[Literature] Group of 17 Works

18 works in 18 volumes, all in original wraps or bindings. Condition generally very fine. Including:

Adair, Virginia Hamilton. Ants on the Melon: A Collection of Poems. New York: Random House, 1996; Ammons, Archibald Randolph. Tape for the Turn of the Year. Ithica: Cornell University Press, 1965. Signed by Ammons; Ammons, Archibald Randolph. Six-Piece Suite. [Winston-Salem, NC]: Palaemon Press Limited, 1978. Limited edition, #89/230 copies, signed by Ammons; Ammons, Archibald Randolph. Changing Things. [Winston-Salem, NC]: Palaemon Press Limited, 1978. Limited edition, #5/126 copies, signed by Ammons; Bukowski, Charles. At Terror Street and Agony Way. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. Limited edition, one 800 copies in wrappers; Creeley, Robert. A Day Book. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972; Lifhsin, Lyn. Museum. Albany: The Conspiracy Press, 1973; Momday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun. Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, 1992. Limited edition, letter "U" of 26 numbered copies, signed by Momday; Nin, Anais. Paris Revisited. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1972. Limited edition, #146/250 copies signed by Nin; Pound, Ezra. The Cantos. New York: New Directions, 1970; Rich, Adrienne. The Will to Change: Poems 1968-1970. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1971; Rukeyser, Muriel. The Speed of Darkness. New York: Random House, 1968. -- Schwartz, Delmore. In Dreams Begin Responsibilities. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1938. -- Shepard, Sam. Hawk Moon. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Limited edition, #141/200 numbered copies, signed by Shepard; Simic, Charles. Somewhere Among Us A Stone is Taking Notes. San Francisco: Kayak, 1969; Tilghman, Christopher. On the Rivershore. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1990. Signed by Tilghman; Wilbur, Richard. Seed Leaves. Boston: David R. Godine, 1972. Limited edition, #116/160 copies, signed by Wilbur and artist Charles Wadsworth; Zukovsky, Louis. A Test of Poetry. Brooklyn: The Objectivist Press, 1948.

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Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

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[Literature] Group of 17 Works

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[Literature] Group of 17 Works

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