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32717. Jabes, Edmond. "The Book of Resemblances 2". Imitations / The Desert. Wesleyan / University Press of New England, 1991. First edition. Translated by Rosmarie Waldrop. Very fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. A lovely copy. Poetry. $35.00

 

4590. Jaccottet, Philippe. "Seedtime". Extracts from the Notebooks 1954-1967. New Directions, 1977. First edition. Very close to fine in like bright dustjacket with text crisp throughout. Prose/poet. $15.95

 

27591. jacket art work by Andy Warhol / introduction by Leonard Bernstein. "The Beatles". Rolling Stone Press / Times Books, 1980. First edition. Close to fine violet boards with its double color Warhol design in like dustjacket. Profusely illustrated throughout. Music. $20.00

 

23196. Jackson, Bruce. "In the Life". Versions of the criminal experience. Holt, 1972. First edition. Fine in like and very bright dustjacket with crisp text throughout, quite attractive. The slightest sunning to spine.. Nonfiction. $15.00

 

5642. Jackson, Bruce. "In the Life". Versions of the Criminal Experience. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1972. First edition. Fine and very bright all around in near fine dustjacket. Owner's subtle stamp hidden beneath front flap. Text crisp and attractive throughout. The author insists that his portrait of underworld figures "aren't jewel thieves who look like Cary Grant, they aren't hookers who look like Elizabeth Taylor." An essential study. Crime. $15.00

 

20551. Jackson, Bruce, editor. "Wake Up Dead Man". Afro-American Work Songs from Texas Prisons. Harvard, 1974. Second printing. Near pictorial stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Illustrated with photographs. Ranging from group songs, cross-cutting, axe songs, logging, flatweeding songs, plus a glossary. Excellent spine also neatly taped enforced, barely noticed. A wonderful reading copy. Music / Poetry. $20.00

 

8835. Jackson, Charles. "The Lost Weekend". Noonday, 1960. Later edition. Former owner's subtle signature which bothers none of the text. Very good or better stiff wraps with excellent spine. $3.95

 

32187. Jackson, Charles Tenney. "The Buffalo Wallow". A Prairie Childhood. Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. First edition. Fine and bright in near fine decorative dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Nonfiction/American West. $15.00

 

26921. Jackson, George. "Blood In My Eye". Bantam, 1972. First edition. The Passionate Manifesto of America's Greatest Revolutionary Black Writer. Near fine pictorial stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Light former owner's neat signature to inside cover, which bothers no part of the text. Nonfiction. $20.00

 

30017. Jackson, George. "Soledad Brother". The Personal Letters of George Jackson. Bantam, 1970. Introduction by Jean Genet. Near fine wraps. Nonfiction. $8.95

 

32421. Jackson, George L.. "Blood in My Eye". Random House, 1972. First edition. Fine and bright in very close to fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Completed only days before the author died from bullet wounds during an alleged escape attempt from San Quentin Prison. The author's second book after Soledad Brother . Nonfiction. $75.00

 

30240. Jackson, J. R. de J.. "Method and Imagination in Coleridge's Criticism". Harvard, 1969. First edition. Review copy with slip enclosed. A personal copy of a book critic with occasional lining, marginalia and notes. Near fine in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Light age tone. Poetry. $17.95

 

25770. Jackson, Jack. "Optimism of Youth". The Underground Work of Jack Jackson. Fantagraphics, 1991. First edition. Near fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Art. $15.00

 

29504. Jackson, Shirley. "Raising Demons". Michael Joseph / London, 1957. First edition. Near fine black boards with gilt lettering with clean text throughout. The lightest age tone to inside boards. Quite attractive all around. Fiction. $20.00

 

7980. Jacob, John. "Making Play". Pentagram, 1973. First edition. 1/626 copies. Fine bright wraps with excellent spine.  Otherwise text crisp. Poetry. $10.00

 

14166. Jacob, John. "Ninja". Pentagram, 1981. First edition. This is one of 550 copies. Fine bright illustrated wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $10.00

 

28590. Jacob, Max / translated from the French by John Adlard. "Advise to A Young Poet". Menard Press, 1976. First edition. With a preface by Edmond Jabes. Fine and bright stapled wraps in close to fine decorative dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $75.00

 

12178. Jacobs, Diane. "Hollywood Renaissance". The New Generation of Filmmakers and Their Works. . ... Robert Altman, Hal Ashby, John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Michael Ritchie, Martin Scorsese. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and crisp illustrated text. Attractive. Film. $8.95

 

24962. Jacobs, Harold, editor. "Weathermen". Ramparts, 1970. First edition. Dedicated to the Vietnamese People. With essays by Andrew Kopkind, Bill Ayers, Cathy Wilkerson, Carl Oglesby, J. Kirk Sale, Eldridge Cleaver, I. F. Stone and many others. Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with bright text. Well illustrated throughout. A classic period piece. Nonfiction / Sixties. $75.00

 

1842. Jacobsen, Josephine. "The Animal Inside". Ohio University, 1966. First edition. Near fine in like price-clipped dustjacket with text crisp throughout. Full back cover photograph of the poet.. Poetry. $15.00

 

29993. Jacobsen, Josephine. "The Chinese Insomniacs". University of Pennsylvania, 1981. First edition. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy. Poetry. $15.00

 

25569. Jacobsen, Rolf . "The Silence Afterwards". Princeton, 1985. First edition. Translated and edited by Roger Greenwald with a foreword by Poul Borum. Fine and bright in like pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Quite attractive. Poetry. $45.00

 

7797. Jacobsen, Rolf. "Twenty Poems". Seventies Press, 1977. First edition. Translated by Robert Bly. Near fine stiff wraps in like dustjacket with excellent spine and crisp text throughout.. Poetry. $25.00

 

29250. Jacobson, Nolan Pliny. "Buddhism & The Contemporary World". Change and Self-Correction. Southern Illinois University Press, 1983. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Nonfiction. $15.00

 

30376. [Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris]. "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris". Columbia 8. LP Brochure. Listing all the songs for four sides of the boxed set and a full size photograph of the musician. Brochure measures (closed) roughly 12 x 12. Black and white photograph. Music. $12.00

 

27751. Jaffe, Dan and John Knoepfle, editors. "Frontier Literature ". Images of the American West. McGraw Hill, 1979. Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with clean text throughout. Literary History. $5.00

 

13281. Jaffe, Harold. "Beasts". Fictions. Curbstone Press [n.d.]. First edition. SIGNED: Very close to fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Inscribed by the author on the first leaf. Fiction. $10.00

 

27488. Jaffe, Harold and Larry McCaffery, editors. "Fiction International 15:2". 1984. Very good reading copy wraps with general use to cover. Text clean throughout. Including work by Lydia Davis, B. H. Friedman, Ron Silliman, Stephen Dixon, Robert Coover and others. Also, nonfiction: "Sentence, Discourse and the New Prose" by Michael Davidson. Fiction / Anthology. $5.95

 

32069. Jaffe, Marie B.. "Gut Yuntif, Gut Yohr". A Collection in Yiddish of Original Holiday Verses and Popular English Classics in Translation. William-Frederick, 1965. First edition. Fine and bright in very close to fine price-clipped dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $25.00

