Introduction William Carlos Williams (69 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. tight, uncreased spine, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.

Paperback. Condition: Good. (City Lights Pocket Poets series). Allen Ginsberg's poem, 'Howl,' landed on the shores of America's shipwrecked consciousness as a manifesto and testimony. The book, HOWL AND OTHER POEMS, was subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police. It was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. Ginsberg knew what was obscene, and he wrote it down in a delirious, impassioned fit of poetic reverie. It is both THE legendary and notorious poem of 20th-century American literature. Bibliography. 60p.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 47 pages. Former owner's signature.

Paperback. Condition: New. (City Lights Pocket Poets series). Allen Ginsberg's poem, 'Howl,' landed on the shores of America's shipwrecked consciousness as a manifesto and testimony. The book, HOWL AND OTHER POEMS, was subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police. It was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. Ginsberg knew what was obscene, and he wrote it down in a delirious, impassioned fit of poetic reverie. It is both THE legendary and notorious poem of 20th-century American literature. Bibliography. 60p.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Over 130 B/w Photos (illustrator). A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. Later printing of the 1956 original. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1982. 4.75" wide by 6.25" tall. Clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped (2.50). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four." The book's dedication is to Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. Later printing of the 1956 original. Softcover. Very Good condition. 47pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. New York: New Directions, 1985. 5" wide by 8" tall. Appears unread. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. Not price clipped (5.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Publisher's Note: "This edition, a revised and updated version of the 1976 Penguin William Carlos Williams Selected Poems, edited by Charles Tomlinson, supercedes New Directions' earlier selection." Index of Titles. Index of First lines . 1st printing of Revised, Updated Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine condition. xviii, 302pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. 1st printing of Revised, Updated Edition.

The Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. The classic.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Good. Seventeenth Printing. Number four in the Pocket Poets Series. Owner's signature on front cover; Some doodles on FFEP and notes written through out the book in ink . Covers slightly worn, faded and aged; 44p. Size: 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Paper Back.

1999 edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Neat owner's name to the opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. x, 86 p., fully illustrated. Published in 1991 at $20.00. Oversize [br 42r].

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 142 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 19th Printing, June, 1967. Clean and tightly bound in stapled wraps. Extremely slight toning at the spine and slight edge wear. A previous owner's name and date of 1968 are written on the title page, otherwise fine, unmarked contents.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Collection of poetry by William Carlos Williams. With an introduction by Randall Jarrell. Enlarged Edition. A New Directions Paperbook, NDP131. Sixth printing. Slight handling wear, mild marginal toning, tiny ink check marks to some titles on contents pages, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. xviii + 174pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. # 12 of a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 80 pages, blue and beige cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper just slightly yellowed, but a blush of foxing to the endpapers and fore-edges. In good, moderately edge-worn dust jacket with the original price, with light soiling chipping at the fold edges and several short edge tears, and with the original price.

Very good illustrated stapled wraps. With its introduction by William Carlos Williams and front cover drawing by Jesse Sorrentino. Dedicated to "Herbert E. Huncke for his confessions.".

First edition, early printing Cover drawing by Jesse Sorrentino. Near fine and bright stapled wraps with clean bright text throughout. Dedicated to "Herbert E. Huncke for his confessions." Quite nice.

First edition, fourth printing Cover drawing by Jesse Sorrentino. Very good stapled wraps with clean bright text throughout. Dedicated to "Herbert E. Huncke for his confessions.".

Paperback, edges worn, numerous remainder marks on the bottom and fore edge, some traces of use, contents in good condition. Acceptable reading copy. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Eighth Printing. Ex-library book with all the usual stamps, gluing, and stickers. Wear to cover. ; 75 cent price on back cover. ; Ex-Library; 44 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Stated 8th printing in September, 1959 of the First Edition of October,1956. This printing presented Ginsberg's Howl poem in its original, uncensored form. Light staiining along sides of spine with light staining along gutter of first page; some ink numbers on back cover. The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four. 44 pp plus a list of the publisher's books. Contents clean, tight.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 140 pages. Spanish language. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. In Stock.

First edition Second printing with thirty additional poems. Near fine pictorial gatefold wraps with clean bright text throughout. Selected from ten years and 11 private printed of work by the poet. The second printing with 30 additional poems added. This is Layton's selected poems at its best with an introduction by William Carlos Williams.

Paperback. 54p., very good first edition trade paperback in wraps,

PAPERBACK. Paperback edition. 47pp, small octavo in light blue covers, Bayes poem laid in. signed by Bayes. light fading, cover wear, solid binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 372 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 80 pages. 8.50x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Card. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. 106 + [6] Pages, Bound In Plain Card Boards, With A Pictorial Wrapper. Book Is Clean And Soundly Bound. But The Jacket/Wrapper Is In Two Pieces.