1. Mastretta, Ángeles.

Lovesick. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

New York, Riverhead Books, 1997. 15 cm x 23 cm. 292 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. This is a bound galley and uncorrected proof for review purposes only. Signed and inscribed by the author. Includes ephemera as original letter from The Putnam Publishing Group to the reviewer that accompanied this book as well as a biography of the author and advanced praise.

2. Topping, Angela.

I Sing of Bricks.

First Edition. London, Salt Publishing, 2011. 13 x 20 cm. 39 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a dedication to Adam Wyeth on the half title. [Poetry Salt Modern Voices No. 7.]

3. [Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph] Wirth, Jason M.

The Conspiracy of Life. Meditations on Schelling and His Time.

First Edition. Albany, State University of New York Press, 2003. 15 x 22,5 cm. 290 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Inscribed / Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Parkes on the half title.

4. Rajendra, Cecil.

Lovers, Lunatics & Lallang.

First Edition. London, Bogle-L’Ouverture Publishing, 1989. 13,5 x 21 cm. 90 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a signed dedication by the author on the front free endpaper.

5. Rajendra, Cecil.

Child of the Sun and other poems.

First Edition. London, Bogle-L’Ouvertures Publications, 1986. 13,5 x 21 cm. VI, 62 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a dedication by the author on the front free endpaper.

6. Rajendra, Cecil.

Broken Buds.

First Edition. Mapusa, The Other India Press, 1994. 14 x 21 cm. 59 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a dedication by the author on the title page.

7. Pitt-Kethley, Fiona.

Selected Poems.

First Edition. Cambridge, Salt Publishings, 2008. 14,5 x 22 cm. 126 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Association copy with the author’s dedication on the endpaper to fellow poet Adam Wyeth.

8. Pisco, Tina.

She be.

First Edition. Cork, Bradshaw Books, 2010. 14 x 21 cm. 51 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a signed dedication by the author on the halt title and an additional full signature on the title page to fellow poet Adam Wyeth.

9. O’Connell, Eugene.

Diviner.

First Edition. Cork, Three Spires Press, 2009. 13,5 x 21,5 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Association copy of a very rare book with a signed dedication by the author to Adam Wyeth on the title page.

10. Murphy, Gerry.

Torso of an Ex-Girlfriend.

First Edition. Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 2002. 15 x 21 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a signed dedication by the author to fellow Adam Wyeth on the title page: “To Adam, the first and the last – Gerry Murphy”. Beautiful association copy of this rare, out-of-print book.

11. Keating, Anthony.

The Ghost Orchard. Poems Lost and Found.

First Edition. Dublin, Swan Press, 2014. 15 x 23 cm. 51 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a signed dedication by the author to John and Hilary Wakeman on the front free endpaper.

12. [Heidegger, Martin] Janicaud, Dominique/ Mattei, Jean-Francois.

La Metaphysique a la Limite. Cing etudes sur Heidegger. [Avec Dedicace de l’Auteur]

Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1983. 15 x 22 cm. 221 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Association copy with the Janicaud’s dedication to Parkes on the half title.

13. Harding, George.

My Stolen City. A Collection of Poems.

First Edition. Limerick, Revival Press, 2011. 13 x 21 cm. 62 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a signed dedication to fellow poet Adam Wyeth on the title page.

14. Fitzgibbon, Margaret.

Fitzgibbon – One That Always Remains – With an Essay by Aidan Dunne (″Human Ties”).

Cork, Triskel Arts Centre, 1992. Octavo. 32 pages including a photograph and short-biography of the aartist to the rear of the publication. Wih several image sof sculpture and art by Margaret Fitzgibbon. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed and inscribed by the artist in September 1992.

15. Droit, Roger-Pol,

L’oubli de l’inde. Une amnesie philosophique.

First Edition. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1989. 14 x 20 cm. 262 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Parkes on the half title. With Parkes’ markings in the text.

16. Delanty, Greg.

The Ship of Birth.

First Edition. Manchester, Carcanet Press, 2003. 13,5 x 21,5 cm. 61 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a dedication by the author as well as his full signature on the title page.

17. De’Ath, Amy.

Erec & Enide.

First Edition. London, Salt Publishing, 2010. 13 x 20 cm. 39 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a dedication to fellow poet Adam Wyeth on the half title. [Poetry Salt Modern Voices No.4]

18. Crymble, Phillip.

Wide Boy.

First Edition. Belfast, Lapwing Publications, 2007. 14 x 20,5 cm. 39 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Association copy with a signed dedication by the author to fellow poet Adam Wyeth on the title page.

