41.
HOUÉDARD, Dom Sylvester.
L’Amour-Nowel.
[Woodchester]: Openings Press, 1972.

First edition. 6 ¼ x 3 ¹¹ ⁄ 16 inch card, printed in orange on white stock. Fine.
$45

42.
HOUÉDARD, Dom Sylvester.
Vienna Circles.
Toronto: [Curvd H&Z] (1992).

Second edition. Horizontal 64mo. [12 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 118 copies. Originally published by d.a. levy in 1965 as Polluted Lake Series #8.
$25

43.
HOUÉDARD, Dom Sylvester.
ICA Bulletin 135: May 1964.
London: ICA 1964.

[12 pp]. Very good plus in stapled wrappers. The rear cover devoted to DSH’s work, “020663.” On page three there is announced “An evening of concrete, audiovisual and other poetry” featuring DSH, Henri Chopin, and other “surpise names.” Here INSCRIBED by Houedard, “For George / with all luv.”
$45

44.
JENKINS, Philip.
The Fantasy Childhood Reset.
Cardiff: Second Aeon Press, 1971.

First edition. 20 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Jenkins’ second collection, largely concrete poems.
$20

45.
KAVANAGH, Ted and Anna Blume.
Ich Du.
Brighton: Paradise Press [1970].

First edition. [38 pp]. Bump to upper corner, else near fine in boards with integral printed dust jacket that has one short closed tear to the rear panel. Text, in German, by Kavanagh, designed and printed by Blume and Kavanagh. One of ten numbered copies SIGNED by Blume and Kavanagh. Wonderfully-printed using display types and block prints.
$350

46.
KEMPTON, Ruth and Karl.
Fire + Water Balance the Book.
Kenosha: Light and Dust Books/Membrane Press (1990).

First edition. 4to. [20 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with some soiling to the rear panel. Warmly INSCRIBED by Karl Kempton on the title page. Sketches by Ruth, transformed into typoglifs by Karl.
$35

47.
KOSTELANETZ, Richard.
Illuminations.
Woodinville & NY: Laughing Bear/Future Press, 1977.

First edition. [48 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Visual poems, followed by a two page essay on the subject. Laughing Bear #5.
$20

48.
KOSTELANETZ, Richard.
More Wordworks.
Jersey City: Talisman (2006).

First edition. [132 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers.
$17.50

49.
LAX, Robert.
Fables.
NY: Journeyman Press, 1970.

First edition. Square 8vo. [32 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Drawings by Emil Antonucci.
$75

50.
LAX, Robert.
Spring Song.
Exeter: Kontexts Publications, 1974.

First edition. Single stiff printed sheet folded once. Wear along folded edge, light scattered foxing; in all, very good plus. Lax’s poem printed in three colors across the two internal panels.
$45

51.
levy, d.a.
The Tibetan Stroboscope.
Cleveland: Ayizan Press (1968).

First edition. [28 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with a bit of wear to the fore-edge and some light toning. Concrete poetry by levy, printed on newsprint. “... an experiment in DESTRUCTIVE WRITING ‘other’ communications and ‘Concrete’ prose.” — from the back cover. Horvath & Taylor P-167.
$200

52.
MANCINI, Donato.
Aethel.
Vancouver: New Star Books, 2007.

First edition. [96 pp w/index]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Mancini on the title page.
$20

53.
McCARTHY, Cavan.
Soundstruct.
West Toronto: Ganglia (nd).

First edition. 32mo. Single small sheet folded once. Fine. #16 in the “Ganglia Five Cent Miniature Mimeographed Material” series.
$10

54.
MORGAN, Edwin.
Nuspeak 8: Being A Visual Poem by Edwin Morgan.
Glasgow: Scottish Art Council (1973).

First edition. Four 4to sheets, each printed in two colors, laid into a printed folder. Contents fine, folder near fine. ! ? , . each the focus of a poem on the sheets, and corresponding texts on the verso of the folder.
$50

55.
MORIN, Gustave.
Clean Sails: Typewriter Poems from the Sun Parlour of Canada.
Vancouver: New Star Books (2015).

First edition. [162 pp w/notes]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. A generous offering of typewriter poems.
$15

56.
Nichol, bp.
Calendar.
[Toronto: Michael Ondaatje, c. 1970].

First Canadian edition. 14 x 11 ¹ ⁄ 8 inch broadside. Fine. Originally published by Openings Press in England in 1966, and here issued as “Rhinoceros 3.”
$45

57.
Nichol, bp.
8 Lines on/of/as H’s + 2 Alpha pairings.
[Toronto]: Letters (1986).

First edition. 16mo. [12 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 100 copies, this one numbered “81/96.” 2 Bit Poetry No. 9.
$35

58.
Nichol, bp.
Transformational Unit.
(np): Eleanor & bp Nichol (1983).

First edition. Small stiff printed folder enclosing nine printed cards. One of 350 copies issued as a Christmas gift for “friends and family.” This copy SIGNED by both bp and Eleanor Nichol and inscribed to Warren [Tallman] who has penciled his name to the front cover.
$55

59.
PARFITT, Will.
Midnight on the Diamond Air: Poems.
Cardiff: Seond Aeon (1970).

First edition. [12 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. “A first collection of experimental poetry.”
$25

60.
PHILLIPS, Michael Joseph.
Four Poster Poems.
Bloomington: 1,000,001 Flowers Publishing Corporation (1968).

First edition. Four 18 x 11 inch posters, housed in a large printed envelope. Small bit of offetting to top edge of one sheet, else all are fine. Envelope is very good plus, with a small spot to the rear cover. Shaped poems about female beauty.
$100

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