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Catalogue 32

1. A. C. D. (ed.); THE 11. Boulder, CO: Summer 1972. First edition. Stapled mimeograph magazine with a cover illustration by Charles diJulio. Printed on rectos only. 18 leaves. Avant Garde poetry, well-represented by New York as well as West Coast poets: Gary Snyder; Robert Kelly; Larry Eigner; Ron Padgett; Jack Collum; Ed Sanders et al. Cover stained, toned, a (cigarette?) burn on (not through) cover and four leaves. Good or better, and seemingly scarce. [11818] SOLD

2. Acker, Kathy. THE CHILDLIKE LIFE OF THE BLACK TARANTULA #2. [San Francisco]: self-published, 1974. First edition. Stapled self- wrappers; pp. Part two of the author's frst serialized novel, issued in six parts and mailed by the author: pp. 1 -11. A well-read copy: creased, soiled and stained, and about very good, lacking the original envelope. [11844] $100.00

3. Acker, Kathy. I DREAMT I WAS A NYMPHOMANIAC. [San Francisco]: self-published, 1974. First edition. Stapled self- wrappers; pp. Part two of the author's second serialized novel, issued in six parts and mailed by the author: pp. 35 -71. A well-read copy with tears to two tips, else very good, lacking the original envelope. [11843] $100.00

4. Adam, Helen. Dirge For A Dazzling Star. Milwaukee: Woodland Pattern and The Milwaukee Public Library, [1984]. First edition thus. Broadside, folded with the poem printed in red and black as a panel/colophon, and a large woodcut scene by Moran of a gothic castle in ruins; verso blank. Signed by the poet at the poem, and “Love,

Helen” below the woodcut. Broadside announcement: Helen Adam will read & chant her poetry Friday February 5 [1984] at 8PM. According to Brown Univ. Library printed by Black Mesa Press. Quite scarce with only three listed on WorldCat. 36 x 42 cm (14 x 16 ¼ in.) Slight offset and handling, but near fne. [11767] $150.00

5. Adam, Helen. Third Eye Shining. [San Francisco]: Intersection, 1980. First edition thus. Illustrated broadside with a poem by Adam. Designed and printed by Arion Press on Arches. Artwork by Adam tipped onto the broadside. One of 100 numbered and signed copies, this copy not numbered (presumably hors commerce), but additionally inscribed: “for dear __ with love Helen”. Approx. 12 ½ x 20 inches. Moderately creased, about very good. [11778] $75.00

Adam was included in Donald Allen's infuential anthology of avant-garde poets: The New American Anthology 1945 – 1960, but she was much older than the Beats (her frst book was published in 1923), and wrote in very traditional verse.

6. Ashbery, John. SELF-PORTRAIT IN A CONVEX MIRROR. New York: Viking, 1975. First edition. This copy inscribed “for Leslie from his old pal 'Ashes' /Love etc. May 14, 1975 (the month of publication). This book was the frst of Ashbery's collections to win a major award: indeed it won the trifecta in 1976 with the NBCC, National Book Award and The Pulitzer Prize. In 1985 he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. The green boards faded along the top edge, but a tight clean copy, in a bright (no fading) lightly worn at edges dust jacket. [10778] $800.00

7. Auden, W. H. THE ORATORS. London: Faber& Faber. First edition. Black cloth; 8vo. John Cheever's copy with is name “J W Cheever” in ink on the front free end paper. Bloomfeld A3; 1000 printed. A Connolly 100 Title. A good or better copy with foxing to the endpapers and prelims bookseller ticket (Grolier Bookshop); lacking the scarce dust jacket. [11854] $250.00

8. Baraka, Amiri; Ed Dorn. Caution: A Disco Near You Wails Death Funk/He Wore A Yellow Ribbon. Buffalo: Just Buffalo Reading Series, 1978. First edition thus. Broadside promoting a reading by Dorn and Baraka on 12-8-78. Quite scarce, only Yale listing a copy on WorldCat. Very light creasing, about fne. [11771] $75.00

9. Bayes, Ronald; Larry Goodell (ed.). HISTORY OF THE TURTLE: Book 4. Duende 10. Placitas, New Mexico.: Duende, 1965. First edition. Mimeographed leaves in illustrated wrappers; stapled. 20 pages. Entire issue (all issues were devoted to one poet) consists of Bayes series which began with Duende #1 (History of the Turtle: Book 1). Covers toned and acidic mimeograph paper heavily toned, with light creasing; back cover neatly detached, else very good. Cover illus. by Signe Nelson. Clay/Phillips pp. 150-1. [11725] $35.00

10. Beattie, Ann. [Self-portrait, signed]. N.p.: N.p., N.d.. First edition. An original self-portrait by the author in blue and black pencil covering the entire 8 ½ x 11 sheet, and signed. From the collection of Burt Britton the author of SELF-PORTRAITS published in 1976 by Knopf with about 600 pieces by celebrities. Many of these were auctioned by Bloomsbury in 2009. Britton according to Bloomsbury collected about 1200 self-portraits in total. About fne. [11792]

$150.00

Ann Beattie frst came to prominence in 1974 in the New Yorker, and was published with more than a little hype two years later when her frst novel and a collection of short stories were published on the same day. The New York Times dubbed her : “the essential literary voice of the generation that came of age in the '60s”. She along with O'Hara, Cheever and Updike and a handful of others have helped defne “The New Yorker short story". Beattie is married to the artist Lincoln Perry.

11. Berkson, Bill and Joe Brainard. I LOVE YOU DE KOONING. [Bolinas?]: Yanagi, circa 1978. First edition. Single sheet 54 x 56 folded to 18 x 14 cm. (7 x 5 ½ in.), with 11 panels of cartoon art. Number 147 of 300 copies in the Yanagi IV broadside series. Lightly worn; creased and toned front panel, else about near fne. [11817] $250.00

12. Bernstein, Charles; Ted Enslin; William Westlake; William Kittredge and Will Baker. Poster for reading series: The Univ. of New Mexico Poets & Writers. [Alber- qurque]: Dept. of English, UNM, N.d. Poster for the Spring Reading Series for UNM held at the Franklin Dickey Memorial Theater.

Readings by Bernstein, Enslin (unusual for Ted not the poet's preferred Theodore for print to be used in a publication), Eastlake, Kittredge and Baker on fve separate nights. An inexplicable photo illustration of Mary Pickford as a design element. Folded, else fne. Ted Enslin's copy, though not noted anywhere. Some wrinkling, but very good. [11814]

$20.00

William Bronk - mostly scarce “keepsakes” - 1 of 50 copies

13. Bronk, William. The Attendant. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1984. First edition. String-tied wrappers; [11 pp.]. An essay by Bronk, issued as a keepsake. One of 50 printed by Mardersteig, issued unsigned. Presentation copy: the publisher's business card laid in; the back is inscribed to Ted [Enslin] “A touch of the poet! Jim [Weil, the publisher] 5/3/85”. Small stain, back cover creased, else fne. [11839] $45.00

14. Bronk, William. BARE BONES. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1992. First edition. String-tied rag wrappers; oblong [9 pp.]. Short poems by Bronk, issued as a keepsake. One of 50 printed by the Kelly-Winterton Press, issued unsigned. Fine. [11832] $45.00

