London: Faber & Faber Limited, [1929]. First Edition. Wrappered Issue. Slim octavo (18.5cm); hand-stitched pictorial card wrappers with French flaps; [8]pp, with dustjacket and a four-color illustration by Paul Nash. A few pinpoint rubbed spots, hint of sunning to rear wrapper, else Near Fine. Issued as No.19 in Faber's "The..... More

Zaria: Northern Nigerian Publishing Company, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Staple-bound, pictorial card wrappers; 109pp. Includes bibliography. Corners bumped, with consequent creasing to wrapper edges; text clean, tight and unmarked. Good. More

Garden City: Anchor Books / Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (20.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [7],8-92,[4]pp. Trivial wear and dustiness to wrappers, hint of sunning to spine; Near Fine. Collection of early poetry by the celebrated Nigerian author, comprised of the 23 poems..... More

New York: Harper Collins, 2002. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy in yellow wrappers. Publisher materials laid in. Near Fine. More

Ferry Press, 1978. First Edition. One of 350 limited copies (26 of which were signed and contained holograph poem), softcover. Octavo (25cm); staple-bound pictorial paper wrappers; 33pp. Inscribed and signed by author on title page "Peter Ackroyd / To Howard, from his friend the doctor 9.ix.78". Light shelf-soil and foxing..... More

New York: Knopf, 1992. First American edition. The signed advanced review copy in purple wrappers in the matching slipcase. Distributed primarily to booksellers for promotional purposes. Ackroyd has won the Whitbread Prize for both fiction and biography. A fine copy in a rubbed (unlike many of these Knopf ARE's these..... More

New York: Knopf, 1992. First American edition. The signed advanced review copy in purple wrappers in the matching slipcase. Distributed primarily to booksellers for promotional purposes. Ackroyd has won the Whitbread Prize for both fiction and biography. A fine copy in a rubbed (unlike many of these Knopf ARE's these..... More

Toronto: Village Book Store Press, 1971. First Edition. Square 12mo. Unprinted gray card wrappers with pictorial dustjacket; unpaginated [80pp]. Fine in fine jacket. Collects the two long poems of the title. By the acclaimed Canadian poet and political activist. More

Toronto: NC Press, 1975. First Edition. Paper issue. Small octavo; pictorial card wrappers;122pp. Light rubbing to wrappers; text paper slightly tanned, else tight and unmarked, Near Fine. Governor-General's Award winner. More

New York: Random House, 1996. First edition. An unusual copy in that it has two jackets, one supplied. The jacket as published is on uncoated red textured paper and priced at $21. The supplied jacket is coated and is priced at $20, and stamped on back "PROOF". (These are generally..... More

Philadelphia: Hemlock Press, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 57pp. Signed by the author on half-title. Ownership signature to front pastedown. Slight darkening to endpapers at gutter, else Near Fine in a lightly worn, price-clipped jacket. Devotional poems, "of Christian faith and service, written in India and America by..... More

Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh, 1971. First Edition. Red cloth; dustjacket; 8vo. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the US. Signed by Adonis on the title page. Translated by Samuel Hazo. Adonis has long been on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize which only one..... More

Newark: Jihad Productions, 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; [ii],25,[1]pp. A Fine copy. Poetry collection referencing a range of black musicians, including John Coltrane and James Brown, and incorporating a range of rhythms, cries, and chants in order to present a fresh fusion..... More