Search Results: Authors starting with W from Derringer Books

No Place: Lee / Lucas Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo. Chapbook of poems. An early work by the now established novelist. One of 100 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. This copy additionally INSCRIBED by the author. Only in good condition in thin stapled wrappers with soiling to covers.

London: Constable and Company, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 57 pp. Woodcut frontis. #432 of 750 SIGNED copies. Small prior owner name to front endpaper else a clean clothbound copy in very good printed paper dustwrapper. A play.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No. First edition. Wide stapled illustrated wrappers . A very good clean copy in stiff decorated card wrappers. Illustrations by Gorey.

Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 4to. STapled mimeograph typescript pages with silkscreen cover by Kryss. One of only 255 "vanishing" copies published by the Ghost Press in Cleveland. Book contains poems and silkscreens by the four contributors. A tribute to Rev. John R. Scott, who was sentenced in 1968 to two years in the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Workhouse on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Light staining to lower edge of front cover, else an exceptionally nice example of this Cleveland poetry rarity.

London: Faber and Faber, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. First UK edition. 224 pp. A commentary on Hughes' Birthday Letters. Fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper.

Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 4to. Small press poetry journal published out of the fertile Sacramento poetry valley by the folks at Runcible Spoon. This copy still sealed with white tape as originally published. Covers are lightly soiled, but otherwise a clean unopened copy.

San Francisco: Wild Dog, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Good. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. 45 pp. Issue #16 of Wagon and Clays' small press poetry magazine. Special editor for this issue was Ed Dorn. Rear page has loosened from staples. Paper tanned and somewhat worn. A good to very good copy of this uncommon issue.

Nobleboro: Blackberry Books, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Slender poetry chapbook by Wah. No date of publication provided. A fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps. Uncommon.

No Place: Greying Ghost Press, 2010. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. A slender unpaginated poetry chapbook by Wahlgren. A fine copy in stapled wrappers with glued on decorated collage to the front cover. One of only 75 copies printed.

Arroyo Hondo: Gale, 1949. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Slender stapled wrappers. 16 unnumbered pages. Issue No. 7 (August 1949) of this small press poetry magazine edited by Jay Waite. This issue dedicated to work by Cid Corman and Gene Magner. A good to very good example. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Corman on the inside front cover.

New York: Hawks Well Press, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Terrific copy of this poet's uncommon first book. Near fine with some light staining to spine gutters.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. 8vo. 197 pp. Topstain a bit dusty else a fine copy in fine acetate wrapper. One of only 125 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Poetry.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Cloth spine over boards in clear acetate wrapper. 202 pp. A collection of poems. A fine copy in lightly used acetate wrapper. One of 250 trade hardbound copies printed.

Worcester: Metacom Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Small oblong sewn wrappers with integral dustwrapper. An unpaginated poetry chapbook. Limited to 150 copies, hand-sewn into a soft French marble wrapper. There was also a hardbound lettered edition. Hand-numbered 77 and SIGNED by the poet. A fine copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 160 pp. A book of poems. Stated first printing. A good copy in dustwrapper. Laid into this copy is a very brief typed letter SIGNED by Wakoski typed on Simon & Schuster letterhead (letter not dated).

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. A 13 pp chapbook. Light soiling to covers. A very good example in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by the poet on the front cover.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Hardbound octavo in clear acetate wrapper. 343 pp. Some faint age spots to edges. A very good copy in acetate wrapper. This is copy 39 of only 50 special copies SIGNED BY THE POET AND WITH A HOLOGRAPH POEM tipped in.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. 129 pp. A volume of poems. This is copy 26 of 250 specially bound copies and SIGNED by Wakoski. There was also a more limited edition which included a holograph poem. A handsome near fine copy in acetate wrapper.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. 4to. Decorated cloth spine over paper-covered boards. 25 pp. One ofonly 50 copies bound thus, SIGNED, and with an Original Signed Watercolor painting tipped in. Some staining to top edge of the front pnel else a very good example in clear acetate wrapper.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. One of 250 hardbound copies SIGNED by the poet. A very good copy in clear acetate wrapper that has a few nicks and soiling. Signed by Author.