15. Bronk, William. EQUINOX. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1984. First edition. String-tied wrappers; [11 pp.]. Short poems by Bronk, issued as one of 50 “keepsake copies” printed by Mardersteig, issued unsigned. Presentation copy: the publisher's business card laid in; the back is inscribed to Ted [Enslin] “Warm wishes and love from Jim [Weil] 1/14/85”. Fine. [11828] $65.00

16. Bronk, William. FORMAL DECLARATION. New Rochelle: Weil, 1990. First edition. String-tied tan wrappers; [5 pp.]. Mis-bound, with the same contents (two short poems instead of three) as “Formalities”. Issued as a keepsake. One of 50 printed by Mardersteig, issued unsigned. Small stain, else fne. POET & PAINTER p.56. [11840] $35.00

17. Bronk, William. FORMALITIES. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1990. First edition. String-tied green wrappers; [5 pp.]. Two short poems by Bronk, issued as a keepsake. One of 50 printed by Mardersteig, issued unsigned. Heavily creased, else very good. [11841] $35.00

18. Bronk, William. Holy Orders. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1986. First edition. String-tied wrappers; [5 pp.]. Short poem by Bronk, issued as one of 50 “keepsake copies” printed by Mardersteig, issued unsigned. Fine. [11826] $45.00

19. Bronk, William. LINES & SMUDGES. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1999. First edition. String-tied rag wrappers; oblong [13 pp.]. Short poems by Bronk, issued as a keepsake. One of 50 printed by the Kelly-Winterton Press, issued unsigned. Folding business card from the publisher conveying this book to poet Ted [Enslin] with the lines: “Bill certainly wrote himself a good exit line....” Fine. [11833] $55.00

20. Bronk, William. Of Poetry. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1988. First edition. String-tied wrappers; [5 pp.]. Short poem by Bronk, issued as one of 50 “keepsake copies” printed by Mardersteig, issued unsigned. Fine. [11823] $45.00

21. Bronk, William. SIX DUPLICITIES. Brooklyn: Jordan Davies, [circa 1981]. First edition. String-tied wrappers; 8vo. Number 61 of 174 copies (an additional 26 were lettered) signed by the poet. An invoice on Phoenix Book Shop letterhead (with Robert Wilson and Davies listed on the bannerhead) from Jordan Davies for 15 copies laid in. Covers toned at edges, else about fne. [11831] $45.00

22. Bronk, William. The Fragile Endurance of the World. Providence: Burning Deck, 1974. First edition thus. Broadside printed in three colors by Keith Waldrop at his press. Letterpress printed on Tweedweave. Bottom corner creased thus very good. An eight line poem in two stanzas. Approx. 13 x 20 ¼ in. Poet's second broadside. [11768]

$45.00

23. Bronk, William. The Transuniversal Look. New Haven: Bibliographical Press, 1978. First edition thus. Illustrated broadside with a poem by William Bronk, printed on the occasion of his reading on April 6, 1978. One of 80 copies, signed (not numbered) and additionally inscribed to a friend. Handset in Fournier types and printed on the Vandercook Press in the Sterling Memorial Library. Illustration which is not credited in orange. The poet's fourth broadside. Approx. 8 x 18 in. [Painter & Poet p. 61). Light soiling, two corners creased. Very Good. [11775] $75.00

PAINTER & POET the primary Bronk checklist compiled by Richard Carella from his collection includes 38 chapbooks/pamphlets beginning with the poet's frst book published by Cummington Press; 28 were published by by Weil. James L. Weil is best known for his Elizabeth Press where he published Neidecker, Enslin, Cid Corman, Larry Eigner and Bronk. among others.

William Bronk lived much of his life in Hudson Falls, NY, where for over 30 years he ran the family business the Bronk Coal and Lumber Co. Bronk was published lovingly by Weil, Joe Shoemaker at North Point, Cid Corman and others, but he seldom traveled to promote his poetry. In 1982 his collection LIFE SUPPORTS won the National Book Award.

[For Weil, also see items #45 & 46.]

24. Bukowski, Charles. CRUCIFIX IN A DEATHHAND: New Poems 1963-65. New Orleans/New York: Loujon Press/Lyle Stuart, 1965. First edition. Illustrated wrappers with folding faps, pages and covers; small folio. Preliminary leaves of varied colors and widths. Illus. By Noel Rockmore. 101 pp. One of 3100 copies printed by the Webbs, signed (this copy dated 3-17 -65 in red) by Bukowski and shipped as bound by the Webbs to New York publisher Lyle Stuart who is listed as the publisher. A complicated publication as usual with Gypsy Lou and Jon Webb, the paper handmade. Gypsy Lou #2. Corners worn, but very good and clean. Lacking the uncommon wrap around band. [11793] $400.00

25. Collins, Billy. PICNIC, LIGHTNING. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998. First edition. Full blue cloth with gold embossed lettering (issued without a dust jacket). 8vo. When this book was published in January, Collins was still an obscure poet. After appearances on NPR's "Garrison Keillor Show" and "Fresh Air", he became one of our better known poets, and by mid-2000, when he was named Poet Laureate, he was arguably the most famous poet in the US. Although this book was often reprinted, the frst printing was small, especially for the cloth issue most of which went to libraries, and which is thus quite scarce. This volume with many of the poems that made Mr. Collins famous. Minimal rubbing to the cloth, else a fne. [11722] $650.00

26. Collins, Billy. QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS. NY: William Morrow, 1991. First edition. 105 pp. The poet's scarce fourth book inscribed in 1996 to Laurence and Mary Rockefeller. Fine copy in spine-faded else fne dust jacket. Of Laurence little need be said; Mary was from the prominent Billings family. The Rockefellers turned over their land in Woodstock to form Vermont's only National Park, a working dairy farm once owned by her Grandfather. [7472] $950.00

A Run of Books, Broadsides and Posters Illustrated by Jess Collins

27. [Collins], Jess; Norma Cole. CATASTERS: Sun Rose, Silence Fell. Edinburgh: Morning Star Publications, 1995. First edition. Broadside illustrated (paste-up) by Jess, with poems by Cole. Published in an edition of 300 numbered copies, this is number 91. Printed as a single sheet then folded in fourths with an envelope, this one of a small number issued as a single sheet, unfolded. Approx. 21 ¼ b 16 ¾ inches. Fine and attractive as a broadside. Rare in this condition, even the MoMA copy is folded. [11779] $100.00

Cole has long been associated with San Francisco, and is a noted translator from the French. She is often associated with the San Francisco LANGUAGE poets.

