61.
McCLURE, Michael. et al.
Festival of Poetry.
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Arts Festival ‘85, 1985.

First editions. 5 ¼ x 4 ¹ ⁄ 16 inch poemcards, printed in black on buff paper. All fine. A complete set, the respective cards SIGNED by Michael McClure, Diane di Prima, Barry Spacks, Paul Portugés, Lee Davis, David Dahl, Dennis Holt, and Abd al-Hayy Moore. For the set:
$150

62.
McPHERSON, Sandra.
Beauty in Use.
Newark: Janus Press (1997).

First edition. [34 pp]. Fine in decorated wrappers and publisher’s clamshell case. Verse alternating with beautiful and elaborate flat non-adhesive paper constructions. Design by Claire Van Vliet, executed by Audrey Holden and Lulie Larus. The boxes were made by Judi Conant and Mary Richardson. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by McPherson, Van Vliet, Holden, and Richardson.
$450

63.
MELTZER, David.
Poems.
[San Francisco: Donald and Alice Schenker, 1957].

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in side-stapled and taped wrappers. Cover art by Tina Meltzer. POEMS was issued originally together with work by Donald Schenker in a larger volume. This is one of approximately 25 copies of the Meltzer poems only, issued separately. What constitutes the first printing of Meltzer’s first book, preceded only by a small broadside included in the first issue of Wallace Berman’s SEMINA. One poem here is dedicated to the Berman family, another titled, “For Wallace Berman, Poet-Maker.” SIGNED by Meltzer.
$750

64.
MELTZER, David and Schenker, Donald .
Poems.
San Francisco: Donald & Alice Shenker [1957].

First edition. [56 pp]. Near fine in staple and tape-bound wrappers. One of 470 (of 500) copies. Meltzer’s work followed by the separately title-paged “Poetry” by Schenker. Precedes Meltzer’s first solely-authored book RAGAS by two years.
$75


64a.
__. Another copy.
First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. [58 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled and taped wrappers with original front and rear collaged covers. One of 25 numbered “special copies.” SIGNED by Donald Schenker.
$350

65.
[MERTON, Thomas]. Patnaik, Debra Prasad. ed.
Geography of Holiness: The Photography of Thomas Merton.
NY: Pilgrim Press (1980).

First edition. 4to. xi + [132] pp w/afterword, notes, & chronology. Fine in fine dust jacket. One hundred b&w photographs by Merton with texts drawn from his writings.
$75

66.
MOORE, Marianne.
Occasionem Cognosce.
[Cambridge]: Laurence Scott, (1963).

First edition. 4to. [4 pp]. Very near fine in sewn dark blue wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Designed by Eric Martin and Laurence Scott. One of 175 numbered copies printed in two colors at The Stinehour Press, as a Lowell House Separatum, in honor of Elliott and Mary Perkins. Abbott A21.
$125

66a.
__. Another copy.
Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Though not called for, SIGNED by Moore on the colophon page. This is copy #4.
$250

67.
MORIYAMA, Daido.
Record No. 9.
Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa Publishing (2008).

First edition. 4to. [48 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Black and white photographs taken in Cologne, Antwep, and Oslo with a concluding essay by Moriyama (in Japanese and English translation).
$35

68.
[NIETZSCHE, Friedrich].
Semiotext(e) 7: Nietzsche’s Return.
NY: Semiotext(e) Inc. (1978).

Volume III, No. 1. [160 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers.
$50

69.
O’HARA, Frank.
A Little Elegy for Antonio Machado.
NY: [Tibor de Nagy Gallery] [1966].

First edition. Single sheet folded once (8 inches square, closed) printed in two colors. Fine. According to the bibliography, this poem, “appears to be the last poem O’Hara wrote for publication and, perhaps, the last poem he ever completed. John Bernard Myers recalls that O’Hara wrote it especially for the Tibor de Nagy Gallery announcement.” Smith B25.
$200

