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Denver: Experiment Press, 1958. First Edition. Toning and a diagonal crease to rear wrapper; wear to edges and corners; remnants of a small label on front; good copy. 8vo, 71pp; printed wrappers, stapled. With a discreet "Complimentary Copy" rubberstamp on the first leaf, and a laid in card from Experiment Press announcing this publication, as well two others by Packard. On the verso of the card is a typed note, signed by the author: "Dear Ossie Davis, I thought this script might interest you. Cordially, Wm. Packard." With the ownership stamp: "Property of Ossie and Ruby Davis.

Paris & New York: n.p., 1992. First edition. Wraps. Fine. 4to, original collage book, accordion fold in collaged wrappers, housed in handmade drop-spine box with additional items. One of only seven copies, the entire edition of this collaborative work by the long-time friends and frequent co-creators of such lively and appealing books. Includes a "preface" in manuscript by Padgett, with the main text in rubberstamped type in in running dialogue with Dorny's inventive and colorful collage elements. The book includes additional synaesthetic elements: a small handheld microcassette recorder, embellished with embroidered fabric, and with a tape of Padgett reading the text, and a small bottle of "perfume" containing the essence of a 1948 schoolroom referred to in the text.

Great Barrington, Massachusetts: The Figures, 1990. First edition. Wraps. Faint offset to the front cover, else fine.. 8vo, 61pp; prined wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Padgett to a fellow poet: "For Harvey Shapiro, All best & profound homaggessss, Ron, 3/5/90 at someone else's book party!

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1985. 1st edition. Fine in dust jacket.. 8vo, cloth backed boards. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page to the novelist John Hawkes and his wife: "For Sophie & Jack, Thanks for last night this morning, this sunny room and talking, Grace.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First American edition. Very slightly shelf-rubbed, a fine copy in a bright pictorial dust jacket, lightly rubbed and with a couple of closed tears. 8vo, 313pp; cloth-backed patterned boards. After publishing two pseudonymous novels, the author, British diplomat Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, followed with this quasi-biographical account of a Japanese contemporary, depicting modern Japan in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of 1923.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First American edition. Just about fine in a pictorial dust jacket by Hans Flato, with some chips and tears to the edges, especially at the spine ends.. 8vo, 317pp; patterned endpapers, blue cloth. Second pseudonymous novel by the British diplomat Frank Ashton-Gwatkin.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. Lightly shelf-rubbed, else close to fine in a slightly edgeworn dust jacket, toned on the rear panel, and with tape-strengthening to the corners and spine ends.. 4to, 489pp, map endpapers; blue cloth stamped in black and red. An illustrated history/travelogue of Europe written for younger readers.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First edition. Mottling to the cloth dye of the covers; near fine in a slightly frayed dust jacket, spine faded a shade or two.. Small 4to, 373pp, map endpapers; green cloth stamped in gilt and darker green. Travelogue about England, extensively illustrated with photographs by the author.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. First edition. Spine stamping dulled; fine copy in sunned and lighlty soiled dust jacket with a pinhole to the spine.. 8vo, 75pp; cloth-backed boards.

London: B. Lintot, 1722. First Edition. Heraldic bookplate (William Fentham); inked name on title page; short tear to first blank; covers worn, detached. 8vo, [viii],221, errata, 2pp Index & publisher's ad; engraved head- and tailpieces; contemporary calf. Posthumous collection of works by the Irish poet who published little during his lifetime. This edition was arranged by his friend Alexander Pope, who wrote the dedication. Hayward 150.

