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Published by New York: New American Library Signet Book # 749 1st Printing, 1949
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. James Avati (front cover) (illustrator). ----------vintage paperback. Chips to corners, cover creases, edgewear, a good copy.
Published by New York: New American Library Signet Book # 749 1st Printing, 1949
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. James Avati (front cover) (illustrator). ----------vintage paperback. Book is a little curved/warped, likely from improper storage, but looks great when supported by other books. A little wear to spine extremities and corners, a VG+ copy.
Published by Greenfield Review Literary Center, Incorporated, Greenfield Center, New York, U.S.A., 1976
ISBN 10: 0912678283ISBN 13: 9780912678283
Seller: General Eclectic Books, Gray, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Clean, yellowed a bit, light wear, usual lib. marks. Errata sheet laid in. 63 pp.
Published by James Lewisohn Trust, Portland, Maine, 1975
Seller: General Eclectic Books, Gray, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Frontise Photo (illustrator). Yellowed quite a bit, a few tiny stains, light wear. Innards clean & tight. 91 pp.
Published by James Lewisohn Trust, Portland, Maine, 1975
Seller: General Eclectic Books, Gray, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good+. Frontise Photo (illustrator). Yellowed quite a bit,tiny tear on back. Innards clean & tight. 91 pp.
Published by Ellsworth, ME Downeast Graphics (1979)., 1979
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
VG PB. Lewisohn's inward journey, celebrating persons & events.
Published by NY Harper 1931., 1931
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
VG. Black binding, gilt lettering. Attractive book, gilt on spine rubbed. 1st ed.
Published by The Casco Printing Company, Portland, Maine, 1975
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Limited Edition. First edition limited to 1000 copies. Poems written in prison by Lewisohn to his wife Roslyn whom he murdered and about his life and circumstance. Dust jacket with light edge wear and soiling. Contents clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.
Published by Casco Printing Co., Portland, ME, 1975
Seller: A.C. Daniel's Collectable Books, South Paris, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Book clean and tight. Dust jacket lightly soiled with a small pink stain on front (probably a water mark from the red cloth cover that bled through the jacket).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Limited Edition. Written in Maine State Prison by the husband of Roslyn who murdered her. Yellowing to dust jacket and light chipping to edges. ; 8vo; 91 pages.
Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, 128 pp. Heel of spine bumped, wrappers rubbed, handled and edgewon.
Published by Portland, ME Casco Ptg Co 1975., 1975
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
G in G DJ ex-library. Written in Maine State Prison by husband of now dead Roslyn. He was imprisoned for her murder. Nice snow scene by Michael Wilis ft cover of DJ. Lewisohn, born in Paris, France in 1933, son of opera star Thelma Spear & expatrate novelist Ludwig Lewisohn. Spent an unhappy childhood in streets of NYC & some time in reform school & foster homes. BA from Brandeis where he met & married Roslyn Shapiro. MA Jewish Techological Seminary of America. Lewisohn worked as a cab driver, dishwasher, bartender & cook, then editor of the Columbia Encyclopedia, teacher of disturbed children, PR writer, newspaper poetry editor & tenured professor of English at Univ. Of Maine in Portland. In 1974 she died & he received life in prison for her murder. Library markings. Illustrated by Frontis of Roslyn. Limited ed.
Published by Maine State Prison Poetry Program, Maine, 1978
Seller: Yes Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Chapbook. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Back cover discoloration along the binding. Slight curl back, bottom corner. Otherwise in very good condition. 42 Pages.
Published by Portland, ME: The Casco Printing Company, 1975
Seller: Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An excellent copy. Not ex-library. Clean and bright. Limited to 1000 copies. Poems written in prison by Lewisohn to his wife Roslyn whom he murdered and about his life and circumstance. 91pp.
Published by Portland, ME Casco Ptg Co 1975., 1975
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
VG in VG DJ. Written in Maine State Prison by husband of now dead Roslyn. He was imprisoned for her murder. Smudge & chip back top of DJ. Nice snow scene by Michael Wilis ft cover of DJ. Lewisohn, born in Paris, France in 1933, son of opera star Thelma Spear & expatirate novelist Ludwig Lewisohn. Spent an unhappy childhood in streets of NYC & some time in reform school & foster homes. BA from Brandeis where he met & married Roslyn Shapiro. MA Jewish Techological Seminary of America. Lewisohn worked as a cab driver, dishwasher, bartender & cook, then editor of the Columbia Encyclopedia, teacher of disturbed children, PR writer, newspaper poetry editor & tenured professor of English at Univ. Of Maine in Portland. In 1974 she died & he received life in prison for her murder. Illustrated by Frontis of Roslyn. Limited ed.
