CATALOG EIGHTEEN Spring 2009

Alexander Rare Books Literary Firsts & Poetry 234 Camp St. Barre, VT 05641

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INDEX: Broadsides & Art p. 1; Fiction p.3; Little Magazines p. 5; Poetry p.6; Fine Press Books nos. 1, 5, 9, 56, 57, 82, 85, 86, 105, 111, 112, 113 & 119. (Photos are not to scale.)

Broadsides & Art 1) [Blinn, Carol J.] [Donald Hall]. Prospectus for RIC'S PROGRESS; BOOKS UP MY SLEEVE: Hidden Treasures from Warwick Press. Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1996. Prospectus for Hall's RIC'S PROGRESS, essentially a small broadside; a 16 pp. catalog for Warwick Press, with price list and small dealer's discount sheet. All nicely printed. Scarce. $25.00

2) [De Pol, John]. BEGINNINGS OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA. NY: The Hamilton Div./Security-Columbian Banknote Co., [circa 1959]. Eight wood engravings by John De Pol, each sheet about 8 1/2 x 11 inches, in printed portfolio. Keepsake distributed by The Hamilton Division of the Security-Columbian Banknote Company of New York. Commissioned by the Erie Natural Gas Company of New York to appear in the report "Oil in Pennsylvania" by H. Edward Wolf on the eve of the centennial of the founding of the oil industry in PA. Printed from the original blocks. Light wear to portfolio, else fine. $100.00

3) Dylan, Bob. TARANTULA. [N. P.}: [N.P.], [1971]. Small broadside (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"), attractively printed on heavy tan woven paper. Nine lines from TARANTULA beginning "aretha - known in gallup as number 69 - in....; below is printed "from TARANTULA " "FREE". Presumably, published in conjunction with Macmillan's publication of Dylan's novel. Macmillan also produced a button pin for promotional use. Rare: OCLC shows three copies. Minor creasing, essentially fine. $350.00

4) Ford, Richard; Jay McInerny; Neal Stephenson; Robert Olmstead; Richard Russo et al. VINTAGE PROMOTIONAL POSTERS. NY: Vintage Contemporaries, 1984 and after. A set of promotional posters in the original solid plastic frame with the Vintage Contemporary Logo. Intended for bookstores, the poster as each new book was released could easily be replaced in the frame. A number of the books promoted were issued as paperback originals: McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City (shared with McGuane's Something To Be Desired); Russo’s Mohawk; Stephenson’s The Big U (these first three also were all first books); The Sportswriter. Also, Don DeLillo backlist, Susanna Kaysen's first novel Asa ..., Vintage Departures, and one poster "Best of a New Generation" listing eight titles including Ray Carver's Cathedral; Generally in near fine condition, the edges with some handling, but the original colors are bright. Comes with two frames which are somewhat scratched, the cardboard backing (which has four holes for hanging) worn/cracked but serviceable. 9 posters. Various designers, all colorful, some iconic. Posters approx. 18 by 23 1/2. It is unlikely many of these posters would have survived in what is nearly a complete set of the earliest books in the series. $300.00 2 AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476‐0838 [email protected]

5) Graves, John; John De Pol . SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BIRDS. Dallas: Chama Press, 1991. Prospectus with eight woodcut engravings (one in green the rest B&W) for chapter headings and the double-spread title page, all by De Pol, two signed, one in full, one with his last name, and the rest with his characteristic "D". Thus all the interior artwork with prospectus of an edition limited to 330 copies. Prospectus (there are in fact two) folded, else fine, in plain folder. $100.00 (Double-spread title page below)

6) Hilbert, Ernest; Robert James Algeo. ALL OF YOU ON THE GOOD EARTH. Upper Montclair, NJ : Wolfe Editions for Temporary Culture, 2008. First edition. Oblong illustrated broadside (measures 15 by 11 inches). Signed and limited, one of 50 copies (52 total) printed; this one of a smaller number signed by both poet and artist. Hilbert's poem commissioned by science fiction publisher Temporary Culture for a New Year's greeting refers to Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman's signing off at year's end in 1968, after describing viewing for the first time the earth rising over the moon's horizon: "Good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God Bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth". Algoe's accompanying art is is a punch-card not unlike that IBM would have used around the time of the mission. The card if processed would deliver a line from Bob Dylan's song "Abandoned Love". A well-conceived artistic production, and a lovely broadside letterpress printed on fine paper, bottom edge untrimmed. Top edge lightly creased, else fine. Ernest Hilbert is among other things the editor of Contemporary Poetry Review. This broadside precedes the poet’s recently released first collection Sixty Sonnets (which I highly recommend), and is not included in that volume. $45.00

7) Leibovitz, Annie. PHOTOGRAPHS. NY: Pantheon/Rolling Stone, 1983. A poster (15 1/2 x 20 inches) signed by Leibovitz; produced by the publisher to promote the photographer's first major book. Reproducing in full color the iconic cover photo of Meryl Steep in white paint, signed boldly in black marker. Fine, minor signs of handling (shipped rolled). Ephemeral piece, most ending up pinned on bookstore walls, very scarce on the market. $195.00

8) LOLITA LOBBY POSTER. Mexico: Cinema International Corp., 1962 . Original lobby poster for the Stanley Kubrick movie LOLITA starring James Mason, Sue Lyon and a classic turn by Peter Sellers as Quilty. Screenplay credited to Nabokov, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. With five classic images from the movie including Lo in heart-shaped glasses. In Spanish, from Mexico. Color lithograph. (Approx. 12 1/2" x 16".) Fine. $45.00

9) [Moser, Barry]. BARRY MOSER AT HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS. Northampton, MA: Hampshire Typothetae, 1979. First edition. Small keepsake (4 x 2 3/4 in.): On the occasion of an address by Barry Moser, original woodcut by Moser on Shizuoka Vellum, loose inside brown paper folder of Fabrianao Romo; printed by Harold P. McGrath. Fine. Scarce ephemeral piece. $25.00 Also see item # 12

10) Oates, Joyce Carol. LEAVE-TAKING, AT DUSK. Roslyn Harbor, NY: Stone House Press, 1983. First separate printing. 41 x 30 cm. Illustrated broadside poem. With a John De Pol wood engraving. One of 150 signed (by the poet) and numbered copies (#134), of which 115 were for sale. Hand-printed in two colors on Mohawk Superfine Text paper by M. A. Gelfand. Fine with minor handling. (Brody, Stone House checklist p. 62)) $100.00 3

11) Smith, William Jay. JOURNEY TO THE INTERIOR. Roslyn, NY: Stone House Press, 1988. First edition (originally published in POETRY). 41 x 31 cm. Illustrated broadside poem, with a wood engraving by John De Pol. Printed in two colors. One of 135 copies signed (by the poet) and numbered copies (#34), of which 100 were for sale. Fine, with minor handling. (Brody, Stone House checklist number 88.5) $50.00

