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$27.50Knotting: Sceptre Press (1978). First edition, numbered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Guest.$20.00London: Granta Books (1998). First edition. 278 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Gunesekera on the title page.
$50.00[Santa Fe]: Lannan Foundation, 1994. First edition. Single stiff sheet (11 x 7 1/2 inches, folded). Some faint scattered foxing, else near fine. Produced on the occasion of Gunn’s appearance. Prints two of his poems, “A Freedom” and “The Missing.” Though not called for, SIGNED by Gunn.$225.00NY: Hawk’s Well Press, 1958. First edition. 46 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with light rubbing along spine. The later issue, with the pasted-on Alvarez endorsement. Larry McMurtry’s copy, dated (San Francisco / 1960) and SIGNED by him on the half-title page.$650.00Oxford: Fantasy Press (1954). First edition, first issue. 44 pp. Foxing to endpapers and covers, else very good plus in full yellow cloth with red stamping to front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. One of only 305 copies, the entire first printing. Issued without dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Gunn, “for Burton Weiss / Thom Gunn.” Hagstrom & Bixby A2b. Young 1635.$150.00NY: Hawk's Well Press, 1958. First US edition. 46 pp. Lean to spine, else very good plus in self-wraps. INSCRIBED by Gunn on the half-title page, 'to the Watts / with love from / Thom.' The Watts are Ian and Ruth Watt. Ian wrote THE RISE OF THE NOVEL, and several critical and biographical works on Conrad.
$75.00NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1976). First US edition. 77 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (Oct’ 76) and INSCRIBED by Gunn on the half-title page, “for Jack / with love / from Thom / Castro Street!” Hagstrom & Bixby A24c.$35.00NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1976). First US trade paperback printing. 77 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dated (1977) and INSCRIBED by Gunn to James and Margot Schevill, “To Jim and Margot - / with love and thanks / and admiration! / from Thom.”$45.00NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1976). First US edition. 77 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with three closed edge-tears. INSCRIBED by Gunn, “for Douglas Blazek / Thom Gunn.”$125.00NY: Frank Hallman, 1975. First edition, numbered & signed issue. [28 pp] Fine in very near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to spine. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Gunn. Hagstrom A22b. Young 1636.$75.00NY: Frank Hallman, 1975. First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and fine dust jacket. One of 300 (of 400) copies. INSCRIBED by Gunn to educator and critic Jack Collins, “Thom Gunn / to Jack / for his hundredth / birthday / with love / from all at / 1216 Cole St. / XXXX / (May the next / 100 years be / the best!).”$125.00[Champaign]: Doe Press, 1985. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Drawing by Bill Schuessler. One of 150 copies on Hosho paper SIGNED by Gunn and Schuessler. Hagstrom & Odell A38.$100.00NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1973). First US edition. 91 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Gunn on the front free endpaper, “to my dear old Larry / from Thom - - - 1973 / X X X X.”$200.00London: Faber and Faber (1971). First edition. 55 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Gunn to bookseller Burton Weiss, “for Burton / Thom Gunn / Walt Whitman Bookstore / August 1982.”$250.00London: Faber and Faber (1961). Uncorrected proof. 51 pp. Very good plus in printed wrappers with a few corner creases. “Autumn 1961 / 12/6 Net” penciled on the front cover. SIGNED by Gunn on the title page, “Thom Gunn / Swindon 1979.” See Hagstrom & Bixby A4a (note).$150.00London: Faber & Faber (1979). First edition. ix + 131 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Gunn on the half-title page, “for Burton Weiss / Thom Gunn.”$75.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1979). First US trade paperback printing. 131 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Gunn on the title page to Gus [Blaisdel], “for Gus / with best wishes / Thom.”$75.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Uncorrected proof. 123 pp. 'Thomas Gunn” penned to bottom edge, else fine in printed wrappers. Promotional flyer and review slip laid in. SIGNED by Gunn.
$50.00NY: Albondocani Press, 1973. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 18 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers with integral marbled paper dust jacket. Eight poems illustrated with four drawings by Bill S. One of 200 numbered copies on Cream Wove paper SIGNED by Gunn and Bill S. Albondocani Press Publication No. 18.$75.00NY: Albondocani Press, 1969. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 15 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers and integral dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Gunn. Seven poems. Albondocani Press Publication No. 8. Hagstrom & Bixby A13a.$45.00NY: Helikon Press, 1981. First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 150 (of 400) numbered copies on Artemis papers SIGNED by Gunn. “Where I lived in London 1964-65.” Hagstrom & Odell A31.
$125.00Crediton: Richard Gilbertson (1969). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 17 pp. Light bumps to corners, else near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 63 (of 100) numbered copies SIGNED by Gunn. Fifteen poems, including ‘Touch,” “Positives,” and “My Sad Captains.” Hagstrom A10d.
$75.00Cambridge: Pym-Randall (1968). First published edition. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn printed wrappers. One of 200 (of 226) numbered copies SIGNED by Gunn. The first printing of this signed limited was almost completely destroyed due to design flaws. Hagstrom A9b.
$100.00South San Francisco: Manroot (1982). First edition, lettered & signed issue. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by J.J. Hazard. One of 26 lettered copies on Strathmore SIGNED by Gunn and Hazard. A long poem. Hagstrom & Bixby A32. Original prospectus accompanies.$45.00South San Francisco: Manroot (1982). First edition, numbered & signed issue. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by J.J. Hazard. One of 250 numbered copies on Strathmore SIGNED by Gunn and Hazard. A long poem. Hagstrom & Bixby A32.$37.50NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1982). First US trade paperback printing. 85 pp. A few spots of foxing to top edge, else fine in illustrated wrappers. Dated (Nov ‘83) and INSCRIBED by Gunn, “to George / with admiration / and thanks / from Thom.”$85.00Boston: Godine (1974). First edition. 24 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards without dust jacket as issued. INSCRIBED by Gunn on the front free endpaper, “to Larry / who shaved ‘the valley’s / crotch’ with me / - Love, Babe - / from Thom / 1974.”Number 6 in the first Godine Chapbook series.$125.00Chicago: University of Chicago (1968). First US edition. 58 pp. Top edge foxed, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with pasted-on cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. INSCRIBED by Gunn on the title page, “Love to Pam and Jim / Cincinnati 1981 / Thom Gunn.”$350.00Berkeley: Peter Koch, 1993. First edition. 4to. [32 pp]. Fine in stiff wrappers with two part pasted-on cover label. Fine publisher’s slipcase. Poems illustrated with three etchings by Theophilus Brown. One of 130 numbered copies SIGNED by Gunn and Brown. Original prospectus accompanies. Hagstrom & Bixby A55.
$75.00Mountain View: Arachne Publishing, 1976. First edition. Oblong 16mo. [48 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by bülbül. Uncommon collection of feminist cartoons. Sadly, few of these seem dated.
$125.00Durham: Friends of the Library, NCWC (1981). First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers with just a bit of rust to the staples. One of fifty numbered copies SIGNED by Gurganus. His first book.$75.00NY: Knopf, 1989). First edition. 718 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (November 1997) and INSCRIBED by Gurganus, “To David, a grandson of / the Widow. Yours, / Allan.” Review slip laid in.