19. Cantwell, Kevin.

One of those Russian Novels.

First Edition. Los Angeles, What Books Press, 2009. 69 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With the author’s dedication to John and Hilary Wakeman on the title page.

20. Waldrop, Keith.

A Windmill Near Calvary.

First Edition. Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1968. 14,5 x 22 cm. 56 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the half title. Price clipped. Minor discolorations.

21. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands – New Poems by Diane Wakoski. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1975. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 85 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – It is precision that defines beauty. Beauty is either contrast or subtleties, the unexpected or the inevitable.” Minor signs of rubbing on the dustjacket.

22. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Trilogy – Coins & Coffins. Discrepancies and Apparitions. The George Wahington Poems. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1974. 14 x 21 cm. 166 pages. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the autor’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – the moon obviously resided in her face. The Tissues were obviously saturated with milk. The feeling of polished stone established itself against her ears, and her cheek was rewound with metal tape. Living in the caves of her throat were pictures, not words. Her hand dound clay to squeeze into bowls. An object as white and soft as pork. An object as silent as pillows. She was as still as wet paper. The moon obviously resided in her face. And walked noiselessly to the sky each night.” Minimal discolorations on the dustjacket.

23. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Magellanic Clouds. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 16 x 24 cm. 150 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – friends in this galaxy”. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. This is number 238 of 250. Minor discolorations on the cover.

24. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Collected Greed. Parts 1-13. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1984. 16 x 24 cm. 248 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – who know the meaning of friendship, who permit my greedy need for it, acceptionally, and to whom I turn for exceptional listening”. Number 164 of 200 copies numbered by the author. Near fine.

25. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Smudging: To Smoke or to Protect Against Frost (as an Orchard) by Means of Smudge. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 16 x 24 cm. 153 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condtion. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: ″ For my good friends Caryl & Clayton – the poems are the life/ the life is the poem – you have always embodied the Duende/ the spirit of the poem for me”. Signed by the author, both on the title page and on the edition page. Number 172 of 250 copies printed. Near fine.

26. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Roses. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Montclair, Caliban Press, 1987. 16 x 24 cm. 19 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For Clayton & Caryl – in friendship”. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. One of 100 printed copies. This is number 2.

27. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 16 x 24 cm. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – pip pip pip pip pip pip white flesh white flesh white flesh. It is no watermelon.”. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. Number 219 of 300 copies. Near fine.

28. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Cap of Darkness – Including Looking for the King of Spain & Pachebel’s Canon. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1980. 16 x 24 cm. 117 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “To Clayton & Caryl – “if the moon is not spoken, then there is no speech. Neither man nor woman invented it; speech is what is left, like the footprint after the body is gone…” the celebration of eating, drinking, reading”. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. This is number 166 of 250. Near fine.

29. Wakoski, Diane.

The Rings of Saturn.

First Edition. Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1986. 16 x 24 cm. 122 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Additional handwritten and signed manuscript poem by the author on the front free endpaper. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. Number 40 of 0nly 50 copies printed. Near fine.

30. Simic, Charles.

Night Picnic. Poems.

First Edition. New York, Harcourt Inc., 2001. 14 x 21 cm. 86 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. With the author’s dedication and full signature on the half title.

31. Roome, Wm. J.W.

Through Central Africa for the Bible. [Inscribed – Signed / Including a map showing the Journeys of William J.W.Roome].

London and Edinburgh, Marshall, Morgan & Scott Ltd, [1929]. 14 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 208 pages. 10 plates with black and white photographs. Map in front of Frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Occasional foxing. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Binding is solid and square. Front endpaper carries signed inscription from author, “To my friend, W. H. Rowdon – With the Author’s good wishes, Wm. J.W. Roome, Feb. 5. 36.”

32. Roditi, Edouard.

New Hieroglyphic Tales. Prose Poems by Edouard Roditi. With four drawings by Modesto Roldan.

First Edition. San Fransisco, Kayak, 1968. 16,5 x 22,5 cm. 40 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. Very good+ condition. With a signed dedication by the author on the coloured front free end paper. Minor staining on the cover and slight fading near the spine.

33. Rich, Adrienne / [Jane Cooper].

Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Pittsburg, Motheroot Publications, 1977. 14 x 22 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 20 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Stapled. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s heartfelt inscription to poet Jane Cooper on the title page: “For Jane – with always growing love and admiration – from Adrienne”. Clean and tight copy with some fading near the spine. Also included an advertising flyer on Adrienne Rich’s “Women and Honor – Some Notes on Lying”.

