The Chace. A Poem. by SOMERVILE, William (1675-1742) - 1735

Editions Amenta, 1987. Book. Illus. by Jean Léon Paulus. As New. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In-8, broché, Comme Neuf, accompagnements sérigraphiques de Jean Léon Paulus, édition originale sur Vergé Ivoire, exemplaire numéroté 125/150, signé par Christian Péchot et Jean Léon Paulus, avec une lettre manuscrite de J.L. Paulus.

New York: Kunst Edition, 2015. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine. Signed by Author(s). Unbound collection of fourteen poems, each accompanied by a hand written copy by a child. Poems are separated by a sheet of colored tissue paper. Also included is a hand written and signed copy of a poem by the author, not included in the edition. All in a purple silk box with black ribbon. These poems were transcribed by children between the ages of 9 and 10 from the Delhi Public School in New Delhi, India, under the supervision of their teacher Samira Meono. The poems were written especially for this edition in the winter of 2014.

London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici, 1909. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 4to. Unpaginated. Hardcover bound in quarter tan cloth with grey paper-covered boards and the remains of the original grey dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the binding. The boards show some browning and foxing, likely from the remains of the dust jacket. The front and rear panels and turn-ins of the jacket remain. The front panel of the jacket has a couple of glass rings as well as a 3 1/2inch tear on the fore edge near the bottom corner. This tear has some old and failed tape repairs and a large accompanying crease. There is also a paper label on the front panel of the jacket from the Medici Society noting this Cloth binding version originally cost 2 Pounds, 12 Shillings, 6 d. Two pieces of the jacket spine laid in loosely. Off-setting on the endpapers from the jacket flaps. There is a 1921 signature on the front flyleaf of Clement W. Harris. A sound copy with… Read More

The Little Mother Goose (1918 Dodd, Mead & Company Stated 2nd Edition. Children's book. Nursery Tales. ILLUSTRATED BY JESSIE WILCOX SMITH. Used. VG/ No DJ if issued. Black cloth. Gold Titling on spine is somewhat dimmed. Front Pastedown is complete and in nice condition. Twelve color plates (including frontis) . Please see our photos. Rare/scarce. A clean, solid copy. 8 X 6.

San Francisco: Beatitude Press, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 46pp (plus plates), stapled wrappers. Rare mid-seventies issue of the classic San Francisco underground Beat magazine, includes a great range of luminaries (including one poem by Dale Pendell). A curious 1976 leaflet entitled The Grant Getter's Gazette by Michael Weiner is laid in. Unmarked copy with a bit of reading wear (front cover has some printing offset, as observed with other copies).

New York: Kunst Edition, 2015. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine. Signed by Author(s). Unbound collection of fourteen poems, each accompanied by a hand written copy by a child. Poems are separated by a sheet of colored tissue paper. Also included is a hand written and signed copy of a poem by the author, not included in the edition. All in a purple silk box with black ribbon. These poems were transcribed by children between the ages of 9 and 10 from the Delhi Public School in New Delhi, India, under the supervision of their teacher Samira Meono. The poems were written especially for this edition in the winter of 2014.

San Francisco: Shirt Pocket Editions, 2006. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 32mo, 25 leaves (printed one-side on card stock), comb binding. INSCRIBED to the painter Jack Freeman by the author on the first interior page. One of an unknown but presumably microscopic number of copies of the self-published first edition of this pocket-sized poetic collection by a key figure in San Francisco's North Beach from the Beat era until his death a few years after this was issued. Just about as new (minor marks on cover appear to be printing artifact).

San Francisco: Beatitude Press, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 46pp (plus plates), stapled wrappers. Rare mid-seventies issue of the classic San Francisco underground Beat magazine, includes a great range of luminaries (including one poem by Dale Pendell). A curious 1976 leaflet entitled The Grant Getter's Gazette by Michael Weiner is laid in. Unmarked copy with a bit of reading wear (front cover has some printing offset, as observed with other copies).

Cambridge, England: Prospect, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this little magazine from 1961 Cambridge, with work by J.H. Prynne and others. Subscription slip bound in. Unmarked copy, outer stain to one corner, light outer soil.

San German, Puerto Rico: Inter American University, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 192pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. Rare first issue of this important little magazine featuring a stellar roster of contributors, including Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray as well as Beat notables including Burroughs (Schottlaender C13), Corso, Ferlinghetti, et al. Unmarked copy with significant bumps and some general wear.