351. Tombs, H.H.

Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No. 5. Edited by H.H.Tombs.

Wellington, Harry H. Tombs Limited, 1949. 19.2 cm x 24.7 cm. 183 pages. Black and white and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers, pastedowns, edges and pages throughout. Minor discoloration to page margins and edges. Open tear to title page. Front endpaper contains previous owner name and date in black ink. Binding strong. From the library of New Zealand Artist Keith Money with an old entry by D.A.Money in 1949 on the titlepage.

352. 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.]

353. Tumler, Franz.

Anruf. Gedichte. / Sätze von der Donau.

München, Albert Langen, 1941. 8°. 81 Seiten. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag in Brodart. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Umschlag. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen. Als Zugabe: Sätze von der Donau (Leinen mit Schutzumschlag).

354. Uí Chatháin, Bláthnaid.

Éigse Chairbre. Filíocht ó Chairbreacha i gCo. Chorcaí agus ón gceantar máguaird, 1750-1850. [edited by] Bláthnaid Uí Chatháin.

Baile Átha Cliath, Clóchomhar Tta, 2006. 23 cm. xii, 533 pages with illustrations, maps. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

355. Ungaretti, Giuseppe.

Die späten Gedichte. Italienisch-Deutsch. Übertragung und Nachwort von Michael Marschall von Bieberstein.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. München, Zürich, Piper, 1974. ; 22 cm. 121 pages. Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag in Mylar / Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren (Umschlag ganz minimal angerändert). KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

356. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

Growing Darkness, Growing Light. [Association Copy] –

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1997. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 65 pages. Original softcover. Near fine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane Cooper with much love over a lifetime of listening together – Jean – January 18th 1997”.

357. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

Home Deep Blue: New and Selected Poems. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, No date (1988). 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 81 pages. Original softcover. Near fine. Inscribed by the author Jean Valentine to fellow poet Jane Cooper.

358. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

The River at Wolf. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, 1992. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 60 pages. Original softcover. Near fine condition. Contains a dedication by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane – with lifelong admiration & love from Jeanie – November 4th – Clinton Day ! 1992”.

359. van Peebles, Melvin.

Baadasssss. Bible for Survival. Yo’ Own Sweetback Journal.

First Edition. Southfield, Yeah, Inc., 2004. 14 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 100 pages. Original Softcover. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a signed dedication by the author on the first journal page.

360. Various.

Alaska Quarterly Review, Vol. 29 No. 3 & 4.

30th Anniversary Edition. Anchorage, University of Alaska, 2012 15 cm x 23 cm. 285 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

361. Various Authors: Lopez de Ayala, Pedro / Ruiz, Juan / Manrique, Gomez / Teresa de Jesus, Santa / Cruz, Juan de La, San / Quevedo Villegas, Francisco de / Machado, Antonio / Jiminez, Juan Ramon / Garcia Lorca, Federico / Lime, Jorge de etc.

Hispanic Notes & Monographs Series: Translations from Hispanic Poets [Poets from Cuba (Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda), Argentina (Bartolomoe Mitre / Martiniano Leguizamon / Leopoldo Lugones / Enrique Banchs / Rafael Alberto Arrieta / Alfonsina Storni / Oscar Bietti / Brazil (Jorge de Lima / Carlos Pezoa Velis / Gabriela Mistral) / Colombia (Jorge Isaacs / Jose Asuncion Silva / Guillermo Valencia / Luis Carlos Lopez / Costa Rica (Carlos Luis Saenz / Fernando Lujan) Mexico (Amado Nervo / Maria Enriqueta / Jaime Torres Bodet / Juana Ines de la Cruz / Joaquin Arcadio Pagaza / Francisco A de Icaza / etc.) / Nicaragua (Ruben Dario) , Peru (Manuel Gonzalez Prada / Jose Santos Chocano) / Uruguay (Fernan Silva Valdes / Emilio Oribe / Juana de Ibarbourou) / Venezuela (Rufino Blanco-Fombona) / Spain and Portugal (Juan Ruiz / Pedro Lopez de Ayala / Payo Gomez Charino / Auzias March / Garcilaso de la Vega / Juan Boscan / Santa Teresa de Jesus / Fernando de Herreira / Lope Felix de Vega Carpio / Tomas de Iriarte / Federico Garcia Lorca / Rafael Alberti / Manuel Altolaguirre / Adriano del Valle (Bullfight at Sevilla) / etc. etc. etc.].

New York, The Hispanic Society of America, 1938. 14 cm x 19 cm. XVI, 271 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Scratches to outer cloth covering. Browning of page edges.

362. [Viereck, Peter] Williams, Oscar (ed.)

New Poems 1942 – An Anthology of British and American Verse. [Including: Wallace Stevens – “Six Discordant Songs”].

First Edition. New York, Peter Pauper Press, 1942. 16 x 24 cm. 286 pages. With a section of photographs of the poets. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed by Oscar Williams to Peter Viereck in May 1947. Very good condition with minor rubbing and edgewear on the dustjacket.

363. Villanueva, Tino.

Scene from the movie Giant.

First Edition. Willimantic, Curbstone Press, 1993. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 58 pages. Original softcover. Fine. Inscribed by the author.

364. Villanueva, Tino / Hoggard, James (translator).

Chronicle of my Worst Years / Cronica de mis Anos Peores.

Bilingual Edition. Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 1994. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 84 pages. Original softcover. Fine. Signed by the author.

