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Los Angeles: The Rounce & Coffin Club, 1981.. Small folio (34 x 24.5 cm). Sewn gilt lettered pale blue handmade paper wrapper, edges untrimmed. Wrapper slightly tanned at the extremities, lower forecorner of lower wrapper creased, otherwise near fine. First printing in this format of essays on the Club by Powell, Jake Zeitlin, Ward Ritchie and Tyrus G. Harmsen, the latter two revised from earlier publications. One of a total edition of 135 copies printed on Urabec- Hoffman all-rag handmade paper by Richard J. Hoffman.

Paisley: Printed by G. Caldwell, 1827.. 8pp. Small cheaply printed chapbook (16 x 10 cm), untrimmed and partially unopened, extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. A bit ragged at edges, edges dust-tanned, but otherwise near very good. One of several later printings of these poems by the poet / ornithologist, first published in 1796, where it is noted "As delivered in the Pantheon, Edinburgh. (Recited in the character of a poor peddler) by the author of Watty and Meg." Wilson had departed for Philadelphia in 1794 and although he didn't abandon his poetic muse, his fame was established with AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Accompanied by a disbound copy of the PAISLEY REPOSITORY (VIII), ca. 1810, printing a "List of Pieces written by Mr. Alexande Wilson, now in Philadelphia, which is accompanied by his description, partially in verse, of "The American Blue Bird."

[Washington, DC: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924].. 7,[1]pp. Octavo. Printed self wrapper. A couple of small rust marks to rear wrapper, otherwise fine. First separate printing of this address by the poet activist, given by Johnson at the VI International Summer School of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Chicago May 1924. In large part, Johnson's comments are made in reference to the causes and consequences of the US occupation of Haiti following the assassination of the Haitian President in July of 1915. OCLC: 26035710.

Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray and Cochran. Sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright and J. Yair, and the Other Booksellers, 1751-1753.. Eight volumes. Small octavo and 12mo (15 x 9 cm). Contemporary calf, raised bands, spines gilt extra, gilt labels. Some occasional tanning and foxing, spine extremities a bit chipped and cracked, otherwise good and sound. Second Edinburgh collected edition of the first four volumes, and the original Edinburgh editions of volumes five through eight. With the bookplates in each volume of Thomas Philip de Grey, Wrest Park, and Robert William Rogers. THE RAMBLER was Johnson's first paper and commenced publication on 20 March 1749/50 and concluded with issue 208 on 14 March 1752; the appearance of the early volumes of several of the various collected editions occurred while publication of the paper was ongoing. Johnson was personally responsible for the majority of the content, with the exception of scattered numbers with contributions by Hester Mulso, Catherine Talbot, Samuel… Read More

London: Printed for H. Curll ..., 1727.. [8],32pp. plus engraved frontis. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Frontis reattached along gutter, long tear along top of title-leaf repaired on verso early on (crossing 'of the Smock' without loss), externally a bit dusty, but a good copy. Second edition of the poet and legal writer's bawdy parody of Pope, arising from the literary feud that began when Jacob attacked a work to which Pope had contributed: THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE (1717), written by John Gay but with anonymous assistance from John Arbuthnot and Alexander Pope. The first edition of Jacob's parody appeared anonymously the same year, with appended poems by four other authors. This second edition includes only two of those poems. A third edition followed along in 1736 and is distinguished by the fact that it was once tucked away in the BL Private Case. Jabob's best known work, THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S VADE MECUM was published in 1717, and was followed by TRACTATUS DE HERMAPHRODITIS:… Read More

New York: Between Books Press, 1977.. [20]pp. Quarto. Pictorial stiff wrapper. Illustrations and photographs. Fine in publisher's printed envelope (imprinted "Birthday Card for Ray Johnson"). First edition of this varied assembly of works by Johnson, including mail art, correspondence, an artist's statement, etc, as well as items by and about Willenbacher, among the latter a reprint of an essay by William Wilson.

London: Printed for Bezaleel Creake at the Bible and Ink-Bottle ..., 1717.. [6],5-13,[3]pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Residue along spine, terminal advert leaf reattached rather too tightly at gutter, obscuring some letters in the left margin, lacking the half-title, otherwise a good copy. First edition of this poem, with its lengthy dedication to the officers "and other generous Members of the British Society at the Mugg-Houses in and about the City of London," drawing on the Jacobite uprising of the previous two years. ESTC cites 10 locations (4 in North America). OCLC/Worldcat cites 6 locations between 3 records. FOXON R142. ESTC T72389. OCLC: 15597469.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.. Cream-yellow wrapper, printed in green. Fine in somewhat rubbed half morocco slipcase. First edition, published in order to protect US copyright. RICHARDS A361. LIVINGSTON 510. STEWART 667.

[Berkeley]: White Rabbit Press, 1965.. Quarto broadside (26 x 22.2 cm). Printed in black on green stock. Faint shadows of former mounting on verso at top and bottom edges, otherwise fine. First printing in this format of a selection from Spicer's last lifetime book, LANGUAGE. Uncommon. JOHNSTON B1.

