Calais, VT: Z Press, 1977. Illustrated by Alex Katz. Copy “H” of 26 lettered copies signed by Mathews and Katz to colophon at rear. From a total edition of 750 copies. Perfect-bound in green printed wraps, 8vo. 178 pp. A prose work by Mathews based on the words occurring in.....
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London: Zodiac Press, 1949-50. Hardcovers: patterned blue and gray cloth; blue and gilt spine titles; lacking jackets if issued with, 8vo, 367, 248, 279pp. All three volumes from the library of Kenward Gray Elmslie---only Emma has owner inscription on front free end paper.
New York/Providence: Tender Buttons, 1992. Perfect-bound in pictorial wraps, 9-1/4 x 6-1/8 in. [74]pp. From an edition of 350. Inscribed on the dedication page by publisher Lee Ann Brown: '"Eat any meal at the Chateau Frontenac." from "Things I'd Like To Do Again" To Kenward Elmslie, Love Lee Ann 1-28-93'.....
Buffalo, NY: Leave Books, 1991. Saddle-stitched with white thread in tall oblong wraps, 11 x 4-1/8 in. 21pp.
Pengrove, CA: Avec Books, 1992. Cover and three interior drawings by Trevor Winkfield. Perfect-bound in pictorial wraps, 8-1/2 x 5 in. 61pp. Inscribed by Gizzi on the title page: 'For Kenward [Elmslie]– "We're dressing for the movies" With love + postcards xxxx Peter Gizzi 9/7/92". Gizzi's first book.
Saratoga, CA: Instance Press, 2000. Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 8 x 6 in. 99pp. Signed (a scribble) and inscribed by Waldrop on the half-title: "For Kenward [Elmslie]"
Buckfastleigh, England: Etruscan Books, 1997. Second edition, from an edition of 500. Perfect-bound in glossy printed wraps, 9-3/4 x 6-7/8 in. 60pp. This copy inscribed by Dorn on the half-title: "For Kenward [Elmslie] — some recent work, obscurely published abroad Edward Dorn Los Angeles 24 March 1998"
New York: New Directions, 1994. Perfect-bound in glossy printed wraps, 8 x 5-1/8 in. 66pp. Signed and inscribed by Waldrop on the half-title: "For Kenward Elmslie Rosemarie Waldrop 19/94"
Bradford, UK / New York: Topia Press, 1977. No. 30 of 200 copies. Perfect-bound in brown matte wraps, 8-1/4 x 11-3/8 in. [40] pp. Poems by Elmslie with illustrations of gardens by English painter Karl Torok (1950-2015) reproduced in color.
West Branch, IA: Morning Coffee Chapbook Seven, 1984. No. 352 of an edition of 575 copies signed by Padgett and Winkfield on limitation page at rear. Saddle-sewn in yapped red wraps with title card mounted on front cover, 6 x 9 in. [20]pp. This copy additionally inscribed by Padgett on.....
New York: The Kulchur Foundation, 1979. Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 9-7/8 x 7-5/8 in. 148pp.
Lenox, MA / New York: Angel Hair, 1976. Covers by Rochelle Kraut. First edition, one of 750 total copies. Perfect-bound in pictorial wraps, 10 x 6-7/8 in. [48]pp. A humorous and immaculately crafted prose work about house cleaning in New York City. Reprinted in 2016 by NYRB. Not stated within.....
Providence: Burning Deck, 1976. Perfect-bound in pictorial wraps, 9 x 6 in. 42pp. Inscribed by Guest on the half-title: "Admiring glances from the countess as ever, Barbara." Kenward Elmslie's copy, presumably inscribed to him.
New York: Olympia Press/The Traveller's Companion Series, 1969. First Edition. Perfect-bound in green printed wraps, 6-7/8 x 4-1/4 in. 174pp. Di Prima's erotic memoir about coming of age as a woman in the Beat years.
Los Angeles: Little Caesar Press, 1980. Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. 130pp. Inscribed at his p. 13 contribution (a single poem) by Donald Britton: "Love to Kenward [Elmslie], Donald 3/31/80". Donald Britton was a New York and later Los Angeles-based poet who died of AIDS complications in.....
Columbia, MO: Open Places, 1978. From an edition of 1,000. Perfect-bound in photo-pictorial wraps, 8-3/8 x 5-1/2 in. 80pp. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Kenward Elmslie – Rosemarie Waldrop". Poems by Waldrop, with several reproduced photos by Amy Stromsten. Open Places Poets Series #5.
Richmond, CA: Omnidawn, 2013. Cover art by Keith Waldrop. First Edition. 8vo, perfectbound in printed wraps, 107 pp. Signed (a scribble) and inscribed by Waldrop on the title page: "For Kenward [Elmslie]". $30.
San Diego: [Kathy Acker], 1973. Saddle-stapled in printed self-wraps, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. 28pp. Printed in blue on tan paperstock. The sixth volume (of six total) of Acker's serially self-published first novel, issues of which were mailed to subscribers. Republished in a single-volume trade edition by TVRT Press in 1975.....
New York: 0 to 9 Books, 1968. 4to. Side-stapled in red wraps stamped in red on front cover. [38] pp. Mayer's first book, published by the 0 to 9 imprint she ran with her brother-in-law, artist Vito Acconci.
New York: Lawrence Hill & Company, 1975. First edition. Hardcover, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering in pictorial dust jacket, 8vo, 144 pp. Following A Meeting in the Dark in 1974, Secret Lives is Ngugi's second of three published short story collections, published in 1975. Inscribed to poet and literary.....
New York: Doubleday, 1974. Jacket design by David November; jacket woodcut by Barbara Bascove. First edition. Hardcover with copper cloth boards and black lettering in pictorial dust jacket, 8vo, 293 pp. Following contributions to journals and periodicals in the early 1960s, his social criticism was compiled and edited into the.....
London: Faber & Faber, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover in red cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine, 156 pp. 12mo. In dust jacket. Early novel from the revered and prolific Guyanese author, who has somehow remained out of print in the United States. This copy inscribed to Anna Rutherford, who.....
Boston: Beacon Press, 1968. Hardcover with black paper and beige cloth boards and black lettering no dust jacket, 8vo, 224 pp. After being out of print since it's original publication in 1936, the 1968 reprint here present with an introduction by the author.
Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. First edition. Hardcover in two tone gray and yellow cloth boards, no dust jacket, 8vo, 233 pp. Harvey Swados' 1957 short stories depicting life on the assembly line of major manufacturing company. Written from his experience working as a metal finisher on.....
Boston: Beacon Press, 1968. Hardcover with black paper and beige cloth boards and black lettering in pictorial dust jacket, 8vo, 224 pp. After being out of print since it's original publication in 1936, the 1968 reprint here present with an introduction by the author.