First Language by Edward Kleinschmidt (13 results)

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Amherst, 1990; illustrated paper covers; mild corner and edge wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 71 pages.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry. 70 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Softcover with bright clean cover. INSCRIBED by author. As new inside and out. Inscribed by Author.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 70 pages. Simultaneous paperback issue of this the fifteenth recipient of the Juniper Prize. Kleinschmidt's second book of poems. A near fine copy in wrappers.

First trade paperback printing. 70 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Kleinschmidt on the title page and additionally INSCRIBED, "To ___ / with best of / luck + wishes.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Sturdy cloth-bound hardcover in Fine condition, with Good only dustjacket. Book itself is essentially flawless. Dustjacket chipped and torn at the top of the spine, moderate edgewear, but jacket is otherwise clean, complete, and intact. The book is quite clean and stain-free, square and straight, very firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, torn, folded, creased, or missing. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. All pages are clean and stain free, bright and white, and all text is sharp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings anywhere in the book. Five-star seller, buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B45.…

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to poet Gregory Orr. Good Plus, internally clean, solid hard cover First Printing with some fading and light spotting to the spin. The Good Plus dust jacket is complete but has a two inch tear and tiny tear. The jacket is foxed on the flaps and on the back side but this is not visible on the front, back or spine of the jacket. Top edge foxed. Signed by Author(s).…

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 70 pages. Simultaneous paperback issue of this the fifteenth recipient of the Juniper Prize. Kleinschmidt's second book of poems. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some faint foxing to the page edges. Signed and warmly inscribed by Kleinschmidt on the title page to poet Linda Pastan. Signed.…

Paperback. 71p., personal inscription signed by the poet, ink notes by the previous owner on several poems else very good first trade paperback edition in decorative blue wraps. Poet's second book and the 15th recipient of the Juniper Prize.

dj. First Edition. First edition of each. Archive from the collection of Allen K. Mears. 10 bound volumes, including two magazines; 4-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, brief AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED, and printouts of 2 emails; as well as ephemera from a reading, et al, and copies of Mears' own letters. MAGNETISM, Woodside: Heyeck Press, (1987): 8vo light blue paperwraps lettered in red and with design printed in blue; INSCRIBED "To Al Mears --/ with thanks for your great patience --/ all best wishes./ Ed Kleinschmidt/ Woodside, Calif./ November 6, 1987." Letter from the press announcing the book as winner of the 1988 Bay Area Book-Reviewers Association Award for Poetry for the best book of poetry published in 1987 by a Bay Area writer with brief handwritten note from the publisher ("Just thought you'd like to know --/ Robin) laid in. FIRST LANGUAGE, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, (1990): 3 copies - 8.5 x 11" galley proof comb-bound with plain blue covers and "Sepak" for "Speak" p.13 (corrected in published book); presumed early copy from the paperwraps issue with bottom edge of covers not properly cropped and "with compliments" slip from the press taped to front cover; and hardcover issue in dust jacket with author's signature beneath his printed one, which he has crossed out and also INSCRIBED, " To Allen --/ with all my best wishes, to you./ Ed/ December 10, 1990." TO REMAIN, Woodside: Heyeck Press, (1990): one of 200 bound in "Heyeck hand marbled paper" from a total edition of 950, this one SIGNED by Kleinschmidt on page preceding the colophon. BODYSONG, Woodside: Heyeck Press, (1999): 2 copies - limited issue which although not indicated as such in the book itself, is one of 68 bound in hand-marbled covers (email from Robin Heyeck laid in reads in part, "I printed 980 copies . sixty-eight of them were bound in hand marbled covers .") and although not called for this copy SIGNED by Kleinschmidt on title page; trade issue with gray-and-white printed marbled-paper design on covers, INSCRIBED to Allen Mears with a quote from Wallace Stevens followed by "many many thanks for/ your continued enthusiastic/ interest! All best --/ Ed." Errata slip with photographer credit laid in as well as printout of email exchange which is cut off on right edge but reads in part, "Frances and I were married last May (after many years together) and I've added her [name] ." SPEED OF LIFE, Berkeley: Apogee Press, 1999: paperback original INSCRIBED, "For Allen --/ Poetry is the best cure/ for inaccuracy/ Best --/ Ed." One of 2000 copies per email from the publisher which is laid in along with a promotional postcard and printout of an illuminating email exchange in which Kleinschmidt says in part, "A number of the poems in SOL were very difficult to write and I even felt shocked and somewhat disgusted by what was flowing from my pen, but I kept going with the poem, even pushing it, almost daring myself, just to see what the final product would be." ALSO INCLUDES: August 1991 issue of POETRY MAGAZINE with Kleinschmidt's poem, "The Death of Literature," on p. 273. University of Massachusetts Press Fall and Winter 1989 - 1990 CATALOG with brief ALS and copies of 2 poems printed in area publications. The NEW YORKER MAGAZINE Nov. 6, 1989 issue with Kleinschmidt's poem, "Orchestrion," on p. 54 with 4-page TLS from Kleinschmidt answering in detail questions posed by Mears about his work, providing additional information that he sometimes uses at readings and lectures, and talking about the thought process and/or genesis of a few poems, including "Orchestrion." He also sends along a copy of a lengthy letter he received from another fan of his work on the subject of the same poem. FLYER for The Folger Shakespeare Library's "Poetry Series 1990-91" during which Kleinschmidt and Gregory Orr gave readings at Georgetown University together with copies of holograph poems by each, presumably issued as broadside giveaways for attend. Signed.…