Diamond (1949-1996) is anthologized in the important Persistent Voices: Poetry By Writers Lost To AIDS (edited by Philip Clark and David Groff). According to his biographical sketch, he published numerous limited-edition artist’s chapbooks of his poetry, many of which are included in this archive. Contents include: Copies of Diamond’s..... More
6” x 9.5”. 53 pp. plus index. Gathered signatures. Stitched and sewn. VG or better. Clerk notation on front page. Includes a fold-out Abstract of the returns of several banks in the state. SIGNED by Henry Bowen, Secretary, on p. 53. Henry Bowen was RI Secretary of State from 1819-1849. More
September 5-10, 1978, compiled specifically for Delta Airlines CEO David C. Garrett, Jr (served 1978-1987). Contains 215 color photographs of the week’s activities at the Abara Ranch in Wyoming, including the induction ceremony of Garrett (now a member of the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame). Beautifully presented, with Garrett’s photo..... More
Guadalupe Theatre. San Antonio, TX. 11” x 17” Calendar of Events (folded for mailing) SIGNED by Sandra Cisneros the year after publication of The House on Mango Street. Additionally signed by Bryce Milligan, Editor of Pax. Cisneros gave a reading, introduced a number of panels, and spoke in an Editors..... More
Nelson, Paul. Ice. Kalamazoo, MI: Blue Mountain Press, 1974. First Edition. Blue Mountain Press Chapbook Number Two (Number One was published the same year). 18 pp, Near Fine in stapled wraps. INSCRIBED on half-title page to Eberhart: “To Dick, in friendship, Paul.” Nickerson, Shelia. In Rooms of Falling Rain. Berkeley: Thorp..... More
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1969. First Printing. Softcover, 282 pp. VG or better (soiling and toning, chipping to spine edges). INSCRIBED by Bullins on half-title page: "Brother John To your future Black Writing Salaam Ed Bullins 3/29/70." Plays include Goin' a Buffalo, In the Wine Time, A Son..... More
Five titles published between 1977-1995, four INSCRIBED to Kumin and one with TLS to Kumin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize who was also poet laureate of the United States. Kumin died in 2014. Beatty, Jan. Mad River. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995. First..... More
[n.p.]: Granta Books, 2004. Near Fine softcover with a touch of shelfwear. SIGNED by Jonathan Lethem at his contribution, “Two or Three Things I Dunno about Cassavetes.” Also features Colson Whitehead on the art of moviegoing in New York, John Fowles on the troubled history of The French Lieutenant’s Woman..... More
Hempstead, NY: Hofstra University Library/David Filderman Gallery, 1987. A catalogue to the Exhibit at Hofstra from the collection of Vince Clemente, editor of John Ciardi: Measure of a Man. INSCRIBED by Clemente on title page: “for Maxine Kumin, John Ciardi’s friend & Items #67 + 98 in this catalogue, in..... More
Typed Letter SIGNED “L. Sprague de Camp” dated “19 April 77” on de Camp’s own letterhead with wonderful content on Robert E. Howard. Written to C.C. Clingan (addressed to Chet), who was the editor of the sci-fi fanzine The Diversifier (1974-1979) where de Camp’s writing appeared in 1976 and 1978. The opening..... More
London: Varsity/Cherwell, 1996. First Edition. Selected and Introduced by Penelope Fitzgerald. Near Fine softcover. An anthology of 10 short stories by students and recent graduates from Oxford and Cambridge. SIGNED by Zadie Smith at her story "The Newspaper Man." ,At the time of publication (reportedly her first), Smith was an..... More
[n.p.]: [McSweeney's], [2001]. 70[2] pp. VG+ softcover, with toning to edges and two small smudges on front cover. Excerpts from forthcoming or recently published books by Donnell Alexander, Lydia Davis, Dave Eggers, Amy Fusselman, Ben Greenman (Superbad), Lawrence Krauser, Jonathan Lethem, and Neal Pollack. SIGNED by Lethem at his contribution..... More