Hartford, Conn: S.M. Betts & Company, 1869. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait (of Rosa Bonheur) pulled loose; ownership inscription; scattered foxing;a faint dampstain affects lower portion of many leaves but is relatively inoffensive; small owner's label affixed to front endpaper, with the same owner's stamp beneath the label and on the title page; a bit of spotting to the covers. Despite all the foregoing, a nice copy.. Thick 8vo, frontipiece, 628pp + 2pp publisher ad; original green cloth stamped in gilt; a.e.g. Biographical sketches by James Parton, Horace Greeley, T.W. Higginson, J.S.C. Abbott, James M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others. The engraved portraits depict Rosa Bonheur, Florence Nightingale, Lydia H. Sigourney, Empress Eugenie, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emma Willard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Queen Victoria, Adelaide Ristori, Ann E. Dickinson, Mrs. C.S. Lozier, and Harriet… Leer más

Norfolk, Conn: New Directions, 1939. First edition. Near fine, without dust jacket,.. 8vo, maroon cloth. The poet's second book, one of only 800 copies in the edition.

(Palo Alto): Privately printed, 1958. Folded, dented, marked from handling, with original mailing envelope. Folding broadsheet, 16-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. rag paper, folded in thirds and printed on both sides in black and red; with separate handwritten greeting on gray laid paper. "I Have Lighted the Candles, Mary" (1941) and "Nothing Has Changed" (1958), one of 200 copies (unstated) printed by letterpress for distribution to friends as a Christmas card. The colophon states: "Hand-set in Baskerville Types and printer by John Hunter Thomas on rag papers of the last century which were used in the preservation of botanical specimens." The printer was a Stanford botanist and hobbyist printer. Three panels as well as the verso of handwritten greeting (by Miriam Patchen) are embellished by original drawings in pencil and ink, although whether by Kenneth or Miriam Patchen is unclear. A partially legible inscription reads " . . . Very drunk - that is what you will see. . ." All of the sketches are of faces. It is… Leer más

(New York: Padell, 1948. First edition thus. Slight lean, otherwise fine in the original unprinted pale blue dust jacket, sunned and with a few stains to the spine and a small chip at the base.. 8vo, gray cloth. A single volume, combining the complete texts First Will & Testament , The Dark Kingdom, and Cloth of the Tempest, each separately paginated. With a colophon label affixed to the front pastedown, noting that edition consisted of 126 numbered copies signed by Patchen, as here.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First edition. Bands of toning to endsheets from binder's glue; pencilled ownership inscription dated 1921, otherwise a fine, fresh copy in a slightly soiled dust jacket with just a bit of light edge wear and some short tears.. Small 8vo, 150pp; cloth-backed printed boards. Posthumously published collection of essays gathered from periodicals and not previously published in book form. There was no equivalent English edition. Includes a short foreword by Albert Mordell, who, though uncredited, presumably acted as editor of this volume. Published as a part of the publisher's short-lived "Penguin" series; scarce in jacket.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Faintly toned; spine stamping dulled; very good in a rubbed dust jacket with some scratches, short tears and wear to edges.. 8vo, 311pp, patterned endpapers; polished green cloth. Two novels in one volume. Paul was an editor of Transition, along with Eugene Jolas.

Santa Barbara: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1964. First Edition. Rust marks at stples; slight soil. 4to, 15 (1)pp; printed wrappers, stapled. Already a Nobel Prize winner in 1954 for chemistry, Pauling's peace activism brought him a second Nobel in 1962.

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1928. First American edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed pale green dust jacket, faintly faded on the spine, and with a couple of inconsequential short edge tears.. Large 8vo, 414pp; burgundy cloth. The scarce dust jacket features a blurb by H.G. Wells.

[New York: Hudson Review, 1972. First edition. Bent at top, toned and darkened externally.. 8vo, 4pp in printed wrappers, stapled. Offprint from the Spring 1962 issue of Hudson Review, with Paz's poem in an English translation by Eliot Weinberger. Warmly inscribed by Paz on the inside front wrapper to poet and translator Christopher Middleton.

(New York): New Directions, 1991. First separate edition. Fine in publisher's matching linen slipcase.. 8vo, 59pp; full natural white linen stamped in black and maroon. Bilingual text, with Paz's poems appearing on facing pages with Weinberger's translations. Illustrated with images of the Mayan calendar. From the specially bound limited edition signed by both Paz and Weinberger, of which 250 numbered copies were for sale. This is one of a small overrun of unnumbered copies.