JEFF MASER, BOOKSELLER ABAA web http://www.detritus.com 911 CAMELIA STREET BERKELEY, CA 94710 CATALOG 49 phone 510 : 524 8830 JEFF MASER, BOOKSELLER ABAA web http://www.detritus.com 911 CAMELIA STREET BERKELEY, CA 94710 Unless otherwise noted, all books are first US or UK editions. All books are returnable within 10 days for any reason with prior notification. CA residents please add 8.75% sales tax. Usual terms to the trade. Domestic shipping free by Media Mail. Overseas & expedited, as arranged. Libraries can be billed as needed. Most credit cards accepted. Catalogs 47 & 48 are still being written and will be mailed soon. In the meantime, we are sending out this list of new arrivals. 1. ABLEMAN, Paul. Bits. London: Latimer Press, 1969. 45 pp w/author note. Fine in full buckram in very near fine clear acetate dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies on Glastonbury Antique Laid paper SIGNED by Ableman. $55 2. ABSE, Dannie. Poems, Golders Green. London: Hutchinson (1962). 59 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. “Choice of the Poetry Book Society” band present, though with two wrinkled tears to the rear. $20 3. ABSE, Dannie. Walking Under Water. London: Hutchinson (1952). 47 pp. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Abse’s second book. $35 4. ADAM, Helen. Gone Sailing. West Branch: Toothpaste Press, 1980. [32 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by Ann Mikolowski. One of 1000 copies. $20 5. ADAM, Helen. Selected Poems & Ballads. NY: Helilkon Press, 1974. 57 pp. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped cloth spine. Lacks unprinted dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Adam. $50 6. AIKEN, Conrad. The Clerk’s Journal: Being the Diary of a Queer Man. NY: Eakins Press, 1971. 26 pp w/facsimile of original manuscript. Fine in three-quarter cloth and paper-covered boards in near fine publisher’s slipcase. An Undergraduate Poem, together with A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs, and T.S. Eliot. One of 300 numbered copies on Zerkall Buten paper SIGNED by Aiken. $30 7. AIKEN, Conrad. The Coming Forth by Day of Osiris Jones. NY: Scribner’s, 1931. First edition, second issue. 43 pp. Covers unevenly faded, else very good plus in very good dust jacket with a large chip to rear panel and light edgewear. $25 8. ALDINGTON, Richard. A Wreath for San Gemignano. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1945. 30 pp. Near fine in a very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with a tear to rear panel and a few small chips to flap folds. Illustrated by Netta Aldington. $15 9. ALEXANDER, D. Mules Balk. Annadale-On-Hudson: Matter (1967). 27 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. $20 10. ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Snow Queen and Other Poems. Richmond: Keepsake Press (1977). 15 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 185 copies. Original Danish with facing English verse translations by Anne Born. $45 11. ANTONINUS, Brother. The Last Crusade. Berkeley: Oyez (1969). 25 pp. Fine in full cloth with gilt-stamped leather spine. Designed and printed in two colors by Graham Mackintosh. One of 165 numbered copies on Arches paper SIGNED by Antoninus. $225 CATALOG 49 phone 510 : 524 8830 JEFF MASER, BOOKSELLER ABAA web http://www.detritus.com 12. ANTONINUS, Brother / Everson, William. The Residual Years: Poems 1934-1948. NY: New Directions (1968). 238 pp w/index of titles and first lines. Fine in fine dust jacket. The Pre-Catholic poetry of Brother Antoninus with an introduction by Kenneth Rexroth. $35 13. ANTONINUS, Brother [William Everson]. The Rose of Solitude: A Love Poem - Sequence. Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. 125 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a touch of edgewear. $35 14. ASHBERY, John. Selected Poems. London: Jonathan Cape (1967). Uncorrected proof. 62 pp. Light tanning to page edges, else near fine in printed wrappers. Pencil notation on copyright page, adding “Wesleyan UP.” An uncommon proof. $225 15. AUDEN, W.H. About the House. London: Faber & Faber (1966). 94 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket that is folded very slightly off-center. Errata slip present. Bloomfield & Mendelson A49b. $45 16. AUDEN, W.H. Epistle to a Godson & Other Poems. London: Faber & Faber (1972). First UK edition. 72 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. $25 17. AUDEN, W.H. For the Time Being. London: Faber & Faber (1953). Later UK printing. 124 pp. A few light stains to top edge, else near fine in full cloth, lacking dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Auden, “To James Broughton / with affection & / best wishes / Wystan Auden / [...]/ July 1955.” $200 18. AUDEN, W.H. Homage to Clio. London: Faber & Faber (1960). First UK edition. 