Columbia, Missouri: Stephens College, 1980. VG+ stapled pictorial wraps, with images of contributors Ahmos Zu-Bolton II and Harryette Mullen on front cover. 64 pp. INSCRIBED by both Zu-Bolton and Mullen to one Cecelia, who the authors met at Tougaloo College, a HBCU located in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1980 (both inscriptions..... More
Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, New York, March-May 1914. Thick oblong (8" x 5.5") string-tied album in limp black cloth boards with "Photographs" in gilt lettering. 109 original photographs (most 3.5" x 5", many captioned in white ink), 11 clipped news articles by MacWethy, and 13 pieces of ephemera, including postcards, the..... More
Sydney King Russell (b. 29 Nov. 1897 in New York City, NY and died 28 Nov. 1976 in West Palm Beach, FL) grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of California, Berkeley. An internationally known poet and editor and member the Poetry Society of America, Russell’s work was..... More
Hartford, CT: Bond Press, 1960. Based on a Reading of Poems at Wesleyan University 1959. Second Printing. 230 copies. 72 pp. VG+ papercovered boards with edgewear and scuffing. Poetry from Willis Barnstone, Reuel Denney, Wilbert Snow, Ruth Stone, George Garrett, and Richard Wilbur. INSCRIBED by George Garrett on title page..... More
New York: Anchor Books, 2001. Series Editor: Larry Dark. The 2001 Prize Jury: Mary Gordon, Michael Chabon, Mona Simpson. Bound Galley. SIGNED by George Saunders at his story “Pastoralia” and includes a doodle by him, and SIGNED by Antonya Nelson at her story “Female Trouble.” Near Fine softcover. An unusual..... More
Typed envelope with Golden State Insurance Company logo to Hon. W.H. Howard of Shreveport, Louisiana, postmarked from Los Angeles, CA on Aug. 18, 1930. Includes a typed letter on Golden State Insurance letterhead to Mr. Howard SIGNED by Wm. Nickerson, Jr. Nickerson, a noted Black businessman from Texas who died..... More
From December 2-6, 1969 at New York City’s George Abbott Theatre, Muhammad Ali, aka Cassius Clay, starred (for 7 performances) in the Broadway musical Buck White, with music and lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr., about a black militant who addresses a meeting organized by a black political group. This was..... More
Rome: Alphi Editori, 1996. First Edition. 106 pp. VG+ softcover. Text in Italian. Exhibition Catalogue. Il Centro Studi Della Fondazione Levi Montalcii Presenta Rinaldo Geleng. INSCRIBED by Geleng on ffep in the year of publication. Geleng, a noted portrait and film poster artist, died in 2003. More
1968. SIGNED by Coretta Scott King with Hand-Addressed Envelope. Remembrance or memorial card (approximately 2.75” x 4.25”) sent as a thank you note. A cross adorns the front and when opened, on the verso is a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and on the recto is a quotation from..... More
Hand-addressed envelope and SIGNED note from June 1983 on Naropa Institute invitation to President of University of Charleston (WV) Thomas G. Voss, who served in that position from 1978-1984. Ginsberg writes about his availability to travel to the University, noting that he’ll be teaching at Naropa through the fall. Included..... More
A Craft Tint Permanent Sketch Book, manufactured in Cleveland, OH, small octavo. 157 leaves, approximately 95 with sketches on mostly rectos. Dates range from 1957 to 1969. Approximately 60 sketches of human figures of various ages in numerous poses, with another 15 or so labeled “Cedar Key” (in Florida). The..... More
VG+ softcover (light edgewear and crease to top corner). Eleven short stories, including those by Ellen Gilchrist and Rick Moody and an early story—preceding his first book, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, by one year—of George Saunders’s “Sticks.” SIGNED by Saunders at his contribution. More
Typed Letter SIGNED “Ted” dated Dec. 15, 1960 and written to one John R. Pierce, an inventor and engineer and director of electronics research at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories who, along with Arthur C. Clarke, is considered a “father of the communications satellite.” Pierce (also known by his pseudonym J.J. Coupling)..... More