BIRLEY, Robert

Printing and Democracy

London, Monotype Corp, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Printed wraps; 29 pages and 9 plates. Prined by the University Press, Oxford. Preface by Frank Francis, Stanley Morison, and John Carter. The text of a lecture on the exhibition Printing and the Mind of Man whose subject was the contribution of print to public debate as an essential preliminary to the formation of democratic public policy. This copy INSCRIBED by Carter on the front endpaper: "for E. A. Lowe/from the writer of the Preface/9 Sept. 64." There is also a signature of "John Carter" at the top of the front cover, but the handwriting does not completely resemble Carter's. Very Good .

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Book number: 002003

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Printing, Books on Books Signed History Printing Books on Books

[BISHOP, Elizabeth] WILSON, Edmund

Classics and Commercials. A Literary Chronicle of the Forties

New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Elizabeth Bishop's copy SIGNED by her on the front endpaper. Light spotting to endpapers. Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper Wilson was an early champion of Bishop's poetry, recommending her for the 1944 Houghton Mifflin Poetry Prize Fellowship.

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Book number: 018692

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Author's Library, Elizabeth Bishop, Modern First Editions, Edmund Wilson, Modern Firsts Signed Modern First Editions Modern Poetry Literature: American

BISHOP, Elizabeth

Poem

New York, The Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. Original string-tied marbled stiff wrappers with a printed paper label on the front cover. Copy #88 of 100 numbered copies (out of a total edition of 126) SIGNED by the author on the colophon page. From the publisher's archives. Fine .

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Book number: 018376

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Women's Literature Modern First Editions Modern Poetry Limited Literature: American

[BISHOP, Elizabeth] GREENBERG, Samuel

Poems by Samuel Greenberg

New York, Henry Holt and Company, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Preface by Allen Tate. Elizabeth Bishop's copy SIGNED by her on the front endpaper. In a letter to Robert Lowell dated 27 June 1950 Bishop writes of THIS book: "I spent most of the weekend reading Samuel Greenberg--have you? I got so mad at the introductions, particularly Tate's--and if you haven't read the poems I recommend them highly. He was certainly one of the finest poetic characters I know anything about, and phrases are magnificent--and no critic has ever apparently appreciated either at their real value" (ONE ART: ELIZABETH BISHOP'S LETTERS, p. 204). In another letter to Robert Lowell dated August 1950, Bishop writes: "I'm reading The 'Green Huntsman' and it's marvelous--also just finished Samuel Greenberg and Isaac Rosenberg who have many strange points in common" (WORDS IN AIR: THE COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE OF ELIZABETH BISHOP AND ROBERT LOWELL). Clearly even two months later this book was still in the forefront of Bishop's mind. While we have handled several copies of Bishop's books signed by her as well as correspondence, this is the first book from the poet's library that we have encountered. It appears, also, to be a book that had some influence on Bishop's development as a poet. Greenberg was also a huge influence on the poet Hart Crane, who first read Greenberg in manuscript. Crane was so taken by Greenberg, he lifted entire lines for his own poems. The cloth was damaged by water at some point with the result that it is discolored. There is only slight water damage to the dustwrapper. Still Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper .

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Book number: 014861

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Author's Library, Elizabeth Bishop, Allen Tate, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Women's Literature Modern Poetry Literature: American

[BLACKBURN, Paul] RUKEYSER, Muriel

Beast in View

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1946. Hardcover. First published in 1944. Paul Blackburn's copy, SIGNED by the poet and dated August 1948 in New York on the front endpaper. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper .

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Book number: 011632

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Women's Literature, Paul Blackburn, Modern Firsts, Muriel Rukeyser, Modern First Editions, Modern Poetry, Association Copy Signed Modern First Editions Literature: American Association Copy

BLADEN, Washington Lafayette

Original Pen & Ink Drawing

Philadelphia, 1845. Drawing. An 8" x 10-1/4" page removed from a book featuring an ORIGINAL PEN & INK DRAWING of a bird with calligraphic writing SIGNED with "Philadelphia 1845" added. Fraying along edges not affecting the drawing .

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Book number: 021742

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Americana, Original Art, Ephemera Signed Americana Original Art Ephemera

BLY, Robert (KABIR)

Grass from Two Years. Let's Leave

(Denver), (The Ally Press), (1975). First Edition. Softcover. Thin printed stitched wraps containing two poems. Of a total of 200 numbered copies, this is #29 of 50 SIGNED by Bly. Fine .

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Book number: 020788

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Translations Signed Modern Poetry Literature: American Modern First Editions

BLY, Robert. HUI-MING, Wang (illustrator)

Jumping out of Bed. Poems

Barre, MA, Barre Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (8-3/4" x 8-3/4"), published only in softcover. Poems by Robert Bly illustrated with woodcuts by Wang Hui-Ming. SIGNED by Bly on the title page with a drawing and SIGNED and dated 1988 by Hui-Ming on the front endpaper. Ill.: Wang Hui-Ming. Light soiling to covers, close to Fine .

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Book number: 020797

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Wang Hui-Ming, Woodcuts Wang Hui-Ming Signed Illustrated Books Literature: American Modern First Editions

BLY, Robert. HUI-MING, Wang (illustrator)

Jumping out of Bed. Poems

Barre, MA, Barre Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (8-3/4" x 8-3/4"), published only in softcover. Poems by Robert Bly illustrated with woodcuts by Wang Hui-Ming. SIGNED and dated 1988 by Hui-Ming on the front endpaper. Ill.: Wang Hui-Ming. Some soiling to covers. Very Good .

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Book number: 020799

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Wang Hui-Ming, Woodcuts Wang Hui-Ming Signed Illustrated Books Literature: American Modern First Editions

BLY, Robert (editor)

Leaping Poetry. An Idea with Poems and Translations

Boston, Beacon Press, (1975). First Edition. Softcover. Printed wraps. Third Printing. A Seventies Press book. Bilingual edition with both Spanish and English text. Mostly poems by Federico Garcia Lorca and Cesar Vallejo, but also poems by Hart Crane, Allen Ginsberg, and others. SIGNED by Bly on the title page. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020790

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Translations, Spanish Literature Signed Modern Poetry Literature: American Modern First Editions

BLY, Robert (KABIR)

Try to Live to See This!

(Denver), (The Ally Press), (1976). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth with decorative endpapers. Bly's versions of poems by this 15th century Hindu poet. Copy #45 of 50 SIGNED by Bly. "Second Printing" is stated on the title page, but a 1982 letter from Ally Press publisher Paul Feroe explaining the error is included with the book. Fine .

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Book number: 020791

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Translations, Kabir Signed Modern Poetry Literature: American Modern First Editions

BLY, Robert (KABIR)

Try to Live to See This!

(Denver), (The Ally Press), (1976). First Edition. Softcover. Printed stapled wraps. Bly's versions of poems by this 15th century Hindu poet. SIGNED by Bly on the title page. Close to Fine .

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Book number: 020792

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Translations, Kabir Signed Modern Poetry Literature: American Modern First Editions

BOGAN, Louise

The Sleeping Fury

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Poet's third book. This copy SIGNED by her on the front free endpaper with the signature of theater set designer Oliver Smith on the front pastedown. A difficult title to find signed. Some soiling and wear, still Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper .

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Book number: 002598

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions Signed Women's Literature Modern First Editions Literature: American

BOOTH, Philip

The Islanders

New York, The Viking Press, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Poet's second book. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith: "For Bill,/in hope my islanders/may, as they reach/offshore, sail out/toward his open sea../Philip/as of/March 26th/1962. Slight dust spotting to the top edge. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 018107

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Modern Poetry, Association Copy Literature: American Modern Poetry Modern First Editions Inscribed

BOOTH, Philip

Margins. A Sequence of New and Selected Poems

New York, The Viking Press, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "Inscribed, far inland, for/William Meredith,/whose long/and generous/concern/for these poems/has been one/of the margins../Philip Booth/April 16th/1971." With two corrections in the text, noted by Booth on the title page. An Advance Reading Copy with a letter from the editor laid in. Mild sunning to the top edge. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 018108

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Modern Poetry, Association Copy, Modern Poetry Literature: American Advance Review Copy Modern First Editions Inscribed