7511. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Roses. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Montclair, Caliban Press, 1987. 16 x 24 cm. 19 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For Clayton & Caryl – in friendship”. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. One of 100 printed copies. This is number 2.

7512. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Smudging: To Smoke or to Protect Against Frost (as an Orchard) by Means of Smudge. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 16 x 24 cm. 153 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condtion. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: ″ For my good friends Caryl & Clayton – the poems are the life/ the life is the poem – you have always embodied the Duende/ the spirit of the poem for me”. Signed by the author, both on the title page and on the edition page. Number 172 of 250 copies printed. Near fine.

7513. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Collected Greed. Parts 1-13. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1984. 16 x 24 cm. 248 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – who know the meaning of friendship, who permit my greedy need for it, acceptionally, and to whom I turn for exceptional listening”. Number 164 of 200 copies numbered by the author. Near fine.

7514. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Magellanic Clouds. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 16 x 24 cm. 150 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – friends in this galaxy”. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. This is number 238 of 250. Minor discolorations on the cover.

7515. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Trilogy – Coins & Coffins. Discrepancies and Apparitions. The George Wahington Poems. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1974. 14 x 21 cm. 166 pages. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the autor’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – the moon obviously resided in her face. The Tissues were obviously saturated with milk. The feeling of polished stone established itself against her ears, and her cheek was rewound with metal tape. Living in the caves of her throat were pictures, not words. Her hand dound clay to squeeze into bowls. An object as white and soft as pork. An object as silent as pillows. She was as still as wet paper. The moon obviously resided in her face. And walked noiselessly to the sky each night.” Minimal discolorations on the dustjacket.

7516. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands – New Poems by Diane Wakoski. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1975. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 85 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – It is precision that defines beauty. Beauty is either contrast or subtleties, the unexpected or the inevitable.” Minor signs of rubbing on the dustjacket.

7517. Walcott, Derek.

Collected Poems: 1948-1984.

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. XII, 516 pages. Softcover / Uncorrected page proof with original dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7518. Walde, Johann Gottlieb.

Thomas Waldauf’s, des Dresdener Schornsteinfegers Lebensereignisse zu Wasser und zu Lande in drei Welttheilen. Von ihm selbst erzählt und als ein wahrhaftes Familienbuch für Jung und Alt in allen Ständen des Volkes herausgegeben von J.G.Walde. [A german Chimney-sweepers Travels and Adventures on the Ocean and in America (California)].

Löbau, J.G.Walde’s Buchhandlung, ohne Jahr [1858]. Klein-Oktav. 304, 236, 220, VI, (1) Seiten. Mit 23 (von 24) wunderbaren, handkolorierten Tafeln von Ferdinand Franke in Dresden, welche Waldaufs Reise zeigen (u.a. im Schaufelrad-Dampfer etc.). Hardcover / Moderner, sehr dekorativer Halblederband mit neuem Vorsatz. Nach der sehr guten Restauration durch einen professionellen Buchbinder, ist dieser Band wieder ein Sammler-Exemplar. Leicht schiefgelesen. Das Papier vereinzelt stärker stockfleckig. Nahezu alle Abbildungen wunderbar und tadellos und vor allem in kräftigem Kolorit erhalten. Zahlreiche Abbildungen auf unserer Webseite. Sehr seltene, interessante Publikation die auch politische Ansichten ueber den amerikanischen Unrechts-Staat des 19.Jahrhunderts, im Bezug auf Rassismus und Rechte der afroamerikanischen Bevoelkerung, anspricht.

7519. [Waldheim, Kurt] Herzstein, Robert Edwin.

El Oscuro Pasado de Kurt Waldheim.

Barcelona, Serie Reporter, 1988. 8°. 265 pp. Softcover. Edición Espanol. Spanish Edition. Very good condition.

7520. Waldrop, Keith.

A Windmill Near Calvary.

First Edition. Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1968. 14,5 x 22 cm. 56 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the half title. Price clipped. Minor discolorations.