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CATALOGUE TWENTY-SIX ALEXANDER RARE BOOKS – LITERARY FIRSTS & POETRY

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Catalogue Twenty–Six:

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Catalogue – 26 (Mostly Poetry, a smattering of Fiction, some Fine Press, with Broadsides, Posters, a Silkscreen, Little Mags and Mimeograph Material)

1) Acker, Kathy. THE ADULT LIFE OF TOULOUSE LAUTREC. San Francisco: self- published, 1975. First edition. Stapled sheets folded. A set (missing one section and envelope) of the author's third novel originally published in six sections and mailed separately in six envelopes (the second section and envelope is missing) imprinted with “The Black Tarantula” return address; includes: pp.4 - 41; 92 - 132; 134 - 172; 174 - 213; 216 – 260. Near fine in the original envelopes (five, some roughly opened at the top). (10602) $1,000.00

2) Acker, Kathy. I DREAMT I WAS A NYMPHOMANIAC. San Francisco: self-published, 1974. First edition. Stapled sheets folded. A complete set of the author's second novel published in six sections and mailed separately: pp. 1-34; 35-71; 72 - 106; 107 - 139; 142-165 & 166 -192. Near fine in five of the original envelopes (one envelope missing) imprinted with “The Black Tarantula” return address. Envelopes wrinkled, but otherwise near fine. (10600) $1,250.00

Her friend Luc Sante recently writing about Acker: "She first distributed her work on the mail-art circuit, pamphlets that she typed, Xeroxed, and sent out serially to a hundred people or so". One of the key figures of the art punk 70's, much of her writing involves appropriation of work ranging from the classics to porn, and inserting herself and her life into the collage. Always a cult figure, this early self-published material is particularly scarce, and virtually impossible to find complete, many already finding their way to institutions. Modern rarities all addressed to the same recipient. ------

3) Auden, W. H. EPISTLE TO A GODSON: and Other Poems. Ln: Faber & Faber, 1972. First edition. 8vo. Rust cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. Art critic John Russell's copy with his pencil signature on the front free end paper. (Russell edited Auden's book POEMS AND LITHOGRAPHS published in 1974.) Fine copy in a fine dust jacket excepting one short closed tear and resulting crease. Lovely copy with a decent association. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (10592) $75.00

4) Auden, W. H. HOMAGE TO CLIO. NY: Random House, 1960. Second printing. Signed by the poet on the title page. Bottom tips severely bumped, else very good, text block fine in a worn and rubbed at edges price-clipped good dust jacket. (Bloomfield & Mendelson A42.a). A good or better copy in the second printing, but quite uncommon signed. (10570) $200.00

5) Auster, Paul (translator). A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY OF SURREALIST POEMS. Minneapolis: Rain Taxi, 2002. Tan pictorial wrappers. Auster's translations from Artaud, Char, Paul Eluard, et al; his first book, originally published in 1972 in mimeo format. Limited to 300 copies. Fresh, crisp, issued as Rain Taxi Brainstorm Series #8. Fine and uncommon in either issue. 35 pp. (9785) $35.00 6) Baca, Jimmy Santiago. MARTIN AND MEDITATIONS ON THE SOUTH VALLEY. NY: New Directions, 1987. First printing of the trade paper issue. The front wrap includes ABA award seal. Signed and dated (12-15-88) by the author. Introduction by poet , who helped Baca become a published poet. Very good. (7538) $20.00

7) Barnes, Kate. CROSSING THE FIELD. Nobleboro, Maine: Blackberry, 1992. First edition. Original illustrated wraps. Signed on the title page by Kate Barnes. The daughter of Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth. This is her first collection. She was the first Maine . Wood Engravings by Siri Beckman. Fine. (8912) $25.00

8) Barnes, Kate. WHERE THE DEER WERE. Boston: Godine, 1994. First edition. Cloth- backed boards in dust jacket. Inscribed to book dealer Bev [Chaney] by the poet, with a small drawing of a dove. Printed letterpress by The Ascensius Press, South Portland, Maine, with six black and white illustrations by Mary Azarian. 2500 copies printed. Fine copy in like dust jacket. Lovely copy of a lovely book. 84 pp. (5351) $30.00

10) _ _ ANOTHER COPY. Jaffrey, NH: Godine, 2000. First softcover edition. Fine in stiff wraps, lovely condition. Signed on the title page by the author Kate Barnes and signed by the illustrator Mary Azarian. (10339) $15.00

11) Berg, Stephen. New and Selected Poems. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1992. First edition. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards in dust jacket. 219 pages. Jacket blurbs by Hayden Carruth, W.S. Merwin & Donald Revell. Top edge bumped, else about fine in a spine-faded else near fine dust jacket. Berg is best known as a founder and co-editor of The Review. (9541) $25.00

12) Berg, Stephen; [Hayden Carruth.] WITH AKHMATOVA AT THE BLACK GATES: Variations. Chicago: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1981. First edition. Signed on the title page by Hayden Carruth who wrote the foreword. "Meditations on and through the person and poetry of Anna Akhmatova." Top edge foxed, else very good in an about very good dust jacket, with the top edge chipped, one 3/4 in. piece missing. (8694) $25.00

13) Berrigan, Ted. PARIS, FRANCES. Grindstone City, MI: The Alternative Press, [1982]. First edition. Postcard broadside printing an eight-line poem by Berrigan. This copy signed and dated in the year of publication by the poet. This item originally published in Number 11 from Ken Mikolowski's press: a manila envelope with 16 (unsigned) postcards and broadsides. Printed impression of an airplane in background. This is a fine copy of the Ted Berrigan item only; rare signed. (10531) $500.00

14) Berrigan, Ted et al. THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS #12 (for Ted Berrigan in memoriam). Grindstone City, MI: Alternative Press, 1983. Eleven postcards, bookmarks and broadsides on varied papers. In the original envelope, but incomplete and with variant items. Includes Berrigan's "Remembered Poem" (Fischer p. 59) a broadside on cardboard (approx. 8 1/2 x 11 in.), two by Alice Notley "" and "Morning Comb" and Lyn Hejinian's untitled poem beginning '"erupting blasphemy". Additional work by Jim Gustafson; Eileen Myles; Gordon Newton & Ken Mikolowski; Charles Henri Ford; Kenward Elmslie & Ken Tisa; Chris Tysh; Tom Clark. The prize is the Berrigan poem, one of 500 printed, but nonetheless scarce. The Berrigan bumped at one corner, all about fine in a worn envelope addressed to publisher Allen DeLoach. (10536) $250.00

The Alternative Press: see also #13 & #130.

15) Ted Berrigan; John Perreault; Anne Waldman; John Giorno.

Poster: Architectural League of . NY: [1968]. Poster produced as advertisement for the Four Poetry Events at the Architectural League of New York. Offset, monochrome, large: 73 x 57.5 cm. (28 ¼ in. x 22 ½ in.) in a black glazed frame. Fine. (10525)

$500.00

16) Berryman, John. BERRYMAN'S . NY: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1967. First edition. 115 sonnets mostly written and rewritten according to Charles Thornbury, the editor of his Collected Poems, in 1947, two decades before they were published. A sequence about an illicit love affair with "Lise" (his notebook displayed at an exhibit at the University of MN in 1990, is entitled "Sonnets to Chris" and dated May-July 1947). In mostly strict Petrarchian form his diction is distinctly his own. Although these poems are not related to his Dream Songs, there is a prefatory poem in the persona of Mr. Bones. Fine copy in a bright and complete dust jacket with one area of rubbing on the spine, evidence of old pencil price on flap, else fine. (10558) $35.00

17) Bertolino, James. MAKING SPACE FOR OUR LIVING: Poems. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1975. First edition. Printed wrappers. Signed with a long inscription to poet and UVM professor Dan Lusk by Bertolino in 1978 in River City, Ohio. Association copy in fine condition. Early book from the press (founded in 1972.) 54 pp. (9328) $20.00

18) Bishop, John Peale. MINUTE PARTICULARS. NY: Alcestis Press, 1935. First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers in original glassine. 71pp. One of 135 (of 165 total) printed on Strathmore Permanent All-Rag. Signed by Bishop as called for. Light wear at corners, else fine and very clean; in an aged glassine with wear along bottom edge and corners else very good. Attractive copy of a nice production.