 

16719. Jaffin, David. "A Birth In Seeing". Poems. Shearsman, 2003 . First edition.  Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Review copy with publisher's sheet enclosed. $10.00

 

34359. Jaffin, David. "Eye-Sensing". Ahadada, 2009. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Review copy with sheet enclosed. Poetry. $15.95

 

979. Jaffin, David. "In the Glass of Winter". Abelard (U.K.), 1975. First edition. With an introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith. Fine in  like dustjacket with crisp text throughout, quite attractive. Poetry. $13.50

 

22991. Jaffin, David. "Intimacies of Sound". Shearsman Books, 2005. First edition. Review copy with slip enclosed. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $15.00

 

15268. Jaffin, David. "Into the Timeless Deep". Shearsman, 2002. First edition. Very fine bright stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Review copy with slip enclosed. Poetry. $10.95

 

26497. Jaffin, David. "Sunstreams". Shearsman, 2007. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Review copy with slip enclosed. Poetry. $17.95

 

13905. Jaffin, David. "That Sense for Meaning". St.-Johannis-Druckerei...(Germany). Very fine stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Review copy. $12.95

 

29359. Jaffin, David. "Thought Colors". Shearsman, 2008. Review copy with slip enclosed. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $20.00

 

18079. Jaffin, David. "Through Lost Silences". Shearsman, 2003. First edition. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Review copy with slip enclosed. Poetry. $12.00

 

30028. Jaglom, Henry and Victoria Foyt, text . "Last Summer in the Hamptons". A Film by Henry Jaglom. Rainbow Filmbook, 1995. First edition. Screenplay and stills plus cast members talk about their own personal experiences with acting. Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Attractive. Film. $8.95

 

23762. Jahn, Hubertus F.. "Patriotic Culture In Russia During World War I". Cornell University Press, 1998. First edition. Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Illustrated . Nonfiction. $4.95

 

23606. Jaimot, Zyskandar A.. "Michelangelo". Asano Condiv's Life of Michelangelo (The Lost Chapter). Bull Thistle Press, 2005. First edition. Very fine sewn illustrated wraps with decorative cover. One of 250 letterpress copies, handmade by Greg Joly at Bull Thistle Press. Art. $30.00

 

27730. James, Henry. "Henry James on Italy". Selections from Italian Hours. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First edition. Fine and bright decorative boards in close to fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Well illustrated throughout. Decorative and quite attractive all around. Literature. $15.00

 

26453. James, Henry. "Italian Hours". Travel Essays. Grove, 1979. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Nonfiction. $10.00

 

14509. James, Henry. "Perisian Sketches". Paris of the 1870s, The Salons, The Art Galleries, The Theatres, The Personalities As Seen by America's Greatest Novelist. Collier, 1961. First edition. Ex-library copy with minimal library ID, pocket in back. Former owner's neat signature. Print cover neatly inked a bit. Excellent reading copy. Wraps. Nonfiction. $3.95

 

25887. James, Henry. "The Madonna of the Future". And Other Early Stories. Signet Classic, 1962. First edition. Near fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Literature. $8.95

 

33943. James, Henry. "The Other House". Macmillan, 1896. First edition. Red boards with gilt lettering with the usual foxing and toning to the text. Lovely red linen cloth cover. Very good or better. Gilt top edge, somewhat rubbed but remains quite an attractive edition. Literature. $95.00

 

28200. James, Henry. "The Wings of the Dove". Penguin Classics, 1986. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean bright text throughout. Literature. $4.95

 

32920. James, Henry. "Views and Reviews". The Ball Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Very good green boards with gilt lettering. Ex-library copy with minimal decorations. Number to spine. Essays. $15.00

 

32262. James, Henry / edited by Albert Mordell. "Literary Reviews and Essays". On American, English and French Literature. Grove, 1979. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with clean text throughout. Literature. $6.95

 

33423. James, Henry / Morton Dauwen Zabel, editor. "Henry James The Art of Travel". Doubleday, 1958. First edition. Fine and bright in very good dustjacket with clean text throughout. Light age tone to block edges. Quite sharp. Nonfiction. $15.00

 

33654. James, Laura Dewitt. "William Blake & The Tree of Life". Shambhala, 1971. First edition. Fine and bright red boards in very close to fine illustrated dustjacket. Beautiful interior and nicely illustrated throughout. Poetry. $35.00

 

27946. Janke, Christopher. "Structure of the Embryonic Rat Brain". Fence, 2007. First edition. Very fine French wraps with crisp text throughout. Review copy with slip enclosed. Praise from Franz Wright. Poetry. $15.00

 

21858. Janowitz, Phyllis. "Rites With Strangers". University Press of Virginia, 1978. Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Quite attractive. Poetry. $15.00

 

28273. Jansson, Sven B. F. / translated by Peter G. Foote. "The Runes of Sweden". Bedminster Press, 1962. With 74 illustrations and two color plates plus a bibliography. Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Profusely illustrated. These are Runic inscriptions from Sweden. Exquisite signature from former owner to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Art. $50.00

 

26891. Japan Broadcasting Corporation, editor. "Unforgettable Fire". Pictures Drawn by Atomic Bomb Survivors. Pantheon, 1977. First edition. Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Profusely illustrated. Small punch hole to front cover. Art. $13.95

 

11603. Jarman, Derek. "Derek Jarman: A Portrait". Thames and Hudson, 1996. First edition. With over 151 illustrations, 90 in color. Introduction by Roger Wollen. Fine and very bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout.  Highly attractive. Anthology/Derek Jarman. $20.00

 

5700. Jarman, Derek. "Kicking the Pricks". Vintage, 1996. First edition. Very fine bright wraps with excellent spine. Crisp unread text. Small mark to bottom edge. $4.95

 

3780. [Jarman, Derek] Allen, Shaun, editor. "Dancing Ledge". Quartet Books (U.K.), 1984. First edition. Fine and bright tall wraps with strong square spine. Well illustrated with photographs. The filmmakers autobiographical collage compiled from notebooks, datebooks, scripts. From the 1940's to the 1980's. Film / Autobiography. $15.00

 

26819. Jarman, Mark and Robert McDowell, editors. "The Reaper 1". The Reaper, 1981. Includes work by Chase Twichell, Richard Eberhart, Jared Carter, Yusef Komunyakaa, Brenda Hillman, Jorie Graham and many others. Publisher's slip enclosed. Stamp ownership of the poet Pat Schneider to the cover which actually blends in with the cover illustration. Near fine wraps. Poetry / Literary Magazine / Anthology. $15.00

 

9533. Jarrell, Mary Von Schrad. "Remembering Randall". A Poet, Critic and Teacher. Harper Collins, 1999. First edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine bright wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. With photographs of the poet. Biography / Poet / Randall Jarrell. $5.95

 

1975. Jarrell, Randall. "Jerome". The Biography of a Poem. Grossman, 1971. First edition. Woodcuts and engravings by Albrecht Durer. Fine in like bright dustjacket with darkening to edges. Name on flyleaf.. Poetry. $15.00

 

29461. Jarrell, Randall. "Poetry and The Age". Vintage, 1955. First edition, second printing. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean bright text throughout. Neat owner's name to inside cover which bothers none of the text. Poetry. $8.95

