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21.
COOLIDGE, Clark and Philip Guston.
Baffling Means.

Stockbridge: Oblek Editions (1991).

First trade paperback printing, Lelong issue. 118 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of a small number of copies with a tipped-in first leaf to accompany a show of these works at Galerie Lelong, 14 Feb – 9 March, 1991. SIGNED by Coolidge.
$55

22.
CREELEY, Robert.
Clemente’s Images.

Ellsworth: Backwoods Broadsides (2000).

First edition. Single large sheet, folded three times (8 ½ x 3 ½ inches, closed). Fine. One of 1000 numbered copies. Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet Series Number 50. A sequence of 25 short poems based on 25 Clemente works exhibited at the Guggenheim.
$10

23.
CROMBIE, John and Sheila Bourne.
Stitches in Time.

[Paris]: Kickshaws (1985).

First edition. [50 pp]. Loose sheets (fine) laid into printed dust jacket (fine) and cloth clamshell case (also fine). Written and designed by Crombie, drawn and printed by Sheila Bourne. One of 190 numbered copies on Rives BFK paper SIGNED by Crombie and Bourne. A tale cross-stitched in many colors.
$125

24.
CUTTS, Simon.
as if it is at all. Some Poems 1995–2006.

NY: Granary Books & Coracle Press, 2007.

First edition. 74 pp. Fine in printed wrappers.
$15

25.
DEPEW, Wally.
Bounce Poem.

Sacramento: Runcible Spoon (1970).

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. A strictly visual work, #1 in Runcible Spoon CRETIN concrete poetry series.
$20

26.
DI PRIMA, Diane.
The Mysteries of Vision: Some Notes on H.D.

Santa Barbara: Am Here Books (1988).

First edition. 4to. 25 pp. Small scuff to upper corner, else near fine in strip-bound wrappers. A prose work in which Di Prima examines the “visionary process in H.D.’s later works, from the vantage point of my own experience with visioning techniques and territories.”
$45

27.
DI PRIMA, Diane.
The Ones I Used to Laugh With: A Haibun Journal April – May 1992.

San Francisco: Habenicht Press (2003).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 12 pp. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Di Prima. Prose and poems.
$45

28.
DOVE, Rita.
Ten Poems.

Lisbon: Penumbra Press, 1977.

First edition. [20 pp]. Small mark on front cover, else very near fine in sewn wrappers and original printed envelope (near fine). One of 200 numbered copies on Frankfurt Creme paper with hand-colored fingernails on the title page spread. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Dove’s first book, issued as “The Manila Series: Number Four.”
$1250

29.
ELIOT, T.S.
Poetry and Drama.

London: Faber & Faber (1951).

First UK edition. 35 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. The Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture, delivered at Harvard University 21 November 1950. Gallup A57b.
$150

30.
[FILM-MAKERS’ COOPERATIVE].
Film-Makers’ Cooperative Catalogue No. 5.

NY: Film-Makers’ Cooperative (1971).

First edition. 4to. 357 pp w/index of film titles. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Descriptive catalogue arranged alphabetically by film maker. A great reference.
$50

31.
FINI, Leonor.
Oeuvres Récentes.

Paris: Galerie Altmann Carpentier, 1974.

First edition. 16mo. [50 pp]. Light toning to spine, else near fine in full turquoise cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Dated (26 Nov 1974) and INSCRIBED by Fini on the front free endpaper. A well-produced exhibition catalogue for this show, featuring 23 small tipped-on color plates.
$100

32.
FORSTER, E.M. with Paul Cadmus.
The New Disorder.

NY: (np), 1949.

First US edition, numbered & signed issue. 14 pp. Light fade to extrems, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. Tipped-on portrait of Forster by Cadmus, created for this edition. One of 20 numbered copies SIGNED by Forster and Cadmus. A 1941 essay. Kirkpatrick A27.
$2500

33.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Notes after an Evening with William Carlos Williams.

[NY]: Samuel Charters [1970].

First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in oblong stapled wrappers. One of 300 copies issued as Portents 17. A prose work. Morgan A18.
$35

34.
GRENNAN, Eamon.
XXII Poems.

Woodside: Occasional Works, 1988.

First edition. 29 pp. Fine in wrappers and near fine integral dust jacket with printed cover and spine labels. One of 150 numbered copies on Arches Text paper SIGNED by Grennan.
$100

35.
GROSZ, George with John Heartfield and Wieland Herzfelde.
Art is in Danger!

Willimantic: Curbstone Press (1987).

First edition. 16mo. 65 pp w/bibliography & note. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Translated from the original German by Paul Gorrell, with his introduction. Essays from 1920, 1924–5, and 1931.
$35

36.
HARRISON, Paul.
Corrugator.

Philadelphia: 48th Street Press (2013).

First edition. 56 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 125 copies. Poems by the Irish-born Harrison, who has spent almost the last two decades in Perth, Australia.
$10

37.
[HELICZER, Piero].
Piero Heliczer & The Dead Language Press: A Bibliography.

NY: Boo-Hooray (2014).

First edition. Two small wrappered volumes, a printed card, and a dvd housed in a printed envelope with a string closure. All elements fine. One of 300 copies. One volume is devoted to full-color reproductions of printed work by Heliczer, the second to the text of the bibliography. The dvd is a 1965 Walter Cronkite segment on “The Making of an Underground Film” in which Heliczer and others appear.
$50

38.
HIGGINS, Dick.
foew&ombwhnw.

NY: Something Else Press 1969.

First edition. 320 pp. Fine in full gilt-stamped leatherette covers with bound-in ribbon place marker. No dust jacket, as issued. Texts and small illustrations in four columns.
$100

39.
HIGGINS, Dick and Emmett Williams. eds.
Manifestos.

NY: Something Else Press (1966).

First edition. 31 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Brief works by John Giorno, Dick Higgins, Jerome Rothenberg, W.E.B. DuBois Clubs, Ay-O, and others. 2000 copies printed. Great Bear Pamphlet #8.
$45

40.
HORN, Roni.
Making Being Here Enough: Installations from 1980 to 1995.

Basel & Hannover: Kestner-Gesellschaft (1995).

First edition. 103 pp w/list of installations and select bibliography. Fine in glossy printed boards. No dust jaket, as issued. Illustrated with color images. Texts in German and English.
$35

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