Alcestis press was run by the curious Ronald Lane Latimer who published in the short time of the press's existence , R P Warren and , among others. (10556) $150.00

19) Blackburn, Paul. AGAINST THE SILENCES. Ln & NY: Permanent Press, 1980. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. One of 800 copies printed (of 1000 total). Preface by . Cover art by R. B. Kitaj. Cover and next two leaves creased, else fine. (9250) $12.50

20) Blackburn, Paul. BROOKLYN-MANHATTAN TRANSIT. NY: Totem Press, 1960. First edition. Thin, photographic, stapled wrappers. Poet's second collection of verse. Blackburn is often associated with the Black Mountain poets. Light soiling, staples lightly tarnished: very good. [6 pp.] (9291) $20.00

21) Blackmur, R. P. DIRTY HANDS: Or The True-Born Censor. Cambridge: Minority Press, 1930. First edition. 8vo. 15 pp. Gray-green sewn wraps printed in green. Generally regarded as the author's first book. An essay based upon his conversation with a censor; a rather ironic take. Minority Pamphlet No. 5. Printed by Gordon Fraser at St. John's College. Edges worn, spine toned, lightly soiled and about very good. (10557) $50.00

22) Bly, Robert. THE LIGHT AROUND THE BODY. NY: Harper & Row, 1967. First edition. Poet's second book, winner of the . With a number of anti-Vietnam War poems, not surprising as he was instrumental in starting American Writers Against The Vietnam War in 1966. Corners rubbed else about fine in a very good (price-clipped) dust jacket, with one short closed tear and light wear along the top edge. Published simultaneously in trade paper, the hardcover is somewhat difficult in collectible condition. (10550) $35.00

23) Bowers, Edgar. THE FORM OF LOSS. Denver: Alan Swallow, 1956. First edition. Second issue. Small 8vo. Tan cloth stamped in brown; in printed dust jacket. Poet's first book. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few fox spots, but still bright green without the usual toning. Uncommon in this condition.

Bowers was a student of Yvor Winters at Stanford, and taught for many years at UC Santa Barbara; as one would expect from a student of Winters, he worked mostly in form, though he moved more towards blank unrhymed verse in later books. The winner of a among others, he is generally seen as one of the more neglected poets of his generation. Harold Bloom called him "one of the best living American poets these past forty years." He died in 2000. (10544) $100.00

24) Boyle, Kay. THIS IS NOT A LETTER: and Other Poems. LA: Sun & Moon Press, 1985. First edition. Rust cloth in dust jacket. Near fine copy in a lightly rubbed else near fine dust jacket. (8366) $15.00

25) Brock-Broido, Lucie. A HUNGER. NY: Knopf, 1988. First edition. Purple cloth in dust jacket. Award-winning poet's first book published simultaneously in cloth and paper. A lovely production designed by editor Harry Ford. A very near fine copy clearly unread in a complete dust jacket with light creasing at the corners, but no chips or tears. Brock-Broido is an award-winning poet and is the Director of the Writing program at Columbia. (6055) $50.00

26) _ _ ANOTHER COPY. An uncorrected proof copy in printed red wrappers of the poet's first book. No marks on the cover. Fine. (527) $50.00

27) Bromige, David, Robert Kelly, Diane Wakoski. THE WISE MEN DRAWN TO KNEEL IN WONDER AT THE FACT SO OF ITSELF: (Bromige) “The Nest”, (Kelly) “Yesond & Malkuth, That Is, Advent & Christmas, from "Spheres," (Wakoski) “The Magi”. LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First edition. Original Wraps. One of the lovely little Christmas greeting letterpress pieces that Black Sparrow Press used to send to "friends of the press." Printed by Noel Young. Fine in golden decorated wraps, with very slight softening of corner tips. An elegant small offering. (7967) $12.00

28) Bukowski, Charles; Larry Pool (ed.); DOWN HERE #1: A Magazine from the East Village. NY: Tompkins Square Press, 1966. Stapled printed wraps. 76 pp. Twenty-nine pages of letters between Bukowski and Tom McNamara. Poems by Bremser and Wieners among others. An interview with filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar by Brian Van Der Horst. Very good. (10598) $20.00

Early Grabhorn Press 1/100 29) Burns, Robert. SONGS OF INNOCENCE. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1925. First edition thus. 16mo. Original floral-patterned boards, gold-cloth backed, w/ printed paper spine label. 1 of 100 copies. Facsimile of the first edition, frontispiece illus. printed in red. Printed by Ralph Thatcher at the press of John Henry Nash; completed with E. Grabhorn at the Grabhorn Press for private distribution of Albert Bender. Lovely and very scarce edition of the press, many not surprisingly in institutions. Edges worn, bottom with about half to the boards; pink floral design faded, else complete and very clean. (10545) $300.00

Signed by William S. Burroughs 30) Burroughs, William S.; Andrea Juno; V. Vale (eds.). RE/SEARCH # 4/5: A Special Book Issue - William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Throbbing Gristle. San Francisco: Re/Search, 1982. 8vo. Photographic wrappers. Illustrated throughout; the first of several full-page photos (Burroughs with a pistol) signed "William S. Burroughs" and dated "3/4/88". 94 pp. Gysin introduced Burroughs to the "cut-up technique", collaborated with him on several projects and was among his closest friends. Among the excerpts from Burroughs work, and an interview is an essay on the cut-up technique. Throbbing Gristle was a British punk band. Creases at spine and corners, but tight and clean and easily very good in illustrated wraps. (10585) $150.00

31) Caldwell, Justin. THE SLEEPING PORCH POEMS. Berkeley: Lost Roads Pub Co, 1979. First edition. Original illus. wraps. Crisp tight copy with very light shelf wear. An early book from the press founded by Frank Stanford (published a year after his death) and C.D. Wright; increasingly scarce. Bottom of spine bumped, easily very good. (9748) $25.00

32) Carr, Dan, and Cynthia Haring. TWO POEMS. Boston: Four Zoas Press, 1977. First edition. Single sheet folded with a poem by each author; type set by the authors and printed by Carr. On delicate ivory paper, with slight creasing at corners. Early work from one of our finest small presses. Very good. (9871) $18.00

33) Carroll, James. TENDER OF WISHES. Paramus NJ: Newman Press, 1969. First edition. Original wraps. Crisp and tight, with price clipped from front corner. Inscribed in full "for _ _ Peace", dated 4-28-98. Early book of poems by the two-time winner of The National Book Award (non-fiction). At one-time a priest, he began writing poetry as a chaplain at Boston University. Very good, except for the price-clip. (9838) $20.00

34) Carruth, Hayden. JOURNEY TO A KNOWN PLACE. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1961. First edition. Small 4to. Cloth-backed gray boards. One of 300 copies printed on Hayle paper by Harry Duncan and Kim Merker at Iowa City. With enclosed letter TLs on Carruth's Vermont Crow's Mark Press stationary dated 1968, answering a librarian's question re: another book as well as this volume which they are seeking. Letter folded, but fine in the original envelope. The books covers are horizontally creased, end papers offset from glue, a couple of fox spots on the foreedge, else about very good lacking the tissue dust jacket. A scarce and lovely production, the author's third. (10564) $175.00

Carruth: see also item #12.

