New York: The Viking Press, 1977. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. 88 pp. Red printed wraps. Signed by the author, inscribed to a previous owner in 1980. In Near Fine condition, with faint edge wear and a few minute stains. Light scuffing to top of page block. A lovely..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by John Ashbery on the front free endpaper, inscribed to a former owner and dated in the year of publication. In publisher's beige cloth covered boards with titles printed in black on the spine. Very Good, with..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First edition, cloth issue. Signed by Ashbery on the title page. 63, [1] pp. Publisher's tan cloth lettered in black, marigold endpapers. Tiny scuff to front board, else Fine in Near Fine rubbed and very slightly spine sunned unclipped jacket. An early collection..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. Second edition. Inscribed by author on title page, signed and dated February 4, 1979. 63, [1, note about author] pp. Illustrated wraps. An About Very Good copy with light dampstaining to last ten pages or so, slightly shelf worn. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First edition, first printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection. An association copy signed by John Ashbery and inscribed to Ted and Renee Weiss. The Weiss' were poets and editors of the Quarterly Review of Literature, which published William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. 87 pp. First edition, first printing of the author's first book. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page, inscribed to former owner in 1992. Publisher's black cloth binding stamped in gilt on spine. Near Fine with slight musty odor to pages, pages toned..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. First edition stated. Publisher's grey cloth over boards with titles on spine. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page, inscribed to former owner. Grolier Book Shop ticket to front free end paper, rubbing to poet's name on spine, else Fine. In a Near..... More
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. First edition. Signed by John Ashbery, inscribed to previous owner. Publisher's pink and brown decorated wrappers. Very Good with toning to wraps, light chipping and cracking at fragile yapped edges, short split started at top of spine. A nice copy of the fragile..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. Inscribed "For William Targ [signed] John Ashbery 4/11/77" on title page. Targ was a well-known editor, best-known for publishing Mario Puzo's The Godfather, as well as the publisher of Targ Editions. Second edition. Near Fine. 63, (1, note about author) pp. Illustrated wraps. An..... More
Los Angeles: Al Ashley, 1944. Whole number X. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA January, 1944 mailing. Near Fine with light toning and wear, area of light foxing to front cover. More
Los Angeles: Al Ashley, 1945. Whole number XIII. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA April, 1945 mailing. Near Fine with light toning and wear. More
Los Angeles: Al Ashley, 1945. Whole number XV. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA October, 1945 mailing. Near Fine with light toning and wear. More
Los Angeles: Al Ashley, 1946. Whole number XVI. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA January, 1946 mailing. Near Fine with light toning and wear. More
Los Angeles, Battle Creek MI: Published for the Author, 1944-1946. Issue numbers 10, 13, 15, 16. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA mailings. Issues average in Near Fine to Very Good, with some toning, light creases and light general wear. More
Los Angeles: Published for the Author, 1945, 1946. Issue numbers 15 and 16. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA mailings. Issues average in Near Fine with some toning, light creases and light general wear. More
Los Angeles, Battle Creek MI: Published for the Author, 1942-1946. Seven issues sold as a lot, numbers 2, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA mailings. Issues average in Near Fine to Very Good, with some toning, light creases and light general wear. Number 2 is lacking..... More
Los Angeles, Battle Creek MI: Published for the Author, 1942-1946. 11 issues. Issue numbers 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA mailings. Issues average in Near Fine to Very Good, with some toning, light creases and light general wear. Number 2 is..... More
Battle Creek, MI: Al Ashley and Abby Lu Ashley, 1942. [June, 1942] Whole number II. Sci-fi fanzine for FAPA mailing. Color cover not present, perhaps a variant issued without a cover, or the publisher had more sheets than covers (we have three copies present, all with no covers.) Near Fine..... More
Los Angeles: Published for the Author. Undated [ca. 1940s]. One sheet printed on both sides. A 2-page, one-shot fanzine published by Al Ashley in the 1940s about Charles Burbee. Very Good with toning and several short edge-tears. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1954. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue leather-affect boards with spine stamped in red. Near Fine with front inner hinge slightly exposed, light offsetting to endsheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket. with fading and a scrape to the..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1954. Book club edition. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Bound in publisher's original blue leatherette binding. Very Good with droplets to topstain, light wear to corners and spine ends, small nick to gutter of front endsheet, pages toned and endhseets offset..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Publisher's black cloth binding with red title stamping to spine. Near Fine with light stains to cloth, offsetting to end sheets. In a Near Fine dust jacket with foxing along flap folds, light wear along the top..... More
New York: The Gnome Press Inc., 1951. First edition, first issue binding with sheets bulking to 1.9 cm. 255 pp. Bound in publisher's dark navy cloth lettered in red. Near Fine with bumped corners, small letter "I" written on paste down in ink, hints of offsetting to endpapers. In a...... More
New York: The Gnome Press Inc., 1951. First edition, Currey's B binding with sheets bulking to 1.4 cm. Signed by Isaac Asimov and inscribed to noted science fiction editor and critic Dave Hartwell on the title page. Bound in publisher's dark navy cloth lettered in red. Near Fine with light..... More
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New York: Gnome Press. 1951, 1952, 1953. Three volumes, all first edition, first printings and all in first state bindings and jackets where applicable, as per Currey. Bound in publisher's original cloth-affect boards in original unclipped dust jackets, ranging from Very Good to Very Good+, with light edge wear to..... More