Mcclure Michael 1932 (5 results)

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing, a single sheet folded. A sheet of ivory paper folded in four with the poem 'The Star is a Chrysalis' on the inside and the single word 'Kosmos' on the front cover. INSCRIBED by McClure and simply signed Michael. Very good (light crease to outer edge).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.[10]; 54; [8]. Publisher's car wraps lettered in brown and black to upper. Inscribed by the author to Alex Neish to first blank. Internally clean, edges toned, corners a little bumped. Covers rubbed and marked with a tidemark to upper. Very good. Signed by Author. …

Unpaginated, though 12 pp. "Set by hand & printed by the Windhover Press, Short Hills, NJ June 1956" 8-7/8" x 6" McClure "was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was rendered in barely fictionalized terms in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and was immortalized as Pat McLear in Kerouac's Big Sur." This the author's rare first publication, hardly ever seen in the trade, last coming to auction in the early 80s. Some modest wear & age-toning. Very Good. Pale blue paper covers printed in black, sewn with green thread. Cover design by Williams. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve 1st Printing (Lepper, p. 295). Limited to 200 cc.…

Condition: Good. Letter press on wove paper. 51 x 21 cm (sheet). This poem is printed for the first time in an edition limited to 250 of which this is No. 177. Features a woodcut illustration by Karyl Klopp. Very Good, a few light handling creases.

Carl Hanser Verlag, München - Wien, 1988. Original-Karton, 100 Seiten, 8° (22,5 cm). Verlagsfrisches, original folienverschweißtes Exemplar ohne Gebrauchsspuren. Zustand: wie neu.