35) Cassian, Nina. TAKE MY WORD FOR IT POEMS. NY: Norton, 1998. First edition. Cream boards in dust jacket. Includes the typed errata slip. Romanian-born poet's first collection of poems written in English. Cassian's poetry is praised by , , Jane Kenyon, and others on jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket (very light shelfwear). 95 pp. (7579) $20.00

37) _ _ ANOTHER COPY. 85 pp. Uncorrected proof in tan printed wrappers. Printed material laid in. Spine lightly sunned, else fine. (5697) $25.00

38) Charters, Samuel. AS I STAND AT THIS WINDOW. Berkeley: Oyez, 1970. First edition. Eight pages stapled into dark gold wraps. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh "for circulation among friends of the poet and the press," 250 copies printed. Charters better known as a writer about the blues; husband of Ann Charters. Oversized wraps creased, else very good. (8849) $15.00

39) Charters, Samuel, with photos by Ann Charters. SOME POEMS/POETS STUDIES IN AMERICAN UNDERGROUND POETRY SINCE 1945 (Spicer, Duncan, Antoninus, Eigner, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Welch, Olson, Creeley, Snyder). [Berkeley]: Oyez, 1971. First edition. Original wraps (also issued in cloth). Early analysis of American Underground poetry of the Beat period. Near fine copy in photographic wraps. (9861 $15.00

40) Clark, Tom. THE BORDER. West Branch, Iowa: Coffee House Press, 1985. First edition. Printed wraps. Written and illustrated by Clark; copy 219 of 500, signed at the colophon by the author/artist. Crisp lovely copy with just a touch of wear to oversize gold wraps. (8411) $15.00

41) Cobbing, Bob; Peter Mayer (compilers). CONCERNING CONCRETE POETRY. Ln: Writers Forum, 1978. First edition. Large 4to. Printed illus. wrappers. 85 pp.; printed on three colors of paper. Vol. 3 in the Writers Forum Series Studies in Concrete Poetry. A "collection of facts about, statements on and examples of concrete visual and sound poetry" (from the forward by the compilers). Includes bibliography, discography, statements, heavily illustrated with examples of a wide- ranging variety of concrete poetry. Near fine copy. Quite scarce. (10527) $125.00

42) Codrescu, Andrei. BELLIGERENCE: New Poems. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1991. First edition. Illustrated wraps. Poet as social critic. This copy signed by the author on the first blank leaf. A touch of corner wear; very good. (8387) $20.00

43) Codrescu, Andrei. IT WAS TODAY. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2003. First edition. 140 pp. An uncorrected proof/ARC in illustrated wrappers of this collection of poetry from NPR's irrepressible correspondent. A typed, signed letter (tls) from the press editor to a prominent poet/anthologist asking for a blurb. The letter is date April 16; it would not be published until September. Small stain along the top edge, shelfwear, still very good. (4751) $25.00

44) Corbett, William. BACK AND FORTH. Boston: Pressed Wafer, 2001. First edition. Chapbook: stapled illustrated wraps. A long poem traveling back and forth through place, the poet’s reading, and friends. Fine. (8936) $15.00

45) Corbett, William. BOSTON VERMONT: Poems. Cambridge: Zoland Books, 1999. First edition. Signed and dated by Corbett on the dedication page. Fine in illustrated wraps. (8937) $17.00

46) Corbett, William. DON'T THINK: LOOK. Cambridge MA: Zoland, 1991. First edition. Original illustrated wraps (Fairfield Porter cover art). Striking collection by the Boston/Vermont poet, publisher, and professor. Signed by the poet: "13 August '03 Arden Corbett's birthday Bill Corbett." Fine. (7586) $20.00

47) Corbett, William. RUNAWAY POND. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1982. First edition. 12mo. Illustrated wraps. Signed by Corbett on the dedication page noting the house in Vermont in which the book was written. A pond in Vermont did indeed “run away” in 1810 causing great destruction; Corbett’s long poem contemplates spring and early summer in New England, as well as the pond and other disasters. Sticker ghost on front cover else fine. (8938) $20.00

48) Corbett, William. SCHEDULE RHAPSODY. Durham UK: Pig Press, 1980. First edition. Heavy paper wraps over stapled card covers. Unusual piece, British publication of the Boston/Vermont poet. Specially signed by author on title page. Light soiling and toning, else very good. (7587) $15.00

49) Corbett, William. TEN IN THE MORNING: GERALD COBLE. Boston: Pressed Wafer , 2004. First edition. Coble's collages, introduced by poet and publisher Bill Corbett, with some of Corbett's poetry. Near Fine. Paperback. (9987) $20.00

50) Corbett, William; Daniel Bouchard; and Joseph Torra (Eds.) PRESSED WAFER: A Boston Review. Boston: Pressed Wafer, 2000. First edition. First of the Pressed Wafer collections; this one includes James Schuyler (pages 59 thru 84, include three poems and letters by Schuyler)), Michael Palmer, Ed Barrett, Paul Metcalf, Joseph Torra, Ann Kim and , as well as some striking photos. Near fine in wraps. (7597) $15.00

William Corbett has lived and taught for many years in Boston, and summers in the Calais area in Vermont. He is often associated with The New York School poets a number of whom besides Corbett (e. g. Padgett, Brainard) summered near or visited Kenward Elmslie’s Poet’s Corner in Calais. He is an editor of Pressed Wafer, a magazine and book publisher (mostly chapbooks), named after a book by his friend the Boston poet John Wieners. He currently teaches at M.I.T. ------

51) Corso, Gregory; intro. . GASOLINE. San Francisco: City Lights, 1958. First printing. 48 pp. One of 1500 copies letterpress printed. (Cook pp. 29-30). Number Eight in The Pocket Poets Series; one of the essential Beat titles. Clean and tight interior, light toning to covers, small stain on front, ink number on back cover: about very good in printed wraps. 10547) $40.00

52) Cullen, Countee. ON THESE I STAND: An Anthology of the Best Poems. NY: Harper & Row, 1947. First edition. Stated First: M-V. 8vo. Black cloth over boards stamped with gilt; in dust jacket. Six new poems, and a selection from the author made shortly before his death. Fine, clean copy in a clipped, lightly rubbed and very lightly chipped bright black and yellow dust jacket. Back panel with a full page description of first book published in 1945. Uncommon in this condition. (10548) $95.00

53) Deanne, John F. MANHANDLING THE DEITY. Ln: Carcanet, 2003. First edition. Signed on the title page by the poet. Original wraps in fine condition. Irish poet and novelist's second collection of verse. Uncommon signed. (9421) $25.00

54) Di Prima, Diane. RECOLLECTIONS OF MY LIFE AS A WOMAN: The New York Years. NY: Viking Press, 2001. First edition. Advance Readers Copy / uncorrected proof. Fine in wraps. 422 Pages. Memoirs, mostly 50’s and 60’s: The Floating Bear, Poet’s Theatre…. (9268) $15.00

55) Dickey, William. BRIEF LIVES. Woodside, CA, Heyeck Press, 1985. First edition. Marbled wraps with printed paper labels; designed, printed, and marbled by Robin Heyeck. 63 pp. Spine and top edges sunned else very good in wraps. (7522) $15.00

56) Dickinson, Emily. FURTHER POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON: Withheld from Publication by Her Sister Lavinia. Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1929. First edition . The large paper edition, limited to 465 copies (this is number 391). 8vo, Green linen cloth with black cloth spine; printed label and top edge gilt. 208 pp.; with an Index of first lines and silk ribbon marker. The cloth is unevenly sunned, the label a bit toned, else very good, the text block clean and fine. Lacking the original glassine wrapper and slipcase. (Myerson A6.1b) (10569) $75.00

57) Didion, Joan. TELLING STORIES. Berkeley: Univ. of California, 1978. First edition. 8vo. Stiff blue wraps with silver lettering. Keepsake (no. 26 in the series), not for sale. Three stories and an essay by Didion with three plates: two photos of the author and a facsimile of a manuscript page. Creasing to the overlapping wraps, else fine. (10562) $20.00

58) Dorn, Ed. "ABHORRENCES: Linoleum tatoos" n. d. : n. p., 1985. First edition. Single sheet copied from typed manuscript with many corrections including the last four lines; with a note in Dorn's hand added. With original envelope with Dorn's Univ. of Colorado address. The envelope and Dorn's note addressed to Noel Dailey, Univ. of New Orleans (but it is likely that he meant professor Joel Dailey). The poem not published until 1989 in a chapbook and 1990 with Black Sparrow. Folded in thirds but fine, in a roughly opened envelope. (10533) $35.00

59) Dorn, Edward. GUNSLINGER Book 1. LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. Orange cloth with black spine, with printed spine and cover labels. Number 90 of 100 copies numbered signed and dated by the author, as called for. Attractively printed by Graham Macintosh for the press. Soiling to top edge of the text block, else quite fine. Splendid copy of an important and scarce book. (10565) $175.00