 

17988. Jarrell, Randall / Sendak, Maurice, illustrations. "The Animal Family". Pantheon, 1965. First edition. Very close to fine and bright illustrated cloth edition with bright text throughout. Light age tone to last flyleaf, barely noticeable. Very attractive. Poet / Children's Literature. $20.00

 

17356. Jarrett, Emmett. "Ikon". Unicorn Press, 1971. First edition. SIGNED: One of 50 copies have been signed by the poet. This is number four. Very close to fine and bright attractive folded broadside. Poetry. $45.00

 

17363. Jarrett, Emmett. "Ikon". Unicorn Press, 1970. First edition. Fine and bright broadside. One of 300, completely handcrafted. Poetry. $30.00

 

4234. Jarry, Alfred. "Ubu Roi". New Direction Paperbook, 1961. First edition. Drama in five acts by Jarry. Translated from the French by Barbara Wright with two portraits of the author by L. Lantier and F. A. Cazals. Several drawings by Jarry and Pierre Bonnard . All of  this followed by "The Song of the Disembraining,"concluding with two essays on the theatre by the same author and the same translator. Very good but shelf rubbed wraps. A notorious collection. Probably one of the more wilder books this publishing company ever released. Back cover a bit blemished. Drama. $13.50

 

20648. Jarry, Alfred. "Ubu Roi". New Directions Paperbook, 1961. Second edition. Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with strong square spine and bright profusely illustrated text throughout. Poetry. $10.95

 

30287. Jarry, Alfred. "Ubu  Roi". New Directions, 1961. Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Drama. $12.95

 

27030. Jarry, Alfred / Fowlie, Wallace, introduction. "Four Modern French Comedies". Including Ubu Roi. Capricorn, 1960. Very early edition. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps clean text throughout. Neat owner's name to inside cover which bothers none of the text. Anthology / Drama. $6.95

 

7862. Jason, Philip K.. "Near the Fire". Dryad Press, 1983. First edition. INSCRIBED: Fine and bright decorative stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Inscribed to another poet by Philip K. Jason on the full title page. Poetry. $12.50

 

19808. Jason, Philip K., editor. "Fourteen Landing Zones". Approaches to Vietnam War Literature. University of Iowa Press, 1991. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Opening page with small sticker labels that doesn't bother any part of the text.. Poetry / Anthology. $10.00

 

22213. Jasudowicz, Dennis. "Flea Street". Five Plays. City Lights, 1965. First edition. Part of the City Lights-TDR Play Series No. 1. Near fine pictorial stiff wraps with excellent square spine and clean text throughout. Drama. $10.00

 

26606. Javna, John and Gordon. "60s!". St. Martin's Press, 1983. First edition. Close to fine and bright oversized illustrated stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Profusely illustrated. From cars to national obsessions to playing cards, Beatles, Kennedys, television and more. The cost of a Pontiac Grand Prix 1967 in 1967: $4,320.. Art. $25.00

 

29401. Jay, Karla . "The Amazon and The Page". Natalie Clifford Barney and Renee Vivien. Indiana, 1988. Very close to fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Nonfiction. $5.95

 

17295. Jay, Peter. "Adonis & Venus". Work in Progress No. 3, 1968

. First edition. One of 750 copies. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and bright crisp text throughout. Poetry. $25.00

 

31466. Jean, Georges, editor. "Le Premier Livre d'Or Des Poetes". Seghers, 1975. First edition. Text all in French. With illustrations. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Beautifully illustrated and clean throughout. Quite handsome all around. A sharp copy. Poetry / Anthology. $35.00

 

27162. Jeffares, A. Norman, editor. "Ireland's Love Poems". Wonder and A Wild Desire. Norton, 2002. First edition. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Beautifully representative. Poetry / Anthology. $17.50

 

23123. Jeffares, Norman. "W. B. Yeats". Man and Poet. Barnes and Noble Paperback, 1966. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. With illustrations. Poet. $8.95

 

23320. Jefferies, Richard. "Landscape With Figures". An Anthology of Richard Jefferies Prose. Penguin, 1983. First edition. An anthology of prose chosen and introduced by Richard Mabey. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Quite attractive all around. Short line to bottom edge. Poetry / Anthology. $7.50

 

31994. Jefferies, Richard. "Richard Jefferies' London". Lutterworth Press (London), 1947. Near fine raspberry boards with gilt lettering with crisp bright text throughout. Nicely illustrated. A sharp copy. Nonfiction. $8.95

 

24667. Jeffers, Robinson. "Cawdor and Medea". New Directions, 1970. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $10.95

 

29087. Jeffers, Robinson . "Medea". Samuel French, 1976. As new bright pink cover with clean bright text throughout. Poetry. $12.00

 

33888. Jeffers, Robinson. "Roan Stallion / Tamar / and Other Poems". Modern Library, 1935. Excellent reading copy. Good cloth edition with clean text throughout. Brief former owner's signature to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Poetry. $12.95

 

17780. Jeffers, Robinson / Lyon, Horace. "Jeffers Country". The Sea Plots of Robinson Jeffers' Poetry. Scrimshaw, 1971. First edition. Poetry by Robinson Jeffers with photgraphs by Horace Lyon. Very close to fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Illustrated. Highly attractive. Poetry / Photography. $20.00

 

18809. [Jeffers, Robinson] Shebl, James . "In This Wild Water". The Suppressed Poems of Robinson Jeffers. Ward Ritchie Press, 1976. First edition. Fine and bright in near fine pictorial dustjacket. Trifle rub to top edge, nothing offensive. Poetry. $15.00

 

26754. Jenkins, John H. and others. "The Whole World". Books and Manuscripts On Many Subjects. Jenkins Catalog 128, 1980. Near fine oversized stiff wraps with excellent square spine and clean bright text throughout. Well illustrated . Literary History. $15.00

 

24502. Jenkins, Paul. "Forget The Sky". L'Epervier, 1979. First edition. SIGNED: Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Affectionately inscribed by the poet Paul Jenkins on the half title page. Poetry. $30.00

 

31694. Jennison, Keith Warren, stories and pictures. "Vermont Is Where You Find It". Harcourt, 1941. Near fine burnish boards with clear and accurate photographs throughout.. Nonfiction. $12.00

 

20564. Jennison, Keith Warren (stories and pictures by). "Green Mountains and Rock Ribs". Harcourt, 1954. First edition. Near fine and bright green cloth edition with crisp bright text throughout. Quite attractive. Nonfiction / Vermont / Photography. $10.00

 

32603. Jerome, John. "The Sweet Spot in Time". Summit Books, 1980. First edition. SIGNED. Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with light wrinkle to front flap. Inscribed to the Hall of Fame skier John Caldwell, affectionately and fully signed on the second leaf. Also included, a typed letter from  John Jerome dated the year of publication of the book 1980. The book deals with the biophysical dynamics of sport. A fine association copy between two sportsmen and authors. Nonfiction. $35.00

 

4224. Jerome, Judson. "Light in the West". Golden Quill Press, 1962. First edition. SIGNED A selection from The Book Club for Poetry.  The poet's first book and the first selection of The Book Club for Poetry whose editorial board included James L. Weil. Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket. Affectionately inscribed by the poet on the front flyleaf. Poetry. $15.00