365. Vliet, R.G.

Water & Stone: Poems.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 1980. 16 cm x 24 cm. 100 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Dustjacket in near fine condition. Volume in fine condition.

366. Voss, Fred.

Goodstone.

Newcastle upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books, 1991. 14 cm x 22 cm. pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

367. Vring, Georg von der.

Gedichte und Lieder.

München, Zürich, Piper, 1979. 8°. 128 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Umschlag. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

368. Wakashu, Kokin.

The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry. Translated and Annotated by Helen Craig McCullough.

Stanford (California), Stanford University Press, 1985. Octavo. VI, 388 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear (minor scratch to cover).

369. Wakoski, Diane.

Greed. Parts one and two.

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1968. 16 x 24 cm. 23 pages. Original Softcover in paper wrapper. Very good+ condition. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. Number 206 of 300 printed copies. Minor edge wear on the wrapper.

370. 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.

371. 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.

372. 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.

373. 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.

374. 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.

375. 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.

376. 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.

377. 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.

378. 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.

379. Walcott, Derek.

Collected Poems: 1948-1984.

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. XII, 516 pages. Softcover / Uncorrected page proof with original dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

380. 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.

381. Walker, Dorothy [Dorothy Cole / John Montague].

Requiem.

Dublin, Antiquarian Bookcrafts, 1993. 21.5 cm x 29 cm. 14 pages. Original Softcover, Hand-stitched and bound by Antiquarian Bookcrafts. Deckled edges. Signed / Inscribed by author Dorothy Cole and dated on January 16th, 1994. Cover stained ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear; clean and bright inside. Printed in a limited edition of 100 copies of which this is number 60. Very Scarce document of Dorothy Cole’s love for art and poetry, citing a line from John Montague: “‘Like Dolmens round my Childhood, the old people”. The publication is further elevated by the fact that Patrick Scott designed the blindstamped cover and overall presentation of this book.

382. Walsh, Thomas F. (Editor).

More Favourite Poems we Learned in School.

Dublin, Mercier Press, 1997. 13 cm x 19,6 cm. 158 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

383. White, Henry Kirke.

Henry Kirke White’s Poetical Works and Remains. Life of Henry Kirke White By Robert Southey.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1855. 11 cm x 17 cm. XLVII, 112 pages with illustrations. Original hardcover in leather. A protective plastic cover on the outside. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Writing on front page to previous owner. Pages stained in many places more so on illustrated pages. Maroon full-leather hard covers, highly decorated with gilt, raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, all page edges in glit. Solid binding.

384. Whitman, Walt.

Walt Whitmans Werk. In Zwei Bänden. Mit vier Bildnissen. Ausgewählt, uebertragen und eingeleitet von Hans Reisiger.

Berlin, S. Fischer Verlag, 1922. 15 cm x 21 cm. Band I: “Prosaschriften”: Frontispiz-Portrait, C, 176 Seiten. Band II – “Leaves of Grass”: 253 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originale Verlagsbindung. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsmerkmalen an der Bindung. Innen nahezu neuwertig und sehr sauber.

385. Williams, Charles.

Poetry at Present.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. 13 cm x 19 cm. IX, 216 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

386. Wohmann, Gabriele.

Passau, Gleis 3. Gedichte.

Darmstadt/Neuwied, Luchterhand, 1984. 4°. 126 Seiten. Hardcover / Illustrierter Pappband. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

387. Wordsworth, William.

Poems By William Wordsworth.

London, The Folio Society, 1970. 13 cm x 19 cm. 270 pages with illustrations. Hardcover / Original half-leather with brown gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight fading on cloth clovering and minor wearing on leather spine. Clean inside with solid binding.

388. Wright, Charles / McLellan, Leigh.

Dead Color. Poems.

San Francisco, The Meadow Press, 1980. Oblong Quarto. 16 pages. Original green wrappers (Softcover). First edition. One of an edition of only 285. Signed by Charles Wright and Leigh McLellan in pencil. French-folded pages, With four woodcut illustrations by Leigh McLellan. Fine.

389. Wright, Howard.

Yahoo.

First Edition. Belfast, Lapwing Publications, 1991. 15 x 21 cm. 28 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Lapwing Poetry Pamphlets]

390. Wyeth, Adam.

Silent Music.

Barleyfield, Paper & Paper, 2008. 15 cm x 21 cm. 44 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

391. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny (Evtushenko, Evgenii Aleksandrovich).

Almost at the End.

New York, Holte, 1987. Octavo. 145 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A work of interrelated prose and poetry, some translated by the author himself. Faint Remainder mark to top edge, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. The jacket with a very nice portrait of Yevtushenko. Beautifully signed by Yevtushenko on the endpaper.

392. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny/ Koten, Bernard L. (translator).

Selections from The Bratsk Hydroelectric Station and Other Poems.

New York, New World Review, 1965. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 48 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Some browning, stains on pages and back cover.

393. Yotsumoto, Yasuhiro.

Samurai in Manhattan and other poems.

Tokyo, Nobi Press, 2006. 15 cm x 21 cm. 26 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author in Japanese.

394. Zukofsky, Louis / Stevens, Wallace.

Origin. Second Series: Response. Featuring The Noh of Zeami by Yashima.

One of only 300 copies printed. San Francisco, Genichido Press, 1961. 15 x 21 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Minimal signs of staining on the cover only.