12) Updike, John. DOWN TIME. Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1997. Broadside poem, approx. 11 1/2" x 13". The original relief engraving by Barry Moser was printed directly from the block. Of a total edition of 90 copies printed by John Kristensen at Firefly Press, this is one of 30 on Twinrocker Yale paper. Signed by Updike and Barry Moser. A beautiful broadside with a subtle image of a Salmon's "slick effortful flipping". Fine. $200.00

13) Updike, John. UPON BECOMING A SENIOR CITIZEN. NY: Tamarack Press, 1998. Large illustrated broadside measuring approx. 14 1/2. x 22 inches. Printed in black and green on heavy white stock by Michael & Winifred Bixler. Designed by Herb Yellin. Illustration by Robert Bainbridge. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Updike. (Total edition: 126; the 100 copies on different paper.) Fine copy of a lovely broadside. $250.00

Fiction 14) Boyd, William. STARS AND BARS. L: Hamish Hamilton, 1984. The author's fourth book, third novel and the first set in America where Boyd has spent considerable time mostly working on films. A 1988 film by Pat O'Connor from the author's script; the first of his novels to be made into a film. The acidic paper browned, as always, otherwise fine in a lovely dust jacket. $50.00

15) Carver, Raymond. FURIOUS SEASONS and Other Stories. Santa Barbara: Capra/Noel Young , 1977. Trade paper issue of this early collection of stories. 110 pp. Light, but uneven sunning, cocked, else fine and tight.$85.00 (Also see item nos: 54 & 55)

16) De Bernieres, Louis. CORELLI'S MANDOLIN. NY: Pantheon, 1994. An Advanced Reader's Edition in a paper slipcase, signed and dated by the author. An attractive promotional piece that helped make his fourth novel (after three that had marginal sales at best) a bestseller in the States. Very fine copy still in original plastic wrap. $100.00

17) Jin, Ha. THE BRIDEGROOM. NY: Pantheon, 2000. The Advanced Reader's Edition in matching card slipcase, signed on the front free end paper. Book and case fine. $35.00

18) Maxwell, William. ALL THE DAYS AND NIGHTS. NY: Knopf, 1995. The Advanced Reader's Edition of these selected stories, in a card slip case and signed by the author as issued. His storied career included editing some of the finest writers of the century at The New Yorker. A beautiful copy with tiny wear at corners of the case, still in shrink-wrap. $65.00

19) McCarthy, Cormac. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES. NY: Knopf, 1992. 298 pp. The uncorrected proof copy in gray printed wrappers of the second printed state (there was an intermediate state with title and pub date corrected in ink). Very fine copy. $200.00

20) McCarthy, Cormac. THE BORDER TRILOGY. NY: Everyman's Library/Knopf, 1999. First one volume edition. Red cloth, black stamp, with gilt spine, ribbon marker; without dust jacket as issued. The first edition combining all three titles in the trilogy beginning with ALL THE PRETTY HORSES. McCarthy is a notoriously reclusive author, and reluctant signer; except for the few signed (like this one) for promotional purposes, his signature is quite uncommon. Even this volume with the signature on a tipped in sheet is uncommon. Easily the least expensive way to acquire the trilogy with Cormac McCarthy's signature. Fine. $500.00

Note: Everyman Library struggled from the beginning with the issue of dust jackets, which many in the trade felt a US market required. Plastic covers were tried at first, but they scratched. Some of the modern works were issued with printed series dust jackets at one time or another, and this first printing was shipped with and without a dust jacket.

21) Morrison, Toni. JAZZ. NY: Knopf, 1992. Uncorrected proof in cream printed wrappers. Fine. 226 pp.$50.00

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22) Munro, Alice. CARRIED AWAY [OPEN SECRETS]. NY: Knopf, [1994]. Signed, numbered and limited edition in pictorial, stapled wrappers. Number 643 of this promotional piece for her collection OPEN SECRETS, but it seems less common than the limitation would suggest. 51 pp. bottom corner lightly bumped, else fine. $35.00

Scarce proof copy of Nabokov’s first great novel 23) Nabokov, Vladimir. THE GIFT. L: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1963. 346 pp. Light green wrappers printed in blue. Uncorrected proof of the UK edition of his Russian masterpiece, the last book he wrote in his native language. According to the author the first chapter was translated by his son Dimitri, the other four by Michael Scammel, and all "carefully revised" by Nabokov. (Juliar A17.3.) Bottom front edge creased, else, minor edgewear and creasing to covers, corners lightly bumped, ink name (J Rowe) on half title - no other marks, two-inch circular stain on the back cover, spine lightly toned and wrinkled due to drying of glue, else very good in wraps. Very tight clean copy. A 20th C fiction masterpiece. $350.00

24) Naipaul, V. S. A WAY IN THE WORLD. NY: Knopf, 1994. 380 pp. Signed by Sir Vidia on the title page. A novel in linked historical narratives of the Colonial world by the Nobel Prize winner of 2001. Dust jacket spine is sunned, else a fine copy, and scarce signed. $125.00

25) Naipaul, V. S. A WAY IN THE WORLD. NY: Knopf, 1994. A promotional copy in white wrappers with raised printing in a matching card slip case. Still in shrink-wrap and very fine; signed by the author. These were produced in limited numbers. An attractive production befitting the work of a Nobelist (he won the prize in 2001). $75.00

26) Ondaatje, Michael. THE ENGLISH PATIENT. NY: Knopf, 1992. Signed copy of the uncorrected proof in gold printed wrappers of the author's masterpiece. A nice signature (not the common straight line) on the title page. Faint spotting to top edge, else fine. $100.00

27) Styron, William. DARKNESS VISIBLE: A Memoir of Madness. NY: Random House, 1990. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. 85 pp. Signed on the half-title. The novelist's bestseller about the depression that left him "on the brink of suicide". Fine copy in a spine-fade and lightly worn (no chips) dust jacket. $75.00

28) Styron, William. A TIDEWATER MORNING. NY: Random House, 1993. An advanced uncorrected proof copy in blue and white glossy wrappers. Signed on the title page. Three stories all published in ESQUIRE; the first book publication of two: SHADRACH was published in a limited small press edition. With a printed letter laid in indicating that the copies were especially signed for the sales force. Fine in Wraps. $95.00

29) Updike, John. RABBIT ANGSTROM: THE FOUR NOVELS. NY: Everyman Library/Knopf, 1995. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Red cloth stamped in black and gilt (no dust jacket as issued). A lovely copy, fine and unused. A massive book not easily found signed (and relative to most of Updike's novels a small printing). Other than his short stories, likely the work for which he will be remembered. $350.00. See note to item # 20.