 

7471. Jerome, Judson. "The Fell of Dark". Houghton, 1966. First edition. INSCRIBED: by the author on the first flyleaf. Very good in like dustjacket.. Poet / Fiction. $3.95

 

13294. [Jess] Dunn, Joe. "The Better Dream House". White Rabbit, April 1968. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Fine and bright illustrated stapled wraps with Jess collage to cover. Profusely illlustrated throughout. Quite crisp with only trifle bump to overextended wraps.. Poetry. $75.00

 

26689. Jewel. "A Night Without Armor". Harper Collins, 1998. First edition. Fine and bright in like pictorial price-clipped dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $7.95

 

29319. Jewel. "A Night Without Armor". Harper, 1999. First edition. Very close to fine and bright gatefold pictorial wraps with crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $8.95

 

21861. Jewel [Kilcher]. "A Night Without Armor". Harper Collins, 1998. First edition. Close to fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. With illustrations (paintings) by Pat Steir. Poetry. $3.95

 

19075. Jewell, Michael. "The Power of Wind". Wood Thrush Books, 1997. First edition. Fine and bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Poetry. $7.95

 

17633. Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer. "In Search of Love and Beauty". Penguin, 1985. Reprint. Fine bright wraps with square spine and clean text throughout. Fiction. $4.95

 

29767. Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer. "Out of India". Selected Stories. Simon and Schuster, 1987. First edition. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Fiction. $5.95

 

33679. Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer. "Out of India". Selected Stories. Morrow, 1986. First edition. Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Gentle use to toe and head of spine. Quite sharp all around. Fiction. $12.00

 

26460. Jimenez, Juan Ramon. "Platero and I". Shambhala, 1978. First edition. Translated by Antonio T. de Nicolas. Very good stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Excellent reading copy. Poet / Prose. $7.95

 

28796. Jimenez, Juan Ramon. "Platero and I". Signet, 1960. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with clean illustrated text throughout. Poetry. $4.95

 

30966. Jimenez, Juan Ramon. "Platero Y Yo". Aguilar, 1963. Very close to fine and bright white boards with burro drawing in near fine illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Beautifully illustrated. All in Spanish. We note the first few pages, former owner (a translator) has neatly marked specific words. Poetry. $12.95

 

11619. Jimenez-Landi, Antonio] Blackburn, Paul, translator. "The Treasure of the Muleteer". And Other Spanish Tales. Doubleday, 1974. First edition. Illustrated by Floyd Sowell. Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with text crisp throughout and well illustrated. Publisher's speckle to bottom edge. Literature. $21.95

 

31324. Jingsheng, Wei. "The Courage To Stand Alone". Letters from Prison and Other Writings. Viking, 1997. First edition. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Nonfiction. $10.00

 

25729. Jinpa, Thupten and Jas' Elsner, translation and selection. "Songs of Spiritual Experience". Tibetan Buddhist Poems of Insight and Awakenings. Shambhala, 2000. Advance Uncorrected Galleys. Foreword by The Dalai Lama. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Poetry / Anthology. $17.95

 

19850. Jirgens, Karl E., editor. "Rampike". Ontology / Ontologie. Volume 6, No. 1, 1987. First edition. Very tall illustrated stiff wraps, 16-1/2 high by 6 inches wide. A special issue. With work ranging from Opal L. Nations and Steve McCaffery, Richard Kostelanetz, Raymond Federman, Frank Davey and many more. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp profuselyl illustrated text throughout. Quite an adventure. Poetry / Anthology. $17.50

 

29884. Jo Sharpe. "Jo Sharpe Eclectic Handknitting Collection 8". Jo Sharpe, 2005. First edition. Very close to fine and bright oversize stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Profusely illustrated throughout. Art. $8.95

 

29885. Jo Sharpe. "Jo Sharpe Saturday Handknitting Collection 9". Jo Sharpe, 2005. First edition. Very close to fine and bright oversize stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Profusely illustrated throughout. Art. $8.95

 

23248. Joans, Ted. "Afrodisia". Hill & Wang, 1970. First edition. Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Trifle sunning to spine, nothing at all offensive. Poetry. $35.00

 

22342. Joans, Ted. "Black Pow-wow". Jazz Poems. Hill and Wang, 1969. Fine bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $17.50

 

6849. Joans, Ted. "The Hipsters". Corinth Books, 1961. First edition. Near fine wraps that has been bound in boards. Ex-library copy with minimal ID. One stamp to inside board, upper corner. Corner slip for library card and neatly removed library bookplate. All within the inside board and front flyleaf. Remaining text untouched and remains bright. Quite attractive. Beats / Black Literature. $75.00

 

18319. John, Bennett. "The Night of the Great Butcher". December Press, 1976. First edition. SIGNED: Illustations by Judy Geichmen. The author's first book. Long friendly inscription to the half title page. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean rexr throughout. Fiction. $30.00

 

11487. [John Howard Griffin] Daniel, Bradford, editor. "The John Howard Griffin Reader". Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First edition. Selections from the Novels, Articles, Stories, Photographs and Works in Progress from the Author of "Black Like Me". Near fine and bright in like dustjacket with gentle shelf  rub. With crisp text throughout. Nicely illustrated with photographs. Nonfiction / Fiction. $15.00

 

3716. John Okai. "The Oath of Fontomfrom and Other Poems". Simon and Schuster, 1971. First printing. Near fine and bright in like dustjacket. Clean text.  Small mark to bottom edge. With an introduction by C. Eric Lincoln. Title poem is dedicated to Walt Whitman. Strong praise  from Stanley Kunitz. Poetry. $25.00

 

8662. John, Roland. "Boundaries". Nineteen Poems. Interim Press, 1979. First edition. Near fine decorative wraps. Poetry. $7.95

 

29172. John-Steiner, Vera. "Notebooks of the Mind". Explorations and Thinking. New Mexico, 1985. First edition. SIGNED: Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Signed and dated fully by the author on the opening flyleaf. Nonfiction. $25.00

 

33773. Johnsgard, Paul A.. "Earth, Water and Sky". A Naturalist's Stories and Sketches. University of Texas, 1999. Fine bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Nonfiction. $5.00

 

32759. Johnson, Arthur W.. "The Practical Guide to Book Repair and Conservation". Thames and Hudson, 1992. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. One of the foremost British designers and bookbinders who taught for many years at the London College of Printing. 100 illustrations. An invaluable book in the field. A sharp copy. Book Arts. $35.00

 

24648. Johnson, Charles. "Dreamer". Scribner, 1998. First edition. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Tiny former owner's address label to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Short line to bottom edge. Fiction. $3.95

 

29897. Johnson, Charles. "Dreamer". Scribners, 1998. First edition. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Fiction. $5.95

 

21178. Johnson, Charles. "Middle Passage". Plume, 1991. First edition. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout.. Fiction. $4.95

 

31330. Johnson, D. V.. "Henry Hikes to Fitchburg". Houghton Mifflin, 2000. First edition. Fine and bright illustrated boards by the illustrator in very close to fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Unique! . Children's Literature / Henry David Thoreau. $30.00

