DEJEAN, LOUIS

Winged Trails

San Francisco, CA: California Press, 1927. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is one nick to the front endpaper and a previous owner's name penciled as well. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge tears to the top spine end along with tiny chips missing to the top and bottom spine ends. The spine of the dust jacket has sunning as well. This book contains a group of poems related to DeJean's days as an aviator during World War I.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 39905

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Louis Dejean Aviation World War II Fighter aces Fighter pilots Calliforniana poetry

DIJKSTRA, BRAM

Faces in Skin Poems & Drawings

Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. B&W Illustrations; Possibly a limited edition - there is a penciled 4/87 on the rear endpaper. The Booklet is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and was issued in French wraps (self-wrappers). The booklet and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This is the author's first published book of poetry. "Bram Dijkstra (born 5 July 1938) is a retired professor of English literature and the author of seven books on literary and artistic subjects. He also curates art exhibitions and writes catalog essays for San Diego art museums. He joined the faculty of the University of California, San Diego in 1966 and taught there until he retired and became an emeritus professor in 2000. He is married to the literary agent Sandra Dijkstra.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 30999

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Bram Dijkstra Illustrated Berkeley, CA Californiana California Imprints poetry

DOESTICKS, (P. B. ) , Q. K. PHILANDER (PSEUDOYNM OF MORTIMER Q. THOMSON )

Nothing to Say: A Slight Slap at Mobocractic Snobbery Which Has Nothing to Do with Nothing to Wear

New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1857. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition, though there is noticeable ground-in dirt and rubbing. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, with some light, generalized toning throughout the text block. This copy is missing the advertisment on the front endpaper (only a few have been found with the ad). The book is a satire, in poetry format, of the snobbery of the upperclasses of England and the US during this time period. "Mortimer Q. Thomson (September 2, 1832 – June 25, 1875) was an American journalist and humorist who wrote under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks. He was born in Riga, New York and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended Michigan University in Ann Arbor, but was expelled along with several others either for his involvement in secret societies or for "too much enterprise in securing subjects for the dissecting room." After a brief period working in theater, he became a journalist and lecturer. For his published writings he used the pen name "Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B." , a pseudonym he had first used in university (the full version is "Queer Kritter Philander Doesticks, Perfect Brick"). A collection published in 1855, Doesticks What He Says, reprinted many of his pieces. In 1856 he wrote Plu-Ri-Bus-Tah, a parody of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 39811

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Q. K. Philander Doesticks Satire Humor The Classes Social Issues poetry

DUMONT, HENRY

The Vision of a City and Other Poems

San Francisco, CA: The Whitaker and Ray Co, 1907. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author with an inscription, on the front endpaper. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends of the book cover and one small spot of rubbing to the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Henry Dumont was a friend of George Sterling, an American poet in the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and resident of the artists colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, along with Jack London, Robinson Jeffers, and Upton Sinclair. Sterlingencouraged Dumont to write poetry. Following Sterling's death in 1926, Dumont decided to write a biography of his friend and mentor. He used his own correspondence with Sterling in addition to correspondence he exchanged in 1935 and 1936 with Sterling's friends and acquaintances." (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43617

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Henry Dumont California authors Caiforniana San Francisco George Sterling Signed Editions

EGYEDI, BELA

Mushi-No Koe

Oneonta, NY: Swamp Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; One of 100 copies printed on Frankfurt Cream. This is an oversized paperback book with heavy cardstock covers and a string (Jap) binding. The book is in Near Fine condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with both black and white and color illustrations. This book has been handset on Victor the Golding Press. (Letterpress).. Near Fine .

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Book number: 31117

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Bela Egyedi Letterpress Poems Handpress Hand printed Poetry

L'ENGLE, MADELEINE

The Weather of the Heart Poems

Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a bit of beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears. "Madeleine L'Engle Camp (November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time, a real pentalogy. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in science. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 40114

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Madeleine L'engle The Heart Love Poetry

EVERSON, WILLIAM (BROTHER ANTONINUS)

The Masculine Dead Poems, 1938-1940

Prairie City, IL: Press of James A. Decker, 1942. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The endpapers have noticeable toning as does the title page. This copy has been signed by William Everson as William Everson (dated 1944) with an inscription, and signed again in 1962 as Brother Antoninus. This is the author's third book of poetry and is quite scarce. From Wikipedia: "Everson was an influential member of the San Francisco Renaissance in poetry and worked closely with Kenneth Rexroth during this period of his life. Throughout his life, Everson was a devotee of the work and lifestyle of poet Robinson Jeffers. Much of his work as a critic was done on Jeffers's poetry. Everson registered as an anarchist and a pacifist with his draft board, in compliance with the 1940 draft bill. In 1943, he was sent to a Civilian Public Service (CPS) work camp for conscientious objectors in Oregon. In Camp Angel at Waldport, Oregon, with other poets, artists and actors such as Kemper Nomland, William Eshelman, Kermit Sheets, Glen Coffield, George Woodcock and Kenneth Patchen, he founded a fine-arts program in which the CPS men staged plays and poetry-readings and learned the craft of fine printing." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good .