Published by (Greenfield Review Press: Greenfield Center, NY), 1976
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 9 x 6", wraps, 63pp, covers a bit rubbed and unevenly toned, edges of textblock a bit yellowed else a nice copy with the errata slip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR; photo of author behind bars is on rear cover, along with a note that he is serving a life sentence in the Maine State Prison; he shot his wife.
Published by James Lewisohn Trust, 1975, 1975
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition Fine and bright red boards with gilt lettering in near fine illustrated dustjacket with light use and with clean bright text throughout. James and Roslyn Lewisohn were married 19 years, raised four children and spent their last ten years living in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. In 1974, tragedy struck their home resulting in the death of Roslyn and Jim's life imprisonment for murder in Maine State Prison. This book is the story of their lives.
Published by Shenandoah, Lexington, Virginia, 1971
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. 94pp. Fine. Fiction, essay, poems and reviews by K.C. Frederick, Ron Pullins, Reynolds Price, M.L. Rosenthal, Daniel Abse, Madeline DeFrees, Frederick Feirstein, Alexander Kuo, James Lewisohn, Richard Schramm, David Jeddie Smith, and Frank MacShane. "Poem Doctrinal and Exemplary to a Nation: A Reading of *Samson Agonistes*" by Reynolds Price.
Published by Greengrassi / Gavin Brown's Enterprise London / New York, United Kingdom / NY, 2002
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
56 pp.; 41 x 29 cm.; loose leaves; black-and-white & color; edition size 1000; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Faux periodical / artist''s publication published by Aleksandra Mir on September 11, 2002, on the occasion of her 35th birthday and the first anniversary of 9/11 in order to reclaim the day, featuring contributions from over 100 friends and colleagues. Contents include: "Editorial," by Aleksandra Mir; "Happy Birthday from the Lighthouse," by Peter Hill; "To the Editor," by Tim Griffin; "Emergency Love," by Adam McEwen; "Nobody Gives a Shit," comic by Dan Perjovsch; "How to Ride the Bus," by Jennifer Bronstein; "Bike Wreck," by Dan Wilken; "Artists'' Shocking 9/11 Predictions Bring Laughs to New York Celebs at Christie''s ''Central Asian Furniture Show'' and Charity Fundraiser! 700 People in Attendance!;" "Inventory list of my father''s compulsive collection of airline silverware between 1989 - 1997," by Cornelia Schbleck; "B irthday," by Raimar Stange; "Bring in the Clowns: Andy Smith of The Moscow State Circus interviewed by Polly Staple;" "Sydney in September," by Simon Rees; "Long Photographs," by Emil Goh; "Pink Tank;" "The Usher," by Cedar Lewisohn; "The best thing that happened to me in 2002 was that Theo my cousin became a goth and his mate Corrin became a punk," by Tasha Amini; "The World Still Turns," by Kathy Temin; "Alien Sighting," by Samuel Blum; "McCartney & Narcissus," by Gabriel Fowler; "Punching Through the Clouds," Miles Boyce after Mies Van der Rohe; "Crash America," by Ken Hollings; "The World''s Greatest Rebel - at 88," by Andrew Wilson; "Structure Kills," text and photos by hobbypopMUSEUM; "First Woman Takes North Pole!," by I. Hope Halperin; "Cities, Holiday Hotspots and Commerce Zones Rethink Slogans," by Jarrett Mitchell; "Advertisement," by Cecily Brown; "Family Takes Break," by Michelle Grabner; "Tire on Fire," by Brad Killam; "The Housitter''s Club in More Trouble with the Law than Oak Park Homeowners," by Amy Park Saxe; "I read ''Big Asteroid Leaves Scientists Unruffled'', Was Ruffled," by Curtis Whaley; "Abstract Sculpture from Park to Somewhere Else," by Wade Guyton; "September 11 Memorial," by Jeffry Vallance; "The Event Forces Us to Think," by Roger Cook; "11th September," by Kathrin Boehm; a drawing by Claude Closky; "You Deserve to Break Something; "Virulent Images," by Leif Elggren; "QRU (Wuick Response Unit)," by Gavin Wade & Garrick Jones; newspaper clipping submission by Piotr Uklanski; an image by Richard Kern; "Holiday Column," by Aleksandra Mir; a text by Andy Stillpass; "I Remember," by Kaethe Cherney; a text by James Angus; "That Horoscope," by Onome Ekeh; "Skyjack Sunday Over Europe;" "The