 

33494. Johnson, Denis. "Already Dead". A California Gothic. Harper Collins, 1997. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Sharp all around. Fiction. $15.00

 

13125. Johnson, Denis. "Resuscitation of A Hanged Man". Farrar, 1990. First edition. SIGNED: 1/500 copies of an uncorrected galley proof signed by the author and numbered. Very fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp unread text in fine, glossy illustrated slipcase. Literature. $45.00

 

33541. Johnson,  Denis. "Seek". Reports from the Edges of America &  Beyond. Harper Collins, 2001. First edition. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy. Nonfiction. $25.00

 

17632. Johnson, Denis. "The Stars At Noon". Vintage Contemporaries, 1988. First edition. Near fine wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Fiction. $4.95

 

9018. Johnson, Diane. "Dashiell Hammett". A Life. Random House, 1983. First edition. With photographs. Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket.  Text bright throughout. Biography / Dashiell Hammett. $5.00

 

11585. Johnson, Diane. "Terrorists & Novelists". Knopf, 1982. First edition. Near fine and bright in fine dustjacket with crisp unread text. Owner's name to front flyleaf, nothing offensive. Literature. $5.00

 

34346. Johnson, Diane. "The Life of Dashiell Hammett". Picador, 1985. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with clean bright text throughout. With photographs . Nonfiction. $5.00

 

33275. Johnson, Dirk. "Biting the Dust". The Wild Ride and the Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy in the American West. Simon and Schuster, 1994. First edition. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy. Nonfiction. $5.00

 

32149. Johnson, Donald and Jean. "Gods & Hinduism". Industrial Media Services, 1970. First edition, first printing. Close to fine and bright illustrated stapled wraps with crisp bright text throughout. Beautifully illustrated . Hinduism / Nonfiction. $25.00

 

8793. Johnson, Ellen Voscue and Sheldon, John F.. "Inside Arcadia". Vermont Photographs Look at Vermont. Vermont Council on the Arts [n.d.]. Exhibit Catalog. About fine stapled pictorial wraps. Has the works of Fred Picker and Neil Rappaport with others

 

. Photography / Vermont. $10.00

 

14121. Johnson, Geoffrey. "The Pastorals of Vergil ". University of Kansas Press, 1960. First edition. Ex-library copy. With minor identification from libary on copy. Otherwise an excellent reading copy with a few pages of neat lining. Poetry. $12.95

 

33518. Johnson, Jimmy, editor. "Forced Exposure 18". 1993. Chris Knox interview. Plus Henry Kaiser, Richard Meltzer and others. Fine bright oversize stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Wildly illustrated in black and white with some in color. Poetry / Literary Magazine / Anthology. $12.00

 

20342. Johnson, Joyce. "In the Night Cafe". Washington Square Press, 1990. First edition. Fine bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Literature. $4.95

 

22170. Johnson, Joyce. "In The Night Cafe". Dutton, 1989. First edition. Very close to fine and bright in like price-clipped dustjacket with crisp text throughout. . $5.00

 

26877. Johnson, Kent. "I Once Met". Longhouse, 2007. First edition. SIGNED: Our largest and tallest booklet yet! from the world-wide traveling mind of grand adventures and some mishaps by Kent Johnson. In tall gold sparkle wrap with sky blue endpapers and gold thread sewn. Very limited numbers. Catch it while it's hot. Signed by Kent Johnson. Poet / Prose. $40.00

 

18868. Johnson, Kent and Stephen M. Ashby, editors. "Third Wave". The New Russian Poetry. University of Michigan Press, 1992. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry / Anthology. $12.50

 

33781. Johnson, Marael. "Mad Woman Bad Reputation". Chiron Review, 1991. SIGNED. Fine bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Affectionately and fully signed to the publisher Harry Smith on the full title page. Poetry. $20.00

 

6292. Johnson, Mark F. T.. "The Garden of the Mind". Volume 1. [n.p.], 1983. First edition. Signed by the author . Near fine wraps. Poetry. $7.95

 

 

3555. Johnson, Nicholas. "Haul Song". Mammon Press, 1997. Revised second edition. With an introduction by Robin Blaser. Fine bright wraps all around; as new. Poetry. $12.50

 

28996. Johnson, Paul R., captions / Daniel, Harry and Mark C. Jorgensen, words. "Anza-Borrego". Desert State Park. Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association. Fine and bright in near fine oversize clothbound dustjacket. Exquisite photograph to front and back covers. Small subtle price sticker to opening flap. Text bright and in color throughout. Photography. $25.00

 

25413. Johnson, Peter. "Edouardo & I". 2006. First edition. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $8.95

 

13691. Johnson, Peter. "Extended Family Romance". Red Pagoda, 1998. Broadside. Poetry in folded broadside. Poetry. $10.00

 

23722. Johnson, Peter. "I'm A Man". White Pine Press, 2003. First edition. SIGNED: Fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Inscribed to another poet on the title page and fully signed by Peter Johnson. Literature. $12.00

 

25757. Johnson, R. W. "Horace and the Dialectic Freedoms". Reading and "Epistles 1". Cornell, 1993. First edition. Very close to fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Quite handsome all around. Poetry. $15.95

 

24955. Johnson, Ronald. "The American Table". Silver Spring Books, 2000. First edition. More Than 400 Recipes Made Accessible For The First Time in the Full Richness of American Regional Cooking. Foreword and introduction by Ronald Johnson. Editor's note by David Wilk. "About The Author" by Jonathan Williams. Drawings by James McGarrell. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poet / Cookbook / Culinary. $15.95

 

21562. Johnson, Ronald /  Erik Satie. "Sports and Divertissements". Wild Hawthorn Press (Scotland), 1965. First edition. Drawings by John Furnival; from Satie's notes in French - poems to the music pieces "Sports and Divertissements." Pictorial card cover; spiral binding. Fine spiral binding illustrated cover wraps with crisp bright text throughout. Unique through and through. Poetry. $100.00

 

8233. Johnson, Thomas. "The Ice Futures". Copper Canyon Press, 1977. First edition. Fine bright decorative wraps with excellent spine and crisp text. Poetry. $10.00

 

28991. Johnston, Catherine and others. "Baltic Light". Early Open-Air Painting from Denmark and North Germany. Yale, 1999. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Quite attractive all around. Art. $30.00

 

16515. Johnston, Devin. "A Version". Backwoods Broadside No. 61. First edition. One of 750 copies, a numbered copy. Sylvester Pollet, editor. Established in 1978 in Ellsworth, Maine from a format borrowed from Michael Carlson's Northern Lights Series from London. Essentially an 8-1/2 x 14 double-side printed folded sheet, quite unique and often handsome. Part of the Chaplet Series, Nos. 1-69.  Fine and bright all around. Poetry. $10.00

 

28938. Johnston, Hank. "Death Valley Scotty". The Man and The Myth. Flying Spur Press, 1972. Near fine pictorial stapled wraps with crisp bright text throughout. Nonfiction. $10.00

 

11581. Johnston, Jill. "Gullibles Travels". Links, 1974. First edition. Fine and very bright in like price-clipped dustjacket with crisp text throughout, quite attractive. With photographs. Gay / Nonfiction. $10.00