60) Dorn, Edward. GUNSLINGER II. LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First edition. Fine copy of vol. 2, lacking the acetate jacket. One of 250 copies numbered and signed: "Edward Dorn San Cristobal 14 June 69". Attractively printed by Noel Young for the press, bound in black backed brown cloth with large paper label on front and label on spine. (10566) $50.00

61) Doty, Mark. MY ALEXANDRIA: Poems. Champaign: University of Illinois Press. Later printing of the softcover edition. Light corner bump to rear wrap, still a nice crisp copy, unread, and signed by Mark Doty on the title page. (9852) $18.00

62) Doty, Mark; Don Lee (eds.) PLOUGHSHARES Spring 1999. Boston: Emerson College, 1999. Doty was editor of this issue, which is mostly poetry (Lucille Clifton, Tony Hoagland, , Carolyn Kizer, Carol Muske, many more). Mark Doty signed this copy at the editor's introduction. Near fine in wraps. (9854) $17.00

63) Durrell, Lawrence. ON SEEMING TO PRESUME. Ln: Faber & Faber, 1948. First edition. Dark red cloth, silver lettering in dust jacket. Usual offsetting to endpapers, small bookseller ticket, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with one short closed tear and slightly thumbed crown. A lovely copy of this volume of verse, by a prolific poet better known for his novels. (10560) $50.00

64) Eberhart, Richard. POEMS TO POETS. Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press, 1975. First edition. Engravings by Michael McCurdy, whose Penmaen Press printed this in stiff blue wraps. Limited to 1000 (300 in hardcover). Significant work by a noted poet. Very good. (7528) $15.00

65) Edson, Russell. APPEARANCES: Fables and Drawings. Stamford, CT: Thing Press, 1961. First edition. Illustrated stapled wrappers. Printed in two colors. "...printed on a hand press & hand-set in Caslon & designed by the author". Poet's first book, self-published as were his first few books. Prose poetry by an original writer who made the "form" his own. Light rubbing to the white card stock covers, staples rusty: very good. [32 pp.] (10587) $50.00

66) Eliot, T. S.; Bradley Gunter. GUIDE TO T. S. ELIOT. Columbus: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 1970. First edition. Very good in stapled wraps. Inscribed by the author Brad[ley Gunter] on the title page and dated the year of the publication in 1970 (March, 6). 46 pp. Uncommon. (9424) $25.00

67) Eliot, T. S., Roberto Sanesi (Trans.). POESIE GIOVANILI. Milan: Pesce d'Oro, 1967. 12mo. First edition. Thin yellow printed jacket over card wraps. Early poems by Eliot (mostly 1905 – 1910) with text on facing pages in English and Italian. Wraps are rubbed and have two small spots and one very short closed tear at spine fold, but page block is bright, fresh, clean, and snug. A scarce translation, and inscribed by the translator Sanesi. About very good. (7639) $20.00

68) Ennis, John. DOLMEN HILL. Dublin: Gallery Books, 1977. First edition. Original jacketed wraps. (There was a cloth issue of 250.) Poet's second book; includes "Orphans." Spine heavily sunned, and a small sticker mark on front of olive wraps. 86 pp. Irish poet. About very good. (7998) $20.00

69) Enslin, Theodore, TIGHT: No. One. Bennington: Bennington College (Whit Griffin & Andrew Hughes), 2001. First edition. Printed wraps. Signed by the Poet Theodore Enslin at his contribution, a long poem: “Matrimony Vine”, on page 23. Crisp elegant little poetry journal put out by a pair of Bennington students; this issue, the first, features an interview with John Yau. Poems by , Tom Clark, April Bernard, Enslin and others. Fine. (8398) $15.00

70) Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. HOW TO PAINT SUNLIGHT: Lyric Poems & Others (1997-2000). NY: New Directions, 2001. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (9285) $15.00

71) Funk, Allison. THE KNOT GARDEN: Poems. Riverdale-on-Hudson: Sheep Meadow Press, 2002. First edition. Illustrated wraps. Signed by the author. Lovely copy of a stunning collection -- includes the noted poem "On Pruning." Fine. (7846) $20.00

72) Gander, Forrest. DEEDS OF UTMOST KINDNESS. Middletown, CT: Press, 1994. First printing trade paper issue in near fine condition; bottom tip creased. Signed by the Forrest Gander on the title page. 76 pages. Scarce Signed. (9639) $15.00

73) Giovanni, Nikki. QUILTING THE BLACK-EYED PEA: Poems and Not Quite Poems. NY: William Morrow, 2002. First edition. Red printed wraps. Uncorrected proof copy of this collection. Crisp and tight in bright red wraps, with a bump to base of spine, else fine. (9897) $15.00

74) Gorman, Michael. UP SHE FLEW. Galway, Ireland: Salmon, 1991. First edition. Trade paper issue. A very good copy of this third collection, which includes “the best” from the Sligo-born poet’s previous two volumes. Paper toned. (8392) $15.00

75) Grossman, Allen. THE WOMAN ON THE BRIDGE OVER THE CHICAGO. NY: New Directions, 1979. First edition. Review copy with slip and newsletter laid in. An early recipient of the MacArthur Fellowships (aka Genius Awards), he has been nominated for the NBCC Award. Somewhat scarce as it was published simultaneously in hardcover and soft, especially scarce as a review copy. Only the lightest wear. Near fine in like Dust Jacket. (539) $25.00

76) Guest, Barbara. BIOGRAPHY. Providence: Burning Deck, 1980. First edition. Keith Waldrop design in two colors. 500 copies. Top edge of oversize wraps (jacket) bumped and worn; pages are fresh and bright; still very good. (7991) $20.00

77) Gunn, Thom. THE MAN WITH NIGHT SWEATS: Poems. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (7524) $20.00

78) Hahn, Kimiko. THE ARTIST'S DAUGHTER: Poems. NY: Norton, 2002. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. The poet was awarded the 2008 PEN/Voelcker Award "given biennially to an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in ". Fine in a fine dust jacket. (8140) $20.00

79) Hall, Donald; William Carlos Williams. FIELD, No 29, Fall 1983. Oberlin: Oberlin College, 1983. Illustrated wraps. This issue of FIELD includes a symposium on William Carlos Williams, including the essay "William Carlos Williams and the Visual," which its author , noted poet, has signed. Text block beginning to separate where Hall likely flattened the magazine to sign. Previous owners name, else very good. (7502) $17.00

80) Hall, Donald. Andrew Marvell. THE ESSENTIAL MARVELL. NY: The Ecco Press, 1991. First edition in illustrated wraps. Signed on the title page by Donald Hall. With an introduction and selection from the poetry of Andrew Marvell by Hall. 119 pages. Uncommon signed by Hall. Fine. (9593) $25.00

81) Harris, Marguerite. MAXIMS & APHORISMS: From the Letters of D. H.. Lawrence. NY: Sanders/Fuck You Press, 1964. First edition. Mimeographed and stapled: 19 sheets printed on rectos only (except the rear/colophon sheet). Compiled with two "appended poems" by Harris. One (#44) of 250 numbered copies. Printed artwork inserted (as we have seen in one other copy). Minor soiling and wear, a few not very distracting coffee spots from cover to cover, still very good. Quite scarce. (10596) $100.00

82) Higgins, Rita Ann. HIGHER PURCHASE. [Ireland]: Salmon Poetry, 1996. First edition. IlIustrated wraps. Inscribed and signed by the poet in the year of publication. Fourth volume of poetry from this Galway poet. Front wrap creased; otherwise a crisp and bright and easily very good copy. (9904) $15.00

83) Hoagland, Tony. "The Loneliest Job in the World". Berkeley: Hit & Run, 2011. Broadside poem printed by Larry Rafferty on BFK Rives using his Vandercook SP-15 proof press. 8 1/2 x 11 in. One of 25 copies signed by the poet (of 75 total, of which 25 went to the author). A lovely production: black lettering with the publisher logo embossed on blue and white illustrated heavy paper. The poem is from the 2010 collection UNINCORPORATED PERSONS IN THE LATE HONDA DYNASTY. Hoagland has become one of our most popular poets: winner of the Twain, Laughlin and many other awards. Fine. (10541) $45.00

