New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good, overall. The case is somewhat rubbed and worn with fraying and bent corners. The interior, while largely clean, bears some fingersoil and an occasional stain or splatter. Foreword by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Bookplate of previous owner, Mary..... more
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. A Very Good Minus copy. The front hinge of the case is split about two inches on the front. Otherwise, excellent and unmarred. Fine jacket. Signed by Allen Ginsberg on the title page, dated April 12, 1995. His circled “AH” is also..... more
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1945. Unbound leaves on various stock in the original folio, all lightly discolored and chipping. Printing of 1000 with 200 “de luxe” copies; this is the regular edition. Includes leaves 12, 14, 15, and 16 in duplicate. Lacks leaf 7, Albert Camus’ Letter to a...... more
New York: The Red Ozier Press, 1982. Isamu Noguchi. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine, without jacket as issued. Handsomely bound in orange publisher’s cloth with gilt cover design. Printed on handmade paper. Number 34 of 155 copies. From the estate of bibliophile Martin W. Hutner. Signed by author Charles Henri..... more
Iowa City: Qara Press, 1961. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very Good, overall. Clean and unmarked. Closed tears and rubbing to the jacket. Includes two vinyl records of the author’s readings found inside each board, front and rear. Includes a typewritten note of presentation from a “Jan” to an “Ev,” the..... more
New York: Young Scott Books, 1969. Edward Gorey. First printing, thus. Hardcover. A Very Good Minus copy, marred only by the nibbling of a rodent to the lower fore corner, lacking the jacket. Otherwise clean and soundly bound. Signed by illustrator Edward Gorey on the title page. First printing, thus..... more
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine slipcase. Black cloth with gold stamping. Limited edition of 300 copies. Ours is hand numbered 266. Signed by both Eric Drooker (with a fish bone illustration) and Allen Ginsberg with “AH” written adjacent. Stated first printing. Black..... more
New York: New Directions Paperbook, 1960. Paperback. Very Good in all regards. Slight toning to the wrapper edges. Black and white illustrations by the author. Seventh printing. 83 pages. 5.5” x 8”.An attractive collection of poems by Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972), the title of each beginning with “Because…”: “Because to Understand..... more
New York: Horizon Press, 1972. Paperback. A Very Good paperback with glued binding. Worn wrappers with some minor soiling both inside and out. Issued simultaneously with the hardcover. ix plus 87 pages. 6.25” x 9.5”.Poet and psychotherapist Marc Kaminsky’s (1943– ) first collection of poems. Published in 1972, the poems..... more
Tokyo: Nantenshi Gallery, 1976. First popular edition. Hardcover. A Good Minus copy showing heavy shelfwear and foxing, the book block apparently bound upside down within the case. Soundly bound and the pages still crisp. Each poem is printed in English with the original Japanese revealed underneath a pullout flap. First..... more
New York: Ink, Inc., Publishers, 1985. Signed limited edition of 300. Paperback. A Near Fine copy of the scarce limited edition, hand numbered 200/300 and signed to the half title page. Minor shelfwear, most notable at the head and foot of the spine. Paperback with French wraps. Unpaginated. 8” x...... more
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good book block, overall. Discoloration to the top edge of the case, and some soiling to the price clipped jacket, which bears some chipping and closed tears. Early American edition. 46 pages. 6.25” x 8.25”.Originally written as a series of whimsical..... more
Chicago: Ommation Press, 1990. First printing. Paperback. Very Good Minus. The wrappers are darkened around the edges, and the lower edge shows minor rippling. Double signed by both Vincent Katz and Rudy Burckhardt, inscribed to American painter Philip Pearlstein (1924–2022). First printing. Black and white photographs throughout. 53 pages. 8.5” x...... more
New York: George Braziller, 1964. Ben Shahn. First printing. Hardcover in slipcase. A Near Fine first printing with minor damage where one page and its facing seem to have been stuck together. Slipcase shows modest shelfwear. Black and white with one color illustration. Unpaginated. 8.75” x 6.75”.November 22nd, 1963, likely..... more