London, England & New York, NY: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman Publishers, 1970. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Ted Berrigan to Anne & Ken Mikolowski. A collection of poems by the primary New York School/post-Beat poet Ted Berrigan (1934-1983). One very short poem, entitled "Telegram," dedicated to & written shortly after Jack Kerouac's untimely passing, consists entirely of: "bye-bye Jack./See you soon." There are also..... More

Chicago, IL: The Yellow Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Ted Berrigan to Anne & Ken Mikolowski. A collection of poems by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), among the giants of the New York School & a category onto himself with a most unique, varied style. Ranging from very short, haiku-like pieces to long works that combine poetry & prose-poetry, the contents of this volume exemplify Berrigan's mature forms..... More

New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1994. First Printing. Softcover. "This 'master of pathos," as Robert Duncan called him, who could so move the reader with such unaggressive method and such relaxed and seemingly common language was, in fact, a most subtle and resourceful innovator...."(from back cover blurb by Robert Creeley) A selection of poems by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the New York School poet's-poet who has a special, unique place in..... More

Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. "Letters illuminating a legendary literary love affair and the young artists who made 1960s New York the world's cultural capital. Ted and Sandy Berrigan's honeymoon ended when her father...forced Sandy into a mental hospital, had Ted run out of town by the sheriff, and hired private detectives to investigate his friends. These intimate, irresistible letters, written over the course of their..... More

New York, NY: George Braziller, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. "Each one of us wanted to cry out, somehow to express our shock and horror at the assassination of the President. Each one of us tried to say in conversation what we felt, but essentially we were mute. Our gestures were helpless; our impulses somehow to monumentalize those days, to hold them and not let them sink into banality and acceptance-..... More

New York, NY: Flatiron Books, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by President Joe Biden. "In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the previous forty years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a time to connect and to reflect on what the year had..... More

Chicago, IL: The Bijou Publishing Empire, Inc./The Print Mint, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The fourth number of this golden-age exemplar of underground comix features several works by Robert Crumb, including a Mr. Natural episode & "Projunior and Honeybunch" (outrageously scatological even for him); Daniel Clyne, Kim Deitch & Skip Williamson. This is the first printing, indicated by "Hey Kids! Adults Only!" in red lettering above title on front cover;..... More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. "The combination of superb and thoughtfully-arranged illustrations, definitive text, and up-to-date illustration maps, all in a single volume, has already established the pocket-sized version of this guide...as the most essential reference to European bird identification. This sumptuous large-format edition with entirely redesigned text is intended to complement the field guide and permit greater appreciation of the extraordinarily beautiful artwork. The..... More

Natal, Brazil: Sol Negro Edicoes, 2012. Limited First Edition Thus. Sewn Wrappers. "Enslav'd, the Daughters of Albion weep: a/ trembling lamentation/ Upon their mountains; in their valleys. sighs/ toward America." (pg. 8) The canonical poem of 1793 by William Blake, the inspired & inspiring British poet-painter-printer, presented here in a bilingual edition, with original English text opposite Portugese translation by Marcio Simoes. An exquisite production in Blake-illustrated attached over-wraps with..... More

Bath, England: Morrigan Publications, 1991. Special First Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase. Signed by James P. Blaylock (Author), Lewis Shiner (Postscript Author), & Ferret (Illustrator). American fantasy author James P. Blaylock seemed to fictionalize his own life in this fantastical story about two young boys, named after his own sons, drawn into a mysterious world by a pair of magic spectacles found at a curiosity shop that seemed to appear out..... More

New York, NY: Random House, 2007. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Amy Bloom. “Panoramic in scope, Away is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent, an accidental heroine” (from front flap). The second full length novel by short story and nonfiction writer Amy Bloom (b. 1953) dives deep into the life and experiences of a young Jewish immigrant from Russia establishing a new life in..... More

New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. "What happens when German spies collaborate to unleash a campaign of terror upon America at the start of World War I? In the summer of 1914, New York Police Department captain Tom Tunney is preoccupied by Manhattan's raging gang rivalries and has little idea that, halfway around the world, a much more ominous threat to the city is brewing. As Germany teeters..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1970. First Printing. Softcover. Signed with drawing by Robert Bly. "In 1966 Robert Bly and David Ray founded AMERICAN WRITERS AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR, which organized the first series of "read-ins" against the war, in which most of the poets in the country took part. Last spring he read this long poem, then unfinished, at various halls across the country, in which he and..... More