84) _ _ ANOTHER COPY. One of 75 total copies; unsigned issue. Fine. (10542) $25.00

85) Howe, Fanny. THE LIVES OF A SPIRIT: Glasstown: Where Something Got Broken. Beacon, NY: Nightboat Books, 2005. Illustrated wraps. New edition. Originally published by Sun & Moon Press. Signed on the title page by the poet. Bottom corner lightly creased/bumped, else fine. 139 pages. (9487) $15.00

86) Howe, Fanny. ON THE GROUND. NY: Graywolf, 2004. First edition. Illustrated wraps. Signed on the title page by the Poet. Boston-area poet whose "lives" in California, NYC, and London have enriched her work. Author of more than 20 of her own works, as well as translations. Corners are very slightly soft, else fine. (7864) $20.00

87) Hoyem, Andrew. THE WAKE. San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1963. First edition. Plain printed wraps. First book of noted printer (Arion Press)/poet, at his own press. Some wear fading at spine. One of 750 (of 785 total) handset and printed on a Hartford press. Very good. (7521) $15.00

88) Huddle, David. GRAYSCALE: Poems. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2004. First edition. Tall photographic wraps. Brand new copy signed on the title page. (Southern Messenger Poets Series, edited by Dave Smith.) Begins with his childhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains and extends to his life today as a father and Vermont professor. Fine. (7790) $25.00

89) Hughes, Ted. LUPERCAL. NY: Harper & Row, 1960. First printing of the first American edition of the poet's second book. 8vo. (Sagar & Tabor A3a.2). One of only 750 copies. Violet cloth over boards with shelfwear, endpapers offset, foxing to top and foreedge, else very good in a partially faded, complete dust jacket with short tears near crown. Overall about very good. (10555) $50.00

90) Huntington, Cynthia. THE RADIANT. n. p.: Four Way Books, 2003. Signed by the Poet on the title page. First edition, original wraps in fine condition. No hardcover issued. Dartmouth College Professor. 82 pages. (10583) $20.00

91) Izer, Robin. HYMNS FROM EARTH. MA: St. Frideswide, 1989. Elegant letterpress work from Firefly, a longtime Boston area press. One of 150 total copies designed and printed by Gino Lee on Mohawk Superfine paper; in lavender decorated wrappers. With monotypes by Sara Girard. Inscribed to a collector by both the poet and the artist on separate leaves. Fine. (9969) $25.00

92) Joly, Greg. BROKEN GLASS ROAD. Green River, VT: Longhouse, 2005. First edition. Six elegant poems from the letterpress artisan of Bull Thistle Press -- printed by his friends at Longhouse in a two-sheet folded broadside tipped into sage green wraps, folded to two by four inches, with wrap-around band. Includes "Helen Nearing's Advice" and "Loggerhead." Pale green belly band. Joly a Vermont poet and printer. Fine. (9510) $20.00

93) Jordan, Barbara. TUTELARY POEMS. N. p.: Radio Cologne, [1990]. First edition. Sixteen pages stapled into green printed wraps. The poet’s first book, the poems later printed in her first full collection CHANNEL, published by Beacon Press. Covers faintly creased, else fine. (8873) $20.00

94) Joubert, Jean; Denise Levertov (trans.). WHITE OWL AND BLUE MOUSE. Cambridge, Zoland, 1990. First edition. Translated by the poet Denise Levertov. Children's book; illustrations by Michel Gay. Originally published in France in 1978. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (7515) $20.00

95) Kelly, Brigit Pegeen. SONG: Poems. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1995. First edition. 1994 Lamont Poetry selection, with award card (fine) laid in. Fine in like dust jacket. (8480) $15.00 96) Kinsella, Thomas. POEMS & TRANSLATIONS. NY: Atheneum,, 1961. First edition; trade paper issue. Some rubbing to wraps, else very good. Early work by the noted poet. (7507) $20.00

97) Koch, Kenneth. SUN OUT: Selected Poems 1952-1954. NY: Knopf, 2002. First edition. Published after the poet's death. Fine in a lightly spine-sunned, else fine dust jacket. (7646) $20.00

98) Kumin, Maxine. THE LONG APPROACH. NY: Viking Press, 1986. First edition, trade paper issue. Briefly inscribed and signed by the poet on the title page. In this collection of her poems, Kunin writes on the responsibilities of the poet in troubled times. Very good. (10523) $15.00

99) Kupferberg, Tuli (ed.). YEAH 6. NY: Birth Press, 1963. 12mo. Stapled printed yellow wrappers, printed on orange paper. 21pp. With the foldout O(rgasm) Bomb broadside in the center as called for. Magazine edited by Fugs co-founder. The broadside is fine, the covers quite soiled. (10597) $30.00

100) Lally, Michael. IN THE MOOD. Washington DC: Titanic Books, 1978. First edition. 4to. Stapled illus. wrappers. Letter "N" of 26 signed copies (of 200 total). [7 pages, unpaginated.] Essay by the poet, actor, activist, generally associated with the second generation NY School, written on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Frank O'Hara's death. Near fine and uncommon. (10526) $125.00

101) Larkin, Philip. HIGH WINDOWS. NY: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1974. First American edition, with minor changes from the UK edition. 8vo. Blue cloth in jacket. Some of Larkin's most famous poems including "This Be The Verse" and "Annus Mirabilis", with his wry comments on family, sex and ageing. Light shelfwear in a very near fine bright and dust jacket. Fine in like dust jacket. (10590) $60.00

102) Libby, David A. MOUNTAINS, MAPS, AND MORNINGS. New Haven: Jonathan Edwards College Press, , 1963. Letterpress work, collection of poems bound into pictorial- covered boards with yellow spine, black titling; seven hand-cut lino blocks, including frontispiece. Number 50 of 180 copies printed, 120 for sale. One corner of boards with the paper covering broken; the spine has light wear, soiling. Interior fresh and crisp. Signed by the author (class of '64) at the colophon. Very good college printing. (9801) $25.00

103) Lurie, Toby. A LEAF OF VOICES, ORAL COMPOSITION. San Francisco: Journeys Into Language, 1980. First edition. Decorated, stapled wraps. Scarce collection of this California-based language poetry; 75 pages. Lurie combines art, music and poetry into a kind of performance art. Very good. (8311) $20.00

104) M'Diarmid, Hugh [Hugh MacDiarmid; Christopher Murray Grieve]. SANGSCHAW. Ln: William Blackwood & Sons, 1925. First edition. First printing, primary binding. 8vo. Dark blue buckram over beveled boards with gilt device and lettering; printed dust jacket. Scottish author's first book of verse. Mild toning of end papers, but easily very good in a very good spine toned jacket with one small chip at the crown. Scarce in the primary binding in this condition. MacDiarmid is generally regarded as the leading poet of the Scottish Renaissance. He wrote in English as well as in dialect (as in this volume). (10543) $150.00

105) Mahon, Derek. THE CHIMERAS: A Version of Les Chimeres by Gerard de Narval. Dublin: Gallery Books, 1982. First edition. Lovely copy of the hardcover issue (one of 300 copies) of this reworking of these poems from the 19th C French; his first translations in book form. Mahon is one of the most popular Irish poets working today. Very near fine in like dust jacket.(159) $45.00

106) March, Joseph. THE SET-UP. NY: Covici, Friede, 1928. First edition. One of 275 copies (this no. 71) signed and numbered by the author. Small 4to. Cloth-backed patterned boards with paper spine label. illustrated by Alexander King. Classic epic poem by the author of THE WILD PARTY; it was made into the successful 1949 film although the boxer's race was changed from black to white. Tips worn through, spine label with small loss (but still bright yellow) with an attractive bookplate of collector Albert Parsons Sachs. Mostly still unopened. Very good lacking the rare slipcase. (10559) $350.00

107) Martinez, Dionisio D. DANCING AT THE CHELSEA. Brockport NY: State Street Press, 1992. First edition. Chapbook, stapled in light green photographic wrappers. The first book from this Cuban-born poet, now living in Florida. Very good. (8028) $20.00

