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THE LAND ON THE TIP OF A HAIR: Poems in Wood

by HUI-MING, Wang

(Barre, MA): (Barre Publishers), 1972. First Edition. Very good.. Inscribed association copy, collecting woodcut renderings of poems selected (and carved) by Hui-Ming, by authors including Charles Simic, Robert Bly, Tomas Transtromer, Diane Ackerson, and others, presented to collaborators at Alternative Press. Wraps. 4to. Printed wraps. Very good. ASSOCIATION COPY. INSCRIBED by Hui-Ming to Ken and Ann Mikolowski of Ann Arbor's Alternative Press (collaborators of Hui-Ming's) with a drawing. Mild toning... Read more about this item

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A$123.95

LINES FOR THE NEW YEAR: Poems 1963 - 65

by TOWLE, Tony; Terence Winch

New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1975. First Edition. Very good +.. First edition, association copy, inscribed by Towle to fellow poet Terence Winch, with cover art by Allan D'Arcangelo. 4to. Side-stapled wraps. Toning and light wear to edges. INSCRIBED on title page: "For Terence, tiresomely, Tony (11/11, etc.)."

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A$85.22

PLAYS: Pleasant and Unpleasant

by Shaw, George Bernard; [Arvold, Alfred G.]

London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1929. Later edition. Very good.. Inscribed association copy of this collection from the Nobel winning playwright, presented warmly to Alfred G. Arvold, who was instrumental in the US for the development and spread of the "little theater" movement. Arvold was a noted regional theater figure and founded the Little Country Theater in Fargo, ND. This copy is inscribed to him by Shaw at the Malvern Theater, whose yearly festivals were noted for the stagings of Shaw's... Read more about this item

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A$929.64

The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, 3 volume set

by Francis Parkman

Limited (1028/1200) 'Champlain Edition'; association copy. Near Fine HCs, no DJs. Green calico-grain cloth over boards with paper spine panel printed with red and black titles; top edge gilt; untrimmed fore edges; 2 color title page; laid paper; tissue-guarded frontispiece and interior plates. Bright, clean covers and spine but for very faint foxing-like shadows; spine cloth slightly faded; slightly bumped at cover top fore corners; paper label on spine age darkened but legible - new additional spine... Read more about this item

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A$286.64

THE FATE OF AMERICAN POETRY

by Holden, Jonathan

Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1991. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. Handsome first printing of this investigation of US poetry's imminent doom, an association copy inscribed by the author to poet Stanley Plumly (to whom Holden devotes several pages), and with Plumly's own critical annotations ("nonsense") throughout. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original violet cloth. In original grey dust jacket. Grey endpapers. 152 pages. Inscribed by Holden on half-title page: "For Deborah and Stanley, with... Read more about this item

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A$154.94

ZEN BUDDHISM AND THE JAPANESE LOVE OF NATURE

by SUZUKI, DAISETZ TEITARO [D. T. Suzuki]

The Eastern Buddhist, 1935. A scarce offprint from The Eastern Buddhist, Vol. VII, No. 1 of Daisetz Suzuki's essay on Zen and its relation to Japan's love of nature. A scarce and potentially fragile item in printed salmon color wrappers with neat tape repair to spine, now in a clear protective cover. Dr. Jon Covell's copy with her stamp on the front cover and verso of last page. Covel wrote extensively on Japanese and Korean culture and art including the book " Zen at... Read more about this item

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A$147.19

What You Can Do For Your Country - Signed and inscribed Presentation/Association

by Karen Schwarz

William Morrow And Company,NY, 1991, 316 pgs. First/First in Very Good/Near Fine condition, with a bit of edgewear, soiling,and bumping to book, and shelf/edgewear, and some toning to obverse of DJ. Otherwise tight, square, clean, and unclipped (please review photos). This is a Signed and inscribed Presentation/Association copy to Roger Flather, who served as an early Associate Peace Corps Rep in 60's Philippines. He is mentioned on pg 114 of the book. The inscription on ffep reads in part "Dear Roger,... Read more about this item

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A$69.65

THE POET AND OTHER POEMS

by Dandridge, Raymond Garfield

Cincinnati: [n.p.], 1920. Very good plus.. Rare inscribed first edition of the second poetry collection by the Black artist and author called by contemporaries the "Paul Laurence Dunbar of Cincinnati," presented to another Cincinnati poet. Dandridge, a painter and decorator in his early years, changed his profession to telephone coal sales and his creative talents to poetry after polio left him hemiplegic at the age of 29; by the mid-1920s he was literary editor of THE CINCINNATI JOURNAL. The poems in... Read more about this item

