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CLARK, Tom.. The Spell: A Romance.. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow,, 2000.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 205 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 trade hardcover copies. Though not called for, Clark has SIGNED this copy and added a quotation from his work.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
CLARK, Tom. THE SPELL A ROMANCE. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 2000.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Cloth and decorated boards, paper spine label. First edition, limited issue. Number 86 of 100 copies, signed and numbered by the author. Design by Barbara Martin. Fine, in clear acetate dust jacket, as issued. Black Sparrow Press was a small, independent publishing house focused on avant-garde literature. Established by John and Barbara Martin in 1966, in Los Angeles, and shuttered in 2002, in Santa Rosa. With the help of typographer and printer Graham Mackintosh, the Press was responsible for drawing attention to Charles Bukowski and his literary work. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Second Wind Books, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Clark, Tom. The Spell, A Romance (Signed). Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 2000.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Hardbound book in clear acetate wrapper. 205 pp. First edition. Number 91 of 100 special copies hand-numbered and SIGNED by the poet. Some wear to bottom edge of boards, else a fine copy in acetate wrapper.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Clark, Tom. The Spell: A Romance. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 2000.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: #98 of a limited edition of 100, signed by the author. 205pp. Fine with just a hint of shelf wear / fine glassine dust jacket.
Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Clark, Tom. THE SPELL: A ROMANCE - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 2000.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no 23. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and beige cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's orginal acetate dustjacket; [12],13-205,[7]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Substantial collection of poems; earlier versions of some of these first appeared in The American Poetry Review, Big Bridge, Blue Book, Fire, Fourteen Hills, Penumbra, and Prosodia, et al.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Tom Clark. The Spell. Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First edition. Hardbound. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by the author, this is copy number 96. New in acetate dust jacket. A perfect unread copy.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
CLARK, Tom.. The Spell: A Romance.. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow,, 2000.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 205 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 22 lettered copies SIGNED by Clark with an original drawing by Clark tipped-in.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Clark, Tom. THE SPELL: A ROMANCE - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 2000.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed illustration tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon). Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [12],13-205,[5]pp. One tiny foxed spot to lower front cover, else Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Substantial collection of poems; earlier versions of some of these first appeared in The American Poetry Review, Big Bridge, Blue Book, Fire, Fourteen Hills, Penumbra, and Prosodia, et al.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
CLARK, Tom.. The Spell: A Romance.. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow,, 2000.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 205 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page and SIGNED by Clark. As in the lettered issue of this title, there is an original signed ink drawing by Clark tipped in after the title page.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: THE SPELL: A ROMANCE - DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED by Clark, Tom Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Substantial collection of poems; earlier versions of some of these first appeared in The American Poetry Review, Big Bridge, Blue Book, Fire, Fourteen Hills, Penumbra, and Prosodia, et al. Deluxe Issue, one of 22 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, each with an original drawing (this being copy 'R'). Octavo (23.75cm); illustrated paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [ii],[12],13-205,[7]pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Deluxe Issue, one of 22 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, each with an original drawing (this being copy 'R').
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
Tom Clark. The Spell. Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First edition. Hardbound. One of 22 lettered copies SIGNED by the author, this is copy M, handbound in boards by Earle Gray. New in acetate dust jacket. A perfect unread copy.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.