BEZZOLA, Tobia (Editor)
poetry
12 SHOT: A Photopoem
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Saddle-stapled in pink wraps. sunning at spine and along top edge of rear wrap. Interior bright and clean. Very good. Number 172 of 500. Short verse accompanied by photographs of a car.
AN ANTHOLOGY OF ONE LINE POEMS [Dragonfly Pamphlet 2] [BUT IS IT POETRY? - Cover Title]
np: The Dragonfly, 1972. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong miniature. 8.5" by 2.75" approx. Side-stapled wraps. Very good. Wraps a bit rubbed; rear wrapper fully detached. Else clean and bright. Binding sound. Unpaginated. Uncommon collection of minimalist single-line poems, with contributions from Bill Zavatsky, Charles Simic, William Stafford, Robert Bly, and.....
BORDER CROSSINGS: A Minnesota Voices Project Reader
(St. Paul, MN): New Rivers Press, (1984). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps in dust jacket. Very good in like DJ. A bit of edgwear. Clean and unmarred throughout. 288pp. Minnesota poetry anthology. Uncommon in DJ.
MERCURY, A Short Story
West Branch, IA: The Toothpaste Press, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 12mo. Stringbound printed lime-green wraps, with French flaps. Near fine. Trivial dots of soil to front cover. Overall, crisp, clean, and sharp. [20] pp. Printed in Weiss linotype on Frankfurt White paper. From an edition of 900 copies. A......
THE SINISTER PINAFORE
Providence: Burning Deck, (1975). First Edition. Wraps. Tall 8vo. Plain blue wraps in matching printed dust jacket (with gold-painted author's name). Fine in a near-fine DJ. Very light corner bump to jacket. Interior bright, crisp, and clean inside and out. Good and sound. Unpaginated. #189 of 300 copies. A handsome.....
Selected Verses of Vemana
New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Jacket lightly worn at edges with w few small tears. Else bright and clean. Book has mild shelfwear to extremities. Else sound. Dated, inscribed with a poem, and SIGNED by translator Elliot Roberts to FFEP. 206pp. with bibliography...
TERMS OF ARTICULATION
New York: Caterpillar, (1967). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled printed wraps. Very good. Touches of soil, light pen markings to front cover. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. Unpaginated. Issued as Caterpillar #7 in an edition of 300 copies.
THE MAN WHO DIED EN ROUTE
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. INSCRIBED by Alitzer to FFEP. Light wear to edges. Sharp and clean throughout. 57pp. Handsomely designed book of poems by Alitzer. Winner of the Juniper Prize.
ARROW II: Creative Writing Project of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior
Pacific Grove, CA: Pacific Grove Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Narrow 8vo. Blue cloth in original clear mylar jacket. Very good or better. Color pictorial cover illustration loose (as common) but present (as not common). Minor rubbing to jacket. Tape shadow to pastedowns from where mylar was originally attached. Else.....
YEHUDA AMICHAI: A Life in Poetry, 1948-1994
New York: Harper Collins, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Near fine or better in like jacket. Trace shelfwear. Else clean, bright, and sharp overall. REVIEW COPY with promotional materials laid in. Translated from the Hebrew by Benjamin and Barbara Harshaw. Excellent introduction to this acclaimed Israeli poet. 477pp.....
A COAST OF TREES: Poems
New York: Norton, (1981). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. Near fine. UNCORRECTED PROOF (stated). Hint of thumbsoil to wraps, but overall clean. 52pp. Clean proof copy of this slim collection from the reowned, award-winning poet.
THE HURRICANE LAMP
Trumansburg, NY: New/Books, (1969). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle stapled pictorial wraps. A very good copy. Mild toning to wraps' edges, touches of soil. Interior bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. Unpaginated. Early collection of verse by Anderson, also known as a dance critic.
FILM NOIR
Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1978. First Edition. Wraps. 8v0. Publisher's white wraps printed in black. SIGNED at half title. Mild toning with touches of thumbsoiling and several tiny dampstains at front panel. Interior clean and sharp. Very good. Number 20 of 350. Short collection of verse from the seminal language.....
