Springing Blade by William Everson (4 results)

Broadside. Broadside, 13 x 9.6 inches, printed in black on cream. First edition (first printing) of prospectus only. A near fine copy. Broadside folded once for mailing. In original envelope from David McGee, Antiquarian Books.

Hardcover. Limited Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. An oversize green cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition. Heel of spine and bottom corners lightly bumped. Otherwise clean and tight. Limited edition; one of 180 copies. Signed by the author on the first blank page. A collection of Everson's poems for 1947. Everson (1912-1994) was a poet of the San Francisco Renaissance. Measures approx. 13.1" x 9.9".

Black Rock Press (illustrator). 4to. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 180 copies, of which this copy is signed by William Everson on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Leo Bartlett, ed., Benchmark and Blaze: The Emergence of William Everson (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979), 264. A collection of poetry in two parts, "Time of Year" and "There Will Be Harvest." cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Eighteen books by the poet William Everson, including his first ever published pamphlet from 1935, a selection of his religious poetry under the Dominican name Brother Antoninus, and a variety of signed and limited fine press editions from Oyez and Black Sparrow, two of which contain duplicate copies. All items in very good to fine condition. 1. Bill Everson; William Everson These are the Ravens San Leandro, CA: Greater Western Publishing, 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pamphlet Series of Western Poets. First issue of the author's first book, limited run of 1000 copies. 11 page staple bound pamphlet with the price of 10 cents to front cover. Pages wholly age toned with a slight crease to left corner of front cover. Prints sixteen of the earliest poems of William Everson, also known as Brother Antoninus, California naturalist poet and disciple of Robinson Jeffers. With an introduction by H.A.H. An exceptional copy of a very scarce work. Protected in an acetate sleeve. 2. William Everson; Duncan, Robert. Single Source: The Early Poems of William Everson Oyez, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, initialed by the poet Robert Duncan at the end of his introduction. Very good in a slightly faded dust wrapper 3+4. Brother Antoninus; William Everson Who is She That Looketh as the Morning Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1972. Hardcover. Who is She That Looketh as the Morning, Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1972. #33/250 and #171/250. 4to. His last title published as Brother Antoninus, with Catholic Church imprimatur Cum Permisu Superiorum. Signed Brother Antoninus to the colophon, with tipped in prospectus. 2 copies in near identical shape. Near Fine. 5. William Everson Birth of a Poet: The Santa Cruz Meditations Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Birth of a Poet: The Santa Cruz Meditations, Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982 #2/250 copies, signed and numbered to the colophon. Foxing to top edge of text block. Near fine in a glassine wrapper. 6. William Everson Birth of a Poet: The Santa Cruz Meditations Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Birth of a Poet: The Santa Cruz Meditations, Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. #14/50, signed and numbered to the colophon. Additionally signed by Everson to the flyleaf, Escape all the pitfalls as infant or child, or adolescent sorrow or later a trauma awaits you. if everything else fails there s always love. That ll make you cry! 7. William Everson Earth Poetry Oyez, 1980. Soft cover. Earth Poetry: Selected Essays and Interviews 1950-1977 Berkeley: Oyez, 1980. Softcover, Inscribed by Everson to the title page. Very good in pictorial wrappers, showing minimal shelf wear. 8. William Everson The Engendering Flood Black Sparrow Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The Engendering Flood: Book One of And Dust Shall be the Serpent's Food Cantos I-IV, Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. #19/50. Includes a broadside of the final verse of the poem, sewn into the binding at flyleaf, signed by Everson, with linocut illustration by Tom Killion. Handbound in quarter cloth by Earle Grey. 9+10. William Everson In the Fictive Wish Oyez, 1967. Hardcover. In the Fictive Wish, Berkeley: Oyez, 1967. 4to. 2 copies, #40/200 #170/200, in near identical shape. Bound in full cloth with uncut page edges. Signed by Everson to the colophon page. 11. William Everson The Masks of Drought Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Soft cover. 8vo, brown softcover wrappers, 92pp. First trade edition, issued simultaneously in hardcover. Inscribed by Everson to the title page. Includes a tipped in leaflet from the Analytical Psychology Club of San Francisco, supplemental material for a lecture by the poet sponsored by the club. A few nicks of apparent silverfishing to lower edge of front wrap, minor rubbing to covers. Firmly bound with clean text, a handsome copy. 12. William Everson River Root: A Syzygy for the Bicentennial of these States Oyez, 1976. Soft cover. Very good softcover showing minimal toning and slight crease to front wrap. Inscribed by Everson to Jim Hart in admiration. 13. William Everson River Root: A Syzygy for the Bicentennial of these States Oyez, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, bound in quarter leather with front etching. No. 137/250 copies, signed by Everson to the colophon. 14. William Everson The Springing of the Blade Reno: Black Rock Press, 1967. Hardcover. 4to, Limited edition of 180 copies, unnumbered. Clothbound with uncut page edges. Signed by Everson to the flyleaf. 15. Brother Antoninus The Crooked Lines of God University of Detroit Press, 1962. Oblong 8vo, black cloth, gold titles, 88pp, unclipped dust jacket (4.00). Third edition, one of 1000 copies printed by Albertus Magnus Press, Oakland. Inscribed by the poet to the free front endpaper. Dust jacket creased at edges, tape residue marks to panels and flaps, discreet pen marking to rear panel. Mild toning to pages. The first volume of poetry Everson published as Brother Antoninus, printed at St. Albert's College where he lived as a Dominican religious. A nice example. 16. Brother Antoninus The Hazards of Holiness Doubleday, 1962. 8vo, red buckram cloth, gilt titles, deckled edges, 94pp. Later printing, association copy, inscribed 'Bill Everson' to a friend of the poet in 1972, upon his assistance in moving to Swanton California in the Santa Cruz mountains. Toning to outer edges of dust jacket, mild rubbing to rear panel. A nearly fine copy. 17. Brother Antoninus The Hazards of Holiness Doubleday, 1962. 8vo, red buckram cloth, gilt titles, deckled edges, 94pp, unclipped dust jacket (2.50). Stated First Edition. Mild toning and rubbing to dust jacket panels, endpapers. The second published volume of verse by Everson under his Dominican religious name Brother Antoninus. A nice copy in mylar. 18. Brother Antoninus The Rose of Solitude: A Love Poem - Sequence Doubleday, 1967. 8vo, black quarter cloth over maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, maroon endpapers, deckled edges, Signed.