108) Matthews, William. AFTER ALL: Last Poems. NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First edition. This collection released after the poet’s death; on his usual subjects: love, food, and music. Publisher's review copy, material and photo of the poet laid in. Easily very good in a like dust jacket. (7640) $20.00

109) McCarriston, Linda. EVA-MARY. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1991. First edition. Simultaneous hardcover issue. Winner of the Terrence Des Pres prize for poetry. Signed and dated on the title page. Poet's second book. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. (8206) $25.00

110) McCullers, Carson. SWEET AS A PICKLE AND CLEAN AS A PIG. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First edition. 8vo. Orange cloth in dust jacket. Poems by the great Southern storyteller. Ostensibly a children's book, though more likely appreciated by adults. Illustrated by Rolf Gerard. 31 pp. A very near fine copy in a like dust jacket with just a touch of toning at the folds and spine but some discoloring to the jacket verso. Else clean and bright and quite uncommon. (10568) $125.00

111) McHugh, Heather. TO THE QUICK. MIDDLETOWN. CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987. First edition. Orange cloth in dust jacket. Poet’s third collection, scarce in cloth. McHugh was awarded a MacArthur "genius" Grant in 2009. Fine in a very good dust jacket with slight creasing on cover and light overall toning. (9109) $25.00

112) McNair, Wesley. FIRE POEMS. Jaffrey, NH: Godine, 2002. First edition. Trade paper original. Long inscription by the poet on the title page. Well-regarded Northern New England poet. 92 pages. Small scrape near spine, else near fine. (9531) $20.00

113) McNair, Wesley. THE GHOSTS OF YOU AND ME. Boston: Godine, 2006. First edition. Trade paper original. Signed on the title page by the poet. Fine condition. 92 pp. (9528) $25.00

114) McNair, Wesley. TALKING IN THE DARK. Boston: Godine, 1998. First edition. Trade paperback original. Signed by poet on the title page. This is the sixth collection by the Maine poet laureate. Fine. (7850) $25.00

115) McNair, Wesley. THE TOWN OF NO and MY BROTHER RUNNING. Boston: Godine, 1997. First edition thus. Trade paper original. Signed by the author on the title page. Poet’s second and fourth books previously published by Godine in 1989 and 1993. About fine. (7849) $20.00

116) Meredith, William. LOVE LETTER FROM AN IMPOSSIBLE LAND. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1944. First edition. Attractive copy of the poet's first book. Light toning to the edges of the blue-green paper boards, else fine in a complete dust jacket with small chips at the corners, tape repairs (one tear of 1 1/4 in.) at the crown, and lightly toned spine. Overall easily very good. Meredith would go on to win the Pulitzer among other prizes and was a Consultant in Poetry to the (a position now called Poet Laureate). (10567) $95.00

117) Muir, Edwin. FIRST POEMS. Ln: The Hogarth Press, 1925. First edition. 12mo. Marbled paper-covered boards, w/ paper label (issued without a jacket). Scottish poet's third book, printed in an unknown but likely small printing by Leonard and Virginia Woolf; the first of several by Muir printed by the Woolfs. Rubbed, spine-faded, with some foxing mostly to edges and prelims, but tight and attractive, about very good. Ink name on front fly. Quite uncommon. (10589) $100.00

118) Nash, Ogden. FOUR PROMINENT SO AND SO'S. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1934. First edition. Thin 8vo. Stapled illus. tan wrappers. Verse by Nash with music by Robert Armbruster, originally performed in 1933 for the Dutch Treat Club show. With illustrations by Otto Soglow. (All three prominent figures of their day.) A send up of politicians and the Wall Street Class, and other "S.O.B's"; lyrics that still ring true today: "I'm a debit to my country but a credit to my dad/ The most expensive senator this country's ever had". About very good, yapped edges worn. (10549) $30.00

119) Norse, Harold (trans.). THE ROMAN SONNETS OF GIUSEPPE GIOACHINO BELLI [JARGON 38]. Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1960. First edition. 8vo. Preface by William Carlos Williams; intro. by Alberto Moravia. Spine faded, edges worn, but text block tight and very good. (10534) $20.00

120) O'Grady, Desmond. HIS SKALDCRANE'S NEST. Dublin: Gallery Press, 1979. First edition, wraps issue. Yellow pictorial wraps. Warmly inscribed to a significant American poet, at the Grolier Bookstore (Cambridge), 1989. A nice fresh copy, with a small light sticker mark on the front wrap; Very Good. 51 pp. (9910) $25.00

121) Ochester, Ed. UNRECONSTRUCTED POEMS: Selected and New. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Pr, 2007. First edition. Softcover. Signed by the poet on the title page. Longtime editor of the Pitt Poetry Series, and for many years the director of the Writing Program at Pitt. In fine condition. 171 pages. (9565) $20.00

Catalogue item # 119

122) Padgett, Ron & George Schneeman. "The sun rose like a tiny sun magnified a million times".

10966. An original silkscreen print in black, yellow & light blue. 34 1/2 " x 22 1/2 " (image size), in a glazed blue frame 36 1/2 " x 24 1/2". Proof copy, signed by Padgett and Schneeman. Light ageing, else fine in a somewhat scuffed frame. (10524) $2,000.00

Padgett and Schneeman collaborated on eight silkscreen prints according to Padget in: PAINTER AMONG POETS p. 35.

123) Padgett, Ron & George Schneeman; Allen Ginsberg et al. THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS. Grindstone City, MI: Alternative Press, 1995. Twenty-one postcards, bookmarks, bumperstickers, cards, and broadsides, and a 1995 calendar with Ann Mikolowski's art on varied papers. In the original envelope, but with items from various years and not complete for any of them. Includes Padgett & George Schneeman's postcard "The World Series" (from 1982); Creeley's "Moral"; Allen Ginsberg's "In The Benjo"; Dorn's bumpersticker "Print the Invasion money" promoting "ABHORENCES"; as well as Michael Andre; Larry Zirlin; Tom Clark; Eliot Weinberger; Victor Cruz; Charles Bernstein; Art Lange; Elaine Equi; Kenward Elsmslie; Eric Torgersen; Glen Baxter; D. K. Semivan; Archie Anderson; Warren Jay Hecht; Ed Dorn; Keith Taylor; Maureen Owen and Paul Hoover. The envelope is addressed to another small press publisher, it seems likely these were an assortment sent to him. A nice group. All about fine in a worn envelope. (10537) $200.00 Alternative Press: see also #14.

124) Patchen, Kenneth. BEFORE THE BRAVE. NY: Random House, 1936. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth in dust jacket. 131 pp. Poet's first collection. Cloth with some sunning but clean and very good, in a mostly complete but heavily taped (at spine and along the top edge - verso) dust jacket. Still far more attractive than most in an uncommon at best dust jacket. (10580) $150.00

125) _ _ ANOTHER COPY. Mottled red cloth, spine heavily toned, very light foxing, else clean; lacking the dust jacket. (10582) $35.00

126) Patchen, Kenneth. THE LOVE POEMS OF KENNETH PATCHEN. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1965. First edition. Second printing (Cook p. 40). Green and white wraps. Pocket Poets No. 13. Good copy with wear to edges and fox spots on covers. (10581) $10.00

127) Patchen, Kenneth. PATCHEN'S FIRST WILL & TESTAMENT. NY: Padell, 1948. Second Edition after the very scarce New Directions edition of 1939. Contains an additional poem (Q&B p. 526). Light foxing to foreedge, else fine in red cloth (top stain purple) in a very good dust jacket, lightly faded and soiled, with a short closed tear and small loss at edges. Much nicer than usual. (10574) $35.00

128) Patchen, Kenneth. PICTURES OF LIFE AND OF DEATH: 26 Poems. NY: Padell, 1946. First edition. Stapled card covers in original printed jacket (no hardcover issue). 32 pp. Design including cover by the author, printed in red and black. Light offset and wear, easily very good. One of 2500, but nevertheless somewhat uncommon. (10577) $50.00

129) Patchen, Kenneth. POEMSCAPES [JARGON 11]. Highland, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1958. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial French fold wraps. Long Henry Miller quote on the back cover: "Patchen is now and will remain one of the outstanding figures in American letters". In 1958 he was a primary influence on the beats. Very good copy. (10535) $35.00

130) Patchen, Kenneth. RED WINE AND YELLOW HAIR. NY: New Directions, 1949. First edition. Yellow cloth in dust jacket. Lyric even somewhat formal poems by one of the most important experimental poets of the mid-century. Bright clean very good copy, with minor wear at the edges, in a bright price-clipped dust jacket with thumbed crown; one small hole at the gutter else about very good. (10579) $35.00

131) Patchen, Kenneth. SLEEPERS AWAKE. NY: Padell, 1946. First edition. Trade issue in gray cloth and black top stain in dust jacket. (Colophon states one of 146, signed w/ cover decoration by the author, but this is neither decorated, signed nor numbered.) A very good copy with wear to corners, in a good dust jacket reasonably complete and attractive, but the verso amply reinforced with tape. Experimental prose. (10578) $75.00

132) Patchen, Kenneth. THEY KEEP RIDING DOWN ALL THE TIME. NY: Padell, 1946. First edition. Stapled card covers in original printed jacket (no hardcover issue). This the scarce variant with the image printed in black. Prose. 32 pp. Age-toning, light wear, easily very good. (10576) $75.00

133) [Patchen, Kenneth]. TRIBUTE TO KENNETH PATCHEN. Ln: Enitharmon Press, 1977. First edition. One of 900 (plus 60 in hardcover) in green card covers and printed paper jacket. Brief pieces from friends and admirers including, Everson, Ferlinghetti, Schevill, di Prima and Hugo Manning. Includes a poem by Patchen in facsimile. Very good. (10573) $7.50

134) Phillips, Louis. MANIFEST BY FIRE. NY: Prologue Press, 1984. Paperback first edition (no hardcover issued). Signed by the author. Solid collection from the noted New York poet/playwright. Spine rubbed. Very Good. (7705) $20.00

135) Pommy-Vega, Janine. MORNING PASSAGE. NY: Telephone Books, 1976. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wraps. Wonderful early work by the California Beat poet; limited to 750 copies. Telephone Books began at St. Marks with Tom Veitch teaching publisher Maureen Owen how to use the mimeograph machine. She would go on to publish 18 issues of her mimeo mag as well as many books, including this. (Clay/Phillips pp. 226-7.) Martin Carey cover design. Fine. (8653) $20.00

136) Pybus, Rodney. AT THE STONE JUNCTION. Newcastle upon Tyne: Northern House Poets, 1978. First edition. Chapbook in illustrated, stapled wraps. In near fine condition. Association copy inscribed to poet on the title page. " for Galway Kinnell with best wishes, Rodney Pybus." "down under 9/6/79." Pybus from Newcastle upon Tyne and educated at Cambridge was teaching in Australia when this book was inscribed and published. US price inked under British price on back cover, else very good. (8555) $20.00

137) Quinn, Justin. THE 'O'O'A'A' BIRD. Ln: Carcanet Pr, 1995. First edition. Trade Paper original. Dublin-born and educated (Trinity College) poet's first collection, mostly rhyming, rich with multiple languages and places. He lives and teaches in Prague and translates from The Czech. Crisp near fine copy. (9907) $25.00

138) Revell, Donald. MY MOJAVE POEMS. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2003. First edition. Original wraps (Fairfield Porter illustration on the cover). Signed boldly by the poet across the title page. A powerful collection, winner of the 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Fine. (9952) $25.00

139) Revell, Donald. REVIVAL HOUSE. Minneapolis: Rain Taxi, 2004. Chapbook. Crisp bright copy in pictorial wraps with purple titling. 28 pages. This is copy 134 of 226 and is Rain Taxi Brainstorm Series #11. Fine. Revell is the Director of Creative Writing at UTAH. (9784) $20.00

140) Rexroth, Kenneth. THE HEART'S GARDEN, THE GARDEN'S HEART. Cambridge: Pym-Randall Press, 1967. First edition. Limited to 700 copies in softcover, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Poems with pot’s ink-brush calligraphy. 48 pp. Small sticker scar on front free endpage, toned at edges and creased, else very good. (7767) $15.00

141) Ricard, Rene. RENE RICARD 1979-1980. NY: DIA, 1979. First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers. 93 pp. Original illustration by Ricard of on the front cover verso, on the following blank page inscribed "for the Lady of W. H. [Auden] and signed by Ricard. The artist/poet's first book. Ten page numbers in the contents circled in red. Lamination beginning on the front cover, else very good. Uncommon book, scarce signed and quite delightful with the ink drawing. (10529) $300.00

142) Rifenburgh, Daniel. OLDSMOBILES TO AZTECS. n.p.: self-published, 1996. First edition. Stapled chapbook with card backstrip covering the staples. Association copy inscribed to poet Galway Kinnell on the title page. " June 96 To Galway Kinnell " Il Miglior Fabbro" All Best, Dan R." Recipient of the 1996 Robert H. Winner Award for the Poetry Society of America. Of 250 numbered and signed copies this is copy #14. Precedes poet's first collection. Back cover blurbs by Richard Wilbur and . Backstrip has come unglued, slight bend to top wraps, else fine. (8762) $20.00

143) Sanders, Ed (ed.); Frank O'Hara; Allen Ginsberg et al. FUCK YOU, A Magazine of the Arts number 5, volume 6. NY: In A Secret Location in the Lower East Side, April, 1964. First edition. Edited, published and printed by Ed Sanders. The tenth of thirteen issues of this important poetry journal published at the beginning of the "mimeograph revolution". Contributions from Ginsberg, O'Hara (two long poems:" Un Chant d'amour" & " In the Movies"), Di Prima, Fainlight, Bremser, Jones, Szabo, Orlovsky, Fowler, Oppenheimer, and Berge, and of course Sanders. Scarce and delightful. Minor creasing and wear, very good, printed on dark pink paper and stapled. (10595) $400.00

144) Sanders, Ed et al. THE FUGS' SONGBOOK. New York: self-published, 1965. First edition. Rare first (and only) printing by Sanders at his Peace Eye Bookstore. 27 pp. Photocopied multicolored paper staple bound. About very good with light toning to the extremities, wear at the corners, several turned down pages, and a short ink line on the back sheet. Still an attractive copy which is scarce in the Detroit Workshop reprints, but rarely seen in this the original issue. (10594) $750.00

Sanders’ press: see item #81.

145) Sikelianos, Eleni. UNTITLED (The Garment of Praise). Cambridge: n.p., 2005. First edition. Printed poetry broadside for Sikelianos's reading at MIT on April 7, 2005. One of 150 copies. Poet associated with Naropa and previously St. Mark's Poetry Project. Fine. (10098) $20.00

146) Simpson, Louis. THE ARRIVISTES Poems 1940 - 1949. NY: The Fine Editions Press, 1949. First edition. 8vo. Printed wraps. The Jamaican-born, Columbia University-educated poet's first book, one of 500 copies printed in Paris. Simpson won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, as well as the Prix de Rome and prizes for translation and criticism. The printed cream wrappers are lightly toned and soiled, with light wear to the edges, minor loss at tips. Two previous owner's names in ink on ffep. About very good, lacking the tissue wrapper. (10563) $95.00

147) Sinclair, John. WORK / 3 Winter 65/66. Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press, 1966. First edition. 4to. Side -stapled illustrated wrappers, w/ flag back covers (some were issued with plain stock when the paper ran out). 98 pp. Issued as Sinclair was about to go to prison (for as John Lennon put it not quite accurately) "ten for two" tokes, as this issue went to press. Much of the issue is "A Homage to Rainer Gerhardt" edited by Tom Raworth. Contributions by Steve Jonas, , Creeley, Hollo and many others. Laid in is a card with the press address stamp with a brief note to a subscriber by Magdalene ("Leni") Sinclair and a subscription card. Cover from photo by M. Sinclair. Pages toned else fine (Jernigan pp. 15-16). (10528) $100.00

148) Spicer, Jack. A BOOK OF MUSIC. San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1969. First edition. Red and black printed sewn wraps. One of 150 copies published as a Christmas greeting. The total printing was 1800 copies in three issues. (Lepper p. 380.) Near fine (in protective removable covers. (10553) $50.00

149) Spicer, Jack. LANGUAGE. San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1965. First edition. Original wrappers with a design by Graham Mackintosh using a cover from "Language: Journal of the Linguistic Soc. of America" which published an article co-authored by Spicer in 1952. Inked name ("Bivins") on front free endpaper; toned at extremities; very good and uncommon. One of 950 copies. (Lepper p. 380.) 66 pp. (10554) $75.00

150) Stanford, Ann. THE WHITE BIRD. Denver: Allan Swallow, 1949. First edition. Red paper over boards in printed jacket. California poet's second book. One of 350 copies. Spine ends a bit bumped, and soft brown covers toned, chipped at corners. Cheaply produced book separating between pp. 24-25. Still a nice copy of a significant collection. About very good in a good dust jacket. (9050) $20.00 151) Szerlip, Barbara. SYMPATHETIC ALPHABET. San Francisco: Mother's Hen, 1975. First edition. Photographic wraps. Szerlip was the editor of the lit mag TRACTOR when this was published. Back cover blurbs by Rexroth, Berge and Codrescu. A nice copy, gently toned; near fine. (7898) $15.00

152) Tarn, Nathaniel. DYING TREES. Minneapolis: Rain Taxi, 2003. First edition. Fresh bright copy, number 146 of 200, in Japanese-style binding, covers (only) hand set in olive wraps. A gem, and somewhat scarce. Fine. (9100) $25.00

153) Tate, Allen. ESSAYS OF FOUR DECADES: The Revised and Enlarged Edition. Chicago: The Swallow Press, 1959. First edition. Briefly inscribed and signed by the author on the front free end paper. Very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a short crease and tear with some foxing along the edges. (10561) $45.00

154) Thomas, Dylan. THE BEACH OF FALESA. NY: Stein and Day, 1963. 8vo. Rust cloth- backed, yellow boards, green top stain. Poet's screenplay based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story. Volume in the publisher’s screenplay series meant to be read; no equivalent UK edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (1059) $40.00

155) Thomas, Dylan. NEW POEMS. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First edition. [32 pp.] Poet of the Month series, one of 1500 in paper. Spine faded, price-clipped (at the top as usual, the paper price remains at the bottom), else near fine. Designed at the Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, VT, according to the bibliographer first printed there, but that printing was destroyed, as it did not fit their series size. (Rolph B7.) (10552) $50.00

156) Veitch, Tom. Eat This! NY: Angel Hair, 1974. First edition. Original wraps. Veitch's humorous experimental novel, a great take on American life in the 1970s, rich with chapter-long jokes and surreal conversation. Signed by the author on the title page. Printed on pink paper. Wraps gently rubbed and toned; very good. (8127) $25.00

157) Wakoski, Diane. SPENDING CHRISTMAS WITH THE MAN FROM RECEIVING AT SEARS. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977. First edition. String-tied wraps. Year's end greeting from the Black Sparrow Press, 1977. This copy is one of the variant (mistake) copies with the author name in orange instead of black, hence limited to 300. Near fine. (9102) $10.00

Wakoski: see item #27.

159) Waldman, Anne. STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD COMPARED TO A BUBBLE. NY: Penguin Books, 2004. First edition, trade paper issue in illustrated wraps. Signed by the poet Anne Waldman boldy on the title page. “A profound Buddhist’s pilgrimage that summons us to compassion” (Robin Blaser, back cover blurb). Fine. (9315) $20.00

Waldman: see item #15.

160) Warsh, Lewis; George Schneeman. IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING. So. Lancaster, MA: Other Publications, 1974. First edition. Illustrated stapled wrappers. One of 26 copies (of 526 total) lettered ("I") and signed by both Warsh and Schneeman with an additional illustration by the artist. The cover and frontispiece by George Schneeman. Long poem by Warsh. Unpaginated. [12 pp.] Minor creasing, bright, clean and easily very good. (10586) $150.00

161) Wieners, John. "Hart Crane, Harry Crosby, I see you going over the edge" (Broadside #2). Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press, [1966]. First edition. Poetry broadside, 8 1/2 x 11 folded as issued for mailing. Photo of the poet. Fine. (10532) SOLD

162) Wieners, John. LARDERS. Cambridge: The Restau Press, 1970. First edition. Broadside poem printed with the title in red by William Ferguson. Approx. 12 3/4 by 9 3/4. No. 11 of 74 copies signed by the poet. (10530) SOLD

163) Wier, Dara. The Book of Knowledge. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1988. First edition, trade paper issue. Association copy warmly inscribed on the title page by Weir to fellow poet John [Engels]. Poet’s fourth book. Wier is the director of the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at UMASS. Near fine in illustrated wraps. (9377) $15.00

164) Wier, Dara. THE 8-STEP GRAPEVINE. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1980. First edition. The poet's second book signed and additionally inscribed on the title page. The trade paper issued simultaneously with the hard cover. Covers rubbed, but easily very good. (4301) $25.00

165) Williams, Jonathan. LINES ABOUT HILLS ABOUT LAKES. Fort Lauderdale: Roman Books, 1964. First edition. String-tied illus. wrappers. One of 750 copies (800 total) printed by the Auerhahn Press. 27 pp. Foreword by John Wain. "Postals" by Williams from his month-long trip in the UK. Lightly toned, but easily very good. Attractive. (10538) $30.00

166) Williams, Oscar, ed.; Wallace Stevens; , et. al. NEW POEMS 1940. NY: Yardstick Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. First book appearance of a number of poems, including Stevens' "Extract from Addresses to the Academy of Fine Ideas". (Edelstein B26.); and first appearance anywhere of Berryman's "The Moon and the Night and the Men". Contributions by, Auden ("September 1, 1939"), Bishop, Kees, Moore, Ransom, Tate, W. C. Williams, et al. 30 photos of (most) of the poets. About fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. (10571) $15.00

167) Willis, Elizabeth. THE HUMAN ABSTRACT. NY: Penguin Books, 1995. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy of the Poet's second work; in red printed wraps. Chosen for the National Poetry Series. Willis teaches at Wesleyan, and like her husband poet Peter Gizzi studied at SUNY Buffalo. Spine edge rubbed, else fine. (9241) $20.00

168) Wilson, Edmund. THREE RELIQUES OF ANCIENT WESTERN POETRY. n. p.: Privately Printed, [1951]. First edition. Thin. 8vo. Green stapled wrappers with paper label. 13 pages of whimsical verse. Accompanied by three letters, one from librarian/dealer Allan Covici requesting bibliographic information about this book, with Wilson's brief handwritten note and full signature on the bottom of the typed note from Covici. Also, a letter from the printer Thomas Dodd accompanying Covici's letter regarding the printing of this book: "for Christmas gifts...". The letters are folded but fine w/ the original envelopes; the book is spine-toned else about fine. Very scarce. (10551) $150.00

169) Winters, Yvor. THE PROOF: Songs of Today Series. NY: Coward, McCann, 1930. First edition. 8vo. Printed paper-covered boards in a similarly patterned dust jacket. Lovely association copy, with the small embossed ownership stamp on the title page of Glenway Westcott and Monroe Wheeler. An important association copy. Although Westcott did not graduate from The University of Chicago, he did meet there his lifelong companion Monroe Wheeler, publisher and longtime curator at MoMA, and both Yvor Winters and Winter's future wife Janet Lewis who were, also, members of The Poetry Club. Here with the older Winters' encouragement Westcott became a writer. This is an association copy between two significant 20th C literary figures, close college friends and between student and mentor. Board edges moderately worn, top edge dusty, but else bright and easily very good in a lightly rubbed, and toned at folds about near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. (10588) $250.00

170) Yeats, John Butler. FURTHER LETTERS OF JOHN BUTLER YEATS: Selected by Lennox Robinson. Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1920. First edition. 8vo. Linen- backed blue paper-covered boards, with spine label. Excepts from letters to his Brother W. B. Y. Front hinge tender, label lightly worn; a bit toned and dusty, but quite nice and certainly very good. With small binder sticker and bookseller stamp on end papers. Very Good in Boards. The Cuala Press was run by W. B. (and J. B.) Yeats' sister Eleanor. (10593) $125.00

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