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Mice are Funny Little Creatures.
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$20.00NY: New Directions (1960). First edition. 83 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover design and illustration by Ray Johnson. Morgan A29. -
$225.00[Palo Alto: Kenneth Patchen, 1967]. First edition. 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inch broadside, printed in two colors. Two old folds (it was originally issued folded for mailing), else fine. Framed under glass (not examined out of frame). An uncommon Patchen item. Morgan B13.
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$850.00NY: Padell (1948). First edition. 177 + 117 + 185 pp in one volume. Very good plus in like dust jacket with two short tears to the lower edge of the front flap. One of 100 (126) numbered copies on Rag Laid paper SIGNED by Patchen. The complete texts of FIRST WILL & TESTAMENT, THE DARK KINGDOM, and CLOTH OF THE TEMPEST. Embossed ownership stamp, “Clifford Odets / New York City” on the first leaf.
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$75.00NY: Padell (1948). Second edition. 185 pp. Foxing to early and late leaves, else very good plus in like dust jacket with a small tear to spine and light overall foxing with a few chips. This second edition includes a bonus poem, “White Lions of Snow,” not in the 1943 first edition. Clifford Odets’ copy, with his embossed stamp “CLIFFORD ODETS / NEW YORK CITY” on the front free endpaper, along with his inked initials. Morgan A7b.
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$55.00NY: Padell, 1948. 2nd edition. Very good without dust jacket, with a very short gift inscription on half-title. 1/2500 copies only.
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$15.00NY: New Directions (1958). First edition. 62 + 55 pp. Two volumes bound dos-a-dos. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
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$125.00NY: Padell (1948). First printing of this edition. 177 pp. Very good plus in like dust jacket with toned spine and overall wear. Includes a new poem, “for Miriam (As frothing wounds of roses),” not in the 1939 first edition. Clifford Odets’ copy, with his embossed stamp, “CLIFFORD ODETS / NEW YORK CITY” and inked initials on the first leaf. Morgan A2b.
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$35.00Highlands: Jonathan Williams (1957). First edition. 62 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with a light bend to one upper corner. Jargon 21.
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$2,000.00Highlands: Jonathan Williams (1958). First edition, limited and signed special “Gold and Gray” issue. [50 pp]. Near fine in paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 42 numbered copies SIGNED by Patchen with an original painted poemscape pasted-down to the rear cover and the verso of the the last leaf. Morgan A28b. Jargon 11.
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$850.00NY: New Directions (1949). First edition, painted issue. 64 pp. Near fine in boards with gilt-stamped cloth spine. Patchen’s original cover painting has some surface chipping, due to the pigments used, but otherwise is a strong example for this title. While the construction of the book conforms to the painted issue, it does not have the signed and numbered colophon sheet. See Morgan A18b. -
$125.00NY: New Directions (1949). First edition. 64 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light tanning to spine and extrems, and a scratch to the front panel. Morgan A18a.
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$65.00NY: Padell (1947). First edition. 256 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with a closed tear to bottom edge of the front panel and tape reinforcement to the verso of spine. “A novel of love and faith.”
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$100.00NY: New Directions (1946). First edition. 86 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with sunning to spine and overall edge wear. Jacket design by Albert Lustig. A volume in the “New Classics” series. Clifford Odets’ copy, with his embossed stamp, “CLIFFORD ODETS / NEW YORK CITY” and his inked initials on the first leaf. Morgan A10a.
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$35.00London: Jonathan Cape (1968). Uncorrected proof. 191 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with a small scuff at crown of spine.
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$20.00Youngstown: Pig Iron Press (1980). First edition. 93 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Edited with an introduction by Richard Morgan. Late poems, fiction from the ‘30’s, along with criticism and photos.
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$40.00[NY: Padell] (1948). Second printing. 117 pp. Light foxing to page edges, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with wear to crown and toning to spine. Clifford Odets’ copy, with his embossed stamp, “CLIFFORD ODETS / NEW YORK CITY” on the first leaf. Morgan A4c.
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$35.00[NY: Padell] (1948). Second printing. 117 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some wrinkling along top edge of front panel. Morgan A4c.
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$100.00Norfolk: New Directions (1942). First edition. [32 pp]. Light faint scattered foxing to page edges, else near fine in very good only dust jacket with a chip to crown and a stain on rear panel. Small neat contemporary name and date (45) inked to front free endpaper. A volume in the Poet of the Month Series.
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$55.00NY: Padell (1946). First edition. 32 pp. Fine in unprinted stapled wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. Cover art by Patchen. A short prose work by the poet. Morgan A14. -
$15.00NY: New Directions (1968). First trade paperback printing. [96 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Picture poems.
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$12.50Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1994. First edition. 204 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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$45.00Dunedin: Pilgrims South Press (1978). First edition. 39 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket with two short tears and a crease along top edge.
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$15.00London: Faber & Faber (1997). First edition. 58 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original.
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$12.50London & Boston: Faber & Faber (1993). First trade paperback printing. 53 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Paterson’s first collection of poems.
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$12.50Ithaca, NY:Ithaca House, 1977. First edition. Near fine in wraps. Blurb by Daniel Hoffman.
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$15.00Brockport: BOA Editions 1995. Uncorrected proof. 123 pp. Very good plus in printed wrappers.
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$17.50NY: Hill & Wang, 1969. First edition. Near fine in wraps.
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$75.00London: Turret (1969). First edition. [19 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and printed dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Patten. An eight section long poem, issued as Turret Booklet, Second Series No. 4.
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$25.00Surrey: Sceptre Press (1970). First edition. [16 pp]. Scattered light foxing to covers, else near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 74 numbered copies.
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$25.00London: George Allen & Unwin (1971). First trade paperback printing. 64 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Patten’s third collection of poems.
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$35.00London: George Allen & Unwin (1976). First edition. 46 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a small scuff to the front panel and one short tear.
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$25.00Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, 1989. First edition. Folio. [64 pp]. Fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Developed and designed by Mark Oldach and Rhonda Taira. Contributions by Seymour Chwast, Ivan Chermayeff, Hermann Zapf, David Lance Goines, and many others.