 

31413. Johnston, Jill. "  Mother Bound". An Autobiography In Search of A Father. Knopf, 1983. First edition. Near fine in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Light age tone to opening and closing flyleaves, bottom edge; nothing at all offensive. Excellent reading copy. Nonfiction. $5.95

 

23649. Joly, Greg. "Broken Glass Road". Longhouse, 2005. First edition. Limited edition. New. Two-color. Fold-out accordion booklet. Signed by the poet. Poetry. $12.95

 

22083. [Jonas, Stephen] Torra, Joseph, editor and introduction. "Lift Double Issue 10 / 11". Lift, 1992. First edition. Fine and very bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Highly attractive. Also including work in appreciation of Jonas by Cid Corman, Joe Dunn, Ed Foster, Gerrit Lansing and others, plus a bibliography. Poetry. $35.00

 

34366. Jonathan Greene. "From Ink Darkness". Tangram Press. 5 x 7 card. Letterpress. Poetry. $15.00

 

32646. Jones, Arlene. "The Insisting Thistle". Poems. Andrew Mountain Press, 1987. First edition. SIGNED. Very close to fine sewn wraps in decorative dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Affectionately inscribed on the opening flyleaf by the poet. Poetry. $15.95

 

25873. Jones, Brian. "Poems". London Magazine Editions, 1967. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Poetry. $15.00

 

16404. Jones, David. "Use & Sign". An Essay. Golgonooza, 1976. Later printing of the 1975 printing. 1976 reprint consists of 250 unnumbered copies. Near fine sewn wraps (the stitching is a bit loose). Otherwise, text clean throughout. Poetry. $15.00

 

27884. Jones, Gerard. "Men of Tomorrow". Geeks, Gangsters and The Birth of the Comic Book. Advance Readers Copy / Basic Books, 2004. First edition. Very close to fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy. Nonfiction. $5.95

 

31316. Jones, Gwyn and Thomas Jones, translator and introduction. "The Mabinogion". Dent / Dutton, 1976. First edition. Illustrated by Jeff Thomas. The enlarged edition. With erratum bookplate issued by the publisher on the table of contents page. Very close to fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $35.00

 

25629. Jones, Hettie. "Drive". Hanging Loose Press, 1998. First edition. INSCRIBED: Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Inscribed affectionately by the poet on the half title page. Poetry. $17.50

 

11586. Jones, Hettie. "How I Became Hettie Jones". Dutton, 1990. First edition. Fine and very bright in like price-clipped dustjacket. With crisp unread text. Very attractive. Praise from Hubert Selby, Jr. and Russell Banks. Autobiography/Poet. $12.00

 

24148. Jones, Hettie. "How I Became Hettie Jones". Dutton, 1990. First edition. Very close to fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Nonfiction. $12.00

 

29281. Jones, James. "From Here To Eternity". Signet, 1951. Early edition with 95 cent cover price. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Fiction. $4.95

 

95. [Jones, James] Hendrick, George, ed.. "To Reach Eternity". The Letters of James Jones. Random House, 1989. First edition. Foreword by William Styron. Fine and bright in very close to fine dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Praise from Larry Heinemann. Jones, James. $10.00

 

18632. Jones, Jim. "Use My Name: Jack Kerouac's Forgotten Families". ECW Press, 1999. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and illustrated crisp text throughout. Literature. $12.50

 

30879. Jones, Ken. "The Social Face of Buddhism". An Approach to Political and Social Activism. Wisdom, 1989. First edition. Very close to fine and bright gatefold stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Price-clipped. Nonfiction. $10.00

 

30108. Jones, LeRoi. "Blues People". The Negro Experience in White America and the Music That Developed From It. Morrow, 1963. Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Music. $10.00

 

8674. Jones, LeRoi. "Dutchman and The Slave". Apollo Editions, 1964. First edition. Close to fine decorative stiff wraps with strong spine. Some subtle lining to a few pages and former owner's name to opening page which bothers none of the text. Drama / Poet. $6.95

 

8675. Jones, LeRoi. "Dutchman and The Slave". Morrow Paperback Editions, 1964. First edition. Near fine decorative stiff wraps with strong spine and crisp text. Drama / Poet. $15.00

 

27695. Jones, LeRoi. "Dutchman & The Slave". Two Plays. Apollo, 1964. Near fine with trifle rub illustrated stiff wraps with strong square spine and clean text throughout. Neat owner's stamp to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Drama. $8.95

 

20491. Jones, LeRoi. "Four Black RevolutionaryPlays". All Praises to the Black Man. Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. First edition. Clsoe to fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Plays included are  "Experimental Death Unit #1" , "A Black Mass" "Praise Goodness of Life", "Madheart" , "Why-No-JELLO?. Poet / Drama . $25.00

 

12746. Jones, LeRoi. "Tales". Grove Press, 1968. First edition, first printing. Close to fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with square spine and clean text throughout. Chip to top corner fore edge of cover which follows through to a few of the opening pages but bothers none of the text. Literature. $7.50

 

19183. Jones, LeRoi. "Tales". Black Cat Grove Press, 1968. First Evergreen edition. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with square spine and clean text throughout. Literature/Poet. $10.00

 

12004. Jones, Leroi. "The Dead Lecturer". Grove Press, 1964. Reprint. Near fine wraps with half-title page corner neatly snipped, not bothering any of the text. Tear sheet enclosed -- an article by Christopher S. Wren from "Look" Magazine, January 7, 1969 titled "Black Power Shakes the White Church". Black Literature. $10.00

 

34256. Jones, LeRoi. "The Dutchman & The Slave". Morrow, 1964. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Drama. $6.95

 

31219. Jones, LeRoi (Amiri Baraka). "Blues People". Negro Music in White America. Quill, 1999. High praise from Langston Hughes. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy. Music / Prose. $8.95

 

24662. Jones, Lisa. "Bulletproof Diva". Tales of Race, Sex and Hair. Anchor Books, 1995. Near fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Fiction. $4.95

 

24731. Jones, Richard. "Apropos of Nothing". Copper Canyon, 2006. First edition. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Review copy with publisher's sheet enclosed. Poetry. $12.00

 

13280. Jones, Richard. "Innocent Things". Adastra Press, 1985. First edition. SIGNED: Fine and bright wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Quite attractive. Inscribed affectionately on the full title page by the author and then fully signed on the same page. Poetry. $30.00

 

22634. Jones, Richard. "Innocent Things". Adastra Press, 1985. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $20.00

 

14232. Jones, Richard. "Sonnets". Adastra, 1990. First edition. One of 250 copies. Fine bright stiff wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Tipped in sheet announcement broadside listing other titles from the press. Poetry. $12.50

 

22928. Jones, Richard. "Windows and Walls". Adastra, 1982. First edition. One of only 200 copies. Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Letterpress printed by Gary Metras at Adastra Press. Poetry. $15.00

 

19076. Jones, Rodney. "Apocalyptic Narrative". And Other Poems. Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Uncorrected Proof. Fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $12.50

 

5902. Jones, Rodney. "Elegy for the Southern Drawl". Houghton Mifflin, 1999. First edition/Review copy. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Review copy with publisher's sheet. Poetry. $12.95