30) Wolff, Tobias. IN PHARAOH'S ARMY. NY: Knopf, 1994. The Advanced Reader's Edition, signed by the author. A memoir about his experiences in Vietnam by the author of THIS BOY’S LIFE left off. In printed wrappers, in the publisher's cardstock slipcase, still in shrinkwrap. Very fine. $50.00

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LITTLE MAGAZINES

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31) Doty, Mark ed.; Franz Wright; Susan Tichy; Barry Silesky; Roger Weingarten, John Tagliabue. BLUE BUILDINGS 5. Des Moines, IA: Blue Buildings Press (Drake University), 1980. Poetry magazine edited by Tom Urban and M. R. Doty (Mark and Ruth) and signed by Mark Doty. Includes work by Franz Wright (prior to his first book), Susan Tichy (also prior to her first book), Barry Silesky, Roger Weingarten, John Tagliabue, and others. Blue wraps 9.5 x 11 inches, with pasted on labels to front in inside cover. An attractive and uncommon publication. Very Good in Stapled Wraps. $75.00

32) Sanders, Ed (ed.). FUCK YOU, A Magazine of the Arts #3. NY: A Secret Location in the Lower East Side, June 1962. Edited, published and printed by Ed Sanders. The third of thirteen issues of this important poetry journal published at the beginning of the "mimeograph revolution". Contributions from Penny X, Al Fowler, Bob K, John Harriman, Nelson Barr, and of course Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg. As scarce as it is profane and delightful. Minor creasing and wear, at least very good, printed on pinkish paper and stapled. $400.00 (Item photo above)

33) Updike, John. HARVARD LAMPOON. Cambridge: Harvard Lampoon, 1951-1953. 24 pp. each. Illus. covers. Approx. 8 ½ x 11”. Five issues, all with poetry, art or cartoons (usually signed JHU) by John Updike (class of 1954), of this scarce humor magazine published by Harvard Students. Beginning with June 1951, two poems by Updike; Sept. 1951, one poem, five pieces of art/cartoons; Nov., 1951(Yale Game iss. he is listed on the masthead as "Narthex" - one of three designated editorial positions) a poem and seven art/cartoons; June 1952 (Updike is listed as "Ibis", nothing signed); April 1953, Updike dominates this issue with at least two poems, seven signed art/cartoons, shared credit on two prose pieces, and he is listed on the masthead as President. Michael J. Arlen also appears frequently except in the last of these issues. One closed punched tear, otherwise all very close to fine, covers still bright, and only minor wear. Quite scarce especially in this condition. For five issues: $395.00. (Masthead April 1953, with John H. Updike as President, in photo above)

The Harvard Lampoon occupies a curious little triangular building on Bow St. not far from Harvard Yard. Begun in 1876, among its many notable are alumni William Randolph Hearst, George Santayana, George Plimpton, Fred Gwynne, and Conan O'Brien. One could claim that it is the most influential humor magazine ever in the US, with its numerous spoofs (some bestsellers like BORED OF THE RINGS), and alumni contributing heavily to The National Lampoon, and comedy shows like Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.

34) Ney, Lew and Ruth Widen (eds.). THE LATIN QUARTERLY. NY: Maspa / Parnassus Press, 1933-1934. Vol. 1, Nos. 1,2 & 3, all issued. 8 1/2 x 11 in. "A magazine of gossip about Greenwich Village affairs; as such it is valuable." (Hoffman, The Little Magazines p. 310.) Among the contributors: Louis Ginsberg, Charles Henri Ford, Art Young (Cartoons), Norman MacLeod, John Gould Fletcher, Witter Bynner and many other lesser known. A very attractive publication, with illustrations and local and literary ads. Left leaning with editorials or mentions of Upton Sinclair, Tom Mooney, the avant garde, Art Young cartoons, etc., 6 AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476‐0838 [email protected] but it seems more for Village society folk than the Bohemian crowd: a leftist New Yorker. The back cover of the third issue promotes number four the "Hobo Number" with stories by Vachel Lindsay. Sadly it was never published. All have yapped edges which are worn, the first issue is missing the lower part of the spine, the second issue in orange covers unevenly faded, contents clean, all-in-all better than good to very good. For three items. $150.00

35) Stallings, A. E.; Tom Disch; John Mella (ed.) . LIGHT no. 29; nos. 40-41 A Quarterly of Light Verse. Chicago: Light, 2000; 2003. [64 pp.] [96 pp.]. Two issues (one a double) of this literary journal specializing in light verse. Review copies with slips laid in. A poem each by Stallings and Disch in each issue, as well as contributions by many other poets. Light wear, top tips bumped, still close to fine, with mailing label on back cover. For the pair. $35.00

36) Moskovitz, Joseph (ed.); Frank Brookhouser. MATRIX: Stories - Poetry - Book Reviews. Philadelphia: Joseph Moskovitz, Spring - Summer 1947. 42 pp. mimeograph pages printed on rectos only. Frank Brookhouser and Frank Taubes each with a story are probably the most recognizable names on the list of contributors. Long reviews of Cowley's UNDER THE VOLCANO, Steinbeck's THE WAYWARD BUS, as well as of novels by Isadore Schneider, Jean Stafford, Calder Willingham, and the first novels of George Sklar and Herman Wouk. MATRIX which began circa 1938, as a bimonthly survived until the early 50's. The cheaply produced, stapled sheets are lightly toned, worn at the corners, but generally very good; the back page (the only colored sheet - pink) has separated. Quite scarce. $50.00

37) Trocchi, Alexander (ed.); Richard Seaver (ed.); . MERLIN Vol. 2, No. 1. Limerick, ME: Alice Jane Lougee, Spring Summer, 1953. Vol. 1, No. 2 of this short-lived (seven issues) but important mid-century ex-pat journal that was centered in Paris and helped to introduce Sartre, Beckett, Genet among others to an English speaking audience, these and others published by Seaver at Grove Press. This issue with pieces by Sartre (a brief note on Genet), Genet (from A THIEF'S JOURNAL), Christopher Logue, Henry Miller (from PLEXUS), poems by Paul Eluard and Trocchi among others. 72 pp. Edges creased and worn, pages lightly toned, close to very good. $75.00

38) Jolas, Eugene (editor); Samuel Beckett; Paul Bowles; William Carlos Williams; C. G. Jung; Gertrude Stein; Pablo Picasso; Hart Crane; Harry Crosby. TRANSITION: Number 19-20 An International Quarterly for Creative Experiment. Paris: June 1930. . Spring-Summer Number. 398 pp., plus plates and ads. Double issue. An important issue containing Samuel Beckett's, "Dante. Bruno. Vico. Joyce," (his first publication, originally printed - in "OUR EXAGMINATION..., 1929) and "Assumption" (his first published short story, his first collection would not be published until 1934). Also, Boyle, Caldwell, Soupault, Artaud; reproductions of works by Weston, Picasso, Leger, Gris, Miro, Klee et al. An exceptional copy: paper browned as always, although worn at the edges, there is only minor paper loss; still crisp and tight text block; the rare, fragile paper contents piece printed in blue and black pasted to the front cover still attached with only light wear. Overall very good. $350.00

