21.
DODGE, Jim.
Piss-Fir Willie: A Suite of Voices in Praise of the Northcoast Vernacular.
[Berkeley]: Tangram (1998).

First edition. [24 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Fifteen poems by Dodge, with his introduction. One of 200 copies. An uncommon title from Tangram.
$75

22.
DORN, Edward.
From Gloucester Out.
London: Matrix Press (1964).

First edition. [12 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 350 copies designed and printed by Tom Raworth. Frontis illustration by Barry Hall.
$50

23.
DORN, Edward.
The Newly Fallen.
NY: Totem (1961).

First edition. 31 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers with light sunning to spine. Cover drawing by Fielding Dawson. INSCRIBED by Dorn, “For R.B. Kitaj / w/many thanks / and the very best wishes / Ed / Colchster, Jan / 67.”
$125

24.
DUNCAN, Robert.
Fragments of a Disorderd Devotion.
San Francisco & Toronto: Gnomon (1966).

First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. An earlier bookseller identified this cover in pencil as “Trial cover.” Duncan has drawn a long arrow to this note, and added, “not a trial cover. But evidently Victor Coleman thought the cover I had designed was poor or trap or old tired horse and—to honor me more the book—he designed the cover that appears on this copy. The author blew his stack when he saw the advance airmailed copy and had the cover withdrawn and had his original design replaced RD.”
$350

25.
DUNCAN, Robert and Jess.
Names of People.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 37 pp w/index. Fine in gilt-decorated paper-covered boards with leather spine. Fine acetate dust jacket. Poems by Duncan, illustrated with drawings by Jess. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Duncan and Jess.
$200

26.
[ERNST, Max]. Friedrich, Caspar David.
Seelandschaft mit Kapuziner / Paysage marin avec un Capucin.
Zürich: Hans Bolliger, 1972.

First edition. Folio. 30 pp. Fine in wrappers with near fine unprinted tissue dust jacket. One of 500 numbered copies. Features an original gray-toned lithograph by Ernst as a frontispiece, and six illustrations through the text.
$250

27.
EVANS, Henry. ed.
Poems & Pictures 1 & 2.
San Francisco: Porpoise Bookshop, 1954.

First editions. 15 + [12 pp]. Two volumes, both near fine in stapled wrappers. The first two issues of this little magazine which in subsequent numbers became a series of monographs. Jack Curtis, Jess Collins, Robert Duncan, James Boyer May, and others contribute. For the pair:
$45

28.
EVERTON, Macduff.
That’s Not Entirely True: An Album of Fotoverigraphs.
Summerland: Texcacalcupul Press, 1985.

First edition. Horizontal 4to. [52 pp]. Fine in full blue cloth with gilt stamping. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Everton. Paired photographs with captions reproduced from holograph, making a statement about the image, and then immediately revising the statement beneath the next image. Uncommon in cloth.
$125

29.
FLIPPER.
Flipper, Black Atheletes, Rhythm Riot.
Berkeley: Ruthie’s Inn [1983].

8 ½ x 11 inch flyer, printed in black on yellow paper. Fine. Flipper’s groundbreaking debut LP was then newly-released. Totally punk, but with sludgy heavy Sabbathness. Ruthie’s Inn is now the second incarnation of Black Oak Books.
$50

30.
GALLAGHER, Tess.
Portable Kisses.
Seattle: Sea Pen Press & Paper Mill (1978).

First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies on handmade paper SIGNED by Gallagher. A collection of eight poems.
$150

31.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Song & Sunflower Sutra.
Vergona: Editiones Dominicae (1969).

First edition. Small 4to. 31 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped leather spine. Very near fine unprinted clear plastic dust jacket and fine publisher’s slipcase. One of 69 numbered copies. Original poems in English followed by Fernanda Pivano’s Italian translations. From the collection of bookseller Burton Weiss, with his neat inked name and date to the front free endpaper. Morgan A17.
$750

32.
GODFREY, John.
3 Poems.
NY: Bouwerie Editions (1974).

First edition, poet’s issue. [16 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies in the author’s issue, SIGNED by Godfrey. Printed in Holland on ven Gelder Oud Hollands paper. Collects “Radiant Dog,” “Love Knife,” and “Gray Blazing Pit.”
$200

33.
GUEST, Barbara and June Felter.
Musicality.
Kelsey St. Press (1988).

First edition. [48 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Guest and Felter, with the cover art hand-watercolored by Feltner.
$125

34.
HAMADY, Walter.
One Day to Sintra & Back.
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1970.

First edition. [12 pp]. Light bump to one lower corner, else very near fine in sewn wrappers and printed dust jacket. One of 100 copies on Shadwell paper SIGNED by Hamady. Hamady 38.
$125

35.
HAMADY, Walter.
Seeds & Chairs: Poems.
[Mt. Horeb]: Perishable Press (1979).

First edition. [42 pp]. Fine in wrappers and near fine printed dust jacket that has a small pale spot on both the front and rear covers. One of 200 copies. Poems by Hamady, drawings by Jack Beal. Hamady 92.
$100

36.
HAMADY, Walter.
These Chairs.
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1971.

First edition. [28 p]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 98 copies dated (1971) and SIGNED by Hamady. Poem with a drawing by Jack Beale. Hamady 44.
$150

37.
HEANEY, Seamus with Dennis O’Driscoll.
Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney.
London: Faber & Faber (2008).

First edition. xxx + 524 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Heaney and O’Driscoll on the title page.
$300

38.
HELICZER, Piero.
a purchase in the white botanica: The Collected Poetry of Piero Heliczer.
NY: Granary Books, 2001.

First edition. 150 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edited by Gerard Malanga and Anselm Hollo. SIGNED by Hollo opposite the title page.
$25

39.
[HITCHCOCK, Alfred]. Durgnat, Raymond.
The Strange Case of Alfred Hitchcock or The Plain Man’s Hitchcock.
Cambridge: MIT Press (1974).

First edition. 419 pp w/index. Very near fine in like dust jacket.
$35

40.
JESS.
Critical Dreams.
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1986.

First edition. 4to. [24 pp]. Fine in Fiji Unryu paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Eight of Jess’ “critical dreams” with his frontis illustration. One of 120 copies on Basingwerk Parchment paper SIGNED by Jess. Additionally inscribed by Jess to R.B. Kitaj and his wife Sandra, “Dearest Sholto + Sand – / always with loving thoughts of you. / –don’t be too hard on these old / dreams dresst up so daintily / new – / Love / Jess.”
$350

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