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$125.00San Francisco: Discovery Books (1959). First edition. [52 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Meltzer on the title page, with one small holograph correction to the text. Additionally dated (8 July 68) and INSCRIBED by Meltzer to his publisher and friend Jack Shoemaker with a small drawing.$75.00San Francisco: Discovery Books (1959). First edition. [52 pp]. Dime-sized abrasion to front cover, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. Meltzer's first separate publication. Dated (1 Nov 67) and SIGNED by Meltzer with a small drawing.$75.00San Francisco: Discovery Books (1959). First edition. [52 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers with some discoloration along the spine. Dated (11-3-61) and SIGNED by Meltzer on the front cover, with a small drawing on the front free endpaper.$100.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 29 pp. Fine in full red leather with printed front cover and spine labels. Very near fine acetate dust jacket (lightly rubbed). One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing.$200.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 29 pp. Fine in full red leather with printed front cover and spine labels. Very near fine acetate dust jacket (lightly rubbed). One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing. This is copy “J” with the letter incorporated into an inscription to Jack Shoemaker (his close friend and publisher), with additional drawings to the colophon page, the page opposite, the title page, and the page opposite.$150.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969. First edition, publisher’s copy. 29 pp. Fine in full red leather with printed front cover and spine labels. Very near fine acetate dust jacket (lightly rubbed). Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Meltzer with an original two-color drawing opposite the title page.$20.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969. First edition. 29 pp. Light sunning along spine, else very near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Meltzer.$40.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 139 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Meltzer.$150.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First edition, publisher’s copy. 139 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing tipped-in after the title page as in the lettered issue. Laid into this copy is a 2 November 1976 TLS from Meltzer to John Martin enthusing about the design and publication of this book.$75.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 139 pp. Light foxing along top edge, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Meltzer. Additionally dated (1DEC76) and INSCRIBED by Meltzer with small drawings. Morrow & Cooney 247b.
$45.00Milwaukee: Membrane Press (1981). First edition. 32mo. [48 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Dated (18:I:82) and INSCRIBED by Meltzer to his Oyez Press publishers Robert and Dorothy Hawley, “For the Hawleys / Love / David” with a nice drawing.$125.00[Berkeley]: Oyez, 1967. First edition. 94 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with a corner crease to rear cover and a Unicorn Book Shop price sticker to first leaf. Cover art by Pete LeBlanc. One of 1000 copies designed and printed by Graham Macintosh. Dated (19 Nov 67 and 8 July 68) and INSCRIBED by Meltzer twice to his good friend Jack Shoemaker.$150.00[Berkeley]: Oyez, 1967. First edition. 94 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with a Unicorn Book Shop price sticker to first leaf. Cover art by Pete LeBlanc. One of 1000 copies designed and printed by Graham Macintosh. Affixed to the first leaf is a label inscribed and decorated by Meltzer, “One of One / Variant / the Rare Error / Numbered / Signed / By the Author / Under God / In Cold Dawn Chill / 1 / David Meltzer.” The error referred to are two facing pages that were printed without ink. Meltzer has dated (7 Nov 68) and INSCRIBED these pages to Jack Shoemaker with drawings in five colors.$200.00San Francisco: Mudra, 1973. First edition. [20 pp]. Near fine in unprinted white glazed wrappers. Lacks dust jacket. One of 500 copies printed at the Cranium Press. Meltzer had decorated with front cover with text and drawings in two colors, and added a design to the rear cover. Penned beneath the printed colophon statement in Meltzer’s hand, “5/6 - the suck white / paper wrapper edition / hand-illuminated by the / author - 2.22.79 / David Meltzer.” Finally, this copy is dated (22 Feb 79) and warmly INSCRIBED by Meltzer in two colors to close friends.$35.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Near fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Meltzer.
$100.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing tipped-in after the title page.$125.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 174 pp. Near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing. Additionally dated (7:VI:84) and artfully INSCRIBED by Meltzer to friends.$150.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, publisher’s copy. 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing. Laid into this copy are two TLSs and two ALSs from Meltzer discussing the production of this book.$45.00[Berkeley]: Oyez (1977). First trade paperback printing. 149 pp w/text-sources. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with light foxing to spine and along top edge. Dated (17 March 77) and warmly INSCRIBED by Meltzer.$50.00London: Trigram (1969). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 61 pp. Fine in full decorated buckram. Near fine acetate dust jacket (rubbed) with a chip to crown. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Meltzer.$35.00NY: October House (1971). First trade paperback printing. 88 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Menashe on the half-title page.$75.00Diliman: (np) 1960. First edition. viii + 72 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Cover design by Greg Narvas. Dated (29 April 63) and INSCRIBED by Mendoza. Three experiments in "show(ing) how a free-flowing chain of thought would appear in print." In the 1950's Mendoza was one of the editors of the Philippine little magazine, Impres-sion.$25.00Penn Valley: R.L. Crow Publications, 2004. First edition. 62 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Menebroker on the title page.$20.00Madley: Five Seasons Press, 1988. First edition. 61 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. A selection of Merchant's shorter poems. SIGNED by Merchant on the title page.
$20.00Hereford: Five Seasons Press, 2016. First edition. 127 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Merchant on the title page. A further development of the themes and modes tackled in SOME BUSINESS OF AFFINITY.
$25.00Hereford: Five Seasons Press, 2006. First edition. 272 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Merchant on the title page. Translations, reworkings, interpretations, and responses with over forty illustrations.$45.00Evanston: Triquarterly Books (1997). First trade paperback printing. xvi + 231 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers with “National Book Award Finalist” sticker on the front cover. Foreword by Michael Collier. INSCRIBED by Meredith on the title page.$45.00NY: Knopf, 1975. First edition. 31 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Laid in is printed copy of Meredith's poem, "Year End Accounts" that is INSCRIBED by him.$150.00NY: Knopf, 1975. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 31 pp. A few nicks to top edges, else fine in fine dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Meredith. Additionally INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper, “For Jack Shoemaker, a / bibliophile who knows why / and how books deserve to / be loved, as not all do. / With esteem + friendship of a fellow poet - / William Meredith / Santa Fe / 1977.”$150.00Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948. First edition. 40 pp. Very near fine in very good dust jacket that has overall light edgewear, a few closed tears (internally mended), and sticker residue to the rear panel. Dated (1977) and wonderfully INSCRIBED by Meredith to publisher Jack Shoemaker, “Use this, Jack, as I do, will you? As admonition / to young poets (though I was 29 the day it was / published) not to publish a second book until / you have written one. Reluctantly but with / warm esteem, signed / William Meredith.” Additionally, Meredith has made and initialed three corrections to the text.$45.00NY: Knopf, 1980. First edition. 62 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Meredith, 'Inscribed for the kind, gifted / + bibliophilic _____ / with friendship - / William Meredith.'$200.00NY: Knopf, 1966. First edition. 60 pp w/notes. Near fine in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with one short tear and a light beverage ring on front panel. Dated (New London 1972) and INSCRIBED by Meredith, "For Jill / with warm regards / Bill M."