 

16302. Jones, Rodney. "Things That Happen Once". Houghton Mifflin, 1996. First edition. Very close to fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Poetry. $12.95

 

1732. Jones, Stephen. "Backwaters". Norton, 1979. First edition. Illustrated by Richard Brown. Near fine in like dustjacket. Snipped corner on front flap with price intact. Neat owner's signature to flyleaf.. Boating. $3.95

 

11395. Jones, Thom. "Pugilist At Rest". Little, Brown, 1993. First edition. Fine and very bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Very attractive. Author's first book. $20.00

 

11560. Jones, Thom. "The Cold Snap". Stories. Little, Brown, 1995. First edition. Fine and very bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout.Very attractive. Fiction. $15.95

 

23793. Jones, Thom. "The Pugilist At Rest". Little, Brown, 1993. First edition. Very fine and bright in like illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. The author's first book. Fiction. $15.00

 

8569. Jong, Erica. "Fruits & Vegetables". Holt, 1974. Second printing. Close to fine bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent spine and clean text throughout. Poetry. $5.95

 

32714. Jong, Erica. "Fruits & Vegetables". Holt, 1971. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Subtle owner's signature to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. The poet's first book. Poetry. $10.00

 

18204. Jong, Erica. "Fuit & Vegetables". Holt, 1971. First edition. Near fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and bright text throughout. The poet's first book. Praise from Mark Strand. Poetry. $7.95

 

19429. Jong, Erica. "Fuit & Vegetables". 1971. First edition. Near fine pictorial stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $7.95

 

29909. Jong, Erica. "Half-Lives". Holt, 1973. First edition. Near fine pictorial stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Poetry. $10.00

 

17826. Jong, Erica. "Loveroot". Holt, 1976. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $5.95

 

24169. Jong, Erica. "The Devil At Large". Erica Jong on Henry Miller. Turtle Bay Books, 1993. First edition. SIGNED: Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Very handsome. Fully signed on the full title page. Nonfiction / Henry Miller. $15.00

 

32537. Jong, Erica. "The Devil At Large". Erica Jong on Henry Miller. Turtle Bay Books, 1993. First edition. SIGNED: Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Affectionately inscribed and warmly signed fully by the author and dated the year of publication on the full title page. Just the lightest sunning to bottom of spine. Nonfiction / Henry Miller. $15.00

 

19672. [Jonson, Ben] George Burke Johnston, editor. "Poems of Ben Jonson". Harvard University Press, 1962. Third impression. Near fine attractive decorative stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $10.00

 

28588. Jonze, Spike. "The Work of Director Spike Jonze". A  Collection of Music Videos, Short Films, Documentaries and Rarities. DVD. Over four hours of material that covers ten years in the life of the director of such films as Adaptation and Being John Malkevich. Included in the music videos are The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Fat Boy Slim, Weezer and others. Also includes a 52 page color book of the director's drawings, photographs and interviews. Box set DVD. New and factory sealed. Film. $17.95

 

19998. [Joplin, Janis] Friedman, Myra. "Buried Alive". The Biography of Janis Joplin. Morrow, 1973. Later printing. Near fine and bright in like dustjacket with clean illustrated text throughout. Excellent photographs. Music / Biography. $7.95

 

26353. Jordan, A. Van. "Rise". The Chucha Press, 2001. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Praise from Joy Harjo. Poetry. $8.95

 

28806. Jordan, June. "I Was Looking At The Ceiling and I Saw the Sky". Earthquake / Romance. Scribners, 1995. First edition. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $15.00

 

19028. Jordan, June. "I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw the Sky". Scribner, 1995. First edition. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Poetry. $15.95

 

31748. Jordan, June. "Soldier". A Poet's Childhood. Basic, 2000. First edition. Fine and bright in very close to fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Illustrated with photographs . Poet / Memoir. $12.00

 

18485. Jordan, June. "Some Of Us Did Not Die". New and Selected Essays. Basic, 2002. First edition. Fine and very  bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Some of the poet's best work. Poet / Essays. $15.95

 

24503. Jordan, June. "Things That I Do In The Dark". Selected Poems. Random House, 1977. First edition. Near fine pictorial stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $10.00

 

33877. Jordan, June / Illustrated by Kay Burford. "Kimako's Story". Houghton, 1981. First edition, first printing. The poet's first children's book, and the first for Kay Burford. Fine and bright in very close to fine illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. A lovely book. Children's Literature / Poet. $150.00

 

18650. Joris, Pierre. "A Theory of Poetry". OtherWind Press (n.d.). Postcard. 4 by 6-1/2 postcard. Fine and bright all around. Poetry. $12.50

 

18276. Joris, Pierre. "Breccia". Selected Poems 1972-1986. Station Hill / Guernica, 1987. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Praise from Robert Kelly and Jerome Rothenberg. Poetry. $13.50

 

19820. Joris, Pierre, editor and Victoria Smitter / W. R. Prescott. "Sixpack 6". 1973-1974. First edition. Including work by Ted Berrigan, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Hirschman, Robert Kelly, Jackson MacLow, Alice Notley, Jerome Rothenberg and more. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and bright text throughout. We notice a few pages with neat lining, nothing offensive; most of the book untouched. Poetry / Anthology. $30.00

 

30003. Joseph, Jenny. "Ghosts and Other Company". Bloodaxe, 1995. First edition. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy. Poetry. $15.00

 

26197. Joseph Massey. "November Graph". Longhouse, 2007. First edition. Three-color fold-out booklet of poems with wrap around band. Limited edition. Poetry. $10.00

 

23394. Joseph, Nathan and Eric Hunter, compiled by. "New English Broadsides". Oak Publications, 1967. First edition. Near fine with some rub oversized softcover with some some signatures bright and profusely illustrated text throughout. Opening page with clean snip-off to top right hand corner, which affects none of the text. $35.00

 

33608. Joseph, Stanley and Lynn Karlin. "Maine Farm". A Year of Country Life. Random House, 1991. First edition. Foreword by Helen Nearing. Fine and bright green boards in near fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text. Handsome throughout. Nonfiction. $12.00

 

33530. Joseph The Provider Books. "In Quest of Difficult Beauty". 1970-1990. 1990. Catalog. Near fine oversize stiff wraps with elegant black and white photograph illustrations as its centerpiece highlighting the works of William Gass, Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler and others. Introduction preface by Ralph B. Sipper. Bookselling / Catalog. $12.95

 

29583. Jourdain, Robert. " Music and Ecstasy". How Music Captures Our Imagination. Bard, 1998. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Music. $10.00

 

9610. [Journal of Modern Literature]. "Journal of Modern Literature". Vol. 4, No. 1. Journal of Modern Literature, September, 1974. Literary magazine. Ex-library copy. Near fine wraps. "Louis Zukofsky : Gathering". Articles by Zukofsky, Hayden Carruth and others. Poetry / Literary magazine. $5.95

 

23839. [Journal of Modern Literature]. "Journal of Modern Literature". Vol. 13, No. 2. July 1986. Near fine wraps. Hemingway cover. Poetry / Literary Magazine / Anthology. $5.95

