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21.
CROZIER, Andrew.
Printed Circuit.

Cambridge: Street Editions, 1974.

First edition. [20 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers and near fine illustrated dust jacket. Poems with illustrations by Ian Tyson. One of 274 (of 300) copies.
$30

22.
CUTTS, Simon.
A Childs Backend of the Year.

(np): (np) (1966).

First edition. [6 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 70 numbered copies.
$50

23.
DI PRIMA, Diane.
Whale Honey: A poem/play by Diane di Prima.

[San Francisco]: Intersection [c. 1975].

First edition. 16 7 8 x 10 5 8 inch poster illustrated poster, advertising this event. Near fine. John McDowell contributed music, George Herms the sets. Poster design by Tim Veness. SIGNED by Di Prima in the lower right corner.
$75

24.
DODGE, Jim.
A Book of Ku.

[Berkeley]: Tangram (2014).

First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 200 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper. Introduction, “A Short History of the Ku” by Silas Goldean.
$20

25.
DODGE, Jim.
2 Haiku.

[Berkeley]: Tangram (2002).

First edition. Single long sheet folded twice (6 x 4 5 8 inches, closed). Fine. Printed in two colors. Published on the occasion of the Winter Solstice.
$25

26.
ELIOT, T.S.
The Aims of Poetic Drama: The Presidential Address to The Poets’ Theatre Guild.

[London]: Poets’ Theatre Guild, 1949.

First edition. 7 pp. Tiny tear to rear cover, else fine stapled wrappers. Gallup A54.
$200

27.
FACTOR, Donald and Anthony Linick with Anselm Hollo. eds.
Nomad/New York. Ten/Eleven.

London: Villiers, 1962.

Autumn. 96 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with lightly bumped corners. Ashbery, Corso, Di Prima, Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones, Koch, Mac Low, O’Hara, Schuyler, and Sorrentino are just a few of the contributors. Small center portfolio printing b&w reproductions of work by Dine, Lichtenstein, Rosenquist, and Oldenburg.
$35

28.
[FIELD, Tom]. Wagstaff, Christopher.
Interview with Tom Field: Painting at Black Moutain and in San Francisco.

[Berkeley: Christopher Wagstaff, 1996].

First edition. 4to. 13 pp. Fine in wrappers, stapled upper left (as issued). One of 75 numberd copies. An 1986 recorded interview with Field, conducted by Wagstaff. Produced for distribution at an exhibition of Field’s work at 871 Fine Arts in San Francisco.
$25

29.
FINCH, Peter.
Typewriter Poems.

Cardiff & Millerton: Second Aeon / Something Else Press (1972).

First US edition. 52 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Anthology of typewriter poems composed by British poets. 1000 copies printed though, ‘Higgins, who had not been informed that the anthology was entirely British and who was dissatisfied with it, supressed the American run, even destroying most copies.’ [Peter Frank—Something Else Press, an Annotated Bibliography].
$35

30.
FOLEY, Michael.
The Acne and the Ecstasy.

Belfast: Ulsterman Publications (1971).

First edition. 16 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. A collection of twelve poems including the longer sequence, “Instead of a Rose.”
$35

31.
GLÜCK, Robert.
Metaphysics.

San Francisco: Hoddypoll Press (1977).

First edition. [26 pp]. Small spot to rear cover, light sunning along spine and extrems; in all, near fine in stapled wrappers. Glück’s uncommon third book, a collection of poems and stories.
$35

32.
GOMRINGER, Eugen.
The Book of Hours and Constellations.

NY: Something Else Press, 1968.

First edition. [110 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Edited and translated by Jerome Rothenberg, with pre-faces by both Gomringer and Rothenberg.
$50

33.
GRENIER, Robert.
Burns’ Night Heard.

Lawrence: Tansy Press (1982).

First edition. [8 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. A single poem, issued as Tansy 15.
$35

34.
HANDKE, Peter.
Short Letter, Long Farewell.

London: Eyre Methuen (1977).

First edition. 167 pp. Pages toned, else very near fine in like dust jacket with a price sticker to the front flap that has been crossed-out. Translated from the original German by Ralph Manheim. Handke’s second major novel, a semi-autobiographical account of a young Austrian writer’s trip across the U.S.
$35

35.
HEDRICK, Wally.
Wally Hedrick: Selected Works.

San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute (1985).

First edition. 32 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Essays by Walter Hopps, and David S. Rubin. Color and b&w reproductions.
$45

36.
HOLLO, Anselm.
& It Is a Song: Poems.

Birmingham: Migrant Press (1965).

First edition. 49 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover design and three internal illustrations by John Furnival.
$35

37.
[HOUÉDARD, Dom Sylvestre]. Cunliffe, Dave and Tina Morris. eds.
Poetmeat 7.

Blackburn: Screeches Publication 1964/5.

[58 pp]. Very good plus in side-stapled wrappers. Penned above the title on the first leaf, “fun real fun — say dsh.” Houdard has also updated two addresses on the contributors page, and underlined the title of “An Important Essay” by George Dowden on the rear cover, and added “Haha.” Contributors include Beaudoin, Ginsberg, Kupferberg, Torrance, Wantling, and many others.
$50

38.
JARMAN, Derek.
Blue: Text of a Film.

Woodstock: Overlook Press (1994).

First US edition. 30 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. The first hardcover appearance of this title, limited to 2000 copies.
$25

39.
JOHNSON, B.S.
Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry.

NY: New Directions (1985).

First US edition. 180 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
$35

40.
JOHNSON, Ronald.
The Shrubberies.

Chicago: Flood Editions (2001).

First edition. 136 pp. Fine in glossy green wrappers. Edited and with an afterword by Peter O’Leary, Johnson’s literary executor. Johnson’s last work, published posthumously.
$35

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