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Eshleman, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor.. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, California, 1968.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Copy #137 of 250 copies in wrappers. 18 pages; green paper wrapper (7 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch) with half-title on the cover. Clayton Eshleman (1935- ) is an American Poet and Translator. He edited two poetry publications 'Caterpillar' (1967-73); and 'Sulfur' (1981-2000). Evidence of a fold in the upper right front cover, clean copy inside and outside. Numbered and signed on the colophon page.

Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor / Clayton Eshleman. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1968.

Price: US$29.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Los Angeles, 1968; signed by author; "review copy" of 250 copies; lime green paper covers; string binding; edges faded; edge and corner wear; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 18 pages.

Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor. Black Sparrow Press, LA, 1968.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 18pp. Ltd to 250 copies of whc this is No. 189. Signed by author. Minute fading on cover. Inside: Fine.

Seller: Books Anonymous, Hudson, NY, U.S.A.

ESHLEMAN, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Quarto. Sewn printed wrappers. Wraps lightly soiled with a crease on the cover, near fine. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

ESHLEMAN, Clayton.. Cantaloups & Splendor.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1968.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. 18 pp. Small rust stain on rear cover, else fine in sewn wrappers. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Eshleman. Morrow & Cooney 40a.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor. Black Sparrow, 1968, 1968.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing Limited edition. Very scarce and this is number 273 fully signed and elaborate by Clayton Eshleman on the colophon page. Very close to fine and bright sewn wraps. Regal and attractive

Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.

ESHLEMAN, Clayton.. Cantaloups & Splendor.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1968.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. 18 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. One of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by Eshleman. Morrow & Cooney 40a. First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

ESHLEMAN, Clayton.. Cantaloups & Splendor.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1968.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. 18 pp. Small smudge on front cover,else fine in sewn wrappers. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Eshleman. Additionally, Eshleman has elaborately INSCRIBED this copy, the text making the shape of a Christmas tree, dated Xmas 1971. Morrow & Cooney 40a.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor (Signed and Inscribed Copy). Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Tall sewn wrappers. An 18 pp poetry chapbook. One of 250 hand-munmbered and SIGNED copies. Additionally, Eshleman has INSCRIBED this copy on the title page and dated his inscription in 1990. A handsome near fine copy.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton.. CANTALOUPS AND SPLENDOR.. Black Sparrow Press: Los Angeles., 1968.

Price: US$51.75 + shipping

Description: 11.5 x 7.75, cloth backed boards, 18 pp, very light cover soil, else vg. FIRST ED, ONE OF ONLY 75 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH ADDITIONAL LATER NOTE INITIALED BY AUTHOR. Additional spine label present.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

ESHLEMAN, Clayton. CANTALOUPS & SPLENDOR. LA, BLACK SPARROW, 1968, 1968.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED BY ESHLEMAN VERY GOOD

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor / Clayton Eshleman. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1968.

Price: US$94.84 + shipping

Description: Fine copy in the original colour-printed, stiff-card, hand-sewn wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 18 pages; Signed by the author, a numbered limited edition of only 250 copies. Description: 18 p. 29 cm. Subjects: Eshleman, Clayton. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Eshleman, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor / Clayton Eshleman. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1968.

Price: US$112.00 + shipping

Description: Fine copy in the original colour-printed, stiff-card, hand-sewn wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 18 pages; Signed by the author, a numbered limited edition of only 250 copies. Description: 18 p. 29 cm. Subjects: Eshleman, Clayton. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

ESHLEMAN, Clayton. Cantaloups & Splendor. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Quarto. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards. Faint toning on the boards, else very near fine. One of 75 numbered handbound in boards by Earle Gray, this is one of a very few copies designated for Presentation and Signed by Eshleman.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton. CANTALOUPS & SPLENDOR. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED & NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 275

Seller: beat book shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton. CANTALOUPS & SPLENDOR;. Black Sparrow Press, 1968.

Price: US$155.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Lime green paper covered boards show light wear and sunning to edges, boards exposed on bottom edge near corner, mild soiling to edges. Multi- colored cloth covered spine with sunned on-laid titles. Book body clean, inscribed by the author on the front free end paper, signed on the limitation page. Signed by Author.

Seller: Counterpoint Records & Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

ESHLEMAN, Clayton.. Cantaloups & Splendor.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1968.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. 18 pp. Near 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 Eshleman. Additionally INSCRIBED by Eshleman on the second leaf, "for John / + Barbara / with love, / Clayton / 1971."

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Eshleman, Clayton.. CANTALOUPS AND SPLENDOR.. Black Sparrow Press: Los Angeles., 1968.

Price: US$402.50 + shipping

Description: 11.5 x 7.75, cloth backed boards, 18 pp, slight cover discolor and minor cover stain. FIRST ED, AUTHOR'S COPY, SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH HOLOGRAPH INITIALLED NOTE: "First Black Sparrow book while I was 'doing Caterpillar' in NYC 1967-68 C.E." WITH ADDITIONAL NOTE CLEVERLY EXPLAINING FRONT COVER STAIN. This was originally an edition of 75 numbered copies.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.