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Literary Firsts & Poetry
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I am a full-time bookseller specializing in literary firsts, especially poetry, important fiction, fine printing and publishing ephemera; with a particular interest in signed/inscribed books, association copies, books by and about Vladimir Nabokov, and advanced and uncorrected proof copies.
All domestic orders are shipped free of charge. Overseas shipped at approximate cost. You can usually reach me by phone during the day, from 8 to 8 ET. I enjoy talking directly with my customers, and am happy to answer questions by phone or email. Although I do not have an open shop, customers are very welcome by appointment.
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Featured Items
THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE THE MOON SAYS I LOVE YOU
Stanford, Frank
Price: US $950.00
Lost Roads/Mill Mountain, Fayetteville
Book Condition: Near fine
Edition: First edition
Photographic wrappers, red lettering; thick 8vo. A 542 page epic, begun by the poet when he was a teenager, by the founder along with C. D. Wright of ... Details
The Loose Box
Heaney, Seamus
Price: US $450.00
Parnassus, New York
Book Condition: As new
Edition: First edition
Single folio sheet folded twice to form four printed pages. One 19 copies signed the colophon in the poet's hand: "8/19 Artists copies Seamus ... Details
FIASCO HALL
Hawkes, John (as J. C. B. Hawkes Jr.)
Price: US $2500.00
Privately Printed, Cambridge, Ma
Book Condition: Very good
Edition: First edition
Card covers stapled into blue wrappers; small 8vo.. 14 pp. First edition of the author's scarce first book, one of only approximately 100 printed ... Details
THEODORE ENSLIN
Bertholf, Robert J.
Price: US $45.00
Alexander Rare Books, Hillsborough, NC
Book Condition: As new
Edition: First edition
Printed wrappers; 8vo. 44 pp. One of 26 lettered copies. Forewords by Dr. James Maynard and Wesley McNair. Checklist: Section A - 132 items including ... Details
THE BLOOD OF ADONIS
Adonis (Ali Ahmed Said); Samuel Hazo (trans.)
Price: US $650.00
The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Book Condition: Fine
Edition: First edition
Red cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the US. Signed by Adonis on the title page. ... Details
HISTORY OF DESIRE
Hoagland, Tony
Price: US $550.00
Moon Pony Press, Tucson
Book Condition: Good +
Edition: First edition
Tall illustrated wrappers; 27 pp. A chapbook including the title poem from the poet's first regularly published book Sweet Ruin, not published unt... Details
THE RED WHEELBARROW
Spicer, Jack
Price: US $500.00
Arif/Cranium Press, [Berkeley]
Book Condition: Fine in Wraps
Edition: First edition
Sewn, pale blue printed wrappers; square 12mo. One of 25 numbered copies with hand-colored free endsheets (the colophon states "frontispiece")... Details
ANABASIS
Perse, St.-J [pseudonym for Alexis St. Leger Leger]; T. S. Eliot (trans.)
Price: US $450.00
Faber & Faber, London
Book Condition: Fine
Edition: First edition
Original gilt stamped green cloth, cellophane jacket, t.e.g., in slipcase; tall 8vo. Translated and with a preface by T.S. Eliot. A fine copy, with us... Details