Berkeley, CA; New York, NY: The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1979; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Two editions of a classic work of historical fantasy-fiction by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & author: (1) The Prince and the Pauper, published for The Iowa Center for Textual Studies by the University of California Press, 1979. As noted on..... More

n/p; Berkeley, CA; New York, NY: Belford & Co.; The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1880; 1979; 1996. Early Pirated Edition; First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three related rarities by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) Sketches by Mark Twain, Belford & Co., 1880, "Now Published in Complete Form" as noted on title page. This is..... More

Hartford, CT; New York, NY: American Publishing Company; Oxford University Press, 1897; 1996. Early Edition; First Trade Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible versions of the classic travelogue by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American Humorist & writer: (1) A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company's 1897 printing of the work it first published in 1880, a sequel to The Innocents Abroad (see our Item No. 4246). Hardcover in..... More

n/p: Beatdom Books, 2017. First Edition. Softcover. "Allen Ginsberg told John Tytell that he would not understand the Beat Generation without first experiencing life in Mexico, and so, while writing Naked Angels, the first book to explore the development of Beat literature, Tytell headed south to Oaxaca. In this volume, Tytell examines the importance of Mexico to the Beat Generation, while recounting- via letters from that period to his wife..... More

New York, NY; Santa Barbara, CA: Grove Press, Inc.; Black Sparrow Press, 1969; 1978. First Softcover Edition, Second Printing; First Edition. Softcovers. "Clayton Eshleman has brought us not only a translation of Cesar Vallejo faithful to the Spanish but- what only a poet who is spiritually akin could have done- a translation faithful to the poetic inspiration. This is the rare thing: that this bilingual edition is a bridge between..... More

Saratoga Springs, NY: Wayne Perras; David Scavone; Elizabeth Skinner, 1981. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Since we last went to press, needless to say, much has transpired. In a world clearly filled with ominous signs a year ago, the screws of fate have tightened further. Most notable, perhaps, was the election to Office of men who display attitudes of ego- and ethnocentric impunity, guised by the name of patriotism. Since these..... More

Brooklyn, NY: The Niagara Magazine, 1978. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary journal edited by Neil Baldwin is entirely devoted to an interview with Robert Creeley (1926-2005), the canonical American poet of the Black Mountain School who was associated with the Beat Generation. The interview was conducted by Kevin Power & took place in Buffalo, NY during 1976. Creeley expounds at length on art & poetry in..... More

New York, NY: AMS Press, Inc., 1969. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This early, vintage number of the literary journal co-edited & with contributions by John Hopper includes the poem "With Words" by Diane Wakoski, the venerable & prolific poet who has long resided in Michigan. Just below her printed name above the poem on page 26, Wakoski has hand-written her signature with characteristic series of vertical doodles..... More

London, England: The Fiction Magazine Ltd., 1984. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the British literary magazine edited by Judy Cooke features "Scream When You Burn," a story by Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), the cult-favorite lowdown-&-dirty unfiltered American poet & prose writer (pgs. 7-10). This exemplary story features an illustration of a Bukowski-like figure with drink in hand looking out the window of his struggling writer's pad by Paul Cox..... More

Boston, MA: Origin Press, 1979. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Wherever we turn/ someone's gone. To gaze/ at the horizon// for an imminence-/ for a speck to loom-/ to weave a hope on." ("Penelope" by Cid Corman, pg. 56) The eighth number in the fourth series of the legendary literary journal edited, published & with contributions by the great (mostly) expatriate American poet & translator Cid Corman (1924-2004). Subtitled "The dialectical..... More

Cullowhee, NC: New Native Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by editor & contributor Thomas Rain Crowe. "Inside these pages there are one hundred years of unique American poets who are editors, publishers, activists, environmentalists, spiritual leaders, and humanitarians engaged in their communities in efforts not only to better themselves but to work hands-on for the betterment of humanity and the planet. Their bodies of work are evidence of these..... More

Cullowhee, NC: New Native Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Editor Thomas Rain Crowe. "In this long overdue collection of contemporary Celtic language poets, A Celtic Resurgence offers a first comprehensive look in English at poets from Wales, Brittany, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall and Isle of Man writing in Welsh, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish and Manx. Along with poets who are legendary and household names in their native countries...are more..... More

Tucson, AZ: Ironwood Press, 1982. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the literary journal edited by Michael Cuddihy is "A Special Issue" featuring an appreciation of the Black Mountain School poet Hilda Morley (1916-1998) followed by a section entitled "Realism: An Anthology of 'Language' Poets," guest-edited & with an introduction by Ron Silliman. The Morley appreciation features her then-newest & selected poems, interspersed with short appreciative essays by distinguished..... More