28. [Collins], Jess. PASTE-UPS BY JESS. San Francisco: Eastern Washington Historical Society, 1967. First edition. Collage poster, printed on heavy paper with the title imposed on images and short blocks of text, approx. 22 x 27 ½ inches for an exhibition at the Cheny Coles Museum. Published in an edition of 125. This is 111 of 125 signed by Jess. Printed by East Wind Printers under the artist's supervision. Rolled, three pieces of tape on verso for hanging, light wear along edges, but easily very good. [11782] [see back cover] $1,000.00

29. [Collins], Jess and Robert Duncan “pre-face”. O! New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1960. First edition. Illustrated wrappers; small 8vo. [16 pp.] Paste-ups (collages). The artist's frst book. Preface by his companion Robert Duncan. The two staples have rusted and have disappeared leaving stains at the center piece and spine, but still about very good. Bertholf B4. [11755] $250.00

[more Collins below & see under Duncan]

30. Collins], Jess. When did morning wind rip callow fowers in May... San Francisco: San Francisco Arts Festival, 1964. First edition. Illustrated poetry broadside, signed and dated “Jess'64”. Originally part of a portfolio of poems, here sold separately. Poem and illustration by Jess. The folio of eleven broadsides in an edition of 300 is seldom found intact due in part to the stellar offerings by Brautigan, Snyder, Kyger and Jess, many were signed. Creased at edges, light wear, very good. 12 ¾ x 20 in. [11769]

$125.00

31. [Collins], Jess ; Robert Duncan. PASTE-

UPS SAN FRAN- CISCO MUSEUM OF ART MAY 31-JUNE 30 0[Structure of Rhyme XXVII]. San Francisco: San Francisco Mueum of Art, 1968. First edition. Catalog in folio; collage running from front to back cover; rear fap serving as the title page; four leaves. Page 1 is Duncan's “Structure of Rhyme XXVII”. Signed by Duncan at his contribution. Small nick, else fne. Scarce with Duncan's signature. [11759]

$500.00

32. [Collins], Jess; Robert Duncan. TRANSLATIONS SALVAGES PASTE-UPS. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1977. First edition. Stapled, illustrated covers; 4to. Exhibition catalogue, Robert Murdoch, curator, fully illustrated with two in color. Biography and exhibitions listed. An essay “An Art of Wondering” by Duncan. Bertholf B86. Fine in Wraps. [11756]

$35.00

Item #33 (next page.)

back/front covers #29

33. [Collins], Jess; Robert Duncan [signed by]. TRANSLATIONS. New York: Odyssia Gallery, 1971. First edition. Orange illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by Robert Duncan “at Odyssia on May 8 for __ __ “ and signed in full. Also, signed with his signature RD resembling an asterisk after his 14 page introduction. May 8th, 1971 was the opening night for the frst showing of Jess's work other than on the West Coast. One of 1000 copies in wrappers (there was a signed edition in cloth of 100). Near fne copy; very scarce signed. [11798] $200.00

34. [Dickinson, Emily]; John Bannister Tabb.. John Bannister Tabb on Emily Dickinson. New York: Seven Gables Bookshop, 1950. First edition. Gray printed, stapled wrappers; 4to. 4 pp. Foreword by Thomas H. Johnson. Consists of a two-page facsimile of a holograph letter from Tabb discussing his work and Dickinson's. Created as a Christmas card for 1950. 500 copies printed at the Spiral Press. Reportedly suppressed because it was feared that some readers might infer from the title an allusion to a sexual relationship between these poets. Light toning to the edges, else fne. [11789] $35.00

35. Di Piero, W. S. THE FIRST HOUR. Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1982. First printing of the author's third book. Light brown cloth with paper label, issued without a dust jacket. One of 200 copies printed by Harry Duncan (Cummington Press) on a Vandercook cylinder press on Frankfurt paper. [11733] $35.00

Di Piero won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2012. One of our most distinguished poets and teachers, he is well-known for his translations.

36. Duncan, Robert. GAY SUNSHINE nos. 40/41 a Journal of Gay Liberation. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine, Summer/Fall 1979. Newsprint folded as issued. Interview with Duncan by Aaron Shurin and Steve Abbott, pp 1-8. Poetry throughout including a page by Antler preceding his frst book. Bertholf C281. Light toning as usual, short red ink mark on cover, else very good. [11783] $35.00

Poet's frst book

37. Duncan, Robert. HEAVENLY CITY EARTHLY CITY. Bern Porter, 1947. First edition. One of 100 copies in dark yellow-green cloth, signed at colophon by Duncan and Mary Fabilli (artist), with two poems in Duncan's hand (not in the regular issue of 250). Additionally inscribed on title page to Allan Covici, Berkeley librarian and noted book dealer. Very light fading and wear to extremities, mild offset to endpapers, spine gilt faded (”DUNCAN” mostly gone), else quite fne. Lacking the dust jacket which was not

distributed with most copies (the bibliographer located three). The colophon in Duncan's hand reads: “This is one of 100 copies...”; not numbered, so likely “hors commerce” (some copies eliminate “This is”). Bertholf A1b. Hardcover. [10277] $1,500.00

38. __ __ Another Copy. First edition. One of 250 (of 350 total) in white boards with blue-green dj. Poet's frst book. Inscribed in full to Berkeley librarian and book dealer Al[l]an Covici on title page. Worn through at head and crown and bottom tips, else fne and bright in a dust jacket with moderate chipping on lower border, beginning to separate at spine folds, with several tape repairs on verso. Overall about very good, interior fne. Bertholf A1a. [10276] $750.00

39. Duncan, Robert. My Mother Would Be a Falconress. Berkeley: Oyez, 1968. First edition. Poetry Broadside published in an edition of 179 copies. This is one of 75 signed by the poet, and numbered 43/75. Signed and dated by him “Feb 7, 1968”. Bertholf A28. Large folio: approx. 28 x 20 in. An inch long tear on the left side, edges worn and creased, lightly soiled, overall about very good. [11781]

$350.00

Scarce & Important Black Mountain College Broadside

40. Duncan, Robert. THE SONG OF THE BORDER-GUARD. Black Mountain, NC: Nicola Cernovich, Black Mountain College Graphic Workshop, 1952. First edition. Folio broadside (49.6 x 31.8 cm/ 12.5 x 19 in.) pasted at the center fold to medium reddish orange covers with an original woodcut design in black by Cy Twombly. A very early Duncan item, and once considered the frst work by Twombly. One of approximately 200 copies printed. Bertholf A5. Light creasing, wear and fading at extremities, but very good. [11760] $3,000.00

41. Duncan, Robert. Wedding Invitation for Brenda Tyler to David Boloyan. n.p. : Privately Printed, 1967. Single sheet (6 x 9 in.) in envelope, a wedding announcement “Hamilton and Mary Tyler announce the marriage of their daughter Brenda to David Samuel Boloyan on December 20, 1967”. Decoration and a quote from Spenser's “Epithalamion” in Robert Duncan's reproduced hand with his initials – all commercially printed. Small spot on verso, else fne in a lightly toned else fne envelope. Very scarce. [11753] $150.00

The three Tyler's are mentioned in the poem “Names of People”: “Hamilton and Mary and Brenda came over for dinner”. Hamilton was a college and lifelong friend of Duncan's – from the Berkeley Collection Notes where his papers are held: “After attending the University of California, Berkeley, with a brief interval as a squad leader on the Loyalist side in the Spanish Civil War, Tyler became a farmer, then a landscape gardener, and fnally, a professional writer. His long-held interest in literature continued, with his Sonoma County farms becoming a crossroads for traveling poets and the literary and artistic wing of conscientious objectors; Robert Duncan

and William Everson both lived for a time at Treesbank.” From William Everson's arrival at the Tyler's after his release from Waldport to Duncan's frequent stays, with visits short and long by Mary Fabilli, Patchen and others, it is not too much to say that Treesbank fgured prominently in the San Francisco Renaissance. Hamilton and Mary published a memoir of Duncan.

