61.
MARLEY, Brian and Asa Benveniste.
Dense Lens.
London: Trigram Press, 1975.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [52 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and very near fine unprinted semi-opaque paper vellum dust jacket. Near fine publisher’s slipcase, numbered to match the book. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Marley and Benveniste. Ten poems by each.
$50

62.
MASSON, André.
Mythologies.
Paris: Éditions De La Revue Fontaine (1946).

First edition. Folio. [96 pp]. Wrappers lightly toned along edges, else near fine in printed wrappers. One of 550 (of 850) numbered copies on Rives. Profusely illustrated with Masson’s artwork.
$250

63.
MAYER, Bernadette.
Studying Hunger.
NY & Bolinas: Adventures in Poetry/Big Sky (1975).

First edition. 71 pp. One upper corner creased, else near fine in illustrated wrappers with a touch of foxing to page edges. Cover photograph of Mayer by Ed Bowes. One of 974 copies.
$75

64.
MEREDITH, William.
The Bottle Imp.
New London: William Meredith (nd).

First edition. 4to. 28 pp. Small chip to corner of first leaf, else fine, stapled upper-left. Dated (Westport, Conn. / 1957 ) and initialled by Meredith, “W.M.” Additionally, Meredith’s inked name and address stamp appears on the front cover, with the holograph edition above, “Property of” and below “copy 8” [of 30]. Finally, Matthews has SIGNED the last leaf. A scarce one act play by the poet.
$450

65.
MEYERS, Richard aka “Richard Hell.”
Fun: A Folder of Four Poems.
NY: Genesis : Grasp Press (1970).

First edition. Four 12 x 9 inch sheets, housed in a printed folder. Internal contents very near fine, folder very good plus with a number of small stains on the front panel. One of 275 (of 300) numbered copies. An uncommon item from Meyers’ press.
$350

66.
MITCHELL, Joseph.
Joe Gould’s Secret.
NY: Viking (1965).

First edition. 181 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. A fresh bright copy of Mitchell’s years long consideration of this Greenwich Village bohemian and his “Oral History of Our Time.”
$250

67.
MYLES, Eileen.
Triangles of Power.
[Berkeley]: Moe’s Books (1993).

First edition. 1 ¾ and 6 ½ x 11 inch broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. Printed by the Poltroon Press. A gift from Moe’s on the occasion of the New Year.
$25

68.
NUTTALL, Jeff. et al. writing as “Christian Parsley.”
The Eight Fifteen Murders ... a novel.
Norwich: Wild Pigeon Press [c. 1968].

First edition. [32 pp]. Light toning to extrems with a small spot on the rear cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. A collaborative work by Nuttall with Tim Sillence and Diz Willis. A mimeo masterpiece which Nuttall described as “Miss Marple meets William Burroughs.”
$125

69.
O’HARA, Frank.
In Memory of My Feelings.
NY: Museum of Modern Art (1967).

First edition. 4to. Fine in full cloth and publisher’s slipcase with printed cover label. One of 2500 numbered copies. Edited by Bill Berkson, with his afterword. Still in original shrink-wrap. Smith A13.
$450

70.
[O’HARA, Frank]. Cummings, Hildegard. ed.
Art with the Touch of a Poet: Frank O’Hara.
Storrs: William Benton Museum of Art (1983).

First edition. Forty-two printed sheets and booklets (all fine) housed in an illustrated paper envelope (very good plus). Facsimiles of a number of O’Hara letters, poems in manuscript, collaborations with Brainard, Koch, and Berkson. Contributions and additional works by Feldman, Butterick, Rivers, Porter, Myers, and many others. A nice contibution to the O’Hara canon.
$125

71.
OLSON, Charles.
In Cold Hell, In Thicket.
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1967.

First printing of this edition. 65 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Designed and printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. Published previously as the whole of Origin 8 by Cid Corman.
$55

72.
PENN, Irving.
Photographs in Platinum Metals — Images 1947–1975.
NY: Marlborough (1977).

First edition. 4to. [32 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Exhibition catalogue, with an introduction by Penn and essays by Geldzahler, Szarkowski, and Lieberman. Thirty-one reproductions (including cover images).
$45

73.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGIES]. Steane, Nina. ed.
All in the Orange 1970.
Kettering: Kettering Poets, 1970.

First edition. 4to. [24 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Design by Nina Steane. One of 100 numbered copies. Alan Brownjohn, John Cotton, Peter Finch, Frances Horovitz, George MacBeth, Jeff Nuttall and others contribute. A souvenir booklet for All in the Orange sponsored by the East Midlands Arts Association. Uncommon.
$75

74.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Cauble, Don. ed.
Death Row.
Portland: Dead Angel Press (1970).

First edition. 107 pp. Small crease to lower corner of rear cover, else fine in printed wrappers. Contributions by Blazek, Kryss, Taylor, Karen Waring, and others. Letters from the Willie to levy, LaRouche, and Blazek. Letters from Blazek to Bukowski and Joel Deutsch.
$45

75.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Jackson, Tony and Tom Pickard. eds.
The Lesser Known Shag.
Newcastle upon Tyne: Ultima Thule Bookshop (nd).

First edition. [32 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. An editorial each by Pickard and Thorn, followed by work from Hawkins, Adrian Mitchell, Pete Brown, Barry MacSweeney, Tom Raworth, Ed Dorn, and others.
$45

76.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY].
Peace Amongst the Ants.
San Francisco: Nevada/Tattoo [1969].

First edition. Sixteen 11 x 8 ½ inch sheets, all fine, housed together with a chapbook and a folded broadside in a printed portfolio (approx 13 x 11 inches, closed). Collects Bukowski’s poem “the nature of the threat and what to do,” levy’s “Prosecutor, as hired gunslinger,” and good work by the other listed poets. Krumhansl 33.
$100

77.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGIES]. Janicot, Francoise.
Poesie en Action.
Issy-les-Moulineaux: Loques/Nèpe (1984).

First edition. Small 4to. 127 pp. Very good plus in glossy wrappers. Terrific collection of texts, profusly illustrated with b&w photographs of the writers “in action.”
$35

78.
POMEROY, Ralph S.
A Prey of Diverse Colors.
Alhambra: Cunningham Press (1962).

First edition. 28 p. Fine in decorated two-part full cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Ben Hagglund introduces this collection of poems. INSCRIBED by Pomeroy on the front free endpaper, “In friendship and poetry — / Ralph S. Pomeroy.”
$75

79.
PORTER, Bern.
Art Productions by Bern Porter 1928–1965.
Pasadena: Marathon Press (1965).

First edition. [36 pp]. Very good plus in glossy illustrated wrappers. Four photographs of Porter by H. Bowden, together with images of found objects, sculpture, tech art, drawings, paintings, constructions, found specimens, and more.
$35

80.
POUND, Dorothy Shakespear.
Etruscan Gate: A Notebook with Drawings and Watercolours.
Exeter: Rougemont Press, 1971.

First edition. 11 + [23 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to crown of spine. One of 200 (of 300) numbered copies. Notebook pages from 1909–10, with b&w reproductions of her artwork.
$100

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