61.
McCLURE, Michael.
Dream Table.
San Francisco: Dave Haselwood, 1965.

First edition. Set of thirty 3 ½ x 2 ½ inch cards, including a title and colophon card. Fine. Each card is printed on the recto with a cut of a lion head and a tree, along with four corner bullets in blue and two black dots. On the verso of each is printed two words, one at top and one at bottom. Designed to be flipped and mixed. Haselwood 5.
$150

62.
McCLURE, Michael.
For Artaud.
NY: Totem (1959).

First edition. [12 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. An eight part poem beginning, “The nets are real - heroin ( sniffed ) clears them. Peyote ( 5 buttons ) dispels them forever perhaps.”
$35

62a.
__. Another copy.
First edition. [12 pp]. Pages toned, else very good plus in stapled wrappers with a few light spots to covers. INSCRIBED by McClure on the title page to Douglas Blazek, “For Douglas, this / long time old book / like all years past / via Amiri Baraka. / Michael.”
$100

63.
MERRILL, James.
The Inner Room: Poems.
NY: Knopf, 1988.

First edition. 95 pp. Near fine in very near fine dust jacket. Dated (1988) SIGNED by Merrill on the title page and additionally INSCRIBED by Merrill, on behalf of his close friend Irma Brandeis, “For Elizabeth from Irma / at Christmas (early) and / with fondest wishes from the / author.”
$250

64.
METCALF, Paul with Fielding Dawson and Michael Rumaker.
3 X 3.
Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press (1989).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 69 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Metcalf, Rumaker, and Dawson. Three prose works.
$50

65.
MYLES, Eileen.
Maxfield Parrish: Early & New Poems.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1995.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 229 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Myles. New work together with all of SAPPHO’S BOAT, and selections from A FRESH YOUNG VOICE FROM THE PLAINS and THE IRONY OF THE LEASH.
$100

65a.
__. Another copy.
First edition, publisher’s copy. 229 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Myles. Laid into this copy are two reading tour announcements.
$150

66.
MYLES, Eileen.
School of Fish.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1997.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 193 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Myles. This is copy #1.
$75

66a.
__. Another copy.
First edition. 193 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 trade hardcover copies.
$35

66b.
__. Another copy.
First edition, publisher’s copy. 193 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Myles.
$200

67.
MYLES, Eileen.
Skies: Poems.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2001.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 213 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 20 lettered copies SIGNED by Myles. Poems framed by “Sky’s the Limit,” the text of a panel discussion held at the Schoolhouse Center in Provincetown, MA in 1999.
$125

67a.
__. Another copy.
First edition, publisher’s copy. 213 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Myles. Laid into this copy is a hand-colored invitation to the publication party, and a short holograph letter from Myles to John Martin thanking him for publishing her work.
$200

68.
NUTTALL, Jeff.
Songs Sacred and Secular.
(np): (np) (nd).

First edition. 40 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers . Errata slip pasted to the verso of the last leaf. Poems, some of which appeared previously in Ambit, the Transatlantic Review, My Own Mag, and Writers’ Forum Poets.
$25

69.
O’BRIEN, Flann.
Stories and Plays.
NY: Viking (1976).

First US edition. 208 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with a crease to the rear flap. Claud Cockburn introduces this collection which includes Slattery’s Sago Saga, The Martyr’s Crown, John Duffy’s Brother, Thirst, Faustus Kelly, and O’Brien’s celebrated essay on Joyce, “A Bash in the Tunnel.”
$45

70.
[OLSON, Charles]. Sinclair, Iain.
On the Back of the Elephant: Riding with Charles Olson.
Binley Woods: Beat Scene Press (2015).

First edition. [34 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Sinclair. First separate appearance of this essay that was original collected in CONTEMPORARY OLSON (Manchester University Press) earlier in the year.
$35

71.
OSSMAN, David.
The Rainbow Café: Hollywood 1967.
[Isla Vista]: Turkey Press, 1982.

First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn printed wrappers and National Plastics sleeve. One of 300 copies designed and printed by Sandra and Harry Reese. Nine poems.
$25

72.
[OULIPO]. Mathews, Harry and Alastair Brotchie. eds
Oulipo Compendium.
London: Atlas Press, 1998.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 336 pp. Tiny erasure to first leaf, else fine in wrappers with integral printed dust jacket. Near fine publisher’s decorated slipcase that is lightly rubbed. Additional sections devoted to Oulipopo and Oupeinpo. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Mathews and twenty-five other members. Atlas Arkhive Six.
$350

73.
PHILLIPS, Tom.
The Heart of a Humument.
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjorg Mayer (1985).

First edition. 32mo. [146 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Full color reproductions. “As the title suggests the literal ‘heart’ of the novel, a core of the central rectangles of Mallock’s pages, has been worked on here.” — from the jacket text. SIGNED by Phillips on the half-title page.
$75

74.
PICKARD, Tom.
The Order of Chance.
London: Fulcrum (1971).

First edition. [64 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Pickard’s second full collection of poems.
$25

74a.
__. Another copy.
First trade paperback printing. [64 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers.
$15

74b.
__. Another copy.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [64 pp]. Fine in full cloth and near fine clear acetate dust jacket with a short tear to crown. One of 75 numbered copies on antique laid paper SIGNED by Pickard.
$55

75.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Dash, Tony. ed.
Anthology of Little Magazine Poets.
Bootle: Asylum [c. 1968].

First edition. 107 pp. Very near fine in side-stapled and taped wrappers. Twenty-seven poets collected, each of whom is associated with a particular UK little magazine (generally as editor). Work by Wyatt, Torrance, Cunliffe, Dowden, Burns, Morgan, and more.
$25

76.
[PUNK ROCK]. Perry, Mark. et al.
Sniffin’ Glue... #10.
London: Sniffin’s Glue, 1977.

June. 4to. 14 pp. Small price sticker on front cover, light foxing along bottom edge of rear cover. In all, near fine in illustrated wrappers, stapled upper left. Television, Chelsea, review of The Clash, Buzzcocks, Subway Sect at the Rainbow, John Cale, Johnny Moped, record reviews, and more. Illustrated with photographs.
$150

77.
RAWORTH, Tom.
Four Door Guide.
Cambridge: Street Editions, 1979.

First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and fine dust jacket. Pasted-on cover element, “An Orange” by Gerhardus Mercator. One of 500 copies. Poems, with a printed dedication to Dale Herd.
$35

78.
RIVERA, Marina.
Mestiza: Poems.
[Tucson]: Grilled Flowers (1977).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [28 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 25 numbered copies SIGNED by Rivera. Her first book, a collection of twelve poems. Grilled Flowers Special Issue Series Number Two.
$55

79.
[RUBBER STAMP BOOK]. Sesar, Carl.
Hey.
Middletown: One Shot Press (1972).

First edition. [198 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by Sesar. Text printed entirely by rubber stamps on the recto of each leaf.
$50

80.
[RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS]. Avrich, Paul. ed.
The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press (1973).

First US edition. 179 pp w/bibliographic note, chronology, & index. Near fine in very near fine dust jacket. A volume in the “Documents of Revolution” series. Forty-four illustrations. Selections from a wide range of primary source materials.
$25

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