POETRY READING SERIES [Flyer Schedule for Readings at Folio Books, D.C.]
Washington DC: Folio Books, [1976]. First Edition. 4to. Single sheet printed offset, recto only; 11" by 8.5". Fine condition. Impressively sharp and clean. Flyer for readings in the fourth and fifth months of Doug Lang's influential reading series at Folio Books. A nice selection of prominent poets, three of whom.....
ROBINSON JEFFERS: Fragments of an Older Fury
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Near fine in like jacket. Trace rubbing, wear to jacket. Faint offsetting to endpapers. Else a bright, sharp, and clean example. First edition of this homage to and consideration of Jeffers from the poet who arguably learned the most from him.....
THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD: Poems 1949-1954
Detroit: University of Detroit Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Quarter black imitation cloth over gray boards. In photographic dust jacket. Very good plus in very good DJ. SIGNED by Antoninus at FFEP. Mild toning and touches of soil to jacket; light edgewear. Hints of soil to boards, bookstore.....
JULIE OR THE ROSE
Kent: Transgravity, (1978). First edition thus. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Near fine with only slight edgewear and spine lightly toned. Rescued from obscurity by Ron Padgett, these poems were published in C in the original French with a translation competition attached. This publication is a result of the translation.....
NOT SO MUCH LOVE OF FLOWERS: Poems 1969-1972
West Branch, IA: The Toothpaste Press, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. About fine. Wraps bright and crisp. Pages clean, unmarked throughout. Good and sound. [36] pp. Printed from Plantin and Goudy Hand Tooled types on Masa paper, in an edition of 501 copies. A handsome volume of poetry.....
9 DUTCH POETS: American Tour 1982 [Event Poster]
New York: [One World Poetry / Millner Bros. Inc.], 1982. First Edition. Poster, 17'' x 11'' approx., red and black on yellow paper. Folded in quarters. Light wear and creasing. Very good. Poster advertising the Poetry Project appearance of: J. Bernlef, Hans Plomb, Lucebert, Remco Campert, Judith Herzberg, J.A. Deelder.....
ROPE OF BELLS
(Cherry Valley, NY): (Cherry Valley Editions), (1974). First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Kraft paper. Saddle-stapled self-wraps. Fine. Crisp and clean, inside and out. Unpaginated. From an edition of 250 copies. A no-nonsense book, printed on lunchbag-style paper and "set in 12 pt, Courier Type, on an I.B.M. Selectric, reproduced on.....
BLACK BOX 1
Washington DC: Black Box / New Classroom, 1972. First Edition. Two audio cassettes in black cardboard box, with two sets of liner notes, printed 7'' x 3.5'' green broadsheet, and order form (folded as issued). Small tear to broadsheet; light wear and creasing to paper materials and box edges. Very.....
FRUIT UNDER LEAVES
(Fresno, CA): (Mirhan Azhderian), (1946). First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt titles to front board. Near fine. Ownership signature to FFEP. Hint of toning throughout, but clean. 74pp. Self-published collection of verse by this Armenian-American poet. A charming edition.
ANIMULA VAGULA
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1926. First Edition. 8vo. Green cloth, title labels affixed to front, spine. INSCRIBED by the author: "Helen Thompson / with L.B.'s warmest / wishes" Mild exterior handling wear, small spot of discolor to front. Endpapers age toned, trace foxing, else sound, clean.
BULLINGER BOUND: And other poems
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Plain black cloth, gilt title lettering to spine. In original unclipped jacket ($2.00). INSCRIBED by the author: "Owen Wister, Esq. / from his friend / the author." Jacket substantially edgeworn with area of paper loss to rear, center. Corners bumped.....
ULUG BEG: An Epic Poem, Comic in Intention in VII Cantos. Being the HIstory of Origin, Progress, and Explosion of a Superstition. By Autolycus A Snapper-Up of Unconsidered Trifles
New York: Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, tan title label to spine, top page edge dyed red. SIGNED and with an original poem in the author's hand. Moderate handling wear, more prominent to rear. Last endpaper with crease marks, slight foxing to interior, more so at extremities.....