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San Francisco: Haight Publishing Company, [1968]. 16pp. A tabloid-style newspaper. Once folded. Tiny chips to edges, very nice condition. Copies were issued with a color psychedelic poster inserted, but it is not present here. Softcore cover, great ads and news about doings in the Haight.

NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1925). First edition, signed issue.. Gray-blue paper boards, cream cloth spine with printed paper label. Top edge gilt. Title page printed in red & black. A nice clean copy, about fine, in a worn and repaired slipcase which is missing the top. The printed spine label is yellowed and has some discoloration, BUT the extra spine… Read more about this item

London: Faber, 1936. First edition.. Purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Small ownership signature to inner front cover, blank front end paper excised, otherwise a fine copy in a lightly worn dust jacket with a couple of closed tears repaired with archival tape on the back. Really a very nice copy, much better than usual, and scarce in this… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Serendipity Books, 2002. First edition. . Red wrappers. 9 X 12 inches, photographic illustrations. A fine copy. A memoir of Richard Brautigan by a woman who knew him briefly in 1968, and who posed for photographs which were used on the covers of a couple of his books. Designed by Alastair Johnston, printed at the Poltroon Press. This… Read more about this item

London: Wishart, 1933. First edition. . Light green boards designed in red, black cloth spine. A clean very good copy in the pictorial dust jacket, some wear and soiling to the rear panel. Barker's first book, not common in the dust jacket.

Cambridge: Pym-Randall, 1968.. Red wrappers lettered in black. Lightly bumped, a fine copy. Limited to 226 copies, this is one of 200 numbered, signed by Gunn. A single poem. This is copy #198.

[London], Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968. First edition.. Beige cloth with green linen spine lettered in gilt. Pale green end papers. Fine condition. Limited to 2000 copies, of which this is one of 1000 for the British Isles; copy # 776. Inscribed from the publisher.

Boston: Frank Hallman, 1975. First edition. . Beige cloth, front cover lettered in black. A nice copy in a red dust jacket. Limited to 400 copies, this is one of 100 numbered and signed by Gunn. This is copy #72.

Burnaby: Blackfish Press, 1976. First edition. . Stiff card covers, sewn, bound "in the Japanese manner". Of an edition of 2000, this is one of 200 numbered and signed by Rexroth. A nice clean copy.

(London): David Archer / The Parton Press, 1933. First edition. Stiff green printed boards, with French flaps. A nice copy in the glasine dust jacket, which is chipped along the spine.

[Berkeley]: Sand Dollar, 1972. Second Edition.. Decorative wrappers, spine lettered in black. Of an edition of 2600, this is one of 2000 in wrappers. First published in 1955, this 1972 Second Edition is expanded. Corner bumped, a clean very good copy.

South San Francisco: Manroot, (1982). First edition. . Black wrappers designed and lettered in silver. Illustrated. A fine copy in a clear glasine jacket, lightly chipped at the top. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Gunn and Hazard; the entire edition was 276 copies; this is copy #212.

Concord: Ewert, 1992. First edition.. Plain white wrappers in the mauve dust jacket, lettered in gilt. 150 copies printed. Faint wear to upper edge, fine condition. Inscribed and signed by May Sarton, dated 1993. Contributors include Kay Boyle, Gwendolyn Brooks, Doris Grumbach, Seamus Heaney, Marge Piercy, Stephen Spender, William Stafford, Richard Wilbur. A nicely produced festchrift, not often encountered… Read more about this item

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. First edition.. Beige cloth, spine lettered in red. Pictorial end papers. A fine copy in a lightly used dust jacket, some minor edge wear, the price clipped from the front flap. Signed by Tess Gallagher on the title page, and with a signed inscription from her dated 1989, mentioning Raymond Carver.

NY: Scribner, 1997. First edition. . Cream boards, blue cloth spine lettered in silver. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Gallagher on the title page, and with a personal inscription from her which mentions one of the book's dedicatees. Owner's signatures on the front fly leaf. A collection of stories.

Saint Paul: Graywolf, 2006. First edition.. Brown boards, spine lettered in silver. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page, and with a personal inscription from her dated 2006.

Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2009. First edition.. Pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Signed by the author on the title page, and with a personal inscription from her which mentions one of the book's dedicatees.

Dublin: Gallery Press, (1984). First edition.. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Black end papers. Edges bumped, basically a fine copy in a slightly worn dust jacket, a faint stain to the front panel and a short tear to the upper rear panel. Signed by Heaney on the title page. Of an edition of 750, this is one of… Read more about this item

London: Faber, (1973). Second printing.. Original wrappers. Tiny hole in rear wrappers, a couple of tiny tears at upper edge, ownership signature on the first leaf, a very nice and clean copy. Inscribed and signed by Heaney on the title page, dated 1973. A nice inscribed copy of Heaney's third book. This is the second printing, 1973; the first… Read more about this item

Dublin: Peppercanister, (1972). First edition.. Red boards, black spine lettered in silver. Black end papers. Clear glassine dust jacket, a fine copy. This is copy #37 of 125 signed and numbered copies, signed by Kinsella on the limitation leaf.