41.
[JEFFERS, Robinson]. Antoninus, Brother.
The Poet is Dead: A Memorial for Robinson Jeffers.
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1964.

First edition. Small 4to. [22 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with leather spine. Near fine unprinted paper dust jacket. One of 200 copies.
$250

42.
[JESS]. Auping, Michael.
Jess: A Grand Collage 1951–1993.
Buffalo: Albright-Knox Gallery (1993).

First edition. 245 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket but for some sunning to orange lettering on spine. The best single volume on Jess.
$200

43.
[JONES, David]. Raine, Kathleen.
David Jones and the Actually Loved and Known.
Ipswich: Golgonooza Press (1978).

First edition 25 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Raine. Erratum slip present. Laid into this volume is a copy of Jones’ The Unicorn, printed on Japon paper from the original 1930 wood-engraving block.
$125

44.
KELLY, Robert.
The Scorpions: A Novel.
London: Calder and Boyars (1969).

First UK edition. 188 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Kelly’s first novel.
$35

45.
LISPECTOR, Clarice.
Family Ties.
Manchester: Carcanet (1985).

First UK edition. 140 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero, with his afterword. A collection of short stories, published originally in 1960.
$125

46.
MASON, Mason Jordan.
The Mules that Angels Ride.
Eureka: Hearse Press (nd).

First edition. 16 pp. Tiny bump to upper corner, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. A collection of fourteen poems. Uncommon.
$125

47.
McEWAN, Ian.
On Chesil Beach.
London: Jonathan Cape (2007).

First edition. 166 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by McEwan on the title page. Shortlisted for the 2007 Booker Prize.
$35

48.
MERRILL, James.
Japan: Prose of Departure.
NY: Nadja (1987).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [20 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. One of 74 (of 100) numbered copies on T.H. Saunders paper SIGNED by Merrill. Travel notes, printed in two colors.
$150

49.
MOORE, Lorrie.
The Collected Stories.
London: Faber and Faber (2008).

First edition. viii + 656 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Moore on the title page. Moore’s previously-published collections, with the addition of three subsequent tales that appeared in The New Yorker.
$75

50.
NIEDECKER, Lorine.
My Life by Water: Collected Poems 1936–1968.
London: Fulcrum (1970).

First edition. 126 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. A substantial early collection.
$150

51.
[NIEDECKER, Lorine]. Dent, Peter. ed.
The Full Note: Lorine Niedecker.
Devon: Interim Press (1983).

First edition. 100 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. A few poems and letters by Niedecker, together with contributions by Edward Dorn, Cid Corman, Thomas A. Clark, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jonathan Williams, and several others.
$45

52.
O’HANLON, Redmond.
Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic.
London: Hamish Hamilton (2003).

First edition. 338 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by O’Hanlon on the title page. His fourth travel book.
$45

53.
O’HARA, Frank.
Second Avenue.
NY: Totem/Corinth (1960).

First edition. [16 pp]. Very good plus in stapled wrappers. Artwork by Larry Rivers. Pasted-on label to the front cover present, but bibliographer Alexander Smith, Jr. does not give priority to one state or the other. A single long poem from 1953. Smith A5.
$50

54.
OPPEN, George.
Primitive.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1978.

First edition. 31 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 500 trade hardcover copies. Oppen’s ninth collection of poems.
$45

55.
PAIK, Nam June. et al.
Continuous Performances of New Music.
NY: Kenneth Werner, 1967.

11 x 8 ½ inch illustrated flyer. Fine. Listed performers include Corner, Friedman, Higgins, Knowles, Mac Low, Moorman, Neuhaus, Paik, and many others performing works by Brecht, Cage, Higgins, Knowles, Paik, Satie, Stockhausen, and Young. Together with a three page press release detailing the full seven hour program. For the pair:
$75

56.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY].
Selected Language Poems.
Chengdu: Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House, 1993.

First edition. 178 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Chinese translations by Ziqing Zhang and Yunte Huang, followed by English originals by Charles Bernstein, Hank Lazer, and James Sherry.
$75

57.
[PRINCE, Richard]. George, Herbert. ed.
Tracks: A Journal of Aritsts’ Writings. Volume 2, Number 3.
NY: Herbert George (1976).

Fall. 91 pp. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Presents Prince’s “Eleven Conversations” alongside work by Barbara Kruger, Robert Morris, Carl Andre, and many others. According to all bibliographies encountered, Prince’s first periodical appearance.
$150

58.
[PRINCE, Richard]. Spector, Buzz. et al, eds.
WhiteWalls: A Magazine of Writing by Artists #4.
Chicago: WhiteWalls (1980).

First edition. 62 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Presents a prose work titled, “from Moving by Wading More Than Swimming.” Prince’s second appearance in WhiteWalls, and fourth periodical appearance overall.
$150

59.
QUENEAU, Rayomnd.
Between Blue and Blue: A Sort of Novel.
London: Bodley Head (1967).

First UK edition. 224 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket with a short closed tear to the tip of the rear flap fold. Translated from the original French by Barbara Wright.
$40

60.
ROBSON, Ernest M.
Transcualisticas: Poemas / Poems.
Parkerford: Primary Press (1978).

First edition. 92 pp. Oblong 8vo. Fine in near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Robson’s original poems with facing Spanish translations by Lucy Lopez de Thorogood. Calligraphy by Marion Robson. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Robson, Thorogood, and Robson.
$55

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