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A$3,873.50

CLEARVIEW/LIE

by GREENWALD, Ted

(New York): United Artists Books, 2011. First Edition. Near fine.. Poetic memoir by the noted Language poet. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound glossy illustrated wraps. Near fine. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED by Greenwald to title page for poet Doug Lang: "For Doug / Take care - / Ted." Upper corner of rear wrapper shows some smoke damage, also visible to page edges. Else clean, sharp overall. 193pp.

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A$85.22

JUST KIDS

by Smith, Patti

(New York): Ecco, 2010. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Signed first edition, review copy, of Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir of her intimate friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe - inscribed to the longtime Strand Bookstore rare book room manager Craig Anderson. During the time covered by this acclaimed and best-selling memoir, Smith did all manner of jobs to make ends meet while working to develop her artistic voice. And she found steady work at bookshops,... Read more about this item

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A$2,324.10

INHERIT THE WIND

by Lawrence, Jerome and Robert E. Lee

(New York): (Random House), 1955. First edition (stated). Near fine in near fine jacket.. Association copy first printing of the famous play, inscribed by both authors to Bryna Untermeyer and Louis Untermeyer, the poet, editor, and critic who was an early supporter of the playwrighting duo. One of the best-known American plays of the 20th century, dramatizing the Scopes "Monkey" trial as fictionalized stand-ins for Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan battle for the sympathies of a jury and for... Read more about this item

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A$3,098.80

TO THE SINCERE READER

by WALDROP, Keith; Nelson Howe

New York: Wittenborn and Company, 1969. First Edition. Near fine.. First printing of this collaborative work of visual poetry between Waldrop and Howe. This copy comes with a nice association with the Mikolowskis, who for over 40 years published letterpress mail-art and broadsides as the Alternative Press. 4to. Seventeen unbound sheets in envelope with title affixed. Near fine. PROOF and ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED by Waldrop at colophon, for Ken and Ann Mikolowski of Ann Arbor's Alternative Press... Read more about this item

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A$309.88

Far Traveller: Inscribed

by Chandler, A. Bertram

England: Robert Hale Ltd, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. An Excellent Copy - Nice Association Copy. Signed - To Gordon R. Dickson - With Many Thanks For The Pleasure Of His Company - By The Author On The Title Page. A British First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, No Real Shelf Wear. Not Bumped. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Tinies Bit Of Crinkel To The Corners, Top And Bottom... Read more about this item

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A$154.86

TRANSCENDANCE

by DE LOACH, Joan Ford

[Buffalo]: (Intrepid Press), 1973. First Edition. Very good.. First printing, inscribed to Ken and Ann Mikolowski, publishers of the Detroit-area Alternative Press. From an edition of 100 copies, "all of which [were] intended for friends." Collection of poems from Joan De Loach, the spouse of Allen de Loach, who published INTREPID magazine. Scarce, with OCLC locating six copies. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled printed leatherette wraps. Very good. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED by De Loach to Ken and Ann... Read more about this item

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A$85.22

STATE OF THE ART

by Kael, Pauline

New York: EP Dutton, 1985. Very good in a near fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition, association copy, of this collection of Pauline Kael's NEW YORKER film reviews from 1983 to 1985. Inscribed to a fellow NEW YORKER writer, the dance critic Arlene Croce, who also reviewed films for Film Culture and was a recognized authority on the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. An attractive association copy. 9'' x 6''. Publisher's purple boards in original price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 404 pages.... Read more about this item

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A$387.35

ON PHOTOGRAPHY

by Sontag, Susan

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. First edition. Very good in very good jacket.. Signed first printing of Sontag's classic work, a remarkable association copy extensively annotated by photojournalist John Godfrey Morris. This copy bears the marks of close reading and vigorous critical engagement by John Morris, the photo editor responsible for publishing some of the most enduring and influential images of war ever published in US media: for LIFE magazine, Robert Capa's photographs of the... Read more about this item

