Franklin Brainard (17 results)

Condition: As New. The cover has a little edge wear. The original owner's name is written on the first page, otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Minnesota Writers' Publishing House 1973 Softcover. 0913894001 First edition blurb by Robert Bly, conversation with the poet by Mike Kincaid and James Naiden. Pictorial wrappers about 5.75" x 9", saddle-stapled, 33 pages. Near fine save for a small squiggle to the upper right corner of the first page. whb19E.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Issue of the Minnesota Writers' Publishing House Booklet Number 1. Brown cover.saddle-stitched, 33 pages.Unmarked, VG.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, 28 pp. Head of spine and corners bumped, wrappers handled and lightly soiled.

Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. With photographs and illustrations. A unique celebration.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Special edition of Uzzano literary journal, dedicated entirely to poetry of Franklin Brainard, with illlustrations and photos. Binding is solid. Pages unmarked and clean. Cover has only minor wear, but has sunbleached lines, front and back. Bonus: half-page of typed (but hand-edited) dialogue paper-clipped to pages, with narrator and Brainerd (misspelled) having lines.…

Trade Paperback. First Edition. 10 pages. Poetry reading to raise money for the visit to Ameriuca of His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, haed of the Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Limited to 250 copies. First edition (first printing). Very good in gray printed wrappers (paperback), stapled.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Booklet Number 1. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Booklet Number 1. Inscribed and Signed By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight curl on lower front corner tip, author inscription on dedication page. "This booklet is the first publication of the Minnesota Writers' Publishing House.". Inscribed and Signed By Author. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing, trade paperback, has bumps with light creasing to the corners, some rubbing with faint smudges to the covers, subtle sunning to the spine and edges, and mild wear to the cover edges. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Number Three 1976. This tribute collection honors Franklin Brainard (1920-1976) whose poems are powerful and haunting. "Frank Brainard knew the joy, peculiar to poets, of making from his own life the wordcombinations of the life more abundant; of giving utterance in human language to what it means to be a human being living at his full height." --Michael Kinkaid on Small bump on lower front cover, otherwise fine condition. From the private collection of poet, Keith Wilson. Inventory #000778. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Michael Johnson and Franz Albert Richte (illustrator). …

First Edition. Inscribed and Signed by the author. First Printing. Wraps. Near Fine condition. Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Faint stain to the spine and front wrap, bottom of the spine slightly bumped, else near fine in wrappers. Although not otherwise indicated, from the library of poet Gwendolyn Brooks. *OCLC* locates five copies.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, stapled wrappers, [12]pp. An edition of 250 copies distributed to the audience members at the November 23rd (1974) reading at Barnard College by Bly, Brainard, Hyde and Orr. The reading was a benefit held to raise funds for the US visit of Gyalwa Karmapa, then head of the Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism. The readings, and thus the contents of "Poetry Reading" consisted of previously published work. Hand-corrected to the extent that a penned copyright (circled c) has been added to the printed credits below each poem. A VG+ copy with some light offsetting to the foot of the rear wrapper.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Stapled purple wrappers. Bumping with a creased tear at the crown, spine and edge of rear wrap sunned, very good. The premiere issue of this periodical that includes poems and short stories, with contributions by: Darrell Gray, Franklin Brainard, Raymond DiPalma, Merrill Gilfillan, Celeste Ausman, James Naiden, and more. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Number 2. Slim octavo. Modest wear and soil, very good or better. Prints the poems "Late and Night During a Visit of Friends" and "Minnesota Fall" by Robert Bly and the short story "Ona Snyder" by August Derleth, among much else.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 33pp. Brown wrappers illustrated by Franz Richter. A little sunning at the edges of the wrappers, very near fine. Warmly Inscribed by the author to fellow poet Greg Orr "who gathers deep bones", with his address.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Unpaged perfect bound paperback issue of UZZANO, Number Three, Fall 1976, "Franklin Brainard, 36 poems, A Memorial Edition" Illustrations by Franz Allbert Richter. Photographs by Michael Johnson. Unmarked, VG condition, although the body of the book has a slight wave to it, not water damage but stored incorrectly. Edited by Robert Horan and Robert Schuler and published in connection with Shimer College, Illinois. Brown laid paper with brown cover, photographs on gloss stock.…