Mercier et Camier
[Paris]: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1970. First edition. 212 p., 19 cm. Wrappers, small abrasion on cover, spine slightly tanned but a very nice copy, unopened. One of 106 on Lafuma, there were also 292 copies on bouffant. More
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Nouvelles et Textes pour rien
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1955. First edition. Original wrappers, unopened, a fine copy. Copy 7 of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, which, with five hors commerce, comprise the édition originale. More
Oh les beaux jours. Pièce en deux actes
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1963. First edition. 89 p. 18 cm. Translation of: Happy Days. One of 412 copies on bouffant for the Librairie des Editions de Minuit (second paper). More
Peintres de l'empêchement
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1990. First edition. Wrappers. 18 cm; very fine. copy number 59 of 99 copies on vélin chiffon de Lana (plus 6 h.c.). More
Premier amour
[Paris]: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1970. First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 99 copies on Lafuma (tirage de tête). More
The North. With three original etchings by Avigdor Arikha
London: Enitharmon Press, 1972. Avigdor Arikha. First edition. [5], 7 p., 3 leaves. 41 cm. Wrappers, in paper folder, cloth chemise and slipcase. Chemise lettering slightly faded, otherwise fine. One of 130 press-numbered copies printed at the Rampant Lions Press on English handmade paper, signed by Beckett and with each..... More
Zone by Guillaume Apollinaire with an English translation by Samuel Beckett
Dublin: The Dolmen Press, 1972. First edition. 23 p. 24 cm. Blind-stamped cloth, leather spine slightly rubbed else, fine, in publisher's slipcase. One of 250 signed by Beckett. English and French on facing pages. More
Observations
London: Heinemann, 1926. Beerbohm, Max. First edition. Original green cloth, binding dampmarked, otherwise a very good copy. One of 280 signed copies, containing, in a pocket on the rear endpaper, an additional signed print. More
Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentleman
London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Second issue, with "and Co." on the spine. Wear to the ends of the spine and the corners,covers slightly marked, gilt bright. More
Things We Dreamt We Died For
Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1966. First edition. Bell's first book (preceded by a single chapbook), one of 270 copies, all on Arches paper, original grey cloth, not issued in dust jacket, spine slightly faded. Inscribed presentation copy from Bell to the poet and novelist James Schevill. The first..... More
The Street Where the Heart Lies.
Cleveland: World (1963). 1963. Green cloth, fine in dust jacket. First edition. More
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
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
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
The Pelcari Project. Cárcel de árbolas. Translated by Paul Bowles.
San Francisco: Cadmus Editions, 1997. First edition. Cloth, plastic jacket, fine. Copy 47 of 150 numbered and signed. More
Life at the Top.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. 1962. Boards, a fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. More
Dreaming of Babylon
New York: Delacorte, (1977). First edition. Black cloth, fine copy in dust jacket, fold of jacket nibbled. More
The Galilee Hitch-Hiker
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, (1958). First edition. Original printed wrappers, an inner, red typographic cover, and an outer wrapper of light translucent vellum, with a reproduced drawing by Kenn Davis. One of 200 copies, printed by Joe Dunn. Brautigan's first book, preceded by a rare leaflet. A fine copy..... More
The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1974). First edition. Cloth, slight spotting to edges, otherwise fine, in dust jacket. More
Who Walk in Darkness.
New York: New Directions, (1952). First edition. Cloth, minor shelfwear at bottom edge, very nice copy in abraded dust jacket (some inner tape repairs). More