42. Duncan, Robert and Jess [Collins]. BOOB Number One and Two. [San Francisco]: Privately Printed, 1952. First edition. Two broadsides (21 x 27.9cm/ approx. 8 1/2 x 11 in.). 1) paste-up (collage) by Jess with images and lettering by Duncan; 2) "Whose This Liddl Book Coming?", a poem of twenty-nine lines by Duncan in holograph facsimile with an image of a young bird. 250 copies each printed, issued together and distributed free. Bertholf A6. First published collaboration between this great pair of artists. Light signs of handling, but basically fne. [11754] For the pair: $350.00

43. Dylan, Bob. XI OUTLINED EPITAPHS. London: Aloes, circa 1971. First edition thus. Stapled blue printed wrappers; small 8vo. [48 pp.] 11 Outlined Epitaphs appeared as liner poetry to the TIMES THEY ARE A'CHANGING, and Off The Top Of My Head formed part of the programme notes of the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Printed on light green paper. Spine sunned, rear corner creased, but easily very good. Very scarce, OCLC listing only four copies: one at the Center for Popular Music, TN, one at Emory and two in the UK. [11848] $450.00

44. Eberhart, Richard. AN HERB BASKET. Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, 1950. First edition. Sewn, variant plain tan Fabriano wrappers. One of 155 copies; collaboration of Wightman Williams and Harry Duncan. Inscribed by the poet in 1970: “Ted Enslin's book/ with love and affection 20 years later”, and commemorating a reading at Dartmouth with Enslin, Eberhart, Maxine Kumin, Lyn Lifshin and Frank Reeve. Scarce chapbook of poems, and especially so inscribed. The Dartmouth (Eberhart's College) copy is in plain tan covers; at least two other variants in decorated covers (sewn and stapled) exist. Covers soiled, toned at one edge, else very good. [11837] $250.00item #42: BOOB 1 & 2

45. Eigner, Larry. Some Token Or. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1985. First edition. String-tied wrappers; [5 pp.]. Short poem by Eigner, issued as a keepsake. One of 50 coies printed by Mardersteig, issued unsigned. Fine and quite scarce. [11834] $35.00

46. Eigner, Larry. There Now Here. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1985. First edition. Blue string-tied wrappers [5pp.]. Single poem by Eigner, one of 50 “keepsake copies” printed by Madersteig. Publisher's business card laid in with a brief note on the verso to poet Ted [Enslin]. Fine. [11836] $45.00

47. Ellis, Stephen (ed.). THAT: Short Sets of Writing. Peacham, VT: Ellis, 1993-1994. First edition. Stapled illustrated wrappers (6 to 8 pp. Each). Seven issues of this monthly poetry magazine all addressed to Ted

Enslin (issue 20 in duplicate for eight total copies). Each issue with the work of one or two poets: March 1993 -David Bromige and Nielson; July 1993 -Philip Siitnick and Michael Basinski; #20 – Nathaniel Tarn; #21 – Bruce Andrews and Ray DiPalma; # 22 – Clayton Eshleman and Dresser; #23 – Stephen Jonas; #24 – Robert Grenier. Issue # 20 with a brief note on the cover to Enslin by Nathaniel Tarn, signed “N” was not mailed. Seven with stamps, mailing label (Enslin's address in Maine), tape enclosures and minor wear, but very good or better. [11845] For the eight (seven issues): $65.00

48. Enslin, Theodore. Madrigal. [Markesan, WI]: Pentagram, [1980]. First edition thus. Poetry broadside printed in fve colors (15 x 7 in.); designed and printed by Michael Tarachow on Inomachi paper handmade in Japan. Number 59 of 63 copies signed by the poet in pencil. Offsetting on verso, a small stain showing through to front egde; very good. [11808] $45.00

49. Enslin, Theodore. Poster for a poetry reading at the Wilmar Center. [Madison, WI]: Xerox Sutra Editions/ LandlockedPress, 1985(?). Poster printed on yellow paper (7 ½ x 14 in.)with photo illus. Of Enslin, dated Friday, January 24 at the Wilmar Center [Madison, WI). Presumably from 1985, supporting his book The Weather Within. Bottom corner creased else fne. [11809] $25.00

item #48 item #52

50. Enslin, Theodore. Shiwana. Vinyard Haven, MA: Salt-Works Press, 1980. First edition thus. Broadside poem “handset & treadle printed” by the press. 7 x 12 in. Announcements of the poet's available titles from Salt-Works and Pentagram Press (WI) on the verso. Very light toning and handling to edges, not folded. Near Fine. [11810] $20.00

51. Enslin, Theodore. Songs W/Out Notes. Grenada, MS: Salt-Works Press, 1984. Prospectus (only) for the book; single sheet in four colors, with six lines of poetry on verso. 6 x 9 in. Bottom edge toned, else fne. [11813] $10.00

52. Enslin, Theodore. [Untitled] “Things die out too late,” [Milwaukee, WI]: Pentagram Press, [1978]. First edition thus. Broadside poem untitled beginning “Things die out too late”. 8 ½ x 11 in. Fine. [11816] $20.00

53. Enslin, Theodore et al. Phoenix. Augusta: The University of Maine, 1994. First edition. Single broadsheet folded to form eight panels on one side and the musical “score” on the other. Collaborating artists poet Enslin, composer Don Stratton, costume artist Yana Suponitskaya

and printer Michael Alpert participated in this event with Enslin reading his poem, a performer reading Shakespeare's “Threnos”, musicians entering at appropriate times and a handing out of a booklet (presumably this) all laid out on one side of the sheet. Poems printed in two colors. 322 copies printed. Attractively printed. Scarce ephemeral item. Fine.[11815] $50.00

54. Eshleman, Clayton. My Devotion: New Poems. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2004. First printing. Specially signed on the title page by the poet.125 pages. Fine in wraps. [11786] $17.00

55. Eshleman, Clayton. The Wand. Santa Barbara: Noel Young, 1970. First edition thus. Broadside poem printed in two colors on gold “Fuji Silk” wallpaper. One of 50 copies signed by the poet. 9 ¾ by 19 ½ inches, folded for mailing. Short tear, light creasing, verso a bit soiled; very good and quite uncommon. [11812] $75.00

56. Everson, William. X (10) War Elegies. Waldport: Untide Press, 1943. First edition thus. First issue (with black and yellow lettered wrappers). 8vo. One of 1000 copies (Bartlett & Campo A4), with the number of frst issues unknown. Mimeographed (there is a later letterpress edition) at Camp Angel where Everson worked as a conscientious objector. Very fragile, paper toned and brittle as usual. This copy fair only, the spine taped, cover edges with some loss, light stain, interior of acidic paper, else very good. [11155] $125.00

The frst book of this press, many of the writers and illustrators associated with it including besides Everson, Glen Coffeld, Adrian Wilson and Kenneth Patchen were central fgures of the San Francisco Literary Renaissance.

