Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Lockout Press, 2002. Stapled poetry chapbook, 36pp, dove grey covers, lemon endpapers, tp drawing by Jack Cooke. Signed by Baatz at tp. Another collection of American haiku by Baatz, "“master…in the high art of the short poem.” (Michael McClintock, President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society)..... More
Andra Sheinkopf at the Yggdrasil Press, 2019. Limited Edition. Paperback, 52pp (unpaginated), apple green covers with title in black, black crow on the rear cover, signed by Baatz at the colophon, Baatz rubber stamp on verso of the colophon. Ronald Baatz's most recent collection of haiku: "“master…in the high art..... More
Tamworth, Australia: Blind Dog Press, 2012. First Edition. Paperback, 156pp (12), 13-155, (1), glossy pictorial covers show a moody sky above a hilly landscape. Signed by Baatz at the tp. Corners are a tad bumped, otherwise fine. One of Baatz's longer collections published by Blind Dog Press in Australia. The... More
Yggdrasil Press, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. Soft cover (21.8 x 14cm), yellow free endpapers, 4pp (tp, dedication), 68pp, 4pp (acknowledgments, colophon), dove grey textured paper covers with vertical line in dark silver or graphite, title in black, signed by Baatz on title page in pencil. Some of the poems in... More
Seastone Editions, 2015. First Edition. Handsewn paperback poetry book (19.8 x 13cm), 112pp, apricot paper covers with french folds and silver design and title relief printed on top cover, title repeated on spine, dove grey endpapers, title page with silver and gold design relief printed by Leonard Seastone at the... More
France: Metropolis Press, 2014. Second Edition. paper covers. Hand sewn poetry chapbook (22 x 14cm), 40pp (unpagniated). Soft grey covers with line drawing of three tulip coloured white. Signed by Baatz at the title page. Lower corners bumped. More
Catskill, NY: Open Studio Books, 2012. First Edition. Stapled poetry chapbook with photocopied cover (14.2 x 11 cm), 36pp (unpaginated), Signed by both poet and artist. Covers are a little rubbed, with ik from cover art smudging a little. Dedicated to Leonard Seastone of Tideline Press, with whom Baatz collaborated... More
New York City: Flypaper Press, 2000. paper covers. Square format (17.8cm), 72pp (unpaginated) comprising: 2pp (blank), 2pp (tp, copyright), 2pp (Introduction), 1p (dedication), 31 haiku with 31 facing images. Speckled red paper covers with title in black on spine, black free endpapers, signed by Baatz in pencil on the first... More
Mt T: Wolfscat Pess, 2016. paper covers. Handsewn poetry chapbook (21.5 x 14cm), lilac free endpapers, 4pp (tp, biographical detail, dedication), 20pp, 4pp (blank, colophon), light grey paper covers with blue lettering, cover design and binding by Anda Sheinkopf. Signed by Baaz on title page. Ronald Baatz is a poet... More
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover 4mo (39 x 26.5cm), pp. (vi), 34; quarter red cloth with cream boards, gilt lettering to spine and gilt signature on front cover, cream endpapers, illustrated dust wrapper. Head, tail and corners gently abraded; top and bottom edges a little scuffed with a.... More
Glasgow: James Hedderwick and Sons, 1896. Tall hardcover (35 x 25cm), xxxii, 254pp (last two blank), richly illustrated with 109 photographs, and full page and in text illustrations, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, three quarter leather over matching boards, gilt lettering on top board. Some scuffing, flecking and abrasions to... More
Brisbane: The Meanjin Press, 1942. Staplebound pamphlet, soft card covers, 40pp. Cover design by P. Stanhope Hobday. Covers foxed and edgeworn with rust marks around the staples and three small horizontal tears (1mm - 5mm) along the fore edge of the top cover. Interior mostly clean, an occasional fox mark... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1916. First Edition. [Signed] [Publisher's presentation copy] Original front wrapper bound in after the half title. Pp [1] Half title [1] original front wrapper [1] coloured frontis [i-vi] vii-xii [13-15] 16-143, [1] colophon, 24pp Advertisements. Original green cloth illustrated and lettered on the top board and... More
Deakin: Brindabella Press, 1984. First Edition. Custom. [Signed by the Artist]. 52pp comprising: [4] blanks, [1] half title, [1] frontis ('The Green Singer'), [1] title page, [1] copyright page, [1] list of poems, [1] acknowledgements, [1] Foreword, [34] poems and illustrations, [1] blank, [1] colophon, [5] blanks, altogether 13 wood... More
Gryphon Books, 1977. First Edition. [1-5] 6-60pp, [1] Colophon, burgandy endpapers. Oatmeal cloth with paper label pasted on top board, lettered in burgundy, illustrated dust wrapper, oatmeal slipcase with paper label pasted to front. Signed by Hibberd and Fitts at the colophon. Slipcase is soiled and foxed, dust wrapper has chips... More
London: Derrricke Ridgeway, 1952. First Edition. pale yellow cloth. landscape sextodecimo, 15 x 11.3 cm, 128 pp., fore edge uncut. Nizamut Jung (b. 1877) was an Arab-Indian poet. Cambridge educated, he became a barrister in England before returning to Hyderabad and entering the civil service. He served as Chief Justice... More
San Francisco: The Windsor Press, 1937. First thus. Quarto (182 x 125 mm). [4], 12, [4] pp. Wood engraved portrait by James Johnson on title page. Paper covered cloth. Corners bruised; light insect damage to covers including paper label bearing title; small insect mark above label; light pencil marks on covers;... More
New York: Cheval Books, Distributed by Random House, 1969. Stated first printing. Hardcover (22 x 14cm), pp. [10] (1-3) 4 – 107 [7]; yellow boards with poet’s initial blind embossed on top board, blue cloth spine with gilt lettering, dark red endpapers, top edge dye (red), illustrated dust wrapper. Dustwrapper a.... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858. Green textured cloth with gilt. Octavo (30.5 x 21 cm). (vii), [1, blank], 352 pp. Musical notation. Green textured cloth decorated with gilt. Corners bumped and worn; covers very faintly rubbed with light scratches and marks; hinges rubbed and torn with a.... More
Reynold A. Nicholson, Editor and Translator, The Mathnawí of Jalálu’ddin Rúmí (Cambridge, UK: Gibb Memorial Trust, first edition 1926, this edition reprint 2001), octavo, three volumes (Books 1 and II, 419 pages; Books III and IV, 496 pages; Books V and VI, 529 pages), hardcover, black cloth with gilt spine..... More
London and New York: John Lane, 1901. Reprint. Flowers of Parnassus Series VIII, Illustrations by Herbert Cole. Small hardcover (14.2 x 11.5cm), pp. 39, 5 (1 blank, 2 Adverts, 1 tailpiece, I blank), black and white illustrations; leather, gilt stamped oval device on top board enclosing title in gilt, t.e.g. Re-backed... More
London: James Fraser, 1833. First Edition. Half calf. 12mo., later(?) half calf, marbled eps, iv, 171, (1) advertisement. Binder’s sticker (?) “H.& C. Treacher, Royal Library, Brighton.” Light foxing to first and last leaves. “Linfield Borrer” in ink to verso of ffep. “Miss Strickland was the first woman to force..... More
London: Printed by Unwin Brothers for Private Circulation, 1873. First Edition. Quarto (22 x 17.5cm); [6], x, 11-284pp; portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature and tissue guard; brown boards with bevelled edges, black embossed borders and floral detail, gilt lettering, bands and floral detail, black endpapers. Repaired horizontal tear to spine joining... More