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DUNCAN, Robert.

Roots and Branches: Poems.
$85.00
NY: Scribner’s (1964). First edition. 176 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Bertholf A14a. Young 1105.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Roots and Branches: Poems.
$200.00
NY: Scribner’s (1964). First edition. 176 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Dated (September 1964) and INSCRIBED by Duncan to close friends. Bertholf A14a. Young 1105.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Roots and Branches: Poems.
$100.00
NY: Scribner’s (1964). First edition. 176 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. A much nicer copy than usually encountered. Bertholf A14a. Young 1105.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Roots and Branches: Poems.
$200.00
NY: Scribner’s (1964). First edition. xi + 176 pp. Very near fine in very good plus dust jacket with chips to crown and tips of flap folds. INSCRIBED by Duncan in black ink, with an elaborate drawing of a tree on the title page, showing both the roots, and the branches.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Roots and Branches: Poems.
$20.00
NY: Scribner’s (1964). First trade paperback printing. 176 pp. Near fine in wrappers with some pale spots to rear cover.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Selected Poems: Revised and Enlarged.
$30.00
NY: New Directions (1997). Uncorrected proof. 171 pp w/index of titles. 'Duncan,' book title and publisher inked to spine, else very good only in velo-bound wrappers. Promotional flyer stapled to half-title page.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Selected Poems.
$12.50
NY: New Directions (1993). First trade paperback printing. 147 pp w/index of titles. Near fine in printed wrappers.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Selected Poems.
$25.00
Manchester: Carcanet (1993). First UK edition. xi + 147 pp w/index of titles. Light sunning to spine, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edited by Robert J. Bertholf, with his introduction.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Selected Poems.
$100.00
San Francisco: City Lights Books (1959). First edition. 80 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Pocket Poets #10. Bertholf A10a.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Sets of Syllables, Sets of Words, Sets of Lines, Sets of Poems Addressing: Veil, Turbine, Cord, & Bird.
$75.00
Brooklyn: Jordan Davies (1979). First edition. 12mo. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with printed paper label. One of 200 numbered copies on Fabriano SIGNED by Duncan. Erratum slip present. Bertholf A53.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Sets of Syllables, Sets of Words, Sets of Lines, Sets of Poems Addressing: Veil, Turbine, Cord, & Bird.
$150.00
Brooklyn: Jordan Davis, 1979. First edition. 12mo. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Issued in an edition of 200 numbered copies signed by Duncan. This is an "Hors Comerce" copy inscribed by Duncan to close friends. Erratum slip laid in. Fine.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Six Prose Pieces.
$2,000.00
[Madison]: Perishable Press (1966). First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in full cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to the front panel. One of 50 (of 70) copies on paper made by hand from linen and cotton rags. Though not called for, INITIALED by Duncan on the title page. A Perishable highspot. Bertholf A21a. Hamady 6.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Feast: Passages 34.
$45.00
[Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1970]. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Facsimile of the holograph notebook and of final typescript with an introductory note by Duncan. Produced for insertion into the finished Black Sparrow title, TRIBUNALS: PASSAGES 31-15. Not distributed separately.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The First Decade: Selected Poems 1940-1950.
$150.00
London: Fulcrum Press (1968). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 136 pp. Fine in fine, price-clipped (as issued) dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies on fawn glastonbury antique laid paper SIGNED by Duncan, though according to the bibliographer, only 125 copies were published. Bertholf A30b. Young 1101.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The First Decade: Selected Poems 1940-1950.
$45.00
London: Fulcrum [1969]. First edition. 136 pp. Light bumps to corners, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Bertholf A30a.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Five Songs.
$40.00
La Jolla: Friends of the UCSD Library, 1981. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine by Patrick Reagh. Issued as a keepsake for Friends of the Library. Though not called for in this issue, SIGNED by Duncan. Accompanied a printed card with notes on the publication by Michael Davidson. Bertholf A55a.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Five Songs.
$75.00
