Sonnets by Wild Peter (8 results)

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Softcover. A collection of 17 poems printed in an edition of 475. Hand set in Eric Gill's Perpetua types and printed on Curtis papers by Clifford Burke. A near fine copy in string tied wrappers that are very slightly darkened along the edges and in a very good glassine dust jacket with some chipping to the top of the spine.

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Letterpress printed by Clifford Burke in an edition of 475 copies. This copy inscribed on the inside front cover by the author to Frederick Rebsamen "27 Oct 67 | to Fred | con carino | Peter Wild". Frederick Rebsamen was a published poet and short story writer who taught along with Wild at the University of Arizona's Department of English in Tucson. This copy inscludes the fragile unprinted glassine dust jacket. Jacket has some mild browning and a couple of small tears, but still Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. String-tied printed wrappers. Near fine with toning andedgewear. One of 475 copies.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Limited Edition. Limited to 475 copies. "Spur" bookplate of famous author, screenwriter, and bookman Larry McMurtry on front pastedown. This book was from McMurtry's private library and was purchased from a collector who personally knows McMurtry. Covers have minimal soiling. Cover edges and spine very lightly age darkened. Both ends of spine rubbed with small tears. Top corners bumped. Bottom corners gently rubbed. Page edges have minor tanning and soiling. No highlighting or underlining. Text clean. Ships same or next business day. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 17 pages.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Selection of poetry by Peter Wild. LIMITED EDITION (1 of 475 unnumbered copies). Rear colophon notes: "Hand set in Eric Gill's Perpetua types and printed on Curtis papers by Clifford Burke. Edition limited to 475 copies". Thin volume. Handsewn in publisher's printed wraps, in unprinted tissue dustjacket. Printed in the USA. Slight handling wear, small faint stain to lower portion of rear cover & a couple of rear pages, dustjacket lightly soiled & with mild edgewear, otherwise a very nice clean softcover copy. Unpaginated (24pp). Scarce limited edition.

First edition, first printing From the library of poet William Matthews and fully signed and dated by Matthews on the title page. Clifford Burke's Cranium Press of which this is 1 of 475 copies handset with Eric Gill's Perpetua type. Very good tall wraps with gentle use and occasional age tone in good glassine dust jacket.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First, Limited Edition. Edition of 475 copies. Octavo; hand-sewn, printed thick paper wrappers; [24pp]. Fine copy in the original unprinted glassine dustjacket. Printed letterpress by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and unprinted tissue dust jacket. One of five numbered copies dated (11/26/67) and SIGNED by Wild with addition in holograph, "For Friends of WORMWOOD.".