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ESHLEMAN, Clayton.. Indiana.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1969.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Description: 178 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Eshleman on the title page. Morrow & Cooney 64a.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Clayton Eshleman. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1969.
Price: US$19.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1000 copies (of 1276). 8vo. Wrappers. 182pp. Dedicated to Cid Corman and William Blake. Poems selected from five book-length manuscripts, plus miscellaneous poems, written between 1963 and 1968. Very Good overall, with some rubbing to wrappers, the spine lightly faded and creased. This copy has been signed by the author in 1977 and inscribed to Allen and Elaine Fisher. Loosely inserted scrap of faint notes (by Allen Fisher, although not stated).
Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
Eshleman, Clayton. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, 1969.
Price: US$21.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "For Mike, Best wishes for all he does, April 1972, Bloomington." one of 1000 copies. Spine creased, wrappers lightly soiled. Typewritten sheets, possibly written by author, laid in. 1969 Trade Paperback. 178 pp. A collection of verse by the award-winning poet also known for his translations of Cesar Vallejo and his studies of cave paintings.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Eshleman, Clayton. Indiana. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Poems by Clayton Eshleman. This copy is from a limited run of 250 hardcover copies signed by the poet; this is number 82. Signed by the poet on the colophon (at the end of the book). Hardcover with DJ. Yellow boards with cloth over spine. Black lettering on yellow label on the spine. Title page dated 1969. Copyright page dated 1969. 178 pages. Bottom edge lightly worn from shelf wear. Clear plastic jacket has large chips around the foot of the spine and smaller chips around the bottom corners. Overall, very good condition. INDIANA is made up of poems written 1963-1968.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
ESHLEMAN, Clayton.. Indiana.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1969.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 178 pp. Near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Eshleman. Morrow & Cooney 64b.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
ESHLEMAN, Clayton. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1969.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Light foxing on the topedge, else fine in publisher's acetate dust jacket. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author, this being number 69. Poetry.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Eshleman, Clayton. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, 1969.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first edition hardcover, SIGNED and numbered, this being number of 248 / 250. Acetate jacket Fine. A lovely copy. 178 pp. M01616
Seller: The Groaning Board, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
ESHLEMAN, Clayton. Indiana: Poems [Limited Edition, Signed]. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1969.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.250. Octavo (24.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's acetate dustjacket; [10],11-178,[6]pp. Light wear and dustiness to board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is rubbed and cloudy, with shallow loss at crown and a few small tears; Very Good. MORROW & COONEY 64b.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Eshleman, Clayton. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1969.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: #147 of 250 hardcover copies, SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation page. Fine in Fine clear acetate jacket. Morrow & Cooney 64b. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
ESHLEMAN, Clayton. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1969.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Small quarto. Decorative cloth spine with pictorial paper-covered boards. Fine in a modestly rubbed, near fine publisher's acetate dust jacket with a short tear on the rear panel. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author, this being number 1. Poetry.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Eshleman, Clayton. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, 1969, 1969.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing Near fine illustrated boards and wildly illustrated in issued acetate dustjacket. Has a tear to it, although not easily noticed. The poet Clayton Eshleman had a long relationship with reader and collector Richard Levasseur which shows in Eshleman's often elaborate inscriptions to Levasseur and Richard's partner.Signed on the full title page. Clayton Eshleman has fully signed this copy on the colophon page - out of 250, this is number 149. A lovely association copy.
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Eshleman, Clayton.. Indiana. Poems. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1969.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition. #16/250 Numbered and SIGNED hardcover copies bound into multi-colored corduroy quarter cloth over yellow, red and black paper covered boards, in clear unprinted acetate dustwrapper, as issued. A Fine copy. 178pp. Effectively, a selected earlier poems. Q13654
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Eshleman, Clayton. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1969.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 178 pages. First edition, first printing. One of 1000 limited copies. Long inscription by Eshleman on the first sheet written in different magic markers and dated in 1969. The inscription is within the boundaries of a rather elaborate drawing of a tree. One of the most unique inscriptions I seen. Fine book with a touch of fading to the spine in wrappers. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
ESHLEMAN, Clayton.. Indiana.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1969.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 178 pp w/notes. Fxoing along top edge, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with red leather spine and printed label. Very good dust jacket with a few chips and a short tear at base of spine. Designated "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page and SIGNED by Eshleman. As in the lettered issue, there is an original holograph poem by Eshleman penned opposite the title page. Additionally INSCRIBED by Eshleman, "Clayton Eshleman / in friendship + / gratitude to the [Black Sparrow Press] / + John Martin / March 20 / 1971."
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Eshleman, Clayton. Indiana. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1969.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Hardcover. Signed limited, 46/250, no dj as issued.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.