poetry
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di Prima, Diane. This Kind of Bird Flies Backward

New York: Totem Press, 1958. First Edition. 12mo (17.3 cm), pp. [iv], 1 – 43, [1]. White cardstock wraps with black drawings by Fred Herko. Introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Light soiling and reading wear, else fine. A scarce copy of the author’s first book. No copies currently listed in the trade. [Lepper, p. 149]. Di Prima…
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Helen West HELLER

MIGRATORY URGE Heller, Helen West.(American, 1872-1955) MIGRATORY URGE – WOODCUT POEMS BY HELEN WEST HELLER, together with 25 PROOF IMPRESSIONS OF ILLUSTRATIONS USED IN THE BOOKMIGRATORY URGE: Franklin Meine, Hogarth Press, Chicago, 1928. 1st edition, limited to 109 copies, this being copy 20. Numbered and signed by Heller on the Colophon, and with an inscription on the…