91 pp. Some offsetting to front and rear endpapers, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with some wrinkles at crown of spine. Bloomfield & Mendelson A42b. $45 19. AUDEN, W.H. Mountains. London: Faber & Faber (1954). [4 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed envelope. An Ariel poem, illustrated by Edward Bawden. Bloomfield & Mendelson A34. $25 20. AUDEN, W.H. The Orators: An English Study. London: Faber & Faber (1946). Second edition, second printing. 112 pp. Near fine in full black cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Lacks dust jacket. $15 21. AUDEN, W.H. Sue. Oxford: Sycamore Press (1977). Single 13 x 8 inch sheet, folded twice. Fine. A single poem by Auden, issued as Sycamore Broadsheet 23. $15 22. AUDEN, W.H. The Gobble Poem. London: Fuck Books Limited, 1969. Second UK edition. 5 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. The first issue, printed in green on purple covers. See Bloomfield & Mendelson Appendix II. $85 23. AUDEN, W.H. The Gobble Poem. London: Fuck Books Limited, 1969. Second UK edition. 5 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. A later issue, with green covers. See Bloomfield & Mendelson Appendix II. $50 24. AUDEN, W.H. The Platonic Blow. Washington DC: Guild Press (1970). First printing of this edition. 69 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photographs. See Appendix II, Bloomfield & Mendelson. $65 25. AUDEN, W.H. and Taylor, Paul B. trans. VÖLUSPÁ: The Song of the Sybil. Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1968. Unpaginated. Fine in blind and gilt-stamped paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Original Icelandic text (edited by Peter H. Salus and Paul B. Taylor), with Auden and Taylor’s facing translation. One of 450 copies on Rives Heavy paper. $75 26. [AUDEN, W.H.]. Shapiro, Karl. Auden (1907-1973). Davis: Putah Creek Press (1974). [4 pp]. Heavy offsetting to cover and first and last leaves, else near fine in sewn wrappers. Portrait illustration of Auden by Diana Friedman. One of 175 numbered copies SIGNED by Shapiro and Friedman. $35 27. BARKER, George. At Thurgarton Church. London: Trigram (1969). [32 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. A longer poem, illustrated with drawings by the author. $25 28. BECKETT, Samuel. Poems in English. London: Calder (1961). 53 pp. Light offsetting to endpapers, else very near fine in like. All the poems written in English that Beckett wished to preserve at time of this publication, plus some in composed in French with Beckett’s own translations. $45 29. BENVENISTE, Asa. The Atoz Formula. London: Trigram (1969). [66 pp]. Fine in near fine dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies on Glastonbury white antique laid paper SIGNED by Benveniste. $75 30. BENVENISTE, Asa. Poems of the Mouth. London: Trigram (1966). 31 pp. Fine in full cloth and two fine dust jackets, as issued. One of 425 numbered copies. Cover designed by Pip Benvensite. $45 31. BERESFORD, Anne. The Lair. London: Rapp & Whiting (1968). 61 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers; a trade paperback original. Her first book of poems. $15 32. BERESFORD, Anne. Walking without Moving. London: Turret (1967). 16 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers and printed dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Beresford. $20 CATALOG 49 phone 510 : 524 8830 JEFF MASER, BOOKSELLER ABAA web http://www.detritus.com 33. BERG, Stephen. The Queen’s Triangle. West Branch: Cummington Press, 1970. 20 pp. Fine in near fine unprinted white dust jacket with some light edgewear. A romance, illustrated with a colored drawing by William Kulik. One of 300 numbered copies. $45 34. BETJEMAN, John. Summoned by Bells. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. First US edition. 97 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with tanned spine. Betjeman’s autobiography in verse. $15 35. BIALY, Harvey. Love’s Will (Poems 1967). Annadale-On- Hudson: Matter, 1968. [18 pp]. Near fine in printed purple wrappers. $25 36. BISSETT, Bill. Lost Angel Mining Company. Vancouver: blewointment (1969). Unpaginated. Near fine in side-stapled and cloth tape-bound wrappers. One of 500 copies. Printed on rectos only— poems, concrete poems, drawings. $25 37. BLACKBURN, Paul. Three Dreams And An Old Poem. Buffalo: University Press of Buffalo (1970). [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Blackburn. Beau Fleuve Series Number One. $35 38. BLY, Robert. Chrysanthemums. Menomonie: Ox Head Press, 1967. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 350 numbered copies. A single poem, issued as Ox Head 4. $20 39. BLY, Robert. The Dead Seal near McClure’s Beach. Rushden: Sceptre Press (1973). [8 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers with integral printed dust jacket. One of 100 (of 150) numbered copies. $20 40. BLY, Robert. The Light Around the Body. London: Rapp & Whiting (1968). First UK edition. 57 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. SIGNED by Bly on the title page. $100 41. BLY, Robert. trans. Kabir. The Fish in the Sea is Not Thirsty. Northwood Narrows: Lillabulero (1971).