 

23841. [Journal of Modern Literature]. "Journal of Modern Literature". Vol. 5, No. 3. September 1976. Near fine wraps. Includes Fred Moramarco "John Ashbery and Frank O'Hara The Painterly Poets". Poetry / Literary Magazine / Anthology. $5.95

 

23842. [Journal of Modern Literature]. "Journal of Modern Literature". Vol. 5, No. 4. 1977. Near fine wraps. The Annual Review for 1975.  General subjects, references and bibliography. Poetry / Literary Magazine / Anthology. $5.95

 

23840. [Journal of Modern Literature]. "Journal of Modern Literature". Nos. 3-4. November 1986. Near fine wraps. Annual review for 1985-1986. General studies and reference bibliography. Ezra Pound cover. Poetry / Literary Magazine / Anthology. $5.95

 

28983. Joyce, James. "A Portrait of An Artist As A Young Man". Signet Classics, 1991. Introduction by Hugh Kenner. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Literature. $4.95

 

24430. Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man". Penguin. Reprint. Near fine softcover. Literature. $3.95

 

28817. Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man". Penguin, 1993. Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and crisp text throughout. Literature. $4.95

 

32768. Joyce, James. "Dubliners". Penguin, 1993. Fine bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Literature. $5.00

 

23998. Joyce, James. "The Portable James Joyce". Penguin, 1977. With an introduction and notes by Harry Levin. Including selections from Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man, Exiles, Collected Poems and selections from Ulysses and Finnigans Wake. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with  clean text throughout. Former owner's neat bookplate to inside back cover which bothers none of the text. Literature. $8.95

 

28854. Joyce, James. "The Portable James Joyce". Viking P30, 1966. With an introduction and notes by Harry Levin. A very sharp copy. Compact all around. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and crisp bright text throughout. Neat owner's name to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Literature. $10.00

 

27643. Joyce, James. "Ulysses". Complete and Unexpurgated. Collectors Publication 21266 [n.d.]. Near fine stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout.  Includes all the back page advertisements for true love stories and other pleasures and follies. A clean edition with a sharp appearance. Literature. $295.00

 

31654. Joyce, James / edited by Harry Levin. "The Portable James Joyce". Penguin, 1988. Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Literature. $6.95

 

32261. Joyce, James / Harry Levin, introduction and notes. "The Portable James Joyce". Viking, 1972. Very good stiff wraps with clean text throughout. Literature. $5.00

 

22015. Joyce, Jane Wilson. "Beyond the Blue Mountains". Gnomon, 1992. First edition. Bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $10.00

 

22021. Joyce, Jane Wilson and Meredith Sue Willis. "Quilt Pieces". Gnomon, 1991. First edition. The Joyce section is called "The Quilt Poems". The Willis section is called "Knots". Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $10.00

 

33379. Joyce, William, text and art / photographs by Philip Gould. "The World of William Joyce Scrapbook". Harper Collins, 1994. First edition. Fine and bright illustrated boards with crisp bright text throughout. Beautifully illustrated . Art. $35.00

 

17388. [Jubilat] Casper, Robert N., editor et als. "Jubilat Four". No. 4. University of Massachusetts. Literary magazine. Very fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Including work by Russell Edson, John Ashbery, George Oppen, Dara Wier, Arthur Sze, Paul Eluard and others. Review copy with promo literature tipped in. Poetry / Literary Magazine. $7.50

 

24839. Judson, John. "August On A Lone Bassoon". Juniper, 1981. First edition. Fine and bright sewn wraps with crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $15.95

 

22780. Judson, John. "Reasons Why I Am Not Perfect". Sparrow Press, 1982. First edition. Very close to fine and bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Quite attractive all around. Poetry. $12.00

 

14742. Judson, John, editor. "Northeast". Winter 1983-1984. Northeast. Literary magazine. Includes Greg Kuzma, Bob Trew and others. Close to fine stapled wraps. Poetry / Literary magazine. $7.95

 

14743. Judson, John, editor. "Northeast". Winter 1993-1994. Northeast. Literary magazine. Work by J. D. Whitney, Gary Hotham and others. Close to fine stapled wraps. Poetry / Literary magazine. $7.95

 

14744. Judson, John, editor. "Northeast". Winter 1982-1983. Northeast. Literary magazine. T. Alan Broughton, Gary Hotham, Shirley Buettner and others. Close to fine stapled wraps. Poetry / Literary magazine. $7.95

 

14745. Judson, John, editor. "Northeast". Winter 1991-1992. Northeast. Literary magazine. Close to fine stapled wraps. With work by Felix Pollak, Gary Hotham, Robert Schuler and others. Poetry / Literary magazine. $7.95

 

14746. Judson, John, editor. "Northeast". Summer 1991. Northeast, 1991. Literary magazine. Includes T. Alan Broughton, Ralph J. Mills, Jr., Gary Hotham, John Tagliabue and others. Close to fine stapled wraps. Poetry / Literary magazine. $7.95

 

14301. [Judson, John] [Midwestern Letters] Montag, Tom, editor. "Midwestern Letters". No. 1. Midwestern Letters. Literary magazine. SIGNED: The John Judson Issue. Close to fine stapled wraps with bright text throughout. Also slipped in is a personal note from Tom Montag to another poet and one postcards featuring John Judson and a "contents card" for the No. 1 Midwestern Letters issue. Poetry / Literary magazine. $12.95

 

29089. Juin, Hubert / Haakon Chevalier, translator. "Soulages". Grove, 1960. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Tipped in color plates of the artist. 12 color plates and black and white illustrations. Literature. $15.00

 

29458. Julavitz, Heidi. "The Effects of Living Backwards". Berkley, 2003. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. . $3.95

 

30799. Jung, C. G. / Violet S. de Laszlo, editor. "Psyche & Symbol". A Selection From The Writings. Doubleday Anchor, 1958. Typography by Edward Gorey. Cover by Leonard Baskin. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Spine faded. Nonfiction. $6.95

 

10409. Junger, Ernst. "Aladdin's Problem". Marsilio, 1992. First edition. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel from the German. Fine and very bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Very attractive. Deserved praise from Bruce Chatwin. Fiction. $12.00

 

8568. Junkins, Donald. "And Sandpipers She Said". University of Massachusetts Press, 1970. First edition. Fine and bright in close to fine dustjacket. Review copy with complimentary card enclosed. Poetry. $13.50

 

20257. Junkins, Donald. "Crossing by Ferry". Poems New and Selected. University of Massachusetts Press, 1978. First edition. SIGNED: Near fine stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout.  Trifle shelf rub. Affectionately inscribed and fully signed by the poet on the half title page. Poetry. $15.00

 

27187. Justice, Donald. "Collected Poems". Knopf, 2004. First edition. Very fine and bright in like price-clipped dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy, excellent work. Poetry. $25.00

 

18421. Justice, Donald. "New and Selected Poems". Knopf, 1995. First edition. Fine and bright all around in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Poetry. $20.00

 

26122. [Juvenal] Humphries, Rolfe, translator. "Satires of Juvenal". Indiana University, 1966. Near fine stiff wraps. Excellent reading copy with some marginalia to opening of text. Literature. $5.95

 

 

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