34. Rich, Adrienne / [Jane Cooper].

The School Among the Ruins – Poems 2000-2004. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Co. 2004. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 113 pages. Original Hardcover in original Dustjacket. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to poet Jane Cooper as well as her full signature on the title page. Minimal signs of wear on the dustjacket only.

35. Rich, Adrienne.

Dark Fields of the Republic – Poems 1991-1995. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Co. 1995. 14 x 20,5 cm. 79 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman as well as her full signature on the title page (signed twice). Minimal signs of staining on the cover only.

36. Rexroth, Kenneth.

With Eye and Ear.

New York, Herder and Herder, 1970. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Kenneth Rexroth on the halftitle. [An Azimuth Book].

37. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Without Music. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1977. 15,5 x 23,5 cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine and paper-covered boards. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman on the front free endpaper. With Palmer’s full signature on the edition page. Number 146 of 200 printed copies.

38. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Plan of the City of O. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Boston, Barn Dream Press, 1971. 14,5 x 13 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 30 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman as well as his full signature on the front free endpaper. One of 500 printed copies. Minor discolorations to the wrapper only.

39. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

First Figure. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. 15 x 23 cm. 79 pages. Original Softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper. Near fine with only minimal fading of the spine. With extensive manuscript annotations by Clayton Eshleman in the poem “Sign”.

40. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Blake’s Newton. [Association Copy] – Illustrations by Bobbie Creeley.

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 15,3 x 23,2 cm 61 pages. Original Softcover in original wrappers in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman as well as his full signature on the front free endpaper. One of 750 printed copies. Minor discolorations to the wrappers only.

41. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Alogon. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Berkeley, Tuumba Press, 1980. 14,5 x 22,5 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 30 pages. Original Softcover in original wrappers. Stapled. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman as well as his full signature on the front free endpaper. Number 235 of 450 printed copies. Slight discolorations only.

42. Olds, Sharon / [Jane Cooper].

Satan Says. [Association Copy]

First Edition. Pittsburg, University of Pittsburg Press, 1980. 14 x 20 cm. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to poet Jane Cooper on the half title and her full signature on the title page. Clean and tight copy with some minor discolorations and a faded spine.

43. Olds, Sharon.

Blood, Tin, Straw.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. 16 x 22 cm. 125 pages. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s heartfelt dedication to Jane Cooper on the title page. Near fine.

44. [Murray Smith, T.] Wykes, Alan.

Nimrod Smith – A Profile of T. Murray Smith, M.C. Professional Big Game Hunter. [Signed / Inscribed] Illustrated.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 207 pages. 11 illustrations (black-and-white photographs). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Signed and inscribed by Big Game Hunter T. Murray Smith: “Tom Johnson, Wishing you good Hunting – T. Murray Smith – June 1961”. Including Erratum note, identifying Smith as photographer of nearly all included images. Signed copies by Old-Time Professional Hunter T. Murray Smith are extremely scarce !

45. Hotchkiss, Willis.

Then and Now in Kenya Colony. [SIGNED / INSCRIBED by Willis R. Hotchkiss]. Forty Adventurous Years in East Africa.

New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1937. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 160 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Edge stained but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Sharp cornered interior bright and clean. Signed / Inscribed by the author on titlepage: “Yours in this great game – Willis R. Hotchkiss”.

46. Habermas, Jürgen.

Theorie und Praxis – Sozialphilosophische Studien [Signiert / Widmung / Widmungsexemplar des Philosophen Jürgen Habermas an den amerikanischen Philosophen Victor Gourevitch].

21. – 32. Tausend. Frankfurt, Suhrkamp, 1963. Oktav. 466 Seiten. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Inscribed / signed by german philosopher Jürgen Habermas to american philosopher Victor Gourevitch:″Victor Gourevitch mit herzlichem Dank – Jürgen Habermas – 12.I.72”.

47. Epstein, Isidore.

The Jewish Way of Life.

London, Edwrad Goldston, 1946. 13 cm x 18.8 cm. 230, (1) pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Isidore Epstein:” To Dr. Zwi Tauber, with best wishes – I. Epstein”.

48. Booth, Philip.

Available Light.

First Edition. New York, The Viking Press, 1976. 15 x 22 cm. 83 pages. Original Hardcover in blue cloth with original dustjacket. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy with Booth’s dedication to Jane Cooper on the free front endpaper. With the author’s corrections on pages 24 and 65. Minimal signs of wear on the dustjacket only.

49. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.