Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In stiff pictorial wrappers, tan with black lettering, rust line drawing. 8vo. 8 x 9-7/8 inches. 45 pp. First trade printing (a numbered, signed edition preceded this). Long narrative poem, written in 1957 when the poet, known then as Brother Antoninus, served in a monastery. Includes a foreword by Everson; illustrated by Patrick Kennedy. As new, appears unread.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade printing. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers with black lettering and red line drawing. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by William Everson. A crisp, fine copy. See photos.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Small 4to. Softbound. First edition. Nicely inscribed by Everson: To Matt & Deane, / Stinson Beach neighbors / year-long friends / Bill / Dec. 1976." Small tear to top of spine, else near fine.
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Permabound, Tan card covers, 9 3/4 in. x 8 in. Very light thumbing. Signed on title page. "A powerful narrative oem exploring the archetypal union of the sexual act. Situated on the Mississippi as a symbol of the American earth and the American mood, it narrates the ordeal of two lovers who, in the course of a single night, overcome the impasse that initially divides them, consummate their love in the extremes of physical passion, and arise at dawn refreshed, restored, at one with themselves and their world." (rear panel).
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Everson, William. RIVER-ROOT: A Syzygy for the Bicentennial of These States. Oyez, Berkeley, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is number 60 of 250 copies signed by the author, with the prospectus laid in. A powerful narrative poem exploring the archetypal syzygy of the sexual act. Situated on the Mississippi as a symbol of the American earth and the American mood, it narrates the ordeal of two lovers who, in the course of a single night, overcome the impasse that initially divides them, consummate their love in the heights of physical passion, and arise at dawn refreshed, restored, at one with themselves and their world. Designed by Thomas Whitridgeas a tall quarto, the poem has been illustrated throughout with vibrant line drawings in copper red by Patrick Kennedy. The types are Goudy Modern and Spectrum Italic printed on German mouldmade paper. It has been bound in quarter leather, with gilt titles and decorated boards. Very light wear to the top corner of the front board; else fine.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Everson, William. River-Root / A Syzygy. Oyez, Berkeley, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Limited to 250 SIGNED copies in oversized boards. A clean near fine example. Signed by Author.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: #32 of 250 copies, 200 of which were for sale. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at colophon page. Book desoigned by Thomas Whitridge, has been printed at The Watsonville Press. Types used are Goudy Modern and Spectrum Italis, cast by Mackenzie & Harris of San Francisco. Binding by Cardoza-James of the same city. Fine in original paper covered boards with gilt stamped leather spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Poetry collection. Number 102 of 250 SIGNED numbered copies (of which 200 were for sale). 4to quarter leather with decorated paper-covered boards and gilt-lettered spine; illustrated with erotic line drawings by Patrick Kennedy. TOGETHER WITH a copy of the softcover trade issue (one of 1000) and of the revised and expanded edition published in 1990 by Broken Moon Press, Seattle (white paperwraps in glossy pictorial dust jacket). All three volumes in fine condition with barest wear.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Everson, William. River-Root. Berkeley: Oyez Press, 1976.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Sm. 4to., cream printed wrappers. First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed by Everson to Robert O'Clair, editor of the "Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry." O'Clair had included three of Everson's poems in his landmark anthology. A compelling presentation copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Fine. One of 200 copies, signed by the author, out of a total edition of 250 copies. Designed by Thomas Whitridge. 1st edition. Binding is 1/4 morocco.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition. Illustrated by Patrick Kennedy. Small quarto. Wrappers. Topedge foxed, modest wear, very good. Inscribed to Malcolm Cowley: "To Malcolm Cowley / best wishes / William Everson / Oct 10, 1980. Kingfisher Flat." Cowley was a poet and literary critic, and chronicler of the the so-called "Lost Generation" of American expatriates in Paris. While probably best known for his book of poetry *Blue Juniata*, his most important work was probably his editing of the *Viking Portable Library,* where his selections, criticism, and popularization of those American authors whose reputations and fortunes had suffered between the Wars. A nice association.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.