Poetry from Crane's Bill Books

Riga: Zinatne, 1989. Leather. Near Fine. 24mo. 141 pp., illus. Mild overall handling to leather; head of spine, upper corners of boards, and upper page corners lightly bumped. In Latvian. Seriju Atmodas.

Stuttgart: Edition Solitude, 2014. Limited . Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 137 pp. English-German. Collection of poems followed by "Narrative of a Walk from Galveston Island to the West Texas Town of Marfa." Edition Solitude Reihe Literatur. Wrappers edgeworn, with mild dustsoiling, front upper corner lightly bumped, short stray mark on back; upper corners of first few leaves very… Read more about this item

Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Inscribed and signed by the poet. A creditable facsimile - evidently a photocopy - of the virtually unobtainable first edition (Rome, 1929) of the noted Panamanian writer's first book, a collection of poems, nicely bound in gilt-stamped dark blue cloth. Sinan's signed inscription is not a facsimile, and is dated 27/1/94, the last year… Read more about this item

St. Louis, MO, 1991. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 28 pp. A photo of a Chagall painting, subject of one of the poems, is mounted on blank page as a frontispiece, and the last poem tipped in on last page (as issued). Inscribed by the poet "For ---- & ---- with love - this oddity - a mixture… Read more about this item

New York: Ecco Press, 2001. 1st Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. xi, 125 pp. Crown barely noticeably bumped. Jacket shelfworn, with some abrasion on rear; edges and corners lightly bumped.

New York: New Rivers Press, 1977. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Good. 4to. Small 4to, 100 pp., frontis., b&w plates. Errata slip. Spine sunned, rubbed at edges; wrappers lightly sunned with small faint spot on front, page edges tanned and lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped, lower corner of back cover creased.

Edicoes Sabia, 1967. Self-Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 149 pp. Spine and corners bumped, lower corners somewhat heavily; wrappers handled, mild soiling and foxing to page edges, erased but faintly visible pencil note on last page (colophon), otherwise unmarked. In Portuguese. 5th edition.

Giulio Einaudi, 1960. Wrappers. Good. 8vo. 171 pp. In Italian. Wrappers worn, soiled and stained; page edges foxed; wrapper and page corners notably bumped; marks in ink limited to neat date on first blank page and x's in margins of two pages only. Better than half the pages are unopened. 5th edition.

London: George Allen & Unwin for Prague Press, 1945. 1st Edition . Boards. Very Good/Good. 12mo. 72 pp. Jaroslav Seifert, Josef Hora, S. K. Neumann, Frantisek Halas, Vitezslav Nezval, Karel Toman, Frana Sramek, Viktor Dyk, Petr Bezruc, Jiri Wolker, et al. Light wear at head and heel of spine, page edges a bit toned, scattered erased but faintly… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998. 1st Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 301 pp. Head and heel of spine lightly bumped, otherwise Fine. Jacket lightly bumped at head and heel of spine and folds. First edition.

Rainbow Press, 1978. Limited . Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio. Designed and printed on handmade paper by Will Carter at Rampant Lions Press in an edition of 175 copies, 143 of these bound by Zaehnsdorf in full limp white goat vellum with lettering on spine and figure of a bull on front in gilt, of which this is no.… Read more about this item

Frontier Press, 1969. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Pages unnumbered. Head of spine lightly bumped, heel of spine and lower edge of front cover bumped a bit more noticeably. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Pages unnumbered. Spine just a bit sunned; head and heel of spine, corners of boards, and upper edge of rear board bumped; a few spots on covers, page edges tanned and lightly foxed. Lacks dust jacket. First edition.

Albuquerque, NM: Zerx Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. 20 + 20 pp. Two collections printed dos-a-dos in an edition limited to 450 copies. One small spot and very light dustsoiling to wrappers.

Salt Lake City, UT: Zerx Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo. 19 + 19 pp. Two collections printed dos-a-dos in an edition limited to 300 copies. Wrappers just a touch dusty and sunned.

Providence, RI: Lost Roads, 1987. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 60 pp. Inscribed by the poet to Jim Sagel and Teresa Archuleta Sagel (as "Jim & Teresa"). Wear along lower edge and corner of front cover.

Vermillon, SD: Spirit Mound Press, 1974. Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 60 pp., line illus. Illustrated by Lynn Milton. Signed by the poet on title page and additionally inscribed by him on front blank page. Spine, wrapper edges, and page edges a bit sunned; wrappers edgeworn, corners lightly bumped, faint offsetting to front blank probably from something laid in.… Read more about this item

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 85 pp. Inscribed by the poet to Jim Sagel and Teresa Archuleta Sagel (as "Jim & Teresa"). Light edge and corner wear to wrappers.

Brooklyn, NY: Out & Out Books, 1977. 2nd Edition . Stapled Wraps. Good. 8vo. 25 pp., b&w illus. Chips and tears along spine; wrapper and page corners bumped, upper corners somewhat heavily. Second edition.

Point Reyes Station, CA: Floating Island Publications, 1982. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo. 53 pp. Inscribed to fellow poet Jim Sagel (as "Jim"). Corners lightly bumped. First edition.