New York: St. Martin's Press (1994), 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xvi, [2], 3-112 pp. White paper covered boards quarter bound in white cloth with red lettering on the spine. Price of $14.95 on front flap. Original artwork by Michael McCurdy. Introduction by David Petersen. Ahearn APG 025b. A..... More
New York: Random House [1983], 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [13], 3-44, [6] pp. Quarter purple cloth over orange paper boards with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $7.95 on front flap of dust jacket. An attractive copy of Angelou's fourth book of Poetry. A..... More
New York: Random House (1974), 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [6], vii-x, [2], 3-61, [1] pp. White cloth with brown lettering on the spine; brown topstain. Price of $6.00 on front flap of jacket. Includes the final poems that Auden wrote between 1972 and 1973, and two lyrics he..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1968), 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xxi, [3], 3-317, [3] pp. Bound in dark blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine, pink topstain. Price of $6.50 on front flap of dust jacket. Stefanik A 16.I.a. Winner of the National Book Award and..... More
New York: Laurel Edition (1973), 1973. First edition thus. Paperback. 108 pp. Price of 95 cents on the front cover. A collection of short poems from Brautigan, the first Laurel paperback edition. A Near Fine book with minor rubbing to the front cover and age toning to the pageblock. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1878. Later edition. Hardcover. 4to. [3], vi-xxiii, [4], 501, [1] pp. Green cloth with gold and red decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece, and one hundred wood-engravings (in-text and full-page). A nice collection of the verse..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First paperback edition. Paperback. 8vo. [12], 13-281, [6] pp. White pictorial wrappers with a photograph of Bukowski at the end of the book. Krumhansl 71a. Near Fine with a bit of foxing to the textblock and rear wrapper. More
New York: Harper Collins (2004), 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xii, [4], 3-297 pp. Quarter black cloth over grey paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $27.50 on front flap of jacket. Edited by John Martin. An attractive copy of this posthumous collection of previously unpublished..... More
Fremont, CA: Ruddy Duck Press [1984], 1984. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. 4to. [2], 1-9, [5] pp. Green wraps printed in black. Illustrated with a few drawings by Bukowski and a photograph of the author. "Going Modern" comprises volume 3, number 2 of a special chapbook issue of Oro Madre magazine published..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First paperback edition. Paperback. 8vo. [4], 5-256, [3] pp. Pictorial wraps with a photograph of Bukowski at the end of the volume. Krumhansl 108a. Near Fine with a few tiny spots of discoloration and a bit of very light edge wear. More
New York: Ecco (2006), 2006. Sixth Printing. Paperback. 8vo. [14], 3-270, [2] pp. Pictorial wraps, illustrated with a photograph of Bukowski at the end of the book. Edited by John Martin. A beautiful copy of this posthumous collection. More
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press [1989], 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xxxi, [3], 3-126, [2] pp. Grey cloth with red lettering on the spine. Beautiful illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $15.95 on front flap of jacket. A posthumously published collection of poems Carver wrote shortly before his..... More
New York: Random House [1986], 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], xi-xiii, [3], 3-140, [6] pp. Quarter white cloth over blue paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Price of $13.95 on front flap of jacket. A Near Fine book with minor bumping to the corners in a Near..... More
New York: Random House (1985), 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [8], x-xii, [2], 3-130, [2] pp. Half black cloth over pink paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $13.95 on front flap of jacket. The first collection of Carver's poetry to be published by a large..... More
New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1889. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], iv-xiv, [1], 2-674, xxi-xvi, 679-680 pp. Bound in green cloth with a leather band lettered in gold on the spine; top edge gilt. With memoir, notes, etc. Includes a contemporary typewritten copy of a poem by Michael Field, published..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [6], 7-94, [2] pp. Yellow cloth with black decorations on the front board and black lettering on the spine. Illustrated with several color drawings. A collection of poems about American figures such as Lincoln and Daniel Boone, paying tribute..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1960], 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xiii, [3], 3-770 pp. Grey cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; light brown topstain. Edited by Thomas H. Johnson. A Near Fine book with a gift inscription on the free front endpaper (reads: "For..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1962], 1962. First printing. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [12], 13-101, [3] pp. Grey cloth with white lettering on the spine. Price of $4.00 on front flap of jacket. Jacket is the variant with white background and black lettering on the rear panel. Ahearn APG 094C..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 3-354, [2] pp. Beige cloth with gold lettering on the spine, a decoration on the front board; blue topstain. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by several black and white drawings and photographs. A Near Fine..... More
New York: Harpercollins Publishers [1994], 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [8], ix-xviii, [2], 118, [4] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with purple lettering on the spine and a gold decoration on the front board. Price of $20.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a drawing..... More
New York: HarperFlamingo [1999], 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [8], ix-xvi, [2], 116, [8] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by a photograph of Ginsberg. A very near Fine book in a...... More
New York: Grove Press (1977), 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 302 pp. Bound in black cloth with light blue and dark blue lettering on the spine. Price of $10.00 on front flap of jacket. Edited by Gordon Ball. More
New York: Harpercollins Publishers [1996], 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xix, [3], 3-442, [2] pp. Quarter navy cloth over royal blue paper boards with gold lettering and a decoration on the front board and spine. Price of $28.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a few black and..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers (1986), 1986. First printing. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [8], ix-xi, [3], 89, [7] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $14.95 on front flap of jacket. A very near Fine book with boards slightly splayed; dust jacket is Fine. More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Third printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [1] (page of publisher's advertisements for Luck of Roaring Camp, another novel by Harte), [4], vi, [1], 8-152, [2] pp. Green cloth lettered in gold on the front board and spine, beveled edges. The third imprint noted by BAL..... More