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Palmer, Michael. Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$18.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, 134 pp. Wrappers a bit sunned, handled and dustsoiled; stains to top edge.
Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Michael Palmer. The Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 136. Paper wrappers. Some toning to the spine. Price stamp on front endpaper.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Palmer, Michael. Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$21.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good, clean text, paperback binding, light to moderate wear to corners and edges, may have previous owner's signature, remainder mark, sticker/residue, and/or other minor aesthetic flaws. Satisfaction guaranteed. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.
Seller: Earthlight Books, Walla Walla, WA, U.S.A.
PALMER, Michael.. The Circular Gates.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1974.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 134 pp. Faint sunning to spine, else fine in printed wrappers.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Palmer, Michael. The Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Trade paperback. 134 p. General/Trade. Early Palmer poetry. One of our finest working poets. Very good. A no-problem, very good condition book. Very slight crease to front hinge. First edition. First Edition. First Printing.
Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.
PALMER, Michael.. The Circular Gates.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1974.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 134 pp. Light foxing to top edge, else near fine in printed wrappers. Ownership signature of Michael McClure on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
PALMER, Michael.. The Circular Gates.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1974.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 134 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Palmer, "for Douglas Blazek / Michael Palmer." Review slip laid in.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Palmer, Michael. The Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Perfect bound in wrappers. Inscribed to fellow Black Sparrow writers David [Bromige] and Sherril [Jaffe]. Shallow bend to lower left back cover, near fine.
Seller: Granary Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michael Palmer. The Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Inscribed by the Author on the first page
Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
PALMER, Michael. The Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition, number 36 of 175 copies signed by the author. Large Octavo. Clear glassine dust jacket, tan paper boards over blue cloth spine, paper title plate at spine, pale blue end papers. Fine glassine, near fine overall, very small smudge at bottom edge of front cover.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
PALMER, Michael. The Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$99.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover : pp.[1-12], 13-134, [135-136] : Light tan paper boards with lettering in red and blue : Blue cloth spine : Paper title label on spine : Blue green endpapers : Author portrait last page : Number 91 of 175 limited edition hardcover copies : Signed by author on limitation page. Foxing to edges and endpapers; foot of top board a little pressed; some light marks to boards. Celebrated poet Robert Hass said of Palmer ''Michael Palmer is the foremost experimental poet of his generation and perhaps of the last several generations.His poetry is at once a dark and comic interrogation of the possibilities of the representation in language, but it's continuing surprise is it's resoucefulness and it's sheer beauty''.
Seller: Archives Fine Books (ANZAAB, ILAB), Brisbane, QLD, Australia
PALMER, Michael.. The Circular Gates.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 134 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 175 numbered copies SIGNED by Palmer. Morrow & Cooney 191b.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Palmer, Michael. The Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, #51 of 175 hardcover copies, SIGNED. Near fine in near fine glassine wrapper. Signed by Author.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe Issue, one of five copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and paisley cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [12],13-134,[2]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. An early collection of verse by the American poet and translator. Morrow & Cooney 191c.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Palmer, Michael.. THE CIRCULAR GATES.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. dj, 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED hardcover first edition - First edition, lettered & signed issue. An early full-length book of poetry by this influential and award-winning writer (in 2006 he received the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, a prize which recognizes outstanding mastery of the art of poetry.) One of 26 copies hand-lettered (this is G), and SIGNED by Palmer on the colophon page, and hand-bound in boards by Earle Grey. Paisley cloth spine over beige boards, paper title label on spine, pale blue end papers. 134 pp. plus colophon. Very near fine in a like clear acetate dust jacket.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
PALMER, Michael.. The Circular Gates.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1974.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 134 pp. Foxing along top edge, else 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 Palmer. Laid in to this copy are an invitation to the publication party for this title, and a holograph postcard from Michael McClure to Barbara Martin, praising her for the design of the book.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Michael Palmer. Circular Gates. Black Sparrow Press,u.s, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. First Edition. Copy "A" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. This copy has additionally been inscribed, signed and dated by Michael Palmer to actor, Macdonald Carey. Poetry collection. 134 pages. Fine copy in publisher's clear plastic Dust Wrapper. See Photos LR2/1E
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Palmer, Michael. The circular gates. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$410.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good
Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom