21.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton. ed.
Poor Old Tired Horse 15.
Ardgay: Wild Hawthorn Press (nd).

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Contributions by Margot Sandeman, George Mackay Brown, Eli Siegel, Edwin Morgan, Finlay, Hamish MacLaren, Theodore Enslin, Libby Houston, and R.L. Cook. Illustrations throughout by Sandeman. Murray 2.15.
$40

22.
[FLUXUS]. Maciunas, George. ed.
FLUXUS Vacuum TRapEzoid No. 5 March.
NY: Fluxus, 1965.

First edition. Single large sheet (22 x 17 inches, closed), with two old additional folds, else near fine with the word “Fluxus” inked in red in the upper corner of the front panel. Edited and designed by Maciunas, with a full-page contribution by George Brecht. Fully-illustrated with found cuts and bold display type. One page devoted to the Fluxfest (Yoko Ono headlines), another to a catalogue of Fluxus items for sale.
$750

23.
[FLUXUS]. Maciunas, George. ed.
Fluxus Vaseline sTREet No. 8.
NY: Fluxus, 1966.

First edition. Single large sheet folded folded once (22 x 17 inches, closed) and then twice again. Near fine. A full-page advertisement for a High-Red-Center event, another for Wolf Vostell’s “Yellow Pages or an Action Page,” and a Fluxshop mail order ad detailing and picturing many items available for purchase.
$650

24.
GUTMAN, Walter.
The Gutman Letter.
NY: Something Else Press (1969).

First edition. 4to. xi + 142 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introduction by Michael Benedikt. Full jacket flap text by Emmett Williams. Gutman’s original stock-market tip sheets, unique in his using the forum to write about film, art, literature, women, and much else. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
$25

25.
HOMPSON, Davi Det. [pseud. for David E. Thompson].
Sure, sure.
(np): (np) (1991).

First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch printed card. Very near fine. Dated (1991) and SIGNED by Hompson in pencil on the verso. The text, printed in white on a black background, “Sure, sure. Davi Det Hompson, I know about you. You used to do Fluxus stuff and artists’ books. I’ve read some of your pamphlets. Are you still making throw-away art?”
$75

26.
HORN, Roni.
Making Being Here Enough: Installations from 1980 to 1995.
Hannover: Kestener-Gesellschaft (1995).

First edition. 103 pp w/selected bibliography. Fine in printed boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Twenty-five color images. Text in English and German.
$45

27.
HUGHES, Ted.
Eat Crow.
London: Rainbow Press, 1971.

First edition. 8vo. 21 pp. Spine lettering a little dull, else very near fine in full black leather and fine publisher’s slipcase. One of 150 numbered copies on Italian hand-made paper SIGNED by Hughes. A dramatic work, with an illustration by Leonard Baskin. Sagar & Tabor A31.
$450

28.
[JARRY, Alfred]. Lennon, Nigey and Bill Griffith.
Alfred Jarry: The Man with the Axe.
Los Angeles: Panjandrum Books (1984).

First edition. xii + 128 pp w/index. Very near fine in full cloth with pasted-on spine and cover labels. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 250 (of 300) hardcover copies. Illustrated throughout by the creator of Zippy the Pinhead, Bill Griffith. SIGNED by Griffith on the title page.
$75

29.
KASPER, Michael.
The Shapes and Spacing of the Letters: Verbo-Visual Non-Fiction.
Hollywood: Highmoonoon, 2004.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. Small 4to. 106 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers and fine publisher’s slipcase. Originally published in an edition of 200 copies, this is one of 22 (of 44) numbered copies SIGNED by Kasper and issued by The London Institute of ‘Pataphysics as the sixth issue of Opuscules of the LIP.
$200

30.
KINNELL, Galway.
Oatmeal: A Poem.
Concord: William B. Ewart, 2000.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 8 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. A single poem by Kinnell with reproductions of original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. One of 15 numbered copies on Domestic Etching paper SIGNED by Kinnell. These fifteen copies were reserved for the publisher.
$250

31.
LEVERTOV, Denise.
River.
[Port Townsend]: Copper Canyon Press [1997].

First edition. 11 ¼ x 8 ¼ inch broadside, printed in two colors on Arches paper. Fine. One of 200 copies produced for the publisher.
$55

32.
MAYER, Bernadette.
from MIDWINTER DAY.
[NY]: New Directions (1982).

First edition. Folding card (7 x 5 inches, closed). Bend to one lower corner, else near fine. An excerpt from Mayer’s work, issued as a holiday greeting by the Press.
$25

33.
McCAFFERY, Steve.
Seven Page Missing Volumes 1 & 2.
Toronto: Coach House (2000 +2002).

First editions. 461 + 381 pp. Two volumes, both very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Two illustrated postcards accompany the first volume, as issued. For the pair:
$50

34.
McFADDEN, David.
The Great Canadian Sonnet.
Toronto: Coach House (1974).

First edition. 32mo. 384 pp. Fine in illustrated boards; no dust jacket, as issued. McFadden’s text illustrated by Greg Curnoe. Wonderfully designed in “Big Little Book” format.
$75

35.
MILLER, Henry.
Insomnia or The Devil at Large.
NY: Gemini Smith/Doubleday (1974).

Third edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. Small 4to. [72 pp]. Fine in full black leather stamped in gilt on the spine and front panel. Near fine publisher’s cloth-covered slipcase that is lightly sunned at the opening. One of 100 (of 150) copies with an original lithograph numbered and SIGNED and dated by Miller. Shifreen & Jackson A175j.
$750

36.
MILLS, Stuart.
The Poems of Stuart Mills.
[Clonmel]: Coracle, 2008.

First edition. 141 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. “This is one of a few uneditioned digital printings of the publisher’s office copy, for the continuity, familiarity, and the acquaintance of friends and readers.” A collection of almost all the poems and occasional works by Mills, with a concluding statement by Simon Cutts.
$30

37.
MILOSZ, Czeslaw.
A Portrait with a Cat.
Tucson: Chax Press, 1987.

First edition. 12 ¾ x 20 inch broadside, printed in three colors. Very near fine. Milosz’s poem paired with a drawing by Cynthia Miller. One of 100 copies SIGNED by Milosz.
$125

38.
MILOSZ, Czeslaw.
Swiat / The World.
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1989.

First edition. Tall 4to. 57 pp. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Twenty of Milosz’s original poems in Polish, with his own facing English translations. Introduction by Helen Vendler. Dry-point engraving by Jim Dine, a portrait of Milosz, bound-in. One of 275 copies SIGNED by Milosz and Dine.
$400

39.
[MYERS, Michael]. illus.
Pleistocene.
San Francisco: Pleistocene (1973).

First edition. 4to. Single large sheet folded into fourths as issued. Fine. Cover linocut illustration by Myers, featuring twin spark plugs entwined with ribbon arching over a seated male figure. Contributions by Gary Snyder (“Living on the Continent Called Turtle Island”), Bob Callahan, Clifford Burke, Jaime de Angulo and others. Designed and printed at Cranium Press.
$45

40.
O’HARA, Frank.
The Collected Poems of Frank O’Hara.
NY: Knopf, 1971.

First edition. xxix + 586 pp w/notes and index of titles & first lines. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited by Donald Allen with an introduction by John Ashbery. First issue binding, first issue dust jacket. This dust jacket was deemed unsuitable by members of O’Hara’s family, and quickly replaced with a completely different, and very dull, typographic design. Regarding this earlier binding, Alexander Smith in his bibliography notes, “In addition to having the dust jacket designed by Larry Rivers, these copies are printed in gold on the front and back covers; subsequently, the covers were stamped blind.” The copies described are those shipped to reviewers and the first shipments on advance orders. Smith A15.
$750

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