Combs Tram (38 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1965. Glossy paper covers; mild wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 83 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition, First Printing (Stated). Very Good with moderate wear to covers and no marks to text. Poetry; Wesleyan Poetry Program; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 88 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Gray boards with black and red lettering on the spine. 83 historical and poetic pages! "the beauty of the many colors of your skins, St. Thomas, lights me. on any casual corner i watch ever delighted the passage of Indian - copper Borinquenos; black-black, purple-black & brown-black Negros from down islands; native Euro-africans; eggshell-pinks of pallid continents &, subtly swart, Semites from Portugal & Spain, Poland & Brooklyn; palest, "the poor whites of the Saints," & scatterings of Arabs & Asians.".

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows fading of the red lettering on the spine, a row of very small surface tears at the bottom front edge, a black ink mark partially hiding the price at the lower rear, a tiny chip at the bottom left rear corner, and minor shelfwear around spine ends, yet remains overall sound and attractive.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. index.

Trade Paper. Condition: Good Condition. Card covers slightly marked. 83pp. Indexed. Content clean and sound. York University Bookstore sticker on half titlepage.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Light tanning to spine o/w tight, solid and clean copy with crease-free spine. BP/Poetry.

First trade paperback printing. 83 pp w/index. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with sunning to red spine lettering. Review slip laid in.

83p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Poetry. Young 751. Alabama-born scientist living as a poet on Saint Thomas.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SMALL CHIP TO THE UNCLIPPED DJ, ONE LIBRARY STAMP.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Hardbound, 8vo, 83pp incl. index. Religiously themed poetry by an American author living in the Virgin Islands. Bookplate on fr. free endpaper and foxed closed edges, otherwise very good in good dustjacket, newly protected in clear, removable sleeve.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. 2nd Printing. Price-clipped. Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 83. paper wraps. VG. Poems.

Paperback. Condition: FINE. First Edition. 86pp. Sewn binding in manilla wraps, deckled edges. FINE copy, exceedingly clean and sharp with a crisp, fresh dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Illustrations by D. Clark (illustrator). Limited Edition. 80 pages. A miniature book. Number 212 of 425 copies. Bound in hardcover. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a compilation of poetry that delves into the depths of human emotion and the complexities of life's journey. The author explores themes of love, loss, spirituality, and the search for meaning and connection in a world of both beauty and chaos. Through lyrical language and vivid imagery, the poems capture the raw and intimate moments of the human experience, inviting readers to reflect on their own lives and the shared struggles and triumphs we all face. Spanning topics such as the injustice of war and the redemptive power of nature, this collection showcases the transformative nature of poetry and its ability to illuminate both the darkness and the light that exists within us all. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tight clean copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has some a tiny closed tear to rear cover at lower corner. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box.

Hardback. Condition: Fine Condition. D. Clark (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrations by D. Clark. Miniature book (approximately 2" x 2.25"). Fine in decorated boards. One of 450 numbered copies. Combs was a peripatetic poet who was among the first generation of Woodstock, NY artists and writers. He grew up in the deep South and eventually settled in the Virgin Islands, where he opened a book store. A scarce little volume of poetry.

Original Wraps. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. INSCRIBED BY TRAM COMBS on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original cream wrapers. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing along the panel edges. Octavo, 86 pgs. Forewords by both William Carlos Williams and Kenneth Rexroth. Signed by Author.

Paperback. 86p, 9x6 inch brown dust jacket and white wraps; chipping to jacket edges, minor stain, and textblock is detached from the head of spine down towards the middle, otherwise good condition. First edition. Gift-inscribed by author on front endpaper, undated. Poems on class, homosexual love, and more. Tram Combs was born in 1924 in Alabama, then lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years, graduating with a physics degree from the University of California. He was openly gay at least two decades before Stonewall, and a contributing writer to homophile periodicals. By the early '50s he had settled in the Virgin Islands while operating his own bookshop specializing in Caribbean literature.

First edn. 8vo, pp. 86. Forewords by William Carlos Williams and Kenneth Rexroth. Paper wraps. VG in little chipped dj. Poems.

Stapled Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. gold.

First edition. 83 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket with toned spine. Young 751.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Combs was a peripatetic poet who was among the first generation of Woodstock, New York artists and writers. He grew up in the deep South and eventually settled in the Virgin Islands, where he opened a book store.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Slim 8vo.pp. 86. Original publisher's wraps in dark red brown, lettered White with a small illustration by D. Clark on the front cover and black and white portrait of Tram Combs. Yapped card wrappers, uncut. Very good. Slight edgewear.

Condition: Good. 16mo. [ca. 75 pp.], Soft Covers, Good with covers & spine missing, pencil scribbles, minor shelf wear. Publisher's Dummy for Paper Edition.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Cover by Dawn Frederic (illustrator). 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" stapled wraps printed in black and white, [32] pages. A little creasing and rubbing, but overall a bright fine copy. The seventh anniversary edition of the first U.S. pro-gay publication, issued by ONE, Inc., an early gay-rights organization (itself an offshoot of the Mattachine Society), notable for admitting women as well as men into its ranks.