57. Everson, William [Brother Antoninus]. [Self-portrait] signed. 1974. Original self-portrait in black ink on 7 x 10 in. paper cleanly torn from a sewn notebook (or book). Everson who had left the Dominican order some fve years earlier portrays himself whimsically with a halo. Signed in the same heavy ink “William Everson' Lincoln Center/Nov. 7, 1974. This from the collection of Burt

Britten who published a book with Knopf of celebrity self-portraits in 1976. This is one of over 1200 he collected according to Bloomsbury who auctioned many of them off. A wonderful original and unique piece by one of the great fgures of the San Francisco Renaissance, as poet, activist and printer. Fine. [11795] $350.00

58. Everson, William; Mary Fabilli. TRIPTYCH FOR THE LIVING. [Oakland]: Seraphim Press, 1951. First edition. Title page (only) with the Madonna and Child lino-cut illustration by Mary Fabilli, printed on hand-made Tovil paper printed in black with a small red cross. One of the important presses of the San Francisco Renaissance, Seraphim was founded by Everson and Fabilli. This was one of Everson's frst books of poetry, reportedly only 100 were bound (an expensive book when found), though more sheets were printed. Matted and fne (though not examined out of the matting). Signed by Fabilli on the back of the matting. [11762] $200.00

59. Faas, Ekbert (ed.). TOWARDS A NEW AMERICAN POETICS: Essays & Interviews: Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Robert Creeley, Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth-backed boards, with paper label. #16 of 125 copies handbound by Earle Gray and signed by fve of the six contributors: Duncan, Snyder, Creeley, Bly and Ginsberg. (Olson died in 1970.) Essays with interviews with all but Olson by Faas. Lightly used, edges faintly sunned, but certainly near fne in mylar cover as issued. [11750] $150.00

60. Field, Edward. [Self-portrait] signed. Self-portrait in black ink on approx. 6 x 9 in. Cleanly torn from a sewn notebook (or book). The image shows the poet with a dog and a bird on a tree. This from the collection of Burt Britten. An original and unique piece by a poet whose frst book won the Lamont Poetry Prize. Fine. [11796] $65.00

61. [Frost, Robert.] THE PILGRIM SPIRIT The Tercentenary Spirit. Boston: Marshall Jones Co., 1921. First edition. First issue. 136 pp. Gray illustrated wrappers. Contains the frst appearance of the Frost poem “The Return of the Pilgrims” [pages 134-135] . A short play set to music that is not in the Library of America Collected Poems & Plays, and “the only appearance in its entirety” of the poem (according to Clymer and Green p. 99). Also, E. A. Robinson “The Pilgrim's Chorus”. ¾ split at lower spine, tips creased but else clean and near fne. Scarce frst of three issues (see Crane C16); quite scarce in this condition. [11752] $125.00

62. Ginsberg, Allen. PLUTONIAN ODE. [Boulder]: n.p., 1978. First printing of the poem and preceding the City Lights Pocket Edition by four years. Yellow printed folder with four leaves printed on rectos only laid in; 4to. Inscribed by Allen Ginsberg to Ed Sanders of Fugs fame in 1978 with a drawing of a large heart and arrow. Lightly water stained covers and bottom front and rear covers not affecting the interior leaves, and else about fne. Reportedly 400 copies were printed for the beneft of the Rocky Flats Truth Force. Very good in wraps. [11709] SOLD

63. Hall, Donald. GREAT DAY IN THE COW'S HOUSE. Mt. Carmel, CT: Ives Street Press, 1984. First edition. Red cloth w/ paper label; tall 8vo. Number 87 of 130 copies signed by the poet. Two duotone photos from glass negatives with tissue guards; the poem bound in accordion style. Lovely production; prospectus laid in. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. [11736] $250.00

64. Hall, Donald. O CHEESE. n. p. : The King Library Press, 1997. First edition thus. Single sheet folded to make four pages (two blank);

printed on Arches cream in red. Folds to small 4to (approx. 8 x 10 inches). Printed by Earl Kallemeyn and Gay Reading on the press of Gravesend. One of an unknown number: a keepsake for members of the University of Kentucky Library Associates at their annual meeting. Specially signed by the poet. Fine. Kelleher A-19. (Listed as an A item by the bibliographer; evidently a small number bound in boards.) Not to be confused with G-6, a broadside. [As w/ G-6, two additional stanzas not otherwise published, thus presumably the A listing.] Light soiling to verso, else fne. [11745] $150.00

65. Hilbert, Ernest. ALL OF YOU ON THIS GOOD EARTH. Pasadena: Red Hen Press, 2013. First edition. Printed wrappers; 8vo. The poet's second collection of sonnets from this excellent small press. Highly recommended. New. [11741] $20.00

66. Hilbert, Ernest, Henry Wessells (contributor), Judith Clute (artist). AGAINST THE ART OF WAR. Upper Montclair, NJ: Temporary Culture, 2013. First edition. Fine press, limited edition from Henry Wessels' press of Ernest Hilbert's poem “Against the Art of War” and Wessells' poem “Wars End”. Hand-bound paste paper boards, letterpress printed by David Wolfe on 300 FSM Somerset, which is mouldmade and 100% cotton. With three tipped-in aquatint etchings by Judith Clute each signed and lettered (and one in black and white after the colophon also titled and signed). As New. [11744] At the published price. $450.00

67. Hirsch, Edward. Special Orders. Berkeley: Hit & Run, 2013. First separate edition. Poetry broadside (approx. 7 ½ x 10 ¾ in) printed on Arches white in two colors. Printed on a Vandercook No. 4 Proof Press at Colored Horse Studios in Ukiah, CA. The poem is the title poem from his 2008 collection from Knopf. One of 100 copies printed, including 25 to the author. Fine, and a lovely production from Larry Rafferty's fne press. [11800] $25.00

68. Howe, Susan. CABBAGE GARDENS. [Chicago]: Fathom Press, 1979. First edition. Sewn, printed and embossed wrappers; 4to. [18 pp.] One of 326 copies printed on Frankfurt paper by Robie Liscomb. Green cabbage illustration drawn by Rita Lannon; calligraphy by Peter Fraterdeus. Light soiling/fnger smudges on several pages, else very good. Near fne in wraps. [11737] $250.00

69. Howe, Susan. THE MIDNIGHT. NY: New Directions, 2003. First edition. Original wrappers, French folds. Inscribed by the poet David [Gianinni] to poet Ted [Enslin]. 178 pp. A work in fve sections of poetry and prose & amply illustrated. Near fne. [11849] $25.00

70. Howe, Susan. SINGULARITIES. Hanover: Wesleyan, 1990. First edition. Illustrated wrappers; 8vo. Inscribed by David (Gianinni] to poet Ted [Enslin]: "Hot off the press". Cover creased, light soiling to frst two leaves, but easily very good. [11825] $15.00

71. Huxley, Aldous. THE BURNING WHEEL. Oxford: Blackwell, 1916. First edition. Small 8vo. Plain pale yellow wrappers with spine and paper label. 51 p. “Adventures All Series No. 7”. The author's frst book. Very nearly fne with a short split of covers (1 in.) at spine, overlapping front edges creased. Unread, the pages are mostly unopened (I.e. the edges have not been trimmed leaving the folds to be opened with a paper knife). Bright lovely copy of the frst book by one of the seminal author's of the 20th Century. [10780] $800.00

72. Irby, Kenneth. [Planks Turned To Marble]. Lawrence, KS: Tansy Press, 1979. First Separate Edition. Poetry broadside, approx. 11 x 17 ½, printed on beige paper. Signs of handling, light wear, but very good. [11770] $25.00

