21.
COCTEAU, Jean.
The Infernal Machine and Other Plays.
NY: New Directions (1963).

First edition. 409 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Collects THE INFERNAL MACHINE, ORPHEUS, THE EIFFEL TOWER WEDDING PARTY, THE KINGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, BACCHUS, and The Speaker’s Text of OEDIPUS REX. Fitts, Auden, and cummings are three of the translators. Review slip accompanies.
$50

22.
CORMAN, Cid.
STANCES & distances.
Ashland: Origin Press, 1957.

First edition. [32 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Cover design by Edwina Curtis. Twelve poems.
$100

22a.
__. Same title.
First leaf rumpled, else near fine in printed wrappers.
$45

23.
[CORNELL, Joseph]. Starr, Sandra Leonard. ed.
Joseph Cornell Portfolio
NY + Los Angeles: Leo Castelli Gallery/Richard L. Feigen/James Corcoran Gallery (1976).

First edition. A variety of cards, chapbooks, and loose leaves housed in publisher’s pocketed and cloth-tied portfolio. All elements fine. Contributions by Donald Barthelme, Bill Copley, Tony Curtis, Howard Hussey, Alelgra Kent, Julien Levy, Jonas Mekas, Robert Motherwell, Hans Namuth, and editor Starr. The exhibition catalogue proper is made up of 42 stiff cards, each featuring a b&w reproduction of a single work by Cornell.
$125

24.
[CORSO, Gregory]. Andre, Michael. ed.
Unmuzzled Ox. Volume 2, Numbers 1 & 2.
NY: Unmuzzled Ox (1973).

First trade edition. [126 pp]. Spine lightly sunned, else near fine in printed wrappers. In addition to a significant selection of poems and drawings by Corso, there is work also by Layton, Micheline, levy, Sorrentino, Snyder, Major, Edson, and many others. SIGNED by Corso on the front cover.
$45

25.
CREELEY, Robert.
One morning you.
[San Francisco: Zephyrus Image (nd)].

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. A short prose work by Creeley, with two illustrations, one in three colors.
$45

26.
[CUALA PRESS].
Pressmarks and Devices Used at the Dun Emer Press and the Cuala Press.
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1977.

First edition. [36 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 750 copies. Liam Miller introduces this beautiful collection, printed in two colors.
$45

27.
[DE KOONING, Willem De].
Willem De Kooning: A Centennial Exhibition.
NY: Gagosian (2004).

First edition. 4to. 135 pp w/selected bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket. A selection of full-color reproductions and b&w photographs, along with five interviews.
$150

28.
[DEVO]. King, Mary and Bob Lewis.
A Cycle of Poems.
Kent: Vixcerally (1977).

First edition. [16 pp]. Toning to covers and extrems, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Introduction by Tom Beckett, suite of drawings by Frank Fecko. Early appearance by Devo founding member Lewis, who studied poetry with Ed Dorn and Eric Mottram.
$125

29.
DORBIN, Sandy.
The Ruby Woods.
San Francisco: White Rabbit, 1971.

First edition. [34 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Cover illustration by Chuck Miller. One of 480 copies. Sixteen poems. Johnston A57.
$25

29a.
__. Same title.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [34 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with pasted-on cover illustration (by Chuck Miller). One of 26 numbered copies SIGNED by Dorbin.
$125

30.
DORN, Edward.
By the Sound.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991.

First edition, publisher’s copy. 224 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Originally published in 1971, Dorn here adds a new preface. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Dorn.
$250

31.
DORN, Edward.
Idaho Out.
London: Fulcrum (1965).

First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. A single long poem, with Dorn’s preface. Cover art by Fielding Dawson. One of 224 (of 250) numbered copies.
$50

31a.
__. Same title.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Dorn.
$150

32.
DUNCAN, Robert.
Epilogos.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow (1967).

First edition. 10 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Duncan with an original drawing. This is copy #1. Bertholf A25a, Morrow & Cooney 11a.
$250

33.
DUNCAN, Robert.
Fictive Certainties: Essays.
NY: New Directions (1985).

First edition. 234 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
$45

34.
DUNCAN, Robert.
Roots and Branches: Poems.
NY: Scribner’s (1964).

First edition. 176 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. A much nicer copy than usually encountered. Bertholf A14a.
$100

35.
EHRLICH, Susan. ed.
Pacific Dreams: Currents of Surrealism and Fantasy in California Art, 1934–1957.
Los Angeles: Armand Hammer Museum/UCLA (1995).

First edition. 4to. 205 pp w/index of artists. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Essays by Ehrlich, Terence Pitts, and Lucy Fischer.
$40

36.
EIGNER, Larry.
What You Hear.
London: Edible Magazine, 1972.

First edition. [38 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover and one internal illustration by Dick Miller. One of 220 copies. Text printed letterpress in four colors.
$35

37.
EISENSTEIN, Sergei.
Nonindifferent Nature.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1987).

First edition. xxv + 428 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated by Herbert Marshall. First appearance of this complete work in English translation.
$150

38.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
First Suprematist Standing Poem.
[Dunsyre]: Wild Hawthorn Press [1965].

First edition. Folding card (9 x 3 ¾ inches, closed), printed in two colors by the Salamander Press. Fine. Original mailing envelope accompanies. Murray 4.5.
$350

39.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
6 Small Songs In 3’s.
[Dunsyre]: Wild Hawthorn Press (1966).

First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. Cover and internal linocuts by Zeljko Kujundzic. Original mailing envelope accompanies. Murray 3.18.
$450

40.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton with Margot Sandeman.
Fishing News News.
[Dunsyre]: Wild Hawthorn Press (1970).

First edition. Single long accordion-folded sheet (2 ⁷ ⁄ 8 x 4 inches, closed). Texts by Finlay with drawings by Margot Sandeman, beautifully printed in many colors at the Salamander Press. One of 375 numbered copies SIGNED by Finlay. Original mailing envelope present. Murray 3.35.
$200

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