Autograph manuscript. Three note sheets with pencil notes.
n.d. [1960s?]. On Shakespeare, magazines. Very good condition. More
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Columbia Poetry 1935.; With an introduction by William T. Brewster
New York: Columbia University Press, 1935. First edition. Berryman's first appearance in a book, with four poems. Green cloth, bound without the wrappers, fine. One of 500 copies. Stefanik B1. More
A Dream Song
The Rook Solciety, 1988. First edition. Mentions Hart Crane. Broadside, fine. One of 150 copies. More
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet.; With pictures by Ben Shahn.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1956). First edition. Boards, fine in fine dust jacket. Stefanik A7. More
The Dream Songs.
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1969). Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1969. First edition. Blue cloth, fine in dust jacket, price in ink dust jacket flap. Stefanik A18.1.a. First collected edition of the poet's major achivement. More
His Toy, His Dream, His Rest.; 308 Dream Songs.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1968). 1968. Blue cloth, fine in dust jacket. Stefanik A 16.1.a. First edition. More
His Toy, His Dream, His Rest.; 308 Dream Songs.
London: Faber and Faber, (1969). Uncorrected proof copy of the first English edition. Printed wrappers, fine. More
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet and Other Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, (1959). First edition. Blue-green cloth, slight foxing, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket.Stefanik A 9.1.a. First edition, one of 1000 copies. An important selection, made by the poet himself, this precedes the American edition by eleven years. More
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet.; With pictures by Ben Shahn.
New York: Farrar, Straus, (1956). Shahn, Ben. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed, "To Deac with the admiration and affection of John Berryman. Mpls. 26 Jan 57." Original boards, worn at the extremities, but a good copy. Stefanik A7. More
Stèle pour Adam de la halle
[Anduze]: Édition de Castel Rose. First edition. One of 200 copies on papier gris d'emballage, from a total edition of 221, each signed by author and artist. 9-1/2 in. x 10-1/4 in. Text and illustrations printed in multi-colored silk-screen. Bound by Jill Oriane Tarlau in printed suede with an overall..... More
The Chaplain of the Fleet
London: Chatto and Windus, 1881. First edition. Three volumes. Original blue cloth blocked in gilt and black. Piece of front free endpaper missing in vol. 1, cloth split at edge of spine. Slight shelf-wear and slight rubbing to front covers from removal of library labels.The bookbinder erred when blocking the..... More
Poly Rhythms to Freedom
Paris: Imprimerie Fact, [196-?]. Second edition. 38 pp., 21 cm. Photo-mechanically reproduced sheets. Cover-title, stapled into printed plastic wrapper, crease in back cover, else fine. The first edition was published by Mac McNair, New York in 1964, the title was mis-spelled ("Rythms"); there was a second revised printing of that..... More
Verny Hlas
Prague: Mladi, (1925). Second edition. Original printed wrappers, very good. Photomontage cover by Tittelbach. More
Vellum leaf from a small Psalter
Italy: early 14th century. Script: Gothic miniscule, 2 columns, initials in alternate red and blue. Text: a portion of Psalm 118. 160 x 105 mm. More
Twenty-one Letters of Ambrose Bierce. Edited with a Note by Samuel Loveman.
Cleveland: George Kirk, 1922. First edition. Green boards, cover label. Edges chipped, spinr covering mostly lacking. BAL 1136. First edition, one of 50 numbered copies printed on japan vellum, signed by the editor. More
Bifur N°s 1, 2, 4
Paris: Editions du Carrefour, 1929. Wrappers, very good. More
Gertrude of Wyoming; a Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems
London: Published for the author by Longman, 1809. First edition. Quarto, 134 pages. Dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, dark brown endpapers. With the ticket "Bound by Jullion. Bookseller and binder to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester. No 2, Surrey, foot of Westminster Bridge." Very good. Ramsden notes..... More
A Letter from a Black Sheep
London: Hogarth Press, 1932. First edition. One of 2,000 copies, of which 500 were bound up into the collected edition. Buff sewn wrappers, cover design by John Blanchard. 30 pp. Slight soil to rear cover, else fine. The Hogarth Letters No. 5. Woolmer 281. More
Poem
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. First edition. Original marbled wrappers with title label, very fine. The published edition consisted of 100 numbered and 26 lettered copies, all signed by Bishop. This copy, one of an over run of 24 copies, is numbered "Publisher's proof #4", it's signed by..... More
Autograph letter signed to the Rev. W. Cazalet(?).
3 pages 8vo. March 23, 1853, London, inquiring about the appointment of Lord Ward to the Management Committee of the Royal Academy of Music. Fine. English composer Bishop (1786-1855) enjoyed in his day a reputation as guardian of the best traditions of British song. Now he is remembered chiefly as..... More
Some Account of the Work of Stephen J. Field as a Legislator, State Judge, and Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, with an introductory sketch by John Norton Pomeroy
[No place]: 1881. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt, slightly faded. 63, 464 pp. With a sheet signed by Judge Field tipped to the front free endpaper. Cowan (I), p. 85; (II), p. 209; Rocq 8316; Howes B-485. More
The Gold Rush Song Book.; Comprising a Group of Twenty-five Authentic Ballads as They Were Sung by the Men Who Dug for Gold in California During the Period
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1940. Dean, Mallette. First edition. Oblong 8vo, blue boards, yellow cloth spine. Illustrations from wood cuts by Mallette Dean. A fine copy, in the scarce dust jacket. More
The Assassination of President McKinley. Illustrated by Warrington Colescott
Mt. Horeb, Wisc. The Perishable Press, 1970. First edition. Dark blue wrappers, a little faded on the spine, otherwise fine. One of 125 copies printed, all hors commerce, and only for friends of the author, artist, and printer. Inscribed by Blackburn. More
The Reardon Poems
Madison, Wis. The Perishable Press, 1967. First edition. Boards, fine. One of 40 hardbound copies printed on Chauke Heavy paper, from a total edition of 143. Fine. More
Guillem de Poitou. His eleven extant poems translated by Paul Blackburn
Mt. Horeb, Wisc. The Perishable Press, 1970. First edition. Boards covered with marbled paper, leather spine and tips, pamphlet with notes in pocket on back endpaper. One of thirty copies for patns of the press, printed on their own white Shadwell paper, using Sabon Antiqua type, from a total edition..... More