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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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I am always buying interesting books, individually and as a collection, in my field of interest.

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Featured Items

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LAND OF UNLIKENESS
Lowell, Robert
Price: US $3500.00
Cummington Press, Cummington

Book Condition: Very good
Edition: First Edition

8vo. Original blue paper boards with red stamping, in unprinted thin white paper dust jacket with a tissue jacket. One of 224 copies (of 250 total) pr... Details

The Quack Dentist
Stallings, A. E.
Price: US $35.00
Tower Poetry, Christ Church, Oxford

Book Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition

Sewn printed wrappers; 8vo. [8 pp.] Number 5 in a series of pamphlets of poems commissioned each to respond to a painting from the Picture Gallery of ... Details

[Program]. Paroles de Villon [Le Testement]. Musique d’Ezra Pound. Executants … Olga Rudge (Violon). Salle Pleye, 29 Juin 1926.
Pound, Ezra; Francoise Villon
Price: US $150.00
n.p., [Paris]

Book Condition: Very good
Edition: First Edition

Printed wrappers; 7 ¾ x 11 inches; [7 pp.] This concert was given by Yves Tinayer, tenor, Robert Maitland, bass, Olga Rudge, violin, and Paul Tinayre... Details

THE BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEW issues 1-7 (Complete)
Creeley, Robert (ed.)
Price: US $7500.00
Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, NC

Book Condition: Very good
Edition: First Edition

Illustrated wrappers; small and large 8vo. Issues 1 through 7, all published, of one of the most important small press magazines, edited by Creeley fr... Details