Long Haul," by Russel Storer; "Strategic Questions," curated by Gavin Wade; "What is Negative? Why?," by Alexsandra Mir for Gavin Wade; "Top Tips," by Kate Fowle; "The Masterpiece," comic by Olivia Plender; "Aldous Eveleigh''s exhibition.;" Image with caption by Harry Staple; image by Milos Manetas; "Re: FWD: A Statement of Conscience," signed by multiple artists including Laurie Anderson, Ida Applebroog, Noam Chomsky, Eve Ensler, Leon Golub and many others; "A Cockney Poem," by Matthew Arnatt; "Curtain," by Paul Noble; "Kisses Honeywagon - The Novel;" "Page Twenty-Six," by Wallace Robertson; "Guarding the dog and the cows," by Antje Majewski and Ingo Niermann; photograph by Gurvan Madec; "woman is." by Dave Beech; "Barman Joe Latimore chronicles the underbelly of New York''s nitelife;" "Ubiquitous Recluse Revives the Eternal," by Johnny Gato; "In Memoriam: Katri Vala," by Cecilia Stenbom and Minna L. Henriksson; "Chalk Circles," by Katri Vala; "Book Review: The Selected Letters of Marianne Moore," by IB; "Suicide Note," by Nanogod; comic by Roberto Cuoghi; "Beware of Windows!," by Stefan Saffer; texts by Jonas Maria Schul; "Recipes," by Coeinna Durland; "My Friend Najla''s Babaganoush," by Jennifer Higgie; "Eulogy for the Living," by Christian Holstad; "Oh Superman," Karl Holmquist after Laurie Anderson; "Birthday Party part III," by Mika Hannula and more. Backcover: "I (Bomb) NY," by Bernadette Corporation. "September 11, 2002. Enjoying my hot-off-the-press Daily on Avenue B with a cup of burned deli coffee. New York''s Hometown Newspaper was printed in an edition of 1,000 on the first anniversary of 9-11, to reclaim my birthday on the same day The newspaper contains articles, poems, drawings, ads and all sorts of stupid beautiful shit solicited from over 100 physical artist friends and univocally accepted under the open editorial policy as birthday gifts. The back I BOMB NY logo is by the Bernadette Corporation. Looking back though, it is interesting how certain mainstream politicians have taken all our avant-garde strategies, DADA, Punk, Fiction, Surrealism, Performance, Wigs, even FAKE NEWS (homage: Yves Klein), squeezed the dear soul out of them and weaponized them for their delinquent purposes. If that is really the case of our times, then what is the role of an artist today? Discuss." -- Artist''s statement Very Good / Fine. Light yellowing of covers, light bumping of bottom edge and slight curl to spine. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Due to large size of this publication additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
Published by The Casco Printing Company, Portland, Maine, 1975
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Text is clean and white, appears unread. DJ has one spot at the center of front cover, a drop of coffee, perhaps? Otherwise shows light rubbing to head and heel of spine and tips of corners. Nice cover art by Michael Williis. "James and Roslyn Lewisohn were married for 19 years, raised four children, and spent their last ten years living in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. On June 3, 1974, tragedy struck their home, resulting in the death of Roslyn. Jim's life imprisonment for murder, and the children relocating to Connecticut. While an appeal of the court decision has been filed, he remains an inmate at the Maine State Prison. (He maxed out of the prison in the 80s and relocated to Bar Harbor, Maine, where he died in 2015) Stated First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Signed
Includes one ALS, 1 page, mechanically copied MSS of 8 poems (10 pages), 3 page mechanically copied biography with comments on his work with 4 holograph lines. His poems had appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, The Saturday Review, Chelsea, The Hudson Review, Shenandoah, and other prestigious publications of the era, Lewisohn writes that poet John Logan suggested that he send Claire some work and notes that if Claire does not want to publish it he should keep it. Lewisohn was quite infamous while a tenured professor at University of Maine, he was convicted of shooting his wife and served 10 years in prison while maintaining that the shooting was an accident. He eventually was released and became a Trappist monk having converted to Catholicism in prison.