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    MELTZER, David.
    $17.50
    Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2000. First trade paperback printing. 181 pp. Fine in printed wrappers.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $125.00
    San 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $75.00
    San 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $75.00
    San 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $50.00
    San Francisco: Discovery Books (1959). First edition. [52 pp]. Very good plus in stapled wrappers with bend to upper corner. Meltzer's first solo book.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $100.00
    Los 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $150.00
    Los 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $200.00
    Los 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $20.00
    Los 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $10.00
    Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First trade paperback printing. 139 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $75.00
    Santa 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $40.00
    Santa 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $150.00
    Santa 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $15.00
    Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First trade paperback printing. 139 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Review slip laid in.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $85.00
    Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 139 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $45.00
    NY: Herder and Herder (nd). Uncorrected proof. 151 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. TENS was published in hardcover by McGraw-Hill, paperback by Herder and Herder.
  • The Agency Trilogy.
    MELTZER, David.
    $350.00
    North Hollywood: Essex House (1968). First editions. 160 + 160 + 160 pp. Three volumes, all very near fine in illustrated wrappers with a “not for resale” stamp on the bottom edge of first volume. THE AGENCY, THE AGENT, and HOW MANY BLOCKS IN THE PILE? Review slip in volume 3. Norman Spinrad contributes a postscript to the second and third volumes. Young 2647-2649. For the trilogy:
  • The Art / The Veil.
    MELTZER, David.
    $45.00
    Milwaukee: 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $35.00
    (np): (np) (1996). First printing of this edition. 8 x 11 in broadside. Fine.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $25.00
    [Berkeley]: Oyez, 1967. First edition. 94 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with light tanning along spine. "Advance Copy Oyez" stamped on half-title page.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $200.00
    San 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $35.00
    San Francisco: Mudra, 1973. First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in unprinted white glazed wrappers and fine letterpress printed dust jacket. One of 500 copies printed at the Cranium Press.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $35.00
    Santa 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.
  • The Name: Selected Poetry 1973-1983.
    MELTZER, David.
    $100.00
    Santa 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $125.00
    Santa 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $150.00
    Santa 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.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $35.00
    Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in wrappers and very good plus integral illustrated dust jacket that is tanned along the spine and extrems. Cover portraits of Meltzer by Peter LeBlanc.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $50.00
    Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine integral illustrated dust jacket. Cover portraits of Meltzer by Peter LeBlanc. One of 500 copies. Designed by Dave Haselwood. Printed by Graham Mackintosh.
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    MELTZER, David.
    $15.00
    [Berkeley]: Oyez (1977). First trade paperback printing. 149 pp w/text-sources. Fine in illustrated wrappers.
  • Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook.
    MELTZER, David.
    $25.00
    [Berkeley]: Oyez (1977). First edition. 149 pp w/text-sources. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.