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CREELEY, Robert.. The Finger.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1968.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: [24 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers with light corner bumps. Illustrated with collages by Bobbie Creeley. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Robert Creeley. Morrow & Cooney 21a. First edition, first issue (preceeding a line transposition during printing).
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Creeley, Robert. The Finger. Black Sparrow Press. First American paper edition, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$57.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Collages by Bobbie Creeley; 1/250 numbered copies (total edition 300) signed by the author. Printed wrappers, sewn. A couple of marks to covers and edgwear. Very good.
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
CREELEY, Robert.. The Finger.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1968.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: [24 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 250 total numbered copies SIGNED by Creeley. Morrow & Cooney 21b. First edition, second issue (one of about 94 copies with a line transpostion).
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small sewn quarto. Unpaginated. A very good copy with typical wear to the yapped cover edges. Copy 157 of 250 from the trade edition in handsewn paper wrappers. SIGNED by Robert Creeley. Collage art provided by Bobbie Creeley.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
CREELEY, Robert. The Finger. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Collages by Bobbie Creeley. Small quarto. Fine in string-tied wrappers. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by Robert Creeley. This is copy 156.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CREELEY, Robert. The Finger. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Collages by Bobbie Creeley. Small quarto. Brown string-tied wrappers. Just a bit of edgewear, else fine. Numbered 204 of 250 numbered copies, signed by Robert Creeley.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CREELEY, Robert.. The Finger.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1968.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Small 4to. [24 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. No dust jacket, as issued. A poem with an original collage by Bobbie Creeley as a frontis. One of 50 numbered hand bound copies SIGNED by Robert and Bobbie Creeley. Morrow & Cooney 21c. First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
CREELEY, Robert; Bobbie Creeley, illus. The Finger. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$715.00 + shipping
Description: Of a total edition of 300 copies, this is one of only 50 numbered copies (this number 17) handbound in boards with an original collage signed by the artist; the rest of the edition was issued in wrappers. Octavo (10-1/4" by 7-1/4"). Half gray cloth with dark brown and black textured boards, with printed paper label on the spine. Trivial rubbing to board edges, else Fine, in recent acetate dustwrapper. An early book and a beautiful publication from the press; this was the first of Creeley's works to be published by John Martin. Printed by Graham Mackintosh and handbound, with 4 black & white reproductions of collages by Bobbie Creeley, and a tipped-in original color collage signed in pencil by Bobbie Creeley on the mount. Signed by both Robert and Bobbie Creeley as called for. MORROW & COONEY 21.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Creeley, Robert.. THE FINGER.. Black Sparrow Press: Los Angeles., 1968.
Price: US$862.50 + shipping
Description: Collages by Bobbie Creeley, 10.25 x 7.25, cloth backed boards, unpag, vg in acetate jacket. ONE OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY CREELEY, WITH ORIG COLLAGE BY BOBBIE CREELEY AND SIGNED BY ARTIST.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. One of only 50 numbered copies (this is number 4) which were hand bound in boards with an original collage by Bobbie Creeley and SIGNED by both artist and poet. Additionally, this was artist R. B. Kitaj's copy and this book has been lovingly INSCRIBED by both Robert and Bobbie to Kitaj. A wonderful association. Kitaj has also neatly signed his name to the front endpaper. A special copy indeed. Kitaj illustrated several of Creeley's books. Signed by Author.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.