POETRY & Poets

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39) Ammons, A.R. SIX-PIECE SUITE. Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1978. Number 108 of 230 (thirty of which were reserved for the publisher and poet) copies signed by the poet. A lovely production in Granjon type, hand-sewn in Swedish marble wraps; the paper label as usual darkened due to the glue. Fine. $50.00

40) Ashbery, John. APRIL GALLEONS. NY: Viking, 1987. Inscribed on the title page: "For Mark [Strand] John 9/23/87." Signed in full by Strand on the endpaper. Fine in a dust jacket with light wear at the head and tail, otherwise also fine. Scarce signed, wonderful association copy between two of the greatest poets of their generation. $295.00 7

41) Bartlett, Elizabeth. THREADS. Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1970. [18 pp.] One of 30 copies (out of 500 total) sewn bound, signed and numbered (no. 30) by the poet. A volume in the Santa Barbara Poetry Series edited by Jack Shoemaker. Designed by Alan Brilliant. An early book by one of our finest literary small press editors: Shoemaker would found both North Point and Counterpoint. Near fine. $35.00

42) Blazek, Douglas. ALL GODS MUST LEARN TO KILL. Demarest, NJ: Analecta Press, 1968. 78 pp. Green printed wrappers. Cover art and three cartoons by R. Crumb, frontispiece original art by Jeff Nuttall, three collages by d. a. levy. Back cover blurbs by Charles Bukowski, Walter Lowenfels, Harold Norse, among others. Spine toned, light soing, about very good. $50.00

43) Bodenheim, Maxwell. INTRODUCING IRONY: A Book Of Poetic Short Stories And Poems. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1922. 101 pp. Inscribed in full in green ink, and briefly to a George H. Schmitter. A collection of poems and very short stories, his third book, published when the author was emerging as one of the leading literary lights of the Jazz Age. All corners worn, spine intact but cracked and brittle. Mild offsetting from laid in brochure for violinist Robert Imandt, Ink name on title page, Brentano's ticket on rear endpaper. Pages lightly toned, but clean. Well-made book. Better than good, scarce signed. $75.00

44) Bowers, Edgar. THE ASTRONOMERS. Denver: Alan Swallow, 1965. First state without reviews on the back panel. Cloth in dj. 36 pp. Poet's second book. Three words added or changed in pencil (possibly in the author's hand according to an old card laid in). Light wear else fine in a rubbed, worn and spotted (verso) dust jacket with three tape mends. $35.00

45) Brother Antoninus [ William Everson]. A CANTICLE TO THE WATERBIRDS. Berkeley: EIZO, 1968. First separate printing. 34 pp. One of 200 copies signed by the poet and photographer Allen Say whose pictures of Brother Antoninus accompany the poems. Minor edgewear, very good in photographic wrappers. $75.00

46) Brother Antoninus [William Everson}. THE TONGS OF JEOPARDY Reflections On The Death Of President Kennedy. [Oakland] : Privately Published, [1963]. 14 mimeograph pages, stapled at corner. "This paper was written in the days immediately following the assassination...." The Carter Burden copy at The Morgan Public Library has a bookseller note that it is one of 50 mimeographed copies (ditto Lepper). Five brief corrections in blue ink (likely by Brother Antoninus - The University of Washington copy is hand-corrected and signed by the author, though this copy not signed). Lepper p. 191. Very scarce. Moderate foxing to outside leaves and edges, minor creasing and toning, about very good. $450.00

47) ---- Another Copy. No hand-corrections in this copy. A recording of this prose work was made in 1967. Very good. $350.00

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48) Everson, William . THERE WILL BE HARVEST. Berkeley: Univ. of California General Library , 1960. First edition. Single sheet folded to make four pages (approx. 10 x 8 in.). One of 200 copies printed on the Berkeley Albion for the joint meeting of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs. Woodcut and printing by Kenneth J. Carpenter. Very good. $75.00

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49) [Everson, William] Virginia Spanner. BROTHER ANTONINUS / MYSTIC OF THE FLESH. [Kentfield, CA]: Privately Printed, [1969]. Seven mimeographed autobiographical pages published by the William Everson using the name Virginia Spanner. In red paper covers stapled at one corner. Used as a handout prior to readings. Minor creasing, at least very good and very scarce. (Lepper p. 193.) $50.00

50) Brown, Pete. LET'EM ROLL KAFKA. L: Fulcrum, 1969. One of 75 copies signed by the poet, rock musician, who is probably best known as the lyricist (along with bassist Jack Bruce) of some of Cream's great songs, including "I Feel Free" and "White Room". Fine in brown cloth and acetate dust jacket. $75.00

The Spectra Hoax –inscribed by Witter Bynner to Miguel Covarrubias 51) Morgan, Emanuel and Anne Knish [Witter Bynner and Arthur Davison Fricke] . SPECTRA: New Poems: A Book of Poetic Experiments. NY: Mitchell Kennerley, 1916. 66 pp. Decorated paper over boards. Inscribed by Witter Bynner ( Emanuel Morgan) to Miguel Covarrubias: "in Mexico City and New York". A wonderful association copy of one of the great literary hoaxes of the century. Bynner would have known the great Mexican artist in New York (both frequented Carl Van Vechtan's parties) and later in Mexico City when Bynner traveled there with D. H. Lawrence. Good only. Corners well worn, mild dampstaining to end papers, one inch piece missing from the top of the spine, tape residue on spine. Interior clean and a more than acceptable copy given the inscription. $350.00

The Spectrist hoax (imitating the Imagist, Surrealist and other "ist" schools of poetry that cropped up at the time) begun by Bynner, went undetected for a couple of years, with several poets contributing. Many of the leading journals, OTHERS and POETRY among them, accepting their work; leading poets corresponding with them and praising there efforts.

52) Carrera Andrade, Jorge. TO THE BAY BRIDGE/CANTO AL PUENTE DE OAKLAND. Oakland: Hoover Library on War, Revolution & Peace, 1941. Scarce bilingual edition of this poem inscribedby the poet in some length to Alfred Neumeyer and signed in full at Mills College in 1944. Neumeyer was a refuge from Berlin and taught art history at the college and was also responsible for many exhibits at the well-known museum. Carrera Andrade from Ecuador was one of the century’s great poet/diplomats. Fragile thin covers (this was the war years) are worn at the edges, and unevenly toned, the pages are toned. Other than the acidic paper very good. $150.00

53) Carruth, Hayden. SCRAMBLED EGGS & WHISKEY: Poems 1991 - 1995. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1996. Uncorrected proof in yellow-gold printed wrappers. 102 pp. Publisher material laid in. Near fine in wraps. $20.00

54) Carver, Raymond. FIRES: Essays, Poems, Stories. Santa Barbara: Capra Press/Noel Young, 1983. 190 pp. Red paper over boards with leather like grain, stamped in gilt; original acetate cover. One of 250 signed and numbered copies. A nice selection of Carver's early work, several of the stories in revised form. Afterword by the author. Fine. $250.00

55) Carver, Raymond. WHERE WATER COMES TOGETHER WITH OTHER WATER: Poems. NY: Random House, 1985. 130 pp. First major publication of the author's poems. Fine, unread copy in a spine-sunned, worn at crown else fine dust jacket. $35.00

56) Cavafy, C. P.; James Merrill; Mark Strand . THREE POEMS. Aralia Press, 1987. [10 pp.] 1/225 copies printed by Michael Peich on Rives Light from Spectrum types. Mark Strand's copy with his signature on the front free end paper. Merrill's translations of three Cavafy poems in a lovely edition in tall sewn wrappers. Wrappers trifle creased and worn at the edges, but still at least very good. $125.00

57) Coffield, Glen. THE NIGHT IS WHERE YOU FLY. San Francisco: The Centaur Press, 1949. One of 80 copies printed by Adrian Wilson at The Greenwood Press on Swedish hand made paper. (There were an additional 20 copies on English handmade paper.) In presumed original unprinted dust jacket. Six wood cuts in two colors by Lee Mullican. Coffield was along with Adrian Wilson, William Everson and Clayton Eshleman among the artists and writers at the camp for conscientious objectors Camp Waldport in Oregon. Offsetting from jacket to endpapers, small dark aging spots throughout, though mostly just trace, else near fine. The toned dust jacket has a few shallow chips and is mostly split at the spine (though not really noticeable in mylar). A very scarce book, and an early example of Wilson's work. $350.00

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58) Collins, Billy. VIDEO POEMS. Long Beach, CA: Applezaba Press, 1980. Illustrated wrappers. Unpaginated [50 pp.] The poet's very scarce second book. A good copy: light edgewear; covers stained; name and number in ink on front cover, address on back; short poem in ink on end paper; no markings in text block, and otherwise clean and tight. Published a decade before NPR listeners, then the rest of the world got to know him. If you can live with some ink, it is otherwise a close to very good copy; and seldom found for sale. $750.00

59) Corbett, William. ON BLUE NOTE. Cambridge: Zoland, 1989. 81 pp. Illustrated wrappers. This copy inscribed "For Bernadette [Mayer], in the year of her SONNETS!/23 Sept 1989/ All Love/ Bill". Nickel-sized stain on the front cover, and covering part of most pages, else very good. Nice association, Corbett and Mayer both closely affiliated with Lew Warsh (Corbett as co-editor, Mayer as companion) and other Second Generation New York School poets. $55.00

60) Corman, Cid. AT : BOTTOM. Bloomington, IN: Caterpillar, 1966. 36 tall mimeographed and stapled pages in yellow printed wrappers. Issued as Caterpillar 2; edited by Clayton Eshleman. An essay on Zukofsky's book on Shakespeare. Covers creased and soiled; interior clean and close to fine. $20.00

61) Corman, Cid. THE MARCHES. Ashland, MA: Origin Press, 1957. 17 pp. Square, wraps. One of 200 copies; an early book from the avant garde press, printed in Florence. Three designs by Edwina Curtis. An about very good copy with light soiling and spotting to the printed covers. $50.00

62) Creely, Robert. AS NOW IT WOULD BE SNOW. LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. Small chapbook: Christmas Greetings from the press. Near fine in string-tied printed wrappers. Minor creasing of yapped edges, else fine. $25.00

63) cummings, e.e. 73 POEMS. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1962. Green cloth-backed blue paperboards, in dj. New poems posthumously published. Light wear to cloth ends, rubbed, white dust jacket complete (not price-clipped) with minor wear at edges. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Photo of the poet by his wife Marion Morehouse on the back panel. $50.00

64) Cunningham, J. V. TO WHAT STRANGERS, WHAT WELCOME. Denver: Alan Swallow, 1964. Chapbook. One of 1000 copies in sewn wrappers. Short, light and often erotic verse. An underappreciated poet. The green Fabriano covers a bit faded and worn at the edges, still very good. $20.00

65) Dorn, Ed. HANDS UP! NY: Totem/Corinth, 1964. Stapled, illus. wrappers. [48 pp.] Trace rubbing and toning, staples a trifle rusty, still very good. $25.00

66) Duncan, Robert. SELECTED POEMS. SF: City Lights, 1959. Second printing. Number ten in the Pocket Poets Series. 1500 copies were printed and mistakenly saddle-stitched, this is from the second printing with the text ending on p. 79, and without the staples. (Cook pp. 33-34.) Toned spine, else about fine, with little of the usual wear. $35.00

67) Eberhart, Richard. BURR OAKS. L: Chatto and Windus, 1947. 68 pp. Cloth in DJ. Early book, first published, as were his three major collections preceding this, in the UK. Signed and dated in 1961, on the ffep. Bright cloth, very good, top edge spotted, with minor interior foxing and offsetting to end papers, in a very good complete dust jacket with moderate foxing and two short closed tears. $50.00

68) Eberhart, Richard. GREAT PRAISES: Poems. L: Chatto and Windus, 1957. First UK edition. 72 pp. Cloth in DJ. Inscribed to a well-known book collector in 1960. Top edges of cloth spotted, else fine and bright in a spine-toned dust jacket, lightly worn and soiled at edges. Two old price-stickers on the front flap. Overall very good. $75.00

69) Eberhart, Richard. READING THE SPIRIT: Poems. L: Chatto and Windus, 1939. 79 pp. Cloth-backed patterned-paper over boards in DJ. Poet's second book, published in the US in the following year. Rear endpapers foxed, trace elsewhere, a few spots along the bottom edge, one bump, with moderate wear to the extremities; in a toned at edges/spine, price-clipped dust jacket, with two closed tears and minor wear. Overall about very good. $75.00

70) Ferguson, William. LIGHT OF PARADISE Six Poems/Six Prints. Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1973. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author and the artist, Michael McCurdy. Fine in red boards, in fine acetate dust jacket. $35.00

71) Fitzel, Lincoln. MORNING RISE AND OTHER POEMS. Albuquerque: Swallow and Critchlow, 1942. Inscribed and signed by the poet in Berkeley, in 1942. No. 4 in the Swallow Pamphlets. Poems vary considerably in length of line, mostly rhyming. Scarce. Toned covers, a few fox spots, about very good. $45.00 1 AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476‐0838 [email protected] 0

72) Frost, Robert . FROM SNOW TO SNOW. NY: Henry Holt and Co., 1936. First edition. 20 pp. Rough tan linen cloth lettered in dark brown; unprinted glassine wrapper. Binding B, one of approx. 1200 copies issued after the paper keepsake of 300 copies. An attractive edition which gives one poem a month for a year, as well as a facsimile of "Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening" in the poet's hand. Very near fine in chipped and torn at edges original glassine wrapper. (Barrett A20) $225.00

73) Gluck, Louise. ARARAT. NY: Ecco, 1990. The fifth regularly published collection by the one time Poet Laureate. Signed on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. $75.00

74) Gluck, Louise. DESCENDING FIGURE. NY: Ecco, 1980. The poet's third collection. American Poetry Series no. 20; this is the hardcover issue, signed by the poet on the title page. Spine slightly cocked; the dust jacket is edgeworn, with a 1/4" chip loss and closed tear at the head of the spine. Still a bright and very collectible copy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. $125.00

75) Gluck, Louise. MEADOWLANDS. NY: The Ecco Press, 1996. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by the poet on the title page. $45.00

76) Gluck, Louise. MEADOWLANDS. NY: The Ecco Press, 1996. 60 pp. An uncorrected proof of the volume published after her Pulitzer Prize collection. A publisher printed review sheet with the poem "Quiet Evening" laid in. Fine in glossy wrappers. $35.00

77) Gluck, Louise. THE TRIUMPH OF ACHILLES. NY: The Ecco Press, 1985. The former Poet Laureate's fourth book, and the first to win a major prize: the National Book Critics Circle Award. Volume 22 in The American Poetry Series. Signed by the poet on the title page. Spine-cocked otherwise about fine in a very near fine dust jacket. $95.00

78) Goldbarth, Albert. MARRIAGE, AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTIONS. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1994. Uncorrected proof in 8 1/2 x 11 in. format. Stiff, printed, pink paper wrappers with a rigid plastic binder. Nearly illegibly stamped "1st proof" on title page. Scarce early version of the book generally intended for review purposes. Near fine. $25.00

Association copy between two Poets Laureate. 79) Hass, Robert. PRAISE. NY: The Ecco Press, 1979. 68 pp. Mark Strand's copy, with his signature on the half-title. The simultaneously published cloth issue of the poet's second regularly published book. Fine in a spine-faded dust jacket with damp staining (transfer of ink from paper-covered boards) to the verso, else about fine. The damp staining not apparent on the book itself. $200.00

80) [Heaney, Seamus.] A GARLAND OF POEMS: for Leonard Clark on his 75th Birthday. Kinnesswood and London: Lomond Press & Enitharmon Press, 1980. 34 PP. Compiled by R. L. Cook. poems by S. Heaney, T. Hughes, R. S. Thomas, K. Raine, G. Gascoyne, and seventeen other poets. Limited to 400 copies. Staples quite rusty, otherwise close to fine in stiff blue wrappers. $35.00

81) Hugo, Richard; Carolyn Kizer; David Wagoner; Theodore Roethke and others. TEN POETS. Seattle Peace Information Center, 1962. No. 133 of 500 (of a total of 537) in tall printed and sewn wrappers. Carol Hall, Beth Bentley, Nelson Bentley, Richard Hugo, Carolyn Kizer, William H. Matchett, Arnold Stein, Eve Triem, David Wagoner and Theodore Roethke. Yapped edges worn, Lightly soiled and a bit unevenly toned. About very good. $45.00

82) Jeffers, Robinson. ROBINSON JEFFERS: Ave Valle. SF: The Grabhorn Press, 1962. One of 250 copies printed as a keepsake by the press. 31pp. Large quarto. White printed card wrappers. Brief essays by friends of the poet, including Ward Ritchie, Ted Lilienthal and Lawrence Clark Powell; also prints an unpublished Jeffers poem "The Epic Stars". Moderate toning and creasing to edges, but very good. Needless to say an attractive publication and uncommon. $75.00

83) Kennedy, X. J. NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE. NY: Doubleday, 1961. 71 pp. Cloth in DJ. Very near fine with only light shelfwear, in a very near fine complete dust jacket with light rubbing to folds. A nearly as new copy of the poet's first book. Without the Lamont sticker, a minor issue point but in its favor. $75.00 11

84) Kyger, Joanne. SOME SKETCHES: From the Life of Helena Petrova Blavatsky. Boulder: Rodent Press/Erudite Fangs edition, 1996. 22 pp. Chapbook, published by Anne Waldman's Rodent Press on the occasion of Kyger's annual visit to the Jack Kerouc School of Disembodied Poetics, June 1996. One of 250 copies (of 275 total). Minor soiling, else fine in stapled wrappers. $50.00

85) Laughlin, James. GISTS & PITHS. Iowa: The Windhover Press, 1982. Limited to 250 copies. 22pp., letterpress printed in two colors in Spectrum types on Rives paper. Blind-stamped on the title page with the likeness of Pound, with errata sheet. Laughlin was the founder of New Directions which he did with Pound's encouragement; he was Pound's editor. Their friendship is recounted rather lightly as the title suggests in this address he gave at Penn. A lovely production and a very fine copy in cloth-backed paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. $95.00

86) Laughlin, James. SOME NATURAL THINGS. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1945. 47 pp. Gray-green cloth in dj. Printed by Carroll Coleman at his Prairie Press. Briefly inscribed on the front free endpaper to George Leite; signed "J Laughlin". Leite was (as was Laughlin in New York) at the very center (literally with his daliels Bookstore and hisbliterary journal Circle) of the West Coast avant garde. Cloth spine cocked and faded, the dust jacket lightly and evenly toned, with a few short tears and minor loss. Overall very good. Nice association connecting two notable mid-century avant garde publishers. This was Laughlin's second collection of poetry. $125.00

87) Levis, Larry. THE AFTERLIFE. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1977. The poet's second book, a lovely copy of the first trade edition following a limited, signed edition (in the same year) from Windhover. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1976, with card and "compliments of the Academy" laid in. This copy briefly inscribed on the half-title and signed on the title page. A very difficult book (as are all of his) to find signed. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. $300.00

88) Levis, Larry. THE DOLLMAKER'S GHOST. NY: Dutton, 1981. The late poet's third book, winner of The National Poetry Series competition. Selected by Stanley Kunitz. Inscribed on the half-title, additionally signed on the title page. Issued simultaneously in paper, the hardcover is uncommon, quite scarce signed. A fine copy in a spine-faded, but otherwise fine dust jacket. $350.00

89) Levis, Larry. WRECKING CREW. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972. A beautiful copy of the first book by the award- winning poet (among others, his second book won the Lamont Poetry Prize) who died in 1996 at the age of 49. This is the scarce hardcover issue, uncommon in any format. Levis was championed by fellow Californian Philip Levine who edited his posthumously published final book ELEGY. A very fine copy, the orange cloth bright; in a very near fine dust jacket with a few short scratches/squiggles on the front panel (likely the usual enemy - someone writing on a piece of paper using the book as a desk), but in Brodart cover not particularly noticeable. With none of the usual rubbing or spine wear common to these thin covers. $750.00

90) MacDougall, Allan Ross (ed.); Edna St. Vincent Millay. LETTERS OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY. NY: Harper & Row, 1952. First edition, first state with incorrect chapter heading on p. 109. 384 pp, w/ index. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards in DJ. Near fine with only shelfwear, in a worn at folds, moderately rubbed and soiled, and chipped at edges about very good dust jacket. Scarce first state of this collection covering fifty years of the poet's life. $75.00