[New York]: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1997.. viii,229,[2]pp. Large octavo. Cloth backed marbled boards, spine lettered. Tipped-in color frontis. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. First edition. One of 500 copies printed at the Stinehour Press after a design by Jerry Kelly. A collection of essays, reviews and tributes to friends by the long-time art dealer, curator, editor and collector. A presentation copy, inscribed "for James. an amateur dares to present this slight effort to a master with hope it will not prove too embarrassing. With affection and friendship, Gene. Feb 17,1998."

New York: House of Books, 1954.. Plum cloth, lettered in gilt. Trace of sunning to spine, otherwise fine in glassine wrapper. First edition. Published as the twelfth volume in the Crown Octavo series. Copy #249 of three hundred numbered copies, in addition to twenty-six lettered copies for presentation, all signed by the author. GALLUP A65.

[Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, [1970].. Quarter blue morocco and cockerell paper over boards. Title-page collage by Walter Hamady. A faint patch of darkening to spine, otherwise fine. First edition. One of a total edition of 200 numbered copies, printed in various colors on blue-grey Shadwell paper by Hamady. The posthumously collected works of the fictional poet of Red Creek, Texas, and lead guitarist of Chicken Gumbo, who disappeared while on a hunting trip in the mountains. This is number 56 and is one of the copies with the colon on the title-page printed in white. It was also one of the author's copies, with his faint circular blindstamp in the upper fore-corner of the first blank after the free endsheet. HAMADY 36.

[Northampton, MA]: The Gehenna Press, 1964.. Small quarto. Quarter gilt lettered parchment and boards. Fifty plates. Errata slip tipped in after page [34]. Fine in slightly nicked glassine. First edition, published as "Gehenna Essays in Art" 2. One of 975 ordinary copies, from a total edition of 1000 numbered copies printed by Harold McGrath. This copy is denoted on the colophon by Leonard Baskin as a "Printer's copy," followed by his pencil presentation inscription, signed "Leonard." BASKIN 41. BROOK 41.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1947.. Cloth. Endsheet maps. Pencil erasures from front free endsheet and a couple of places in the text, otherwise a near very good copy in rather tanned and hand-soiled, slightly nicked, price-clipped dust jacket. First edition. An excellent association copy, inscribed by Liebling on the verso of the front free endsheet to fellow NEW YORKER staff writer Berton Roueché and family: "For the Rouechés, Joe Liebling 4/25/47." The recipient, Chicago native Berton Roueché (1910-1994), joined THE NEW YORKER in 1944, after a decade of work for midwestern papers. He specialized in medical topics, particularly epidemiology, and published over twenty books, some on allied topics, others suspense fiction.

London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1936.. 147pp. Errata slip. Cloth. Portrait. Bookplate on front pastedown, with typical foxing to end leaves, otherwise very good in somewhat tanned and lightly nicked and chipped dust jacket. First edition of these translations by J.B. Leishman. Printed in an edition of 1075 copies. WOOLMER 375.

[New York: The Spiral Press, October 1967].. Small quarto. Boards, paper label. Tipped in plate. About fine. First edition. One of two hundred and fifty copies printed at The Spiral Press, in homage to Hammer, in a fashion reminiscent of Hammer's own style.

[Neuchâtel]: Editions Media, March 1978.. Quarto (9.5 x 9.5"; 24 x 24 cm). Loose sheets, enclosed in plain stiff card envelope. Envelope a bit smudged, otherwise fine. First edition. A sequence of nine original serigraphs (some in color) with explanatory text by the artist. One of only fifty copies, with each serigraph signed and numbered in pencil on the verso by de Vries. OCLC locates only the copy at the BN. OCLC: 469670123.

London: Printed for Paul Vaillant ..., 1748.. 23,[1]pp. Quarto. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Half-title a bit ragged at gutter, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A quite early verse publication by Potter (1721-1804), who is most generally known for his translations of the plays of Æschylus (1777), Euripides (1781-1783) and Sophocles in (1788). ESTC locates six copies in North America, and notes that it was advertised in THE LONDON MAGAZINE and GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE in December of 1747. FOXON P1006. ESTC T44844.

London & New York: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1898.. Small octavo. Printed paper boards (a bit smudged, foxed and nicked). Just a good copy. First edition. Thomas Hutchinson's copy, with his manuscript book label and inserted clippings. Tipped in is a brief autograph lettercard, London, 20 August 1901, from the author to Hutchinson, declining to oblige in some capacity. NCBEL III:634.

Boston & Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1853.. 89,[3]pp. Octavo. Sewn, with printed front wrapper (lacking the lower wrapper). Some modest foxing and smudging, a bit of edgewear and tanning to upper wrapper, faint splashmark to terminal blank verso, otherwise very good. First edition. Inscribed in the upper margin of the front wrapper: "Hon. C. H. Stedman M.D., With the Respects of the Author." Stearns' review is decidedly hostile. SABIN 36924. Library Company of Phila, AFRO-AMERICANA, 9775.