This is a lot of 9 first edition poetry books by former Iowa poet laureate and North American Review editor Robert Dana. All are association copies inscribed to Dana's friend, Illinois poet Rick Holinger. All of these books are in very good condition with minor shelf wear. Some have dog-eared..... More
Florence: Privately printed for subscribers by G. Orioli, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth. 166 pp. Signed twice by Douglas. Signed and numbered on limitation page and inscribed on half-title. Spine covering is removed and laid in. Binding is tight. This is a twice-signed limited edition..... More
This is a lot of 12 first edition poetry chapbooks and books by beloved Midwestern poet Etter, including uncommon first editions of Alliance, Illinois and I Want to Talk About You. All are association copies inscribed to Etter's friend, fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger. All of these books are in..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Orange cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 80 pp. Price-clipped. Touch of wear to top jacket edge. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Book is fine. This is a first printing of Golding's only play, a limited printing of 2000 copies. By the..... More
Jersey City, NJ: Talisman House, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. 118 pp. No jacket as issued. Errata leaf laid in. 1/8" white scuff at top edge of front cover. This is a first edition poetry collection by Menashe. The hardcover first issue is..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Several illustrated plates and a map. 250 pp. Signed by Sandoz on front free endpaper. A fine copy in very good jacket. Jacket has some mild scuffing and a 1/2" closed tear at..... More
Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second state (no period between "talk" and 'this" on line 11 page 112). Dust jacket is price clipped and has slight rubbing around corners. There is a small stain on dust jacket cover over second "o" in "Moon." Lean to spine. This..... More
New York: Knopf, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Violet quarter cloth over blue boards. Dust jacket. 259 pp. Jacket has minor wear to edges and a light red scuff at top edge of front cover. Book is fine. This is a first edition of Updike's 1966 short story collection. This..... More
New York: Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over brown boards. Dust jacket. 241 pp. Jacket has minor wear to edges, some scuffing at header and footer of spine. 1/4" closed tear at upper left of rear jacket cover. Book is fine. This is a scarce first..... More