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Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in dust jacket. Sunning and minor foxing.
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Corman, Cid. At Their Word / Essays on the Arts of Language, Volume II. Black Sparrow, 1978, 1978.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First edition Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Unread and handsome all around. Signed by Cid Corman on his small bookplate to the full title page
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Cid Corman. At Their Word: Essays on the Arts of Language. Volume 2. Black Sparrow Press, 1978.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: 218 pages. Signed by the author on limitation page. Signed again and dated on tipped-in page with holograph poem, 'Follow/ the stream + / Don't go - / but be going.' 3 March 1978. #24/50 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, containing a holograph poem. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine clear acetate dust wrapper.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition TWO VOLUMES, SIGNED. The best way to reach Cid, both volumes at once - a full clutch of Corman. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Signed by Cid Corman on his personal small white bookplate to the title pages. Both volumes sold as a set
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition SIGNED. Two books from Cid Corman's personal library and the poet's own copies. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Both books have Cid's small white personal fully signed bookplate affixed to the full title page. Two books sold as a set. New and bright all around, gift quality
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First edition TWO VOLUMES, SIGNED. The best way to reach Cid, both volumes at once - a full clutch of Corman. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Signed by Cid Corman on his personal small white bookplate to the title pages. Both volumes sold as a set
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing SIGNED. Signed by Cid Corman on his small personal bookplate to the title page. Always strong progressive work by this poet whether poetry or critical essays which run the range on subjects of Zukofsky into Marianne Moore, leaping to William Carlos Williams and Robert Creeley, never forgetting Charles Olson or Corman's close friend Larry Eigner. Always promoting Frank Samperi and looking well at the work of Philip Whalen and Gary Snyder and even more! New and bright in acetate dustjacket. Hardcover
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Volume two only. Octavo. 218pp. Tan cloth spine, publisher's printed paper spine label, papercovered boards. Very light foxing on the top edge, else a fine copy in fine publisher's unprinted acetate dust jacket. Signed, hardbound issue, limited to 200 numbered copies, Signed by Cid Corman on the colophon, 500 copies issued in cloth, also issued in a wrapper. The subjects of Cid Corman's essays include: Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Dylan Thomas, Robert Creeley, Gary Snyder, and more.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$98.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cid (Sidney) Corman (1924-2004) was an American poet, translator and editor, most notably of Origin, who was a key figure in the history of American poetry in the second half of the 20th century He has been associated with the Beats, Black Mountain poets and Objectivists, mainly through his championing as an editor, publisher and critic However, he remained independent of all groups and fashions throughout his career These volumes are both in excellent condition: Vol 1 - Dark green cloth spine on tan boards with green and red titles on front cover and title label on spine No marks or damage at all No 136 of 200 copies numbered and signed by the author Clear plastic dust cover as issued Vol 2 - Tan cloth spine on light blue boards with brown, red and green titles on front cover and title label on spine Very slight fading at edges but no other marks or damage at all No 69 of 200 copies numbered and signed by the author Clear plastic dust cover as issued 169, 218 pp.
Seller: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977-1978. First Editions. Deluxe Issues, each volume one of six copies specially bound and designated for the author and members within the inner circle of the press, both marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Corman on the colophons. Two octavo volumes (23.75cm); printed paper-covered boards and paisley cloth back strips, with title labels mounted to spines; publisher's original acetate dustjackets; [12],13-169,[7]; [8],9-218,[6]pp. Both volumes have an original holograph poem by Corman tipped in on a preliminary leaf. The second volume's tip in is a lighter paper stock than book. Fine in lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjackets. Smallest smudge on fore edge of volume two.
Seller: Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA, Moab, UT, U.S.A.