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A$3,873.50

MY NODEBOOK FOR DECEMBER

by WALDROP, Keith

(Providence): Burning Deck, 1971. First Edition. Near fine in a very good + jacket.. First printing collection of poems by Keith Waldrop; this copy with a nice association between Waldrop and the Mikolowskis, who for over 40 years published letterpress mail-art and broadsides as the Alternative Press. Printed letterpress by Rosmarie Waldrop, in maroon and black inks throughout. Wraps. Square 16mo. Plain cream wraps in matching printed dust jacket. Near fine in a very good plus DJ. ASSOCIATION COPY,... Read more about this item

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A$85.22

IRON HORSE

by GINSBERG, Allen

(Toronto): The Coach House Press, 1973. Second edition. Near fine.. Second edition stated. A nice association: inscribed to Ken Mikolowski, founder of Ann Arbor's Alternative Press, longtime publishers of letterpress-printed mail art that featuted work by Beat and Black Mountain poets, including Ginsberg. [Morgan A27.a1.2]. Wraps. Oblong 24mo (8" by 5.75" approx.). Near fine. ASSOCIATION COPY. INSCRIBED by Ginsberg to leaf following title page: " For Ken Mikolowski / Poet/Printer/Publisher / from Allen... Read more about this item

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A$271.15

THIS AMERICA: A Portrait of a Nation

by Johnson, Lyndon B

New York: Random House, 1966. First printing. Near fine in very good jacket.. Association copy of this first edition published during Johnson's White House tenure - inscribed to advisor Harald Saunders. Saunders was a member of the National Security Council staff from 1961 through Johnson's tenure as President. He subsequently served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs from 1978 to 1981 and was intrumental in both the Camp David Accords as well as the Iranian hostage crisis. Johnson... Read more about this item

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A$2,324.10

AFTER THE LAST RACE

by Koontz, Dean R

New York: Atheneum, 1974. First edition (stated). Very good in very good jacket.. The dedication copy of this scarce and early Koontz crime thriller in the gritty noir mode - a first edition inscribed by Koontz to the book's editor, Simon Michael Bessie. The author's second "major" novel, following 1973's HANGING ON, it was edited by legendary editor and Atheneum founder, Simon Michael Bessie, to whom Koontz would ultimately dedicate AFTER THE LAST RACE: "To Simon Michael Bessie, an editor and a... Read more about this item

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A$1,549.40

THE BIG MAN

by Taylor. Henry J

NY: Random House, 1964. First edition, first prnt. One of an unknown number of author's copies inscribed by Taylor to personal and professional acquaintances. This copy inscribed on the front free endpage as, "For my friend Mrs. Francis Brawley at Floradon, who is so selfless in her help to the English-Speaking Union and throughout our community with warm best wishes and in esteem, and in the hope that she may enjoy reading this story half as much as this neighbor enjoyed writing the remarks on... Read more about this item

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A$92.96

BIMBO DIRT

by ELMSLIE, Kenward and Ken Tisa

Calais, VT: Z Press, 1981. First Edition. Very good +.. Signed first printing of this collection of poems and short pieces with illustrations, including several large fold-out color plates. Association copy inscribed to Ken and Ann Mikolowski ("A + K"), founders of Detroit's Alternative Press. Wraps. Oblong 4to. Red wraps. Minor edgewear and light scuffing. SIGNED twice by Elmslie: signature alone on title page; inscription on rear endpaper. Limited edition of 750 copies. Very good plus.

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A$193.68

THE PREPARATION OF PROGRAMS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER

by Wilkes, Maurice V.; Wheeler, David J.; Gill, Stanley; [Woods, Mary Lee]

Cambridge, MA: Addison-Wesley Press, Inc, 1951. Very good plus.. First edition, important association copy of this early work in computer programming, owned and annotated by Mary Lee Woods, noted computer scientist and programmer (and mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee). This book contains programming instructions for the EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator), an early British computer built by author Wilkes and colleagues at the University of Cambridge. Mary Lee Woods... Read more about this item

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A$6,972.30

LUNAR BAEDEKER AND TIME-TABLES

by Loy, Mina

(Highlands, NC): (Jonathan Williams), 1958. First edition. Fine.. Rare signed limited "author's edition" of Loy's selected poems, inscribed by the poet to her daughter Joella Bayer and son-in-law, Bauhaus designer-architect Herbert Bayer. The second of only two books published during Loy's life, LUNAR BAEDEKER AND TIME-TABLES is reverently introduced by William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, and Denise Levertov. Containing "all she has written in 40 years that she found it worth her while to keep"... Read more about this item