US – born poet currently on the Canadian Griffin Prize shortlist for 2009. Thee books inscribed to editor Harry Ford, TLS. 91) Moritz, A. F. THE RUINED COTTAGE. Toronto: Wolsak and Wynn, 1993. The poet's seventh book inscribed to editor Harry Ford (arguably the finest poetry editor of the second half of the century), with a long typed letter again signed by the poet mentioning "some advice" given to him by Ford on the enclosed book. Moritz mentions some of Ford's recent publications as well as his own, and his work as Northrop Frye Visiting Lecturer at Victoria College. Fine in Wraps. $135.00

92) Moritz, A. F. SONG OF FEAR. London, Ontario: Brick Books, 1992. The poet's sixth volume of verse (not including numerous translations) inscribed to Harry Ford. Laid in is a typed, signed letter to Ford: "I have much to thank you for. The ms. you criticized for me a couple of years ago, revised in light of your criticisms has found a home." He mentions Knopf's poetry program and having heard Hecht, Van Duyn, Strand and Merwin read "from their recent books". Moritz although born and educated in the US has spent his working life in Toronto. Not well-known in the U. S. he is one of Canada's finest poets having won the Governor General's Award and in 2004 Poetry magazine's Bess Hokin Award. Spine-faded, with a small bump, else fine. $80.00

93) Moritz, A. F. and Ludwig Zeller. PHANTOMS IN THE ARK: A Collage-poem. Vancouver: Cacanadadada, 1994. With mechanical collages by the poet/artist Zeller with Moritz's poem, also translated by Susan Wald into Spanish. With an interview by her with the two. Inscribed to Knopf editor Harry Ford; additionally there is a brief typed and signed letter on his Victoria College stationary to Ford. Fine in Wraps. $100.00 1 AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476‐0838 [email protected] 2

94) Moss, Howard. THE TOY FAIR. NY: Scribner, 1954. 72 pp. Cloth in DJ. Poet's second book. Near fine copy in a very good complete dust jacket, extremities toned, with one short tear and resulting wrinkling to the front panel, and short tape repair to verso. Still, a nice copy by the long-time New Yorker poetry editor. $45.00

95) Moss, Howard. THE WOUND AND THE WEATHER. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. 54 pp. Cloth in DJ. Poet's first book. Good only, cloth heavily age-spotted else very good, in a very good complete and quite bright dust jacket with chips at edges, and one tape repair on verso. $35.00

96) Nhat Hanh, Thich . THE CRY OF VIETNAM. Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn , 1968. Oblong. Printed by Noel Young. Errata slip bound in. Black and white illustrations throughout by Vo-Dihn. Creasing to edges, small spatter pattern at one edge, still very good in printed wrappers. $25.00

97) --- Another Copy. Oblong mustard sail cloth with printed spine label. Errata slip laid in. Covers soiled and a bit warped, endpapers offset from glue, interior and spine label bright and clean. No dj (as issued?) Unicorn hardcovers tend to be scarce, and there is no mention made on the colophon of a hardcover issue. $125.00

98) Olson, Charles. WEST. L: The Goliard Press, 1966. One of 500 copies (of 525) in Japanese paper wrappers. Light wear and fading, else fine. $35.00

99) Ondaatje, Michael. THE LONG POEM ANTHOLOGY. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1979. The first issue in green stiff wrappers of this volume of Canadian poetry edited by the master of the long poem. Poets include: Robert Kroetsch, Stuart MacKinnon, Daphne Marlatt, Don McKay, Robin Blaser, Frank Davey, George Bowering, Roy Kiyooka and bpNichol. Introduction by Ondaatje, with a brief bibliography of each poet and a statement by them. Very Near Fine. $45.00

100) Powell, Lawrence Clark. ROBINSON JEFFERS: The Man and His Work. Pasadena: San Pasqual Press, 1940. First revised edition, originally published in 1934. 8vo. xvii, 222 pp. Illus., bibliography, foldout, foreword by Jeffers. Near fine in a worn at edges, price-clipped dust jacket, with two dime-sized chips missing from spine. Overall very good, a well-made book. Powell was the Rare Book Librarian at UCLA. $75.00

101) Simic, Charles. SCHOOL FOR DARK THOUGHTS. Baltimore: Charles Seluzicki, 1978. One of 235 SIGNED copies (this is IV) printed by hand at the Banyan Press in Vt. on Weimar papers and sewn into Roma covers, paper label on the front cover. With publication announcement laid in. Light fading to the edges, otherwise Fine. $75.00

102) Simic, Charles. SOMEWHERE AMONG US A STONE IS TAKING NOTES. SF: Kayak Press, 1969. Simic's second book, signed by the poet. 1000 copies printed. Illustrated with prints by publisher George Hitchcock. Very good in wrappers, with previous owner blindstamp to front preliminary. Scarce signed. $125.00

103) Simic, Charles. WHAT THE GRASS SAYS. SF: Kayak Press, nd (likely 1967). Simic's first book, first printing, signed by him. 1000 copies printed. Illustrated with 12 prints by Joan Abelson. Published several years before the second printing with a different publisher address and larger format. Very good in stapled wrappers, light staining and creasing. Uncommon book, scarce signed. $200.00

104) --- Another Copy. Circa 1972. Second Printing. Simic's first book, signed by him on the title page. Illustrated with 12 prints by Joan Abelson. Published several years after the first edition with a different publisher address and smaller size. Two small ink marks partially erased, still at least very good. Uncommon book, scarce signed. $100.00

Lovely Fine Press checklist, signed by Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. 105) [Sitwell, Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell] Balston, Thomas (compiler). SITWELLIANA 1915-1927: Being a Handlist of Works by Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. London: Duckworth, 1928. First edition. v-x; 24 pp. w/ intro, notes, index and three portraits of the authors by Albert Rutherston. One of 70 copies printed on hand-made paper with duplicate copies of the three portraits, each signed by a Sitwell; the duplicates are loosely housed in an extension of the rear cover. A lovely production in patterned cloth and paper label, printed at The Curwen Press. Spine-faded, with only very light wear except one tip worn through. Quite scarce and easily very good. $350.00

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106) Snodgrass, W. D. AUTUMN VARIATIONS. NY: Nadja, 1990. [16 pp.] One of 100 (of 126 total) signed copies, printed in Optima type on Saunders paper; sewn and bound in Dutch papers. $65.00

107) Snodgrass, W.D. THE FUHRER BUNKER. Brockport: BOA, 1977. One of 50 numbered and signed copies (this number 39) of 450 bound copies (there were of 1000 in total, 500 in paper, as well as the lettered and numbered editions). The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet’s third full collection, and first book to explore themes outside of the "confessional mode". Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (light wear to the tips). $100.00

108) Snodgrass, W. D. MAGDA GOEBBELS. Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1983. No. 50 of 100 copies signed by the poet and offered for sale (of a total 150). With "A Note By The Poet" laid in. Printed on Arches paper, in a marbled paper cover over stiff, black sewn wrappers. Edges lightly shelfworn, otherwise fine. $40.00

