabs frayed. Light wear to page edges. Interior generally bright and fresh. Very good. 182pp. Also includes Order form booklet, ad for gold stamping machine, ordering information sheet, sketch… Read More

np, 1940. Very Good.. An unusually comprehensive collection of 17 matched in-store signage for a furrier (or possibly department store fur section), all printed text in multiple colors on a variety of colored and marbled stocks with occasional ornamentation. Based on design and fonts, we date these to ca. 1940. Subjects include exhortations to proper storage (at the store's own cold storage, of course), tailoring and cleaning services, prices ("Fur prices / like other prices / are trending upward / - Don't delay..."), reasons for purchasing (graduation gifts, etc.), among many other pitches. A visually compelling, if pushy, archive of luxury marketing during fur's pre-PETA popular height. Printed card-stock broadside advertising. All approx. 16" x 11". Generally very good. Some soil, edge-wear. Small tear here and there.

Hull: Hull University, 1971. First Edition. Very good.. Original poster for an Afro Rock event at Hull University, featuring one of the most important bands of the movement, Assagai. Afro Rock, which had its strongest incarnation in the UK in the late sixties and early seventies, combined Western rock instrumentation with African and Afro-Cuban rhythms and percussion. Assagai featured emegrees from both South Africa and Nigeria, as well a Ghana; the lineup included drummer Louis Moholo, trumpeter/flautist Mongezi Feza, alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana, tenor saxophonist Bizo Mngqikana, guitarist/bassist Fred Coker (their chief songwriter), and Terri Quaye - the first professional female congaist in the UK. Assagai issued just two highly-reguarded albums (both in 1971) on Vertigo Records, one of the few if not the only all-black band signed to that legendary rock label, and this poster dates from that peak. While they broke up shortly after this gig, the members went on to long careers in various other… Read More

West Branch, IA: The Toothpaste Press, 1981. First Edition. Near fine.. First printing of this gorgeous poetry chapbook from this Iowa fine press, featuring illlustrations of car machinery throughout by Ferguson. From an edition of 900 copies. Printed in Weiss linotype on Frankfurt White paper. Wraps. Oblong 12mo. Stringbound printed lime-green wraps, with French flaps. Near fine. Trivial dots of soil to front cover. Overall, crisp, clean, and sharp. [20] pp.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Near fine.. First edition of this critical study and compositional history of Zukofsky's monumental poem. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original red and yellow wrappers. 254 pages. Minor edgewear.

(Providence): (Burning Deck Press), 1972. First Edition. Near fine.. Third issue of this magazine from the esteemed poetry press. Featuring work from David Antin, Carlos Reyes, Carolyn Stoloff, Barbara Baracks, and Ron Silliman (a 4-page pamphlet titled "4 short and untitled things"). [Clay and Phillips, 272]. Wraps. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wraps. Near fine. Trace toning to several pages. Otherwise bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 42pp. Pamphlet insert by Ron Silliman laid in; [4] pp.

(Providence): (Burning Deck Press), 1972. First Edition. Very good +.. Fifth/sixth issue of this magazine from the essential poetry press. Features work from Michael Lally, Charles Hine, Ray DiPalma, Richard Kostelanetz, Ed Cox, and others. [Clay and Phillips, 272]. Wraps. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wraps. Very good plus to near fine. Mild corner bumps. Interior bright, crisp, and clean. Good and sound. 36pp.

(Providence): (Burning Deck Press), 1972. First Edition. Very good.. Second issue of this magazine from the essential poetry press. Features work from Rosmarie and Keith Waldrop, as well as Ahern, Edwin Honig, Bill Costley, and others. [Clay and Phillips, 272]. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled orange printed wraps. Printed offset throughout. Light wear and minor corner creasing to wraps; pages toned. Very good plus. 51pp.

(Providence): (Burning Deck Press), 1972. First Edition. Very good.. Second issue of this magazine from the essential poetry press. Features work from Rosmarie and Keith Waldrop, as well as Ahern, Edwin Honig, Bill Costley, and others. [Clay and Phillips, 272]. Wraps. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wraps. Printed offset throughout. Very good plus to near fine. Minimal corner crease to rear wrap. Mild foxing to fore edge. Pages remain bright and clean throughout (though lightly foxed at one spot). Good and sound. 51pp.

Providence: Burning Deck, 1975. First Edition. Fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of this handsome letterpress poetry pamphlet from the esteemed Burning Deck. Wraps. Tall 8vo. Plain blue wraps in matching printed dust jacket (with gold-painted author's name). Fine in a near-fine DJ. Very light corner bump to jacket. Interior bright, crisp, and clean inside and out. Good and sound. Unpaginated. #189 of 300 copies.

(Providence): (Burning Deck Press), 1973. First Edition. Fine.. Magazine from the esteemed poetry press, this issue featuring work from Rochelle Owens, Christopher Middleton, Walter Hall, Alan Davies, and several others. [Clay and Phillips, 272]. Wraps. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wraps. Very good plus. Mild curl to wraps. Small abrasion affecting one corner of rear wrap. Else about fine: bright, crisp, and clean inside and out. Unpaginated.

(Providence): (Burning Deck Press), 1973. First Edition. Fine.. Magazine from the essential poetry press, this issue featuring work from Bruce Andrews, David Daniel, James Camp, and several others. [Clay and Phillips, 272]. Wraps. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wraps. Very near fine. Hints of foxing to wraps. Interior bright, crisp, and clean throughout. Appears almost new. [26] pp.

[Birmingham, MI], 1970. very good -.. Crumb-style flyer for a July 21, 1970 benefit concert at the Palladium in Bimingham, Michigan. Event held to fundraise for the legal defense of Jack Forrest, charged with conspiracy to commit the 1968 bombing of a CIA recruiting office in Ann Arbor along with co-defendant John Sinclair. Concert headlined by Commander Cody; also featuring Mitch Ryder, The Up, and others. This item not located in any library holdings. Single sheet, 8.5'' by 11''. Vertical and horizontal creases from folding into quarters. One quadrant toned on recto, two on verso. Moderate edgewear. Very good minus.

New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995. First Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket.. First edition thus, dated, inscribed with a poem, and SIGNED by translator Elliot Roberts. 206pp. with bibliography. Hardcover. 8vo. Jacket lightly worn at edges with w few small tears. Else bright and clean. Book has mild shelfwear to extremities. Else sound.