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Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, 1983.
Price: US$7.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Movies, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
KELLY, Robert.. Under Words.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1983.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: 160 pp. Foxing along top edge, else near fine in printed wrappers.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, 1983.
Price: US$13.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good paperback copy (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Exterior looks great, shelfwear is very minor. Interior appears free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1983.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, near fine in wraps. The spine is slightly sunned. Tight and square, a volume of poetry.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words [inscribed]. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: INSCRIBED by the author to Pat[rick Meanor], fellow author, with some markings in text by Meanor.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, 1983.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Audience: General/trade. Poems by Kelly. First edition. First Edition. First Printing.
Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert.. Under Words.. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, 1983.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 250 hardcover copies, numbered and signed by the author. Designed by Barbara Martin. Fine condition in fine acetate dust jacket.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara CA, 1983.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: This is copy #10 of 50 signed by the author. ; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1983.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 160pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] 1/4 maroon cloth with paper covered boards. Extremities lightly rubbed. The author's forty-fifth book. Number 20 in an edition of hardcover 250 copies. Signed by Robert Kelly on the limitation page.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1983.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to 250 copies signed by Kelly on the limitation page. Fine. Quarter red cloth with patterned paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
KELLY, Robert.. Under Words.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1983.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 160 pp. Foxing along top edge, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket with wrinkles along the spine. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Kelly.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1983.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Under Words by Robert Kelly. First edition, limited edition in original red cloth and paper spine label. Publisher: Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1983. Limited edition this being number 104 of 250 copies. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 160 pages. 6 ½ x 9 ¼ inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #18-053. Price: $45. Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition, no. 4 of fifty copies signed by the author with his original holograph art and poem on the page facing the copyright page. Artwork is calligraphic in form and is done in red-pink ink. Original publisher's paper-covered boards backed with purple cloth. Boards have a wrap-around graphic with the colors of purple, red, pink, and white. Paper spine label. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." 160 pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Signature and holographic art and poem are pristine and intact. Slight foxing on the edges of the boards and edges of the text block, not affecting pages internally. Slight corner and edge wear. A few leaves around Page 100 have some dog-earing. A Very Good copy, almost Near Fine. Robert Kelly (b. 1935) is an American poet who is associated with the Deep Image movement of poetry. The term, "Deep Image," was invented by Kelly himself and fellow poet Jerome Rothenberg to describe a style of poetry, including their own, characterized by introspection, resonance, and stylization. Many of Kelly's works have been published by the Black Sparrow Press, which is still in business to this day. Back colophon: "Printed September 1983 in Santa Barbara & Ann Arbor from the Black Sparrow Press by Graham Mackintosh & Edwards Brothers Inc. Design by Barbara Martin. This edition is published in paper wrappers, there are 250 hardcover copies numbered & signed by the author; 50 numbered copies have been handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each containing a unique holographic painting & poem by the author, from the Fourth Series of The Mirsuvian Calligraphies, 4/50 [handwritten in red ink], Robert Kelly [signed in black ink]." Excerpt by Kelly about the title and poems of the book: "Under words. I was wondering what lay beneath them, the things I said and meant and used, some of, only some of, to build poems. For years their surface had been enough, and then that history (half-fanciful, half-documented) we call etymology. But I wanted a spiritual etymology, to lead the word back--but not now to some Indo-European root, but to its root in my experience, mind in action, tree in the world."
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Robert Kelly. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1983.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good limited edition signed by Robert Kelly on a limitation page, numbered 138 of 250 hardcover copies numbered and signed. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Some minor wear to bottom edges of boards, corners. Glue residue to front endpaper due to a removed book plate. Near fine original acetate jacket. Crease to top right corner of front flap. Slight bumping to top of spine. Overall a nice limited edition copy, numbered, and signed by Kelly.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Robert Kelly. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1983.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Description: hardcover, cloth-backed paper-covered boards in clear dust jacket., minor rubbing to dj. minute wear to exterior, negligible impact. no other flaws or wear. clean. no markings. strong binding.; this number 7 from the edition 50 copies which are signed and contain a unique watercolor and poem by the author.; 160pp., poetry. a unique copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: art longwood books, Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.
KELLY, Robert.. Under Words.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1983.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: 160 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Kelly with a poem and painting in holograph. First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
KELLY, Robert.. Under Words.. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1983.
Price: US$123.52 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 of 50 copies with an original painting and poem by the author. SIGNED by Kelly. Cloth backed boards. Fine.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
KELLY, Robert.. Under Words.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1983.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 160 pp. Light foxing to top edge, else very 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 Kelly. As in the lettered issue of this title, there is a decorated holograph poem tipped-in after the title page.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Kelly, Robert. Under Words. Black Sparrow Press, 1983.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 160 pgs. A fine condition book in a fine acetate dust jacket. Very light rubbing to acetate. This is #237 of 250 copies numbered and signed by Kelly. A very nice book of Kelly poetry.
Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.