Williams Jonathan Poems (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Richard Wollheim's Childhood Memoir / Paul Farmer "The US in Haiti" / J L Nelson "Charlemagne's Superstate" / David Wootton "Keep Your Smock On" / Philip Davis "Thomas Arnold's Apostasies" / Joanna Kavenna "Von Trier's Provocations" / Jonathan Lethem "My Marvel years" / Hugo Williams 5 poems / Christopher Tayler "The Wryness of Julian barnes" / Steven Shapin "Mr Loomis's Obsession" / Kitty Haused "Cute in Japan" Peter Campbell at the National Portrait Gallery.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Illustrated. Tony Harrison - Two Poems, "Queuing for Charon" and "Uber al." / Hilary Mantel "The dead are all around us / Hugo Williams "Dear Room (poem)" / Perry Anderson "On Sebastiano Timpanaro" / Jonathan Ree "Tummy-Talkers" / Jeremy Harding At the British Museum / David Bromwich "Who had the most fun?" / Adewale Maja-Pearce "Onitsha Home Movies" / Frank Kermode "Nutmegged" / Michael Rogin "The Ugly Revolution".…

First Edition Thus. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 409 copies. Octavo (26.25cm); navy blue cloth boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [112]pp. Inscribed by Williams on the half-title page to Herb Leibowitz, who wrote the introduction: "Herb and Susan's copy of Blues & Roots / Rue & Bluets / with love from Jonathan." Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, edgeworn, spine-sunned, with dust-soil and some light toning to panel extremities, and a few tiny stains. A substantially enlarged edition of Williams's 1971 poetic ode to Appalachia, originally released by Grossman Publications. Provenance: From the collection Herb Leibowitz, literary critic and long-time editor of Parnassus: Poetry in Review. Jaffe A149. …

First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies, this being copy no.62. Slim octavo (20cm); original pictorial card wrappers and integral acetate overlay; [30]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the preliminary blank to Herb Leibowitz and his wife: "For Herb and Susan / Love from Jonathan / Highlands / 1983." Tiny tear to acetate at base of spine, else a Fine copy. Four poems by Williams, each accompanied by a color illustration by Torok. Provenance: From the collection Herb Leibowitz, literary critic and long-time editor of Parnassus: Poetry in Review. …

First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy no.92. Small quarto (25.5cm); white paper-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine, with pictorial elements debossed onto front cover; gold endpapers; publisher's pictorial dustjacket and glassine overlay; [32]pp, with four mounted illustrations by Furnival on metallic paper. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with two slivers of loss at crown, and some minute wear to one upper corner. Glassine with some mild waviness, a few small losses and tears; Very Good+. A collaborative work between Williams and Furnival. Provenance: From the collection Herb Leibowitz, literary critic and long-time editor of Parnassus: Poetry in Review. Jaffe A48.…