BROADSIDE from Quill & Brush

(Amador City: Quintessence Publications, 1981). First edition. Number 4 of 100 numbered copies, per the colophon. Drew's poem printed by Marlan Beilke at his Quintessence press, inscribed beneath the colophon on verso, "For Marlan Beilke, who prints my Irish poem, teaches me ever more about our poet Jeffers, brightens my life with his fun and wit and friendship, and… Read more about this item

No-place: no-publisher, 1964. First edition, first separate appearance [Broomfield A50a]. One of 250 copies "printed for their friends of the Roxburghe Club and for their other friends at Christmas, 1964, by Kerwin Whitnah and Arlen H. Philpott." Prints the text of Jeffers' letter to Sister Mary James beautifully answering her question about his "religious attitudes." Approximately 12.75 x 20"… Read more about this item

[San Francisco]: Poetry Flash, 1991. First edition. First separate appearance. One of only 75 copies. 14.25 x 20" broadside printed in black on heavy off-white paper. Illustrated with 3 black-and-white photographic images (appear to be of the moon's surface) and drawing of small blue rock. The very faint colophon is blind-stamped in tiny font at lower left corner --… Read more about this item

(Amador City: Quintessence Press, 1987). First edition. Illustrated with drawing of Hawk Tower by Beilke. Number 14 of 100 numbered copies signed by her. 13.5 x 20" broadside printed in black, gray-brown, burnt sienna, and blue on heavy cream paper with lower edge deckled. Marlan Beilke notes on the verso that "Many of the exotic stones affixed to Hawk… Read more about this item

[Amador City: Marlin Beilke / Quintessence Press, 1986]. First edition, first appearance. According to Beilke, although this was the only poem she ended up having printed, it is the second of two (or more) given to him by Edith Greenan Kuster, hence it having been numbered "II" [Broomfield A89]. 8.5 x 11" heavy off-white card stock printed in black… Read more about this item

[San Francisco: James Linden / Peter Koch, 1986]. First edition, second printing per Broomfield [A87b] but certainly the first printing in this form. ONE OF ONLY 11 COPIES SIGNED BY KOCH. Issued from the same setting of type as the James Linden production which featured 4 mounted photographs by Michael Mundy and the 4 verses of the poem on… Read more about this item

No-place: Richard Bigus / Neville & Yellin, 1978. First edition. Stated limitation 200 copies. SIGNED BY ROSENBERG. Broadside poem printed in black and red on off-white heavy paper measuring approximately 14.75 x 21.5". "Designed and printed by Richard Bigus during the fall of 1978 for [Maurice] Neville & [Herb] Yellin as a celebration of the poet." Fine.

[Winston-Salem, NC]: Palaemon Press, 1978. First edition. "Palaemon Broadside Number Eight." Broadside poem printed in black and dark orange on buff-colored heavy paper measuring 9 x 12." Number 89 of 100 SIGNED numbered copies (of 126 copies total). Fine.

[San Franciso]: North Point Press, circa 1984. First edition. 18.75 x 24.75" broadside poster advertising the availability of the trade edition issued from the Arion Press limited edition (published the previous year). Both editions were illustrated with period photographs of sites in the novel. The poster prominently features a film-noirish black-and-white photo of San Francisco's Stockton Street Tunnel --… Read more about this item

Oneonta, NY: Swamp Press, 1980. First edition and only edition. "At Kao-t'ang Pavilion in Yun-meng Marsh, the King of Hsiang was visited by the Goddess of Wu Mountain, who shared with him pillow and mat. Yun-meng means, literally, Cloud Dream." - from the colophon. Printed by Edward Rayher and Jo Mish at the Swamp Press in an edition of… Read more about this item

[No-place]: Eric Holter / Peniel Press, 1992. First edition of each of these five limited-edition broadsides all of which are SIGNED BY THE POETS. Printed by Eric Holter at his Peniel Press. All are within 15 x 9" and printed on various colors and weights of fine deckled-edge papers. Fine.

[No-place]: Peniel Press, 1992. First edition. Number 38 of 100 copies SIGNED BY HILL. 14 x 7" light gray heavy card stock with titling in darker gray and rest printed in black. Fine.

[No-place: Pipers Press, et al., 1953 - 1969. First edition. This small gathering from the collection of Washington poet Ernest Kroll includes four holiday greetings printed by Doris & Harry Hoehns' Pipers Press: "ANTIPHONAL: The Cross Town Omnibus" (1953), 13 x 6.5" peach-colored leaf with "Season Greetings/ John & Gini Pauker" on verso (evidently in then-wife Virginia's hand). "CHRISTMAS… Read more about this item

Various places: Various publishers, 1978 - 2007. Collection assembled by Allen K. Mears. Includes 2-page TLS from Gallagher with extensive handwritten portion and two enclosures; Autograph Postcard Signed from Gallagher; 4 books (2 are later printings) signed and/or inscribed by Gallagher; a broadside signed by Gallagher; a few items of ephemera related to Carver; correspondence with artist and publisher… Read more about this item

1991 & 1992. 1991 broadside: The Work of Happiness, inscribed on the front "For Louis Brodsky/ Gratefully/ May Sarton" and on the back with an 8-line note thanking Brodsky for his generosity, presumably for sending her one of his books of poems, as it reads in part "I re-read the poems and tremble before their [honor?] and beauty." 1992… Read more about this item

Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada: Gaspereau Press, 2004. First edition. Limited edition broadside poem. Number 172 of 200 signed by Sanger, who wrote the poem to commemorate the grand opening of the new Gaspereau Press printshop on September 9, 2004. Letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine paper by Andrew Steeves on a Vandercook press in three colors-- gold, black and blue--… Read more about this item

San Francisco: James Linden, 1987. First edition thus: number 7 of only 100 numbered copies of this fine press limited edition portfolio which includes a broadside of Jeffers poem "Shine, Perishing, Republic" and four black-and-white photos each of which is archivally mounted and SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER [Broomfield A98]. This copy includes 2 copies of the broadside poem, several… Read more about this item

2008. First edition. DIGITAL ART CARICATURE. The Jeffers caricature by artist John Sherffius used on the covers of the "Big Read" teacher's and reader's guides published in 2008 by the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. The digital print is 8.5 x 11" with image of a smiling Jeffers perched, ocean-side, atop granite boulders; he's writing on a… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2003. First edition, and only edition. Bringhurst's translations from the Ancient Greek of surviving fragments of the circa 475 BC poem generally titled "On Nature" written by the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, Parmenides of Elea. ONE OF 26 COPIES in the "Deluxe" issue SIGNED BY BRINGHURST, WAGENER & KOCH, bound in full leather, and with a… Read more about this item

(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2006). First edition. One of 50 copies (each broadside with stated limitation of 100 however, according to Sarah Nicholls, Program Coordinator for the Center, only 50 were to be made). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- in portfolio handmade by summer interns. Produced in honor of readings… Read more about this item