Basil King Drawings (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 58 pages plus. with an introduction by George Economou. ; 6 x 9 ". Illustrated by Basil King Drawings By (illustrator).

Staplebound Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo, pp. unnumbered. Wrappers a bit soiled and foxed with light edge and corner wear, page edges foxed.

First edition, first printing SIGNED. Inscribed to Janine Pommy Vega, poet, beside a drawing by Basil King on the frontispiece of the book. Signed by Lewis and dated 1981 to Janine Pommy Vega. A strong collaboration between Basil King's drawings and Lewis' poems. The back cover blurb by Paul Metcalf. Close to fine pictorial wraps.…

First edition SIGNED. Close to fine and bright glossy illustrated wraps. This issue signed by Richard Caddel to another poet on the title page.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Square 8vo. Wrappers. Unpaginated (16pp.). Fading to the wrappers around the spine, also a little bumped and marked, the contents clean. Although not one of the 26 special copies, this copy has been signed by the author ('Ric') and inscribed to Lee (Harwood) in 1988. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book softcover First Edition drawings by Basil King, fooreword by Economou, and intro by R D Rosenthal unpag. (pp90). Condition Very Good unblemished aside from tanned spine and cover margins and a stain running along the base of the rear cover to a max. height of 0.5cm.- see images.…

First Edition. [26] pp., b/w illustrations throughout. Covers very lightly dustsoiled, otherwise a nice copy in stapled wrappers. 4to. Uncommon.

First edition, first printing Always fine work by Martha King. Here with drawings by her husband Basil King and a typed short letter to the poet Janine Pommy Vega by Martha tipped in. One of only 100 copies this is number 34. Near fine illustrated stapled wraps with crisp bright text.

First Edition. First Printing, softcover. Octavo (21.5cm); white pictorial paper wrappers; [n.p.]; illus. Text in Spanish and English. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his inked ownership to front endpaper. Lightly spine-tanned, else Near Fine. Collection of verse includes "Los Cuatro Muleros / The Four Muleteers", "Canción con Movimiento / Song with a Particular Movement", and "La Soleá / The Recluse", with a forward by George Economou and an introduction by David H. Rosenthal. [86954].…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. One of 15 copies containing holograph material by the author (of 35 copies signed by the author and the artist (of an unspecified total)). 8vo. Light grey-green cloth. 72pp. Very Good, spotted to the edges (primarily the head edge), the boards with a few tiny bumps, in the jacket, slightly shelfworn and soiled in general, the spine panel moderately faded (not affecting the text), but about Very Good overall. This copy belonged to Crozier and has his ownership inscription/signature; it is Crozier who has done the numbering for this limitation (this being No. 1 of 15), at least in the present example. Signed by Author and Artist.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE WITH A FOUR LINE ZEN POEM TO INNER FRONT COVER. EIGHT LINE INSCRIPTION TO INSIDE REAR COVER & 18 x OTHER SMALL NOTES OR HIGHLIGHTS TO TEXT PAGES, NAME & DATE TO REVERSE OF FRONTIS. SOFT BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CARD COVERS WITH SEVERAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 73 PAGES. SOME MINOR WEAR TO COVER WITH SPINE SLIGHTLY FADED, OCCASIONAL MINOR RIPPLES TO TOP PAGE MARGINS, LIGHT FOXING TO PAGE FORE-EDGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX. BASIL KING (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [26] pp., 4to. With 14 full-page reproductions of drawings by Basil King. This copy warmly inscribed by King to a fellow artist, a few months after publication, and with cream-colored cover stock (perhaps an earlier printing than the more common white covers?). Rarely encountered in any case. Fine in stapled wrappers.…