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Book number: 43619

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry William Everson Brother Antoninus Anarchists Californiana Signed Editions

FAULWELL, DEAN

A Giraffe Vomits in the Tree-Tops

Chicago, IL: Oink Books, 1972. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. Illustrated by Dean Faulwell. B&W Illustrations; Limited to 200 copies, the first 26 of which are lettered A to Z and signed by the author. This is one of the unnumbered copies. This booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled binding. The booklet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The cream / white cardstock covers have some toning, especially to the spine and several spots of foxing to the rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. A self-published booklet of Beat poetry written by a student at the University of Illinois, Chicago who was one of three authors who founded Oink Magazine / Journal in 1971.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 35866

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Dean Faulwell Beat poetry University of Illinois Limited Editions Self Published poetry

FAULWELL, DEAN, PAUL HOOVER AND JAMES LEONARD (ASST. EDITOR EVELYN WESTERMANN)

Oink! #1, #2 & #4

Chicago, IL: Oink Press / Malkeezadek Press / University of Illinois, Chicago, 1971. Limited Edition; 1st Edition. Pamphlet. Illustrated by Evelyn Westermann. B&W Illustrations; Three volumes of Oink, a journal of poetry -- each issue is limited to 100 unnumbered copies. Included are volumes 1, 2 & 4. All three are in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and were issued without dust jackets. The pamphlets and their contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a bit of toning to the covers of the first two booklets. The text pages are clean and bright. The illustrations throughout are by Evelyn Westermann, the girlfriend of Dean Faulwell. All three authors / editors of this poetry journal were students at the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois (The program would later become an M.A. program.) "It was in Nims’ poetry workshop that theOINK!editors first met.In the midst of his lecture arguing that speech is organically expressiveof traditional form, a student loudly stage-whispered, “What an asshole!”The class was suddenly in revolt, like everything else at that time." Considering themselves Beat Poets, the three authors continued to work together through Oink Press over a period of several years during the 1970's. "The idea for this journal grew out of a remark by Paul Carroll, who was once heard to say: Dean Faulwell and James Leonard, along with a third party to be decided upon later, are well on their way to founding the Male Chauvinist Pig School of American Poetry".". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 36428

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Dean Faulwell Paul Hoover James Leonard Beat poetry University of Illinois Chicago Evelyn Westermann poetry

FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE

Pictures of the Gone World

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1976. Later Printing; 17th Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 087286040X. This is a small format paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. "Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958) , which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies. When Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, the city of San Francisco turned his birthday, March 24, into "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day". " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 45382

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 087286040X Poetry Lawrence Ferlinghetti City Lights Books Counter Culture Beat Poetry

FICKE, ARTHUR DAVISON

Twelve Japanese Painters

Chicago, IL: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1913. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Mr. Frederick W. Gookin. Cover Art; SIGNED EDITION. This edition is limited to 250 copies, of which 100 are for sale. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the front endpaper. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The front cover of the book has gilt lettering and gilt and white illustrations. The spine ends of the book covers have some lightish bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is lightish generalized toning. "A native of Davenport, Iowa, Ficke is associated with other local writers known as the Davenport group. His work was influenced by Japanese artistic traditions, which he had been familiar with since childhood; his father, an art dealer, imported Japanese art in the last decade of the nineteenth century, when it was extremely popular. Ficke wrote several popular treatises on Japanese art during his career, among them Chats on Japanese Prints, published in 1915." (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 47968

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Arthur Ficke Davison Mr. Frederick W. Gookin Japanese Poetry Japanese Artists Ukioye Signed Edition

FIELD, EUGENE AND ROSWELL MARTIN FIELD

Echoes from the Sabine Farm

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This is a trade edition, following several earlier limited editions. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers have several spots of ground-in finger dirt to the spine ends, corners and edges. The text pages are clean and bright. "In 1883 Field moved to Chicago where he wrote a humorous newspaper column called Sharps and Flats for the Chicago Daily News. His home in Chicago was near the intersection of N. Clarendon and W. Hutchinson in the neighborhood now known as Buena Park. The Sharps and Flats column ran in the newspaper's morning edition. In it, Field made quips about issues and personalities of the day, especially in the arts and literature. A pet subject was the intellectual greatness of Chicago, especially compared to Boston.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 31041

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Eugene Field Rosewell Martin Field Youth poetry Humor Humorous Poetry poetry

FIELDS, ANNIE

The Singing Sheperd and Other Poems

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription, by the author, on the front endpaper. This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some edge wear and nicking to the paper spine label, along with rubbing and noticeable toning. The lettering has been badly rubbed. The text pages are clean, but have noticeable, generalized foxing. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription, by the author, on the front endpaper. "Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the second wife of the publisher and author James Thomas Fields, whom she married in 1854, and with whom she encouraged up and coming writers such as Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Freeman, and Emma Lazarus. She was equally at home with great and established figures including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose biography she fearlessly compiled." (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good .

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Book number: 43852

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Annie Fields Signed Editions Boston, MA

FISHER, VARDIS

Sonnets to an Imaginary Madonna

New York: Harold Vinal, 1927. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0918522609. This is the author first book. Laid-in is a postcard Signed by the Author - The book itself is not signed. The book is in Very Good- condition and lacks the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine joints, and edges of the book covers have heavy rubbing. The bottom front spine joint has cracking. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but there is some light toning to the edges. The endpapers have more noticeable toning. There is some light off-setting to the text pages. "Vardis Alvero Fisher (March 31, 1895 – July 9, 1968) was a writer best known for his popular historical novels of the Old West.....Fisher was, perhaps, the most significant twentieth century novelist who was both a native and longtime resident of Idaho. He chafed at being compared with such better-known writers associated with the state as Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound. When appointed to head the Idaho branch of the Federal Writers Project under the WPA, Fisher quipped that he had been chosen because there were only three writers in Idaho, and he was the only one who was unemployed. Frederick Manfred, who was among Fisher's staunchest literary champions, declared that Dark Bridwell (1931) was Fisher's best novel and that Hemingway never wrote anything so good." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good- .

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Book number: 43616

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 0918522609 Poetry Vardis Fisher Signed Editions Author's first work The West