La Jolla: Friends of the UCSD Library, 1981. First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine paper by Patrick Reagh. Issued as a keepsake for Friends of the library. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Duncan with a hand-colored title page. Bertholf A55b.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Five Songs.
$20.00
La Jolla: Friends of the UCSD Library, 1981. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine by Patrick Reagh. Issued as a keepsake for Friends of the Library. Accompanied a printed card with notes on the publication by Michael Davidson. Bertholf A55a.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Five Songs.
$50.00
La Jolla: Friends of the UCSD Library, 1981. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine by Patrick Reagh. Issued as a keepsake for Friends of the Library. Accompanied a printed card with notes on the publication by Michael Davidson. Dated (1981) and INSCRIBED by Duncan to gallerist Paule Anglim, “for Paule with love / Robert.” Bertholf A55a.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Five Songs.
$45.00
La Jolla: Friends of the UCSD Library, 1981. First edition, numbered & signed issue (but not numbered). [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine paper by Patrick Reagh. Issued as a keepsake for Friends of the library. Conforms to the limited issue of 100 numbered copies with a hand-colored title page SIGNED by Duncan, but this copy is not numbered. Bertholf A55b.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Opening of the Field.
$35.00
NY: Grove Press (1960). First edition. 96 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Title page cover art by Jess. Young 1103.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Opening of the Field.
$125.00
NY: Grove (1960). First edition. 96 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. A trade paperback original. Title-page drawing by Jess. SIGNED by Duncan opposite the title page with a simple drawing.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Opening of the Field.
$75.00
NY: Grove (1960). First edition. 96 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers. A trade paperback original. Title-page drawing by Jess. Dated (Dec. 1960) and elaborately INSCRIBED by Duncan on the half-title page within an ink drawing.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Opening of the Field.
$50.00
NY: Grove Press (1960). First edition. 96 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. Title-page design by Jess. Duncan’s first book with a trade publisher. Bertholf A11.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Opening of the Field.
$75.00
London: Jonathan Cape (1969). Uncorrected proof. 96 pp. Fine in wrappers with promotional label pasted to front cover. Bertholf A11k.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Opening of the Field.
$125.00
NY: Grove Press (1960). First edition. 96 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. INSCRIBED by Duncan, 'for Ellen and Warren [Tallman] / at my book party' on the half-title with a full page illustration of a tree. Tallman's brief working notes throughout. Bertholf A11.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Sentinels.
$75.00
[San Francisco]: Square Zero Editions, 1979. Second edition. 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Soft bend to one upper corner, else fine. One of 100 (of 126) copies. Owl drawing by Duncan. One of 100 (of 126) copies. Designed and printed at Black Stone Press. Bertholf A52b.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Sweetness and Greatness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
$25.00
San Francisco: Open Space (1965). First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover and title page illustration by Duncan. One of 500 copies. Bertholf A17. Johnston A32.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Truth & Life of Myth: An Essay in Essential Autobiography.
$100.00
NY: House of Books, 1968. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 78 pp. Fine in full cloth and very near fine unprinted glassine dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Duncan. Sixteenth volume in the House of Books Crown Octavo Series. Bertholf A26.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Years as Catches: First Poems (1939-1946).
$75.00
Berkeley: Oyez, 1966. First edition. xi + 93 pp w/bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 170 copies. Duncan contributes a lengthy introduction to this collection of his early work. Bertholf A20b.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

The Years As Catches: First poems (1939-1946).
$100.00
Berkeley: Oyez, 1966. First trade paperback printing. 92 pp w/bibliography. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Duncan on the half-title page, “for Joy & Ebbe / with love / as ever / Robert / December 1966.” Promotional flyer featuring statements by Charles Olson and Denise Levertov laid in. Young 1106*.
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DUNCAN, Robert.

Towards an Open Universe.
$25.00
Portree: Aquila Publishing (1982). First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Aquila Essays - Number 17.
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