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Meltzer, David. The Name: Selected Poetry 1973-1983.. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited Edition #68/200. Issued in unprinted acetate jacket. Some rubbing jacket and wrinkling to 1/4" of top jacket corners.
Seller: Eliot Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
MELTZER, David.. The Name: Selected Poetry 1973 - 1983.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1984.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Near fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Meltzer.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardbound octavo in clear acetate wrapper. 174 pp. Light shelfwear, else a sound very good or better copy in acetate. This is copy 56 of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Meltzer, David. The Name: Selected Poetry 1973 1983. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, 1984.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book has only very light shelf wear. This is the first softcover edition, though 200 of these were signed and numbered by Meltzer while 26 otheres were specially hardbound and included a drawing by the author. This copy is not one of the signed and numbered ones but it is signed on the ffep by Meltzer (David) and inscribed to Aya -- Aya Tarlow -- another Beat writer, artist and friend of Meltzer's. Nice association. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages; Signed by Author 1st Paperback Edition, Limited; First Printing.
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
Meltzer, David. The Name: Selected Poetry 1973-1983. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED. 174pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with brown, white, and black paper over boards, and a paper title label on the spine. Orange endpapers. Near fine condition. There are a couple of shallow indentations in the bottom edge of the rear cover. Design by Barbara Martin. Number 63 of 200 hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author. Signed by David Meltzer on the limitation page.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Meltzer, David.. The Name. Selected Poetry 1973-1983.. Black Sparrow Press, 1984.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Limited issue. #157/200 copies bound in quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards, in unprinted acetate dustwrapper (as issued), Numbered and SIGNED on the colophon by Meltzer. 174pp. Q19194
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
MELTZER, David.. The Name: Selected Poetry 1973-1983.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1984.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing tipped-in after the title page.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
MELTZER, David.. The Name: Selected Poetry 1973-1983.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1984.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 174 pp. Near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing. Additionally dated (7:VI:84) and artfully INSCRIBED by Meltzer to friends.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
MELTZER, David.. The Name: Selected Poetry 1973-1983.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1984.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 174 pp. 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 Meltzer with an original drawing. Laid into this copy are two TLSs and two ALSs from Meltzer discussing the production of this book.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.