Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy: Of a limited edition of 50 copies in French marbled paper over boards, this is one of 10 with a holograph poem by Aridjis opposite the holograph translation by editor Eliot Weinberger, in this case a beautiful, gnomic, spare.....
Crete, NE: The Best Cellar Press, 1975. First edition. Softcover. A standout association copy of this handsome chapbook, inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To the Stegners, with affection, from the Berrys.” In Wendell Berry’s hand. Berry studied with Stegner, "the Dean of Western Writers," as a Wallace Stegner Fellow.....
Berkeley and Forest Knolls: Burton Weiss and James Musser, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy: One of 10 deluxe copies in full maroon leather and numbered I-X of a total of seventy-five copies. Signed by Keith Abbott, who writes the five-page introduction, on the colophon which is numbered VI. .....
Tucson: Kore Press, 1995. First edition. Spiral bound. Second edition. One of 500 copies, this one number 78. Uncommon, and though not called for, this one inscribed on the inner rear board, which holds the limitation and Kore Press stamp: "For Barbara -- with love, Alison Hawthorne Deming." An essay.....
Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1978. First edition. Softcover. A pair of books. The first, a significant association copy, inscribed the year after first publication on a preliminary page to her biographer: "For Mark Winchell, with gratitude for among other things his patience, Joan Didion, April 1, 1979." Scarce.....
Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, 1977. First thus. Hardcover. Signed by Stegner, who wrote the seven-page foreword to this edition, on the half-title page in brown ink, and scarce thus. Stegner famously wrote his doctoral thesis at Iowa on Dutton, which became his first slender book, Clarence Dutton: An Appraisal. Later.....
Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed on the title page in blue ink. Ehrlich's first book, a volume of poems published in her hometown of Santa Barbara when she was just 24. At this point, she had had only a single poem published in the California.....
Saint Paul: Coffee House Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the second blank: "For Jim [Harrison], gassho! Sam Hamill." With several Chinese characters as well. Uncommon signed, and an uncommon book in general despite a stated run of 1,500 copies. From the library of poet-novelist Jim.....
Seattle: Winn Books, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, not marked as such but from the library of painter Russell Chatham who did the illustrations for this volume. Signed by Harrison on the title page. One of an apparent 350 copies printed, but this one unnumbered and out of.....
Emory, VA: Emory & Henry College, 2008. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, inscribed to Kooser's good friend, the poet-novelist Jim Harrison: "For Lil Jimmy, from Ted, 7/26/08." An uncommon chapbook that prints a lecture Kooser gave at Emory & Henry College. Kooser was Poet Laureate from 2004-2006, and he.....
Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition thus, with a foreword by Robinson Jeffers and a note on the poems by Frieda Lawrence. One of 300 copies printed on handmade uncut paper. The first appearance of all but two of these poems. The book has the tipped-in.....
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Le Guin and the illustrator Henk Pander on the half-title page. A limited edition from the illustrious Lord John Press consisting of 150 numbered copies and 50 additional numbered copies specially bound. Uncommon, with no other copies available as.....
Frankfurt Arts Commission, Kentucky, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Association copy. A handsome limited edition chapbook signed by both authors, #166 of 450 copies. Also inscribed by Stiles to Donald Hall, our one-time Poet Laureate: "For Don Hall, gratefully, MBS." Brown thick paper covers with flaps held by Japanese stab.....
San Jose, NM: Desert Rose Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. A gorgeous fine press production by Clifford Burke and Virginia Mudd's Desert Rose Press printing St. Francis of Assisi's "Canticle of the Sun," each page of verse faced with a hand-painted illustration. The whole production appears hand painted. A small.....
Berkeley: Tangram / Jerry Redan, 2010. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Jim Harrison, a few more notes from this world of red dirt -- abiding admiration + gratitude, Steve Sanfield, summer solstice 2010." Uncommon--a limited edition of 150 copies--and more so signed. This.....
Phoenix Bookshop, New York, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover. One of 100 copies numbered and signed by Snyder. This copy is number 19. There were also 26 signed lettered copies not for sale. Approximately 5 x 6" in blue wraps, 24 pages, string bound, with a white jacket that has.....
Berkeley: Shaman Drum, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. One of 108 copies in boards signed by Snyder and the illustrator Michael Corr at the colophon. Printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press in San Francisco. Includes "Spel Against Demons," the famous "Smokey the Bear Sutra," and "The California Water Plan.".....
A collection of 63 broadsides and poetry postcards featuring the poetry of Gary Snyder, as well as two posters. Snyder has shown a particular allegiance to broadsides over the course of his career. Quite possibly he is one of the poets with the most broadsides to his name over a......
Hereford, England: Five Seasons Press. First edition. Softcover. Number seven of 65 special signed copies in a slipcase-sleeve of fibrous plant paper. Contains a single essay, "Good, Wild, Sacred," that was later collected in The Practice of the Wild. String bound, printed on rag paper with endpapers of Japanese Mingei.....
Bolinas: Grey Fox Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies published in hardcover. Snyder's undergraduate thesis at Reed, an examination of myth of the Haida people of British Columbia coast, published here for the first time and giving great insight into his development and influences. With an introduction.....
Ashland, MA: Origin, 1959. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, inscribed to Buddhist psychologist and fine press printer Barry Magid on the title page: "For Barry, Gary Snyder." His first book, one of 500 copies designed and edited by Cid Corman and printed in Japan. It collects poems written as.....
Hopewell, NJ: Pied Oxen Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Translations by Snyder and with one original poem by him, "At Maple Bridge," after Chang Chi, to finish the volume. Number 35 of one hundred copies for sale; there were an additional 26 lettered copies reserved for the collaborators. Signed at.....
Bolinas: Four Seasons Foundation, 1972. First edition. Softcover. A significant association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the title page to the publisher: "Kitkitdizze 18.X.40072, For Don Allen (who drank our local manzanita berry tea yesterday), Gary Snyder." Uncommon signed. Kitkitdizze is Snyder's homestead in the foothills of.....
Limberlost Press, Boise, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by all three authors on the colophon, a limited edition of 100. Made of double-fold sheets sewn (Japanese stab-binding) into soft, handmade violet paper laced with marigold petals. It is contained in a folding chemise of evergreen cloth boards with fibrous.....
Oyez, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Inscribed on the second blank page in a flowing brown pen: "For Susan, Lew, 4/22/67." A beautiful example of this volume, and scarce signed. Near fine because of the usual creasing along the edges of the wraps where it overhangs the page block and.....