73. Irby. Kenneth. [Homage to Josephine Baker]. New York: The Center for the Humanities, CUNY, 2011. First edition thus. Broadside with a poem by Irby. An edition of 250 for the Chapbook Festival, March 2-5, 2011. 8 ½ x 11 in. Fine. [11774] $20.00

74. Jackson, Major. HOLDING COMPANY. New York: Norton, 2010. First edition. The poet's third regularly published collection, his frst was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Jackson teaches at the University of VT, and is the poetry editor of the Harvard Review. Signed on the title page by the poet. Fine in a fne dust jacket. 91 pp. [10298] $50.00

75. Jarnot, Lisa. BLACK DOG SONGS. Chicago: Flood Editions, 2003. First edition. Illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by the poet: “for Ted [Enslin] – with much love, Lisa” in Dec, 2003. The Poet's third collection of poems. Light soiling to the back cover, still about fne. [11846] $45.00

76. Jarnot, Lisa. RING OF FIRE. Cambridge: Zoland, 2001. First edition. 80 pp. Trade paperback original, Review copy (stamped as such), with publicity letter laid in. A collection which includes new poems as well as those from a number of chapbooks. Fine. [6520] $50.00

77. Jarnot, Lisa. SOME OTHER KIND OF MISSION. Princeton: Burning Deck, 1996. First edition. Illustrated wrappers. 106 pp. About fne copy. [11847] $45.00 Jarnot recently published a highly acclaimed biography of Robert Duncan.

78. Jarrell, Randall. POETRY AND THE AGE. New York: Knopf, 1953. First edition. Black cloth, gilt spine in dj; 8vo. Briefy inscribed “To Sara from Randall and Mary”. Sara was Sara Starr Wolff a friend of the Jarrells as the inscription would attest. A very good copy with only minor wear in a worn at extremities and very good dust jacket. Generally regarded as one of the fnest volumes of 20 th C poetry criticism. Jarrell's signature uncommon. [11790] $500.00

79. Jarrell, Randall. SEVEN-LEAGUE CRUTCHES. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1951. First edition. Black cloth, gilt spine, in dj; 8vo, 94 pp. Briefy inscribed “To Sara from Randall”. Four pages offset from a newsprint clipping (a review of the book by Lowell), else very good in a very good dust jacket, spine faded and worn at corners. Wright A4. [11791] $350.00

80. Kees, Weldon; Dana Gioia (intro.). TWO PROSE SKETCHES. West Chester: Aralia Press, 1984. First edition. Gray Fabriano wrappers. Number 146 of 240 copies (there were an additional 40 signed copies in boards). Prospectus laid in. Lovely production from Michael Peich's press with a Michael McCurdy frontispiece wood engraving. Intro. By Dana Gioia. Back tip creased, else fne. [11734] $30.00

81. Kelly, Robert [Theodore Enslin]. Christmas. N.p.: Self-published, 1967. First edition thus. Broadside Christmas card (4 ¼ in. x 15 in.); signed by Kelly. Printed on brown paper. Folded for mailing, addressed to poet Ted Enslin in Temple , ME, with stamp and tape. Scarce ephemera. Very good. [11811] $25.00

82. Kooser, Ted. A LOCAL HABITATION & A NAME. San Luis Obispo: Solo Press, 1974. First edition. Illustrated wrappers; 8vo. 79 pp. Inscribed in full 1975 to poet Ted Enslin with a rather elaborate small drawing incorporated. Some minor toning and soiling, but easily very good, seemingly unread. Former Poet Laureate's third book; scarce, rare signed. [11824] $250.00

83. McCure, Michael. FRAGMENTS OF PERSEUS. New York: Jordan Davies, 1978. First edition. Sewn wrappers. One of 200 signed and numbered copies. Printed on Edmonds Cream Laid and Sheepstor papers by Ronald Gordon at the Oliphant Press. Illus. By Jordan Davies. Near fne in sewn wraps. [11735] $40.00

84. McClure, Michael; [Robert LaVigne]. THE FEAST. [San Franciso]: [Batman Gallery], 1960. First edition. 14 Mimeograph pages including the cover, printed on rectos only. A working script for the performance. A play for 13 actors at a long table. This copy with the names of the actors playing each of the parts handwritten : Ron Loewensohn, Ron Padgett, Bob Branaman, Phil Whalen, JoAnne McClure among others. This is Beat artist Robert LaVigne's copy. Performed at The Batman Gallery on Thursday, Dec. 22, 1960 (see pp. 214 The Beat Generation Galleries and Beyond; Clements A6). Published in Floating Bear in 1961; in 1972 in The Mammals. Needless to say, rare. It is hard to imagine many copies especially by the principal players surviving. A bit rough: back cover torn, nearly detached, coffee stains throughout the middle of the script. Good, but complete and rare. [10382] $1,000.00

85. Merrill, James. PLAYS OF LIGHT. [Ann Arbor]: Laurence Scott, 1984. First edition. Marbled wrappers; small folio; [12pp.]. Number 95 of 175 copies (26 of which were lettered and given to JM) printed and signed by Merrill. Four poems by Merrill, and a frontispiece illustration by Scott, and signed by him. Unopened; two small stains in the marbling, else fne in delicate and lovely wrappers. Lacking the unprinted Kraft manila metal clasp envelope. Hagstrom A56. [11801] $250.00

Scott in the 60's at Harvard using the Adams House press published works including broadsides by W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell and James Merrill.

W. S. Merwin's frst three broadsides, simultaneously published

86. Merwin, W. S. A Letter From Gussie. Boston: Yorick Books, 1969. First Separate Edition. Illustrated and calligraphic broadside; illus. Reminiscent of Edward Gorey by Serge Arnoux. Very large: oblong: 35 x 20 inches (approx.). Quite scarce: one of three (this being the scarcest and largest) published at the same time, and the three comprising Merwin's frst broadside publications. Light creasing, else near fne on heavy paper. [11720] $100.00

87. __ __ Another Copy. Signed by the poet. Quite scarce, especially signed. Light creasing, else near fne on heavy paper. [11729]

$200.00

88. Merwin, W. S. Things. Boston: Yorick Books, 1969. First edition. Illustrated and calligraphic broadside; illustration by Serge Arnoux. Tall: 15 ½ x 22 inches (approx.). Signed by the poet. Quite scarce especially signed: one of three published at the same time, and the three comprising Merwin's f rst broadside pub-lications. Light creasing, else near fne on heavy paper. [11718] $150.00

89. __ __ Another Copy. Light creasing, else near fne on heavy paper. [11728] [not signed.]

