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  • Both by Paul Metcalf

    £15.00

    The Jargon Society, North Carolina, 1982. First Edition.  28cm by 22cm black boards in dustwrapper, 113 printed pages. Paul Metcalf (1917–1999) was an American writer. He wrote in verse and prose and was the great-grandson of one of his major literary influences, Herman Melville.  This book is about J.W. Booth, who assassinated American President Abraham…

  • Complete Poems by Hart Crane

    £5.00

    Bloodaxe Books, 1984. First revised edition edited by Brom Weber. True first edition was published in 1966 by Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York. 21.5cm by 14cm, 222 pages in blue wraps. This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003). Condition: Spine sunned, page edges slightly soiled with…

  • Genoa by Paul Metcalf

    £20.00

    Jonathan Williams Publisher, 1965. First Edition. Jargon 43. 26cm by 17.5cm yellow boards in dustwrapper, 190 pages. Paul Metcalf (1917–1999) was an American writer. He wrote in verse and prose and was the great-grandson of one of his major literary influences, Herman Melville. This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and…

  • Giant Night by Anne Waldman. INSCRIBED.

    £10.00

    Corinth Books, New York, 1970. First edition. 20cm by 14.5cm, 94 pages, purple decorated covers. This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003) and is INSCRIBED to him by the author. On the title page it reads: “for Richard Caddell in Durham with thanks Anne Waldman.” Condition:…

  • Patagoni by Paul Metcalf

    £18.00

    Small Publishers Company, New York, 1971. First Edition. The Jargon Society, Penland, North Carolina.  26cm by 17.5cm yellow boards in dustwrapper, 140 pages. Paul Metcalf (1917–1999) was an American writer. He wrote in verse and prose and was the great-grandson of one of his major literary influences, Herman Melville. This copy is from the library…

  • Sea Garden by H.D. 1975

    £15.00

    St. James Press, London, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1975. Sea Garden was first published in 1916. This reprint is photographed from the copy in University of London library. Part of the Poetry Reprint Series: Set One featuring Robert Graves, Wallace Stevens, John Betjeman, Conrad, Aiken and H.D.  This copy is from the library of…

  • Spring In This World of Poor Mutts by Joseph Ceravolo

    £15.00

    Published for the Frank O’Hara Foundation at Columbia University Press, 1968. First edition. A Frank O’Hara Award Book. 21cm by 14cm green hardback 85 pages. This book was the first one to win the Frank O’Hara Award for Poetry. At the time Ceravolo was 34 years old and a civil engineer as well as a…

  • The Green Lake Is Awake by Joseph Ceravolo

    £9.50

    Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 1994.  First edition. Selected Poems by Joseph Ceravolo with an Introduction by Kenneth Koch. 22.5cm by 15.5cm pink and black laminated wraps, 131 pages. In the 1960s Ceravolo won the inaugural Frank O’Hara Award for Poetry. He produced several books of poetry and died aged 54 in 1988. This copy is…

  • The Most Beautiful Woman in Town by Charles Bukowski

    £10.00

    City Lights Books, San Francisco, [1988]. Reprint paperback 20cm by 13.5cm, 240 pages. A collection of 30 short stories. Condition: Very Good tight, bright copy. Spine sunned, slight soiling and shelf-wear to pages.

  • Transmigration Solo by Joseph Ceravolo

    £15.00

    The Toothpaste Press, Iowa, 1979. First edition. 20cm by 13cm, orange and black decorated boards, 45 pages. In the 1960s Ceravolo won the inaugural Frank O’Hara Award for Poetry. He produced several books of poetry and died in 1988, nine years after this book was published. This copy is from the library of the late…