Search Results: Poetry from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

Mexico City: Editorial Avante, S. A., (1985). Good. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". 113, [7] pp. White wrappers printed in multiple colors, titling in red and blue. Text in Spanish. Light soiling and toning; bump to lower corner throughout; gutter break to half-title.

Eugene: (n. p.), 1980. Limited edition. Very Good+. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". 92, [4] pp. Black cloth with cream paper to front board and cream title label to spine, both printed in black and red. Minor, faint soil to boards, gift inscription (the author's? "For Janie, with much love") to flyleaf. Else clean, binding sound. One of only 5 copies handbound in boards by Linda Benet.

[Cummington, Mass.]: [West Hill Associates], (1987). Very Good. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". [16], 117, [1] pp. Blue wrappers printed in yellow and white. Light wear to extremities. Inscribed by Art Farey on the front endpaper.

Goshen, CT: Chicory Blue Press, Inc., (1998). Very Good. 9" x 6". x, 53, [1] pp. White wrappers printed in red, sage and black. Light bump to foot of front wrapper and front endpaper, else fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page, with additional laid in ALs on her note paper.

San Francisco: The Black Scholar Press, (2012). First edition. Fine. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". 65, [3] pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers printed in full color, tan spine. Clean and crisp.

Berkeley: Oyez, (1965). Good+. 9" x 6". Unpaginated, but 28 pp. White wrappers printed in b/w photographic image and orange lettering. Light wear and bumping, a bit scuffed near spine head.

Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1908. First edition. Very Good. 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. 44,[2]pp. Tan wrappers with yapp edges, printed in orange and black. B&w illustrations. Light toning and wear; few slight bumps/nicks to wrapper edges. Includes the tipped-in notice that the book was "published under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association for the benefit of its honored member, Miss Ina Coolbrith." True first edition, with the original cover by Maynard Dixon and 16 illustrations in the text by him. A second, more common edition was issued in 1912 in decorative cloth, with additional poems by Truesdell.

Berkeley: Summit Road Press, (2000). Very Good. 9" x 6". 143, [1] pp. Black wrappers stamped in blind and printed in white. Bumping to spine head with short tears. Inscribed by author on front endpaper, dated 2002.

Berkeley: Rosewolf Press, (1993). Very Good. 9" x 6". [8], 24 pp. B/w pictorial wrappers. Slight wear to edges, very faint stain and slight rippling to last leaf. Signed by author on half-title page.

New York: Sunbury Press Books, 1982. First edition. Near Fine. Review slip laid in. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". [6], 27, [3] pp. White wrappers printed in black and grey. Light wear to extremities, else clean and tight.

Oakland, CA: Pierre-Wilson Publishing Company, (1985). Very Good+. 8-3/8" x 5-1/4". [6], 75, [3] pp. Blue-grey and white photographically illustrated wrappers printed in white and blue. Light wear and minor soiling to wrappers; owner's initial's to front endpaper; gift inscription from the author's daughter on verso of front endpaper. Interior otherwise clean and sound. Possibly the author's own copy.

Calcutta: P. Lal, (1979). Cloth. Very Good. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page. A Writer's Workshop Publication. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". 34 pp + [20] pp of ads. Red cloth with colorful strip to front board and gilt stamping, white wrap-around band printed in black and green; in clear plastic jacket that appears to be original to the publication. Light wear to jacket, with small split to foot of spine panel; price sticker to rear panel; light bumping to extremities of boards.

Marvin, South Dakota: The Blue Cloud Quarterly, (1977). Near Fine. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Unpaginated, but approx. 40 pages. Yellow stapled wrappers printed in black and green, cover art by Mohawk artist Rokwaho (Daniel Thompson). Minor wear to wrappers, very slight bump to upper corner. Inscribed by the author on the title page, signed "Maurice". The gay, Native American poet's fifth book, largely focusing on his childhood in the Mohawk Nation. From the inside cover: "Some of the poems express his people's reverence for their land and the result of its invasion by outsiders from Colonial times to the present. Creation themes abound in symbol, story and cultural rememberings in which the animals and plants have their significance. In a word, this collection of poetry is about Maurice Kenny's home."Chapbook Number Four from the publisher.

Chemnitz, Germany: Galerie Weise, (1998). Fine. 8-1/4" x 5-7/8". 47, [1] pp. Tan and black wrappers printed in black and red, color illustrations. Hint of wear, else fine.

(n. p.): [L. Kenneth Haynes], (2009). Near Fine. 9" x 6". [14], 42, [6] pp. Black, white and blue photographically illustrated wrappers. Minor wear to extremities, else fine. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page.

[Folsom, CA]: [Folsom Telegraph Print], (1940). Near Fine. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Unpaginated, approx. 40 pp. Brown-coated cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth overlay slightly worn/chipped at joints; binder's ticket to rear paste-down. Binding very tight. Edited and hand bound by the author, who has signed this copy on the title page.

San Francisco: Kayak: A Magazine of Modern Poetry, (1989). Good. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". 82, [6] pp. Tan wrappers printed in brown. Light wear; tape residue to dedication page; gutter break at p. 44. Inscribed by the author on the title page.

Paris: Éditions du Seuil, [1967]. Third edition. Very Good/Good. 7-3/4" x 5-5/8". 253, [3] pp. Red cloth stamped in white with blind-stamped border, in clear plastic dust wrapper. Light fading to spine; dust wrapper torn near spine head and missing chip to rear panel; gift inscription to half-title page.

San Francisco: The Greenwood Press, 1952. Very Good. One of 50 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered and unsigned, and lacking the dust jacket. 8" x 4-3/4". [4], 36, [2] pp. Red cloth stamped in gilt. Light wear to cloth, gift inscription to endpaper.

(n. p.): Self published, (1988). Near Fine. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Unpaginated, approx. 40 pp. Cream stapled wrappers printed in black, with b/w photographic image. Minor wear to wrappers, else fine.