109) Snodgrass, W. D. (trans.) Eminescu, Mihai. STAR AND OTHER POEMS. Concord: Ewert, 1990. 20 pp. Tall, leather-backed boards. Of 100 signed copies (the total edition), this is one of 15 specially bound for the publisher. Translated with an afterward by Snodgrass. Fine, and a lovely production. $200.00

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110) Stallings, A(licia). E(lsbeth). ARCHAIC SMILE. Evansville, IN: The University of Evansville Press, 1999. 69 pp. Cloth. The poet’s first book, recipient of the Richard Wilbur Award. Her verse steeped in the classics has been appearing regularly in the best literary magazines, attracting a great deal of attention. I for one am enamored with her poems, which though based on classic forms take wonderful liberties. One tip lightly bumped, else fine in like dust jacket. $45.00 Also see item # 35

111) Stanford, Don. NEW ENGLAND EARTH: And Other Poems. SF: Colt Press, 1941. 31 pp. One of 300 copies from Jane Grabhorn's press, which published the likes of Janet Lewis, Henry Miller, Edmund Wilson, Oscar Lewis, William Saroyan and Weldon Kees. Seemingly issued in various states: this in flower patterned paper (likely wall paper) pasted over thin boards, with a matching beige printed paper label. Some loss at head and tail, and minor wear elsewhere, a bit of spotting to the top edge. Fragile, and about very good. Poet's first book. $65.00

112) --- Another Copy. Seemingly issued in various states: this in a leaf and spot patterned paper (likely wall paper) pasted over stiff boards, with a matching gold printed paper label. Some loss at head and tail, and minor wear elsewhere. Fragile, and about very good. $65.00 item 112 item 111

113) Sterling, George; Genevieve Taggard; James Rorty (eds.). CONTINENT'S END: An Anthology of Contemporary California Poets. SF: Book Club of California, 1925. xxviii, 237 [5] pp. 8vo. One of 600 copies (this copy not numbered). Printed for the Book Club of CA by John Henry Nash. Lovely production, orange paper over boards, vellum spine w/ gilt dec. and titling, title page in red and black, marbled endpapers, and wide margins. Edited with long introductions by Rorty, Taggard and Sterling. Numerous poets, known and not. Tips worn through, vellum soiled and stained, but gilt still fairly bright. Still very good, with text block tight and very clean, no foxing. Scarce.

Nash was the first of the great California printers beginning in 1919, heavily influenced by William Morris. (Cave, The Private Press pp. 106 - 109) $100.00

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114) Stevens, Wallace. An Ordinary Evening in New Haven Transactions of The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences Sesquicentennial Celebration / Proceedings: Part I. New Haven: December 1949. Volume 38, pp. 151-172 . "Written for the occasion of the thousandth meeting of the Connecticut Academy", this is the first publication of this poem which would be lengthened from eleven to thirty-one sections when published in AUTUMNS OF AURORA. Original salmon colored wrappers. A very near fine copy, partially unopened, with only the lightest of edgewear. Quite scarce in this condition. (Edelstein C190.) $450.00

115) Strand, Mark. A SUITE OF APPEARANCES. Portland: Seluzicki, 1993. Small oblong. One of 120 (total edition of 150) copies printed on Mohawk Letterpress paper, signed by Strand. Printed at The Beaverdam Press and bound in paste paper wrappers made at the press. Fine in wrappers with printed label. $65.00

116) Strong, L. A. G. A LETTER TO W. B. YEATS. L: Hogarth Press, 1932. Chapbook. Hogarth Letters No. 6. Some soiling and edgewear, about very good in string-bound wrappers. $20.00

117) Swallow, Alan. THE PRACTICE OF POETRY. Albuquerque: Swallow and Critchlow, 1942. 28 pp. Pamphlet on writing poetry, an early book by a writer best known for his eponymous press later out of Denver. A cheap book, saddle-stitched with tape binding and card covers. Toned and worn at the edges, about very good. $25.00

118) Sward, Robert; [Jon Edgar Webb]. UNCLE DOG. L: Putnam, 1962. Cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards. 32 pp. Inscribed "For Jon Edgar Webb and/The Outsider/with warmest regards and best wishes/Bob Sward/ McDowell Colony/Peterborough, NH/July 1962. Poet's second book, no US equivalent. Webb and his wife "Gypsy Lou" edited the Loujon Press and published five issues of The Outsider,one of the most (elaborate) and important mid-century literary magazines. The contributors to The Outsider, Miller, Bukowski, The Beats, and other anti-establishment writers were not generally invited to The McDowell Colony, and I find no other connection between Sward and Webb. An interesting if unlikely association copy. Bottom edges and tips of the fragile paper covers worn, but about very good in a lightly worn and soiled (small brown spot on back panel) bright yellow printed dust jacket. $125.00

119) Thomson, James. THE SEASONS. L: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. 4to. xxii, 198 pp. One of 150 copies. Full marbled cloth with leather label at the head of the spine. Printed by the Kynoch Press. Five hand-colored illustrations by Jacquier hand- coloured through stencils by the Curwen Press, intro. by John Beresford. Tips worn and bumped, spine faded and partially cracked at hinge, leather label worn and also cracked, head above label lost. Binding good, interior about fine and clean with ink name on fep. $50.00

120) Wilbur, Richard. ADVICE TO A PROPHET & OTHER POEMS. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1961. 64 pp. Cloth-backed decorated paper over boards. Offsetting to last page and rear endpapers, name in ink on fep, else near fine in a lightly worn very good dust jacket. $25.00

Mark Strand’s copy 121) Wilbur, Richard. THE MIND-READER. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1976. First edition. ISBN: 0151601100. 67 pp. Inscribed " for Mark and Jules [Strand]/ con amore/ Dick Wilbur/ Torrey 1991". Compliments of the author card laid in. Near fine in a lightly tanned at the extremities otherwise near fine dust jacket. Excellent association copy. $150.00

Mark Strand’s copy, signed by Wilbur, Strand and the publisher. 122) Wilbur, Richard; Mark Strand. PEDESTRIAN FLIGHT: Twenty-One Clerihews for the Telephone. Winston-Salem, NC: Palaemon Press, 1981 [16 pp.] One of 81 copies marked "Privately Printed" on the front cover. Inscribed with small drawing by the publisher Stuart Wright to Mark Strand, and then signed in full beneath the inscription by Strand. Signed on the colophon by Richard Wilbur. Illustrated by Richard Wilbur. A fine copy in sewn wrappers. A wonderful copy . $175.00

123) Wright, James. THE GREEN WALL. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957. Review copy with reviewer's slip laid in. Prior owner's name in blue pencil. At the end of Auden's introduction quoting lines from Wright someone has written (in pencil) the final quatrain in reverse, and commented interestingly: "note the hovering image of the turn-ed worm". At any rate other than these marks in pencil, and some light edgewear a lovely copy of one of the most important first books of poetry of the second half of the 20th C. As a review copy - scarce. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. $750.00

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