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Published by Lord John Press, 1981
ISBN 10: 0935716106ISBN 13: 9780935716108
Seller: Skye Island Books and Broadsides, Batesville, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Quarter blue cloth on similar blue paper boards covered with multiply gilt fleur-de-lis. (see seller s photo) Spine is stamped in gilt with the title and the names of each of the five poets whose works are included. Each poet has signed a page commencing their poems. Only three hundred copies of this first edition were printed of which this is copy numbered 23. This book appears unread and photos of the title page and signatures were taken with the book partially open to preserve the pristine character of the binding. The book is wrapped in a hard, clear casing serving as a dust jacket. This was part of the limited edition and appears rare. The text is without question free of marks or folds, and the corners are unbumped. There is just the hint of fading to the spine (see seller s photo) Printed by the Castle Press and bound by Marianna Blau, this is rare opportunity to obtain selected poems and the signatures of five of America s leading poets in an immaculate format. 55 pages. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1981
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Cloth gilt and papercovered boards as issued. Faint stain at the extremities, spine lettering a little rubbed, very good. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by all five authors.
Published by Northridge, CA: Herb Yellin, Lord John Press., 1987
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. 8 x 10 in., [8]pp., illustrations. Gray, textured paper card covers with titling on the front cover, saddle stiched. Includes important bibliographic information for the limited edition books of the press by John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Merwin, L. M. Rosenberg, Dave Smith, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Berger, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Carver, Robert Coover, Hary Crews, James Dickey, William Everson, Gerald R. Ford, John Gardner, Gunter Grass, John Hawkes, Laura (Riding) Jackson, Ken Kesey, Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ross Macdonald, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Robert B. Parker, Walker Percy, Reynold Price, James Purdy, Michel Tournier, Garry Trudeau, John Updike, Eudora Welty, and Diane Wakoski. From the estate of Herb Yellin (1935 - 2014), publisher of the Lord John Press.
Published by Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, 1981
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Slim 8vo. Quarter blue cloth lettered in gilt, over blue paper boards decorated with gold stamped Fleur-de-lis design. Limited to 300 numbered copies, all signed by each poet. Designed and printed by The Castle Press and bound by Marianna Blau. A fine copy.
Published by Lord John Press, Northridge, 1981
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. Navy cloth spine lettered in gilt over patterned navy and gold boards. A grouping of poems by these five contributors. SIGNED by all as called for. One of 300 hand-numbered copies. Edges of cloth covers lightly sun worn else fine. Labeled "Presentation Copy" on the colophon page.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons / Macmillan Publishing, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0684191873ISBN 13: 9780684191874
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lynne Toal (Jacket design); Hans Hofmann (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition. Signed by Jorie Graham directly on the title page; additionally signed by 16 contributors at their page of contribution: John Ashbery, Hayden Carruth, Robert Creeley, Linda Gregg, Donald Hall, Daniel Halpern, Galway Kinnell, Yusef Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, Thomas Lux, W. S. Merwin, Adrienne Rich, Gerald Stern, Mark Strand, James Tate, and Charles Wright. Book and dust jacket in fine, as new condition. Signed by Author(s).