$100.00

90. Merwin, W. S. The Widow. Boston: Yorick Books, 1969. First Separate Edition. Illustrated and calligraphic broadside; illustration by Serge Arnoux. Oblong: 22 x 15 ½ inches (approx.). . Very light creasing, else fne on heavy paper. [11719] $100.00

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91. Merton, Thomas. THIRTY POEMS. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1944. First Edition. Tan paper boards printed in red in dust jacket; small 8vo. The poet's frst book published as part of The Poets of the Year Series. The uncommon hardcover issue; the $1 HC price remains. End papers toned, the dust jacket has three folds paralleling the folds, else fne and quite a lovely copy. Scarce in this condition. Dell'Isolla A1. [11797] $400.00

92. Mirrlees, Hope. PARIS A Poem [With an afterword by Mike Tortorelli]. Olympia, WA: Pegana Press, 2010. First Thus. Blue cloth w/ inset printed pastedown; stamped gilt spine lettering. Folio. Illustrated. One of 75 (of which 50 were bound) numbered copies of this letterpress edition of this long modernist poem, frst published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at their Hogarth Press in 1919. Mike Tortorello printed this on his Vandercook SP15 proof press using French 90# watercolor mould made paper; hand sewn and bound by Ars Obscura in Seattle. A lovely production that took Mike nearly year to complete, reproducing the original spacing, typography, and Woolf's hand corrections. The original prospectus laid in. As New and at the published price. (no dust jacket – as issued). [11805] $375.00

93. Niedecker, Lorine. THE COOKING BOOK. Green River, VT: Longhouse, 1992. First edition. Green printed wraps. 12mo. 43 pp. One of 250 attractively printed by Bob and Susan Arnold. Transcribed from LN's notebook by Cid Corman her literary executor; prose about cooking bordering on poetry. Fine. [11822]

$35.00

94. Oliver, Mary. THE NIGHT TRAVELER. Cleveland: Bits Press, 1978. First edition. Stapled printed wrappers; A Bits Chapbook. The poet's third book, published by the press located at Case Western Reserve where the poet taught for several years. Moderately worn, soiled and sunned at the extremities; about very good,. [11784] $175.00

95. Olson, Charles. Anecdotes of the late war. Highlands, NC: Jargon, [1955]. First edition. Broadside pasted into printed covers. Jargon broadside. Light offsetting from glue, folded into six panels as published, else fne in toned and stained covers. [11835] $45.00

96. Olson, Charles; Robert Creeley; Robert Duncan; Denise Levertov; David Meltzer; Michael McClure; Josephine Miles; Brother Antoninus (William Everson) and Gary Snyder. Signature to Petition (Olson); Two poems(Creeley); Wine (Duncan); City Psalm; (Levertov) Two for Bruce Connor (McClure); The Blackest Rose (Meltzer); in Identity (Miles); The Rose in Solitude (Bro. Antoninus); Hop, Skip, and Jump (Snyder); [San Francisco]: Oyez, 1964. First edition. Illustrated poetry broadsides printed by The Auerhahn Press. A complete set of nine – scarce as a set. Mostly minor creasing and toning at edges; the Bro. Antoninus and the McClure broadsides moderately and evenly toned. Very good set. [11726] $295.00

97. Pound, Ezra. GUIDE TO KULCHUR. London: Faber & Faber, 1938. First printing, second state (only six of the frst state were retained) with libelous passages corrected. Apple green cloth a little soiled, spine darkened; in a price-clipped dust jacket that is lightly soiled and cracked at the spine folds, with two short tape repairs on verso. Still overall about very good, the dj much brighter than usual. Uncommon: 1487 total sets of sheets were printed; with 520 for the US issue with the title CULTURE, and 230 lost in the war. Gallup A45. [11802]$200.00

98. Raine, Kathleen. CHRISTMAS BROADSIDE ["From Beyond Time They Come,] Second Series, Number Four. Buffalo: Friends of the University Libraries, December 1982. Single sheet folded. Christmas card with an original poem of three four line stanzas; one of

2000 published with 50 numbered and signed. This copy not numbered, but signed twice below the poem and on the back panel. Light fading and creasing at edges, but easily very good. [11820] $65.00

99. Ricard, Rene. A Poem Painting. N. p. : self-published, 2005. 3 ½ x 11 in.; graphite and blue and red colored pencil on lined ledger paper. One side with a word poem in colored pencil: “Through the Loud Stars in the Tropic Night can you hear the Orchestra beating in my Heart ? R.R. '05”; and the verso with a graphite drawing and “Dear __, ...I don't know ; obstacle after obstacle tumbles across my path and a visit that once seemed to make itself now recedes from possibility xxxx”. Toned paper, small stains, about very good. This work is typical of the form in which Ricard continues to work, though often in very large format. A unique love letter in the form of poetry as painting by one of the crucial fgures in the New York art world for the last 50 years. Very Good. [11804]

$500.00

Rene Ricard is an American poet and painter. Since the late 1960s, he has been one of America's most controversial arbiters of taste. His work has appeared in infuential literary, art, and popular publications and has contributed profoundly to the cultural discourse of his era. As a teenager, Ricard left his hometown of Acushnet, Massachusetts and became part of Boston's 1960s literary scene. By eighteen he had moved to New York City where, as a protoge of Andy Warhol became part of the scene surrounding the Factory. He appeared in such classic Warhol flms as “Kitchen” and “Chelsea Girls” as well as flms by many other independent young directors. As a performer, Ricard was also a founding participant in the Theater of the Ridiculous collaborating with John Vaccaro and Charles Ludlam. By the early 80s, having achieved stature in the art world through his infuential essays, was acknowledged to have launched the careers of painters Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring (most notably). His breakthrough 1981 essay “The Radiant Child” for Artforum magazine is considered to be at the forefront of 20th century art writing: a slim shelf with very few other occupants. [Quoted from the VitoSchnabel Gallery website (Ricard's gallery)]

1/12 from The Kat Ran Press

100. Simic, Charles. THREE POEMS. Syracuse: Clockworks Press, 1998. First edition. 3 sets of loose signatures (poetry broadsides) each in a printed folder; separate title & colophon leaf; housed in a dark blue clamshell box with silver titling; 4to. Limited to 12 total copies (this number 7). Holly Brown contributes 8 original etchings on Arches Cover, each signed and numbered. Signed by Charles Simic and Holly Brown at the colophon. Poems by Simic: “Mirrors at 4 A.M.”, “A Book Full of Pictures”, & “Late Train”. Exceptional production by Michael and Katherine Russem of the Kat Ran Press. One tip of the box lightly bumped, else very fne; as issued. [11730]

$1500.00

101. Smith, William Jay. [Self-portrait] signed. 1977. Original self-portrait done with a typewriter with a short poem; inscribed “For Burt Britton – better late than never” and signed in full. Britton's book SELF-PORTRAITS was published by Knopf the previous year, which Smith refers to in the accompanying letter. He also refers to his typewriter poems (”Literary Birds”) he frst published in 1954. With the original envelope. Approx. 7 x 9. The portrait and letter are fne, the envelope worn but very good. [11794]

$150.00

102. Snyder, Gary. RIPRAP. Ashland, MA: Origin Press, 1959. First edition. The frst printing of Snyder's frst book, in patterned blue paper wrappers, a printed label, and string-bound in the Japanese style. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. Although not otherwise marked the poet Theodore Enslin's copy, an important contemporary of Snyder, thus a nice association. One of 500 copies printed (Lepper). Small loss on one corner, front label and interior (lightly) a bit toned, well worn at edges and creased. Essentially a good or better copy, the string-tied binding solid. [11807] $850.00

103. Spicer, Jack. AFTER LORCA. [Toronto]: [Coach House], 1974. First edition thus. A reprint (and posthumously published) in a very different format of the author's frst book. Wrappers; 12mo. Although no publication information is given, the following is printed on the “copyright” page: “This book has been typed on an IBM Selectric blah, blah, blah, by Robin Cones and printed by Marco Polio for the Government, with a cover from a photo by blah, blah, blah, in March, 1974.” Printed in blue ink. And includes the wonderful Lorca introduction from the 1957 frst printing. All editions of this groundbreaking work are uncommon. Although known primarily among a coterie of poets in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time of his death in 1965, “Jack Spicer has slowly become a towering fgure in American poetry” [Bibliographic information and the quote from The Poetry Foundation website.] Spine toned, with light corner wear, but tight and otherwise very good. [11732] $35.00

104. Stallings, A[licia]. E[lsbeth]. Watching the Vulture at the Road Kill. Berkeley: Hit & Run, 2013. First separate printing. Poetry broadside (approx. 7 ¾ x 12 in.) printed in two colors on BFK Rives gray paper. Printed on a Vandercook No. 4 Proof Press at Colored Horse Studios in Ukiah, CA. The poem is from the poet's frst regularly published book ARCHAIC SMILE. One of 100 copies, 25 to the author. One corner bent, else fne, and a lovely production from Larry Rafferty's fne press. [11799] $25.00

Stallings was a recent winner of a McArthur “genius” Award. Originally from Georgia, she now lives in Greece, and has become a leading translator from the Greek, and one of the leading poets of her generation.

105. Stanford, Frank. CRIB DEATH. Kensington, CA: Ironwood Press, 1978. First edition. A paperback original published shortly after the poet's suicide in 1978. Edgeworn, top tip bumped, but otherwise tight and clean and very good. As with all early frst editions of this increasingly important poet all his books scarce. [11803]

$250.00

106. Starbuck, George. SPACE-SAVER SONNETS: The Essential Shakespeare, Volume XII. Cleveland: Bits Press, 1986. First edition. Very funny 16-page collection, tied into stiff ivory wraps; lovely letterpress work from Bits Press. Near Fine. [10054]

$25.00

107. Van Vliet, Claire. Claire Van Vliet [Poster/Brochure] A Week at the Graphic Arts Workshop in the Dartmouth College Library. Hanover: Friends of the Dartmouth Library, 1991. First edition thus. A single sheet (9 x 20 inches) with impressed lines and intended to be folded into six panels on each side. This copy has not been folded. One side has a color pulp painting the other has a checklist of the exhibition as well as a brief bio. Of Van Vliet and her “Week at Dartmouth” in April 1991. One of the books listed in the exhibition is AURA by Hayden Carruth. The painting used for this poster is from that Janus Press publication of 1977. This copy is rolled, but easily framed. Fine. [11746] $20.00

108. Wakoski, Diane. ON BARBARA'S SHORE. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1971. First edition. String-tied, blue-illustrated wrappers. A chapbook published “gratis”, the hundredth publication of the press. The regular issue (there were also 100 numbered and signed copies hardbound). Spine faded, else fne. [11764] $20.00

109. Wakoski, Diane. The Pumpkin Pie. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1972. First edition. A Christmas greeting from the press. Regular issue in sewn orange wraps. Fine. [11766] $15.00

110. Wakoski, Diane. Spending Christmas with the Man from Receiving at Sears. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977. First edition. Sewn wrappers. Year's end greeting from the Black Sparrow Press, 1977. This copy with the author name in black. Fine. [11765] $15.00

111. Wieners, John. HOTELS. New York: Angel Hair, 1974. First edition. [8 pp.] “Transcribed from tape of [Wieners' ] reading at The Poetry Project, St. Marks Church- in-the-Bowery, New York City, February 13, 1974, and from author's manuscripts” (from colophon). Cover illustration by Gordon Baldwin. Toning to edges, else fne in oversize stapled wrappers. Uncommon in this condition. [4856] $35.00

112. Wilbur, Richard. RESPONSES Prose Pieces, 1953-1976. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1976. First edition. 238 pp. Reviews and essays on Shakespeare, Houseman, Frost among others, as well as several long pieces on Poe. Published simultaneously, this frst collection of his prose work is quite uncommon in hardcover. Rollie McKenna photo of the author on the back panel. Recently reissued by Story Line Press. Near fne in a toned and moderately spine-faded dust jacket. [4697] $35.00

113. Williams, William Carlos. The Yellow Tree-Peony. Buffalo: Friends of the University Libraries, SUNY Buffalo, 1983. First edition thus. Large ( 18 x 23 ½) illustrated poetry broadside published for the centennial of WCW's birth. One of 400 copies (photo offset, likely: Visual Studies Workshop). “The photograph of the peony was taken by Joan Lyons of the same fowers that Williams saw on the estate of Bill Gratwick.” White paper printed and illustrated in tan, gray and black. Some creasing along the edges, the image fne. [11780]

$75.00

114. Williams, William Carlos; Paul Goodman. MANY LOVES OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS. New York: The Living Theatre, 1959. First edition. Original program in stapled covers; 8vo. Directed by Living Theatre founders Julian Beck and Judith Malina, William's play premiered on January 13, 1959. A poem written for the opening is by Paul Goodman. Overall toning, the fragile covers more so, with lipstick-colored smudging. About very good and quite scarce. [11838] $45.00

115. Wright, James. THE GREEN WALL. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957. First edition. 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 fnal 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 near fne copy in like dust jacket of one of the most important frst books of poetry of the second half of the 20 th C. As a review copy – scarce. [1237] $800.00

116. X, Marvin [Jackmon]. FLY TO ALLAH Poems. Fresno: Al Kitab Sudan, 1969. First edition. Illustrated wrappers; stapled; thin 8vo. 24 pp. Signed and inscribed by Marvin X : “Brother Floyd / Black Power! / Marvin X”. An early book published by the press he founded. Poems heavily infuenced by Islam. Marvin X was a key fgure in BAM as a poet, playwright and publisher. Light soiling and wear, but near fne. [11740] $200.00

117. X, Marvin [Jackmon]. THE SON OF MAN Proverbs. Fresno: Al Kitab Sudan, 1969. First edition. Photographic wrappers; stapled; thin 8vo. 24 pp. Signed and inscribed by Marvin X : “Brother Floyd / As-Salaam-Alaikum / Wa Radim Sudan / Marvin X”. An early book published by the press he founded. Primarily religious inspired proverbs expressing his alienation from white America, as well as the importance of arts to the Black Power movement. Marvin X was a key fgure in the Black Arts Movement BAM as a poet, playwright and publisher. Slight aging of paper, else fne. [11739] $200.00

Marvin X (born Jackmon) was born in Fowler, CA in 1944, growing up in Fresno and Oakland. He attended Merritt College where he became friends with Black Panther founders Huey Newton and Eldridge Cleaver, and SF State University where he earned a B.A and an M.A. And became a leading member of the Black Arts Movement BAM. He is best known for his founding of Black House (which served for a time as the headquarters of the Black Panthers) with Ed Bullins and The Black Arts/ West Theatre in San Francisco. In 1967 he joined the Nation of Islam. In 1999 he founded the Recovery Theatre in San Francisco, and continues to be active as a writer, activist and educator. (Many of his papers are held at the Bancroft Library – much of this information was taken from their website.)

118. Zukofsky, Louis. From A-22. Cambridge: Pomegranate, 1972. First edition. Illustrated poetry broadside; small folio. First printing of the poem. One of 50 copies all signed by the printer/illustrator K. Klopp (only the frst 12 were signed by the poet). ½ in. split at top, corners creased; else about very good. [11727] $150.00

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