70.
O’HARA, Frank.
New Spanish Painting and Sculpture.
NY: Museum of Modern Art (1960).

First edition. Small 4to. 53 pp w/selective bibliography. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers that are light rubbed. Four page introduction by O’Hara. Smith A6.
$35

71.
PATCHEN, Kenneth.
The Dark Kingdom.
NY: Harris & Givens (1942).

First edition. 117 pp. Near fine in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with wear to crown of spine and light overall edgewear. Design and typography by Patchen. One of 775 copies on Arak paper. INSCRIBED by Patchen to Xenia and John Cage on the front free endpaper, “for John & Xenia / in friendship / & admiration / Kenneth Patchen / July 1942.” Patchen and Cage collaborated on the radio work THE CITY WEARS A SLOUCH HAT in 1942. Cage was a fan of Patchen’s ALBION MOONLIGHT, and wanted to work with him. Additionally, the Cages stayed with the Patchens that same year, in their Greenwich Village apartment.
$1500

72.
PATCHEN, Kenneth.
To Say If You Love Someone.
Prairie City: Decker Press (1948).

First edition. 12mo. [42 pp]. Near fine decorated yellow cloth binding in an undescribed, near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. The first state jacket Morgan describes as “pink and purple.. with red and blue lettering,” making no mention of the “gift edition” statement on the front flap as on this copy, or the silver printing on the front panel. Since publication of the bibliography, many combinations of book and jacket have surfaced, leaving this bibliographically ambiguous. A uncommon variant of a less-common Patchen title. See Morgan A17a.
$850

73.
PINTER, Harold.
Monologue.
London: Covent Garden Press (1973).

First edition. [22 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Produced by BBC television in April, 1973 and played by Henry Woolf, who “launched Pinter on his career by persuading him to write THE ROOM for performance at the Drama Department of Bristol University.”
$25

74.
[PITTS, J. Martin]. McDowall, Nicholas. ed.
Painting the Clouds. J. Martin Pitts (1939–2002): a book of his images with a transcript of his last journal.
Llandogo: Old Stile Press (2002).

First edition. [84 pp]. Fine in full orange cloth with gold stamping to spine and front cover. Fine printed paper vellum dust jacket. Introduction by Chris Newett. Pitts’ linocuts, printed in several colors, paired with texts. One of 150 numbered copies on Somerset Book paper SIGNED by Newitt and McDowall.
$75

75.
PLUMMER, John.
The World’s Two Greatest Bridges.
San Francisco & Los Angeles: Personal Stationery Company (1936).

First edition. 4to. 32 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Illustrated with fifteen b&w photographs of both bridges during construction.
$35

76.
POUND, Omar S.
Kano.
Birmingham: Migrant Press (1971).

First edition. Folding card (6 ¼ x 8 ½ inches, closed). Near fine. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Pound. A single long poem printed on the interior.
$20

77.
[PYNCHON, Thomas]. Anderson, Paul Thomas.
Inherent Vice.
Burbank: Warner Bros. Pictures INC., 2013.

First edition. 8vo. 127 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Anderson’s screenplay based on Thomas Pynchon’s novel. This edition was produced for members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.
$125

78.
RAWORTH, Tom.
Writing.
Berkeley: The Figures (1982).

First edition. Horizontal 8vo. [40 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 474 (of 500) copies. Dated (Apr. 1. 82) and warmly INSCRIBED by Raworth on the title page to a fellow poet.
$125

79.
RICHTER, Gerhard.
Volker Bradke.
Köln: DuMont (2010).

First edition. 102 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Essay by Hubertus Butin. Texts in both German and English translation. Illustrated. A dvd of Richter’s 1966 film mounted inside the front cover, as issued. His only work in the medium.
$40

80.
RIMBAUD, Arthur.
Some Poems of Rimbaud.
NY: Exiles’ Press (1939).

First edition. 48 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Poems translated from the original French by Lionel Abel. Ten “early poems” and ten “Illuminations.”Abel thanks the Federal Writers Project “for making possible the completion of this work.”
$75

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