Jumbish by Elouise Loftin - 1972

Berkeley:: Burton Weiss & James Musser,, 1999.. Limited Edition. A Fine, unread copy. This copy is number 31 of only 65 copies quarter-bound by John DeMerritt in cloth and marbled paper boards. In 1955 at the age of 21, the unknown writer Richard Brautigan had been living in Eugene, Oregon with the family of Edna Webster that was not his own; He was also preparing to leave Oregon for San Francisco to make his mark as a writer. In gratitude for Edna's generosity, he signed over to her the ownership rights to all of his heretofore unpublished fiction and poetry manuscripts. From 1955 until 1992, Edna Webster retained all of the Brautigan material that he gave her in a safe deposit box until she sold the archive to a rare bookseller in the Bay area. After placing the collection in the Bancroft Library, the bookseller arranged for the publication of the prose and poems that appears in this volume. The material is classic Brautigan and considered some of his best .

Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1788. Hardcover. Very Good. "Nouvelle Edition, plus complette que toutes les précédentes." 405, [3] p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf; modern spine repair with japanese tissue and gilt-tooled leather spine label. All page edges red. Woodcut tailpieces. Voltaire's satire about the life of Joan of Arc was banned in much of Europe and, hence, very popular. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; spine repaired with japanese tissue; edges of first and last leaves darkened from glue used on fixed endpapers; some pages lightly browning; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1950. First U.S. edition / First printing. Sienna printed wrappers. Light toning to spine, mild soiling to rear wrapper, near fine. Clean tight copy.

New York: The Seven Arts Publishing Co, 1916-1917. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, 2 vols.; G+; contemporary full navy cloth bindings; spines age-toned brown, with gilt lettering and design; some shelf wear and soiling; all corners of both vols. bumped; scuffing to boards; crown and tail of both spines missing; crease to vol. 2 spine; bindings shaken; both hinges of vol. 1 split; front hinge of vol. 2 split; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346448. FP New Rockville Stock.

[Cincinnati: Circuit Riders, Inc., 1962]. Broadsheeet, 43cm x 58.25cm (17" x 23"). Printed on both sides of a single sheet of newsprint; recto reprints a petition originally published in the New York Times for Feb 22, 1962; verso is commentary by Circuit Riders, Inc., a Cincinnati-based Christian-Nationalist conservative movement. Horizontal fold; mild toning to margins; Very Good. The petition, signed by some six hundred public figures including Noam Chomsky, James Baldwin, Denise Levertov, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many others, calls for the immediate abolition of the House Un-American Activities Committee, accusing its members of dividing the citizenry, denying free speech, and distracting the public from matters of real political importance. Printed on the verso, amid an amalgam of sensational headlines clipped from the press, is a statement by Circuit Riders, Inc. identifying the signers of the petition as members of "militant pacifist organizations," "one-world groups ... dedicated to the… Read More

Furne, 1836. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6 volumes In-8, reliés demi-cuir, Bon Etat, nouvelle édition augmentée, rousseurs, traduction Amédée Pichot.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine copy, in jacket with minor wear to extremities, and a tiny scrape on front panel. Signed on the half title page..

Lexington, KY, 1965. Number 126 of 250 copies printed by Anne and Wayne Williams for the Anvil Press. Still, now considered the dean of Kentucky poets, has inscribed this copy: "For Bob Shepherd, who has helped to keep these verses alive and singing. James Still, Rowan County, February 19, 1968.. Inscribed By Author. Limited. Linen Cloth Hard Cover. Fine. Privately Printed.

A FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET.SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE.FULL NUMBER LINE

Columbia, SC: Bostick & Thornley, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket; Covers rubbed and toned, spine sunned, corners . rounded.. 1940. First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth with deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Acknowledgement. Warmly inscribed by the author and dated Xmas 1944 on the front free endpaper. A solid copy of this poetry collection by the Southern poet. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages .