1.
[ARTAUD, Antonin with Max Ernst and Henri Michaux].
dessins de Rodez, frottages, oeuvres récentes.
Paris: Le Point Cardinal, 1961.

First edition. Single long accordion folded sheet (5 ⁵ ⁄ 16 x 4 ³ ⁄ 16, closed), printed on both sides. Fine. Reproduces two works by each artist. An uncommon ephemeral item for what may well be the first show in this gallery/publisher’s debut year.
$100

2.
AUSTER, Paul.
Reflections on a Cardboard Box.
[Mt. Horeb]: Perishable Press, 2004.

First edition. [30 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Auster’s prose work with illustrations by Henrick Drescher. One of 100 (of 150) numbered copies SIGNED by Auster. Selected by The American Institute of Graphic Arts for “50 Books / 50 Covers 2004 Show” with a sticker to the rear cover attesting so. Hamady 129. New, at publication price:
$1500

3.
BARKER, Bill.
Sunamou.
Bocca Sinibalda: Castle Continental [c. 1963].

First edition. 48 pp w/index. One tiny corner crease, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Caresse Crosby contributes a foreword to this collection of poems.
$35

4.
BAXTER, Glen.
The Handy Guide to Amazing People.
NY: Gotham Book Mart (1974).

First edition. 4to. [26 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Portraits of a dozen amazing people presented with a summary of their singular achievement. How else would one know that Billiper Trosden can pronounce the word “miscreant” in eighteen languages?
$100

5.
BECKETT, Samuel.
Three Occasional Pieces.
London: Faber & Faber (1982).

First edition. 32 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Collects “A Piece of Monologue,” “Rockaby,” and “Ohio Impromptu.”
$27.50

6.
BEINING, Guy R. and Paul Grillo.
Manhattan Spiritual.
[Philadelphia & Brooklyn]: Happenstance (1976).

First edition. [48 pp]. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Paul Grillo. Poems. Laid into this copy is an errata slip, advertising flyer, and a promotional/biographical statement on the two poets which is INSCRIBED by Grillo, “YOUR Sample encl, Hope you’ll order a few? P.G.”
$25

7.
BERG, Christopher.
Symphony.
Berkeley: Clay Fear (1974).

First edition. [16 pp]. Small pale stain and uneven sunning to covers, else very good plus in stapled wrappers. An inventive score for a symphony, largely made up of clipped found texts laid over staves. Jill Kroesen, Phil Harmonic, and “Blue” Gene Tyranny thanked on the rear cover.
$25

8.
BERRIGAN, Ted.
Many Happy Returns.
[NY]: Angel Hair (1967).

First edition. Single large sheet folded once to make a booklet (approx 9 ½ x 7 inches when closed). Two tiny spots, else fine. One of 200 copies printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem in San Francisco. SIGNED by Berrigan.
$150

9.
[BERRIGAN, Ted]. Fischer, Aaron.
Ted Berrigan: An Annotated Checklist.
NY: Granary Books, 1998.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 67 pp. A small patch of discoloration to lower portion of rear panel, else fine in full cloth with printed paper spine and cover labels. Introduction by Lewis Warsh. Features collaborative works by Berrigan and George Schneeman interspersed throughout the text. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Berrigan, Warsh, Fischer, and Schneeman.
$225

10.
BRAINARD, Joe.
Original artwork.
1971.

5 ½ x 3 ½ inch stiff card onto which Brainard has pasted a cutout of a male torso, which he then “framed” by the application and removal of tape to highlight the image. Fine. Dated (71) and SIGNED by Brainard.
$750

11.
BRAINARD, Joe.
Original artwork.
1975.

5 x 7 inch white stiff card with a pale beige band of pigment applied top to bottom. Small plastic hanger element attached. Near fine. Dated (75) and SIGNED by Brainard. An homage to minimalism.
$450

12.
BUTLER, Bill.
The Discovery of America.
London: Writers Forum, 1966.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [54 pp]. Corners lighty tapped, else fine in stapled wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Butler. Writers Forum Poets No. 19.
$50

13.
CAGE, John.
She is Asleep.
NY: Henmar Press/Edition Peters 1960.

First edition. 4to. [2] + 6 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Front cover lists over one hundred works by Cage, with a red star next to this title. The entire 1943 score here reproduced from Cage’s holograph original. Peters 6746.
$100

14.
DORN, Edward.
The Kultchural Exchange.
Seattle: Toothpick, Lisbon and the Orcas Islands, 1971.

First edition. Single folded sheet (7 x 8 inches, closed) printed in red on blue paper. Near fine. A section from Gunslinger Book IIII.
$35

15.
DORN, Edward.
The Rites of Passage: A Brief History.
Buffalo: Frontier Press (1965).

First edition. 155 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers; a trade paperback original. Dorn’s first full prose work, later republished under the title BY THE SOUND.
$45

16.
ELMSLIE, Kenward.
The Sweet Bye and Bye.
NY: Boosey & Hawkes (1966).

First edition. 85 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Music by Jack Beeson, libretto by Elmslie, cover art by Joe Brainard.
$100

17.
FARBER, Neil and Carol Es.
New Drawings.
El Cerrito: Chance Press, 2013.

First edition. 34 pp + 34 pp. Fine in wrappers with pasted on cover labels. Inventively bound into Fabrano Murillo paper using a modified Japanese stab-binding. Full-color reproductions of new work by each artist, printed on Hammermill 80lb cover stock. One of 32 numbered copies SIGNED by Farber and Es. Accompanying the book is a 10 x 7 inch full color collaborative print (pictured), numbered and SIGNED by Farber and Es on the verso. New, at publication price:
$250

18.
[FERGUSON], Steve and Mara.
Flowers for Brian Sherman.
Cleveland: Ayizan Press, 1968.

First edition. [24 pp]. Small stain to edge of front cover, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Two-color cover silkscreen by T.L.K. = Tom Kryss. One of 150 copies. Nine drawings reproduced by mimeograph. One of three titles to bear this imprint, the other two being d.a. levy’s THE TIBETAN STROBOSCOPE and Tom Kryss’ THE BOOK OF RABBITS.
$45

19.
HIGGINS, Dick.
Spring Game: an opera for shadow puppets.
West Glover: Unpublished Editions, 1974.

First edition. 17 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Higgins.
$75

20.
[HUNGRY GENERATION]. Choudhury, Malay Roy.
The Hungryalist Manifesto on Poetry.
Calcutta: H. Dhara [c. 1960–5].

First edition. Single sheet folded once as issued (9 x 5 ¾ inches, closed), printed on the recto only. Very near fine.
$50

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