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.....
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1999. Saddle-sewn in light green yapped French wraps with title card mounted on front cover, 9-3/4 x 6-3/4 in. [12]pp. Copy "Z" of 26 lettered copies signed at rear by Ashbery, with an original five-color print by Murray bound in and signed by her in pencil.....
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.
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1999. Illustration by Trevor Winkfield. Printed in an edition of 226 copies, of which 26 are lettered and signed (this being one of the 200 unsigned). Saddle-sewn (6-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches) in red french-flapped wraps bearing a title plate pasted to front. Black card end papers.....
San Francisco: THIS, 1977. Saddle-stapled in printed wraps, 7 x 5 in. [32]pp. From an edition of 350 copies.
New York: Hillman, Curl, 1938. First American edition. Hardcover, octavo, red cloth boards, black spine and cover titles, lacking dust jacket, 396 pp. From the library of New York School poet, publisher and librettist, Kenward Elmslie. Written in blue ink on front free endpaper:“Kenward Gray Elmslie / April 27, 1947”.....
Kensington, CA: L Publications, 1976. One of 1,800 softcover copies (also 200 hardcover). Signature-bound in printed brown wraps, 10 x 7 in. 124pp. Inscribed by Berkson on the half-title: "For Kenward [Elmslie] 'fizz ahh!' (p.68) love, Bill"
Bolinas, CA: Smithereens Press, 1982. Cover drawing by Lynne O'Hare. Second printing, one of 100 copies. Side-stapled (11 x 8-1/2 inches) in wraps with blue tissue endpapers. Printed to recto only. [36]pp. Inscribed by Berkson on the title page: "For Kenward [Elmslie], "I say 'Ah-hah'" Love, Bill"
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.....
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Dayon, Ohio: Walton Music Corporation. 10pp. Saddle-stapled in wraps. Inscribed at head of p. 2: ""Friends Unite" - Merry Christmas, Kenward - 1980 Claibe." Vocal score of this song for mixed chorus by Richardson, as arranged by Norman Luboff.
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'.....
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: Boosey and Hawkes, Inc, 1966. Cover by Joe Brainard. Saddle-stapled in orange printed wraps. 85 pp. Elmslie's libretto for the opera composed by Jack Beeson.
New York: Roof Books, 1991. Cover art: Anne Tardos. Perfect-bound in glossy pictorial wraps, 8vo, [112]pp.
London: John Murray, 1950. Second printing, following the 1948 first. Hardcover, octavo, red cloth boards, printed paper spine titles, lacking dust jacket; xxii, 127 pp. From the library of New York School poet, librettist, and publisher, Kenward Elmslie. Pencil inscription by Elmslie, with whimsical doodles, on front free endpaper: “For.....
New York: Kulchur Press, 1969. Signature-bound in plain green wraps, 10 x 7-1/2 in. 199pp. Printed on green paper stock, with green edge stains. Second book of poems by the New York poet and art critic. Inscribed on the title page: "To Kenward [Elmslie] John Perreault XXX"
Buffalo, NY: Leave Books, 1991. Saddle-stitched with white thread in tall oblong wraps, 11 x 4-1/8 in. 21pp.
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]"
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.
Austin: Skanky Possum Press, 2000. Front and back cover portraits by Ken Tisa. Perfect-bound in glossy pictorial wraps, 8vo, 87 pp. Kenward's reading copy with annotations in Elmslie’s hand and tipped-in slips sequencing a reading order. We suspect this copy was used in preparation for a reading with Bill Berkson.....
Austin: Skanky Possum Press, 2000. Front and back cover portraits by Ken Tisa. Perfect-bound octavo in glossy illustrated wraps. 87pp. One of Elmslie's personal copies of this later collection, with holograph notes in black pen made within indicating his own selections for giving a public reading of certain of these.....
Garden City, NY: Paris Review Edition / Doubleday, 1973. Jacket painting by Joe Brainard. First Edition, stated. Hardcover octavo in illustrated dust jacket. Red blind stamped cloth backed with black spine bearing gilt-stamped lettering. Publisher's maroon endpapers. 247pp. First Edition of Elmslie's experimental romans-a-clef, loosely inspired by Mann's Buddenbrooks and.....
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1986. Cover drawings by Jennifer Bartlett from In the Garden. First edition, one of 1,250 copies. Perfect-bound in French wraps, 8vo, 72 pp. Elmslie’s libretto for an opera based on Anton Chekhov’s play of the same name, as set to music by Thomas Pasatieri. An uncommon.....
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1981. From a total edition of 750 copies. Signature-bound in glossy red printed wraps, 9 x 11-7/8 in. [80]pp. Text by Elmslie with illustrations by Tisa reproduced in black-and-white and color, including one fold-out color plate. The basis for parts of the recording "Palais Bimbo Lounge.....
Hardomondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1973. Perfect-bound, octavo, green paper wraps, 215 pp. From the collections of New York School poet, publisher and librettist, Kenward Elmslie. Elmslie’s proof copy, with his name penned on front cover, of the 24th installment in the Penguin Modern Poets series, as guest edited by John.....