21.
CAGE, John.
A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings.
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press (1967).

First edition. x + 167 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Cage adds a foreword and afterword to this collection which includes, “Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse).”
$100

22.
CARVER, Raymond.
Fires.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press (1983).

First edition. 189 pp. Two upper corners lightly tapped, else very near fine in paper-covered boards with gilt stamping. No dust jacket, as issued. One of a small number of copies designated primarily for libraries. Selects poems from his first three collections, as well as new work, together with revisions of stories from FURIOUS SEASONS and two essays, including “On Writing.” Inked ownership signature of Carver’s brother James on the front free endpaper, “James Carver / From My Collection.”
$150

23.
CELAN, Paul
Irish.
Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Belfast: Morning Star, Peninsula, Ormeau Baths Gallery (1997).

First trade edition. Oblong 32mo. [20 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Front and rear cover art by Sol LeWitt. One of 500 copies. Celan’s original German poem with following translations by Pierre Joris, Harry Gilonis, Jerome Rothenberg, Edwin Morgan, Anselm Hollo, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.
$125

24.
CHRISTO.
Running Fence: Sonoma and Marin Counties, California 1972–76.
NY: Abrams (1978).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. Small thick 4to. 694 pp. Fine in full cloth and fine publisher’s decorated slipcase. Photographs by Gianfranco Gorgoni, chronicle by Calvin Tomkins, narrative text by David Bourdon. One of 2159 numbered copies SIGNED by Christo with an original swatch of the fence.
$250

25.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Rothenberg, Jerome and Dennis Tedlock. eds.
Alcheringa: Ethnopoetics 1–4: 2 (complete).
NY & Boston: Rothenberg & Tedlock, 1970–1980.

Complete in thirteen issues. All very near fine to fine in illustrated wrappers. A much better set than usually encountered, with all flexidisc recordings present. Several issues are scarce. A major ethnopoetical vehicle. Secret Location 120–121. For the run:
$650

26.
[COMPLETE RUNS].
Art on the Line 1–5 (complete)
Willimantic: Curbstone Press (1981–1987).

First editions. Five volumes, each 16mo, each fine in illustrated wrappers but for #4, which has a toned spine. Promotional items accompany issue #5. Essays, interviews, and manifestos of a socially-conscious nature. 1. Roque Dalton. Poetry & Militancy in Latin America. 2. César Vallejo. The Mayakovsky Case. 3. César Vallejo. Autopsy on Surrealism. 4. Vladimir Mayakovsky. How to Make Verse. 5. Art is in Danger! George Grosz, John Heartfield, Wieland Herzfelde. For the run:
$200

27.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Blaser, Robin. ed.
The Pacific Nation 1 & 2 (all published).
Vancouver: The Pacific Nation (1967 & 1969).

114 + 106 pp. Two issues, both fine in illustrated wrappers. Work by Blaser, Herndon, Spicer, Brautigan, Olson, Dull, Artaud, McClure, and that’s just the first issue. For the pair:
$100

28.
CONNER, Bruce.
Mabuhay Gardens.
Dusseldorf: NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft (2006).

First edition. 84 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Conner’s 1978 “punk” photographs taken in and around the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco, ground zero for the SF scene. Introductory essay by Greil Marcus, in English and German translation.
$100

29.
[CONNER, Bruce]. Hoyem, Andrew.
The Music Room.
San Francisco: Dave Haselwood, 1965.

First edition. Horizontal 48mo. [12 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. Poem by Hoyem, pasted-on cover image, a “hallucinogram” by Bruce Conner. One of 100 copies printed letterpress. Haselwood 2.
$750

30.
CORMAN, Cid.
Cool Gong.
Ashland: Origin Press, 1959.

First edition. [24 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Frontispiece illustration by Hidetaka Ohno. Corman’s adaptations of well-known Japanese poems, with his afterword.
$75

31.
CORMAN, Cid.
Livingdying: poems of Cid Corman.
NY: New Directions (1970).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [62 pp]. Fine in full decorated cloth and very near fine unprinted glassine dust jacket. Fine publisher’s slipcase with printed cover label. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Corman.
$45

32.
CUTTS, Simon.
Chewing-Gum et Spaghetti.
London: Coracle, 1988.

First edition. 12mo. [21 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Text printed by rubberstamp and letterpress. One of 100 numbered copies in a corresponding numbered manila envelope (closure tabs absent).
$50

33.
CUTTS, Simon.
A History of the Airfields of Lincolnshire: Proposal.
Clonmel: Coracle (2000).

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover drawing and frontispiece photograph by Laurie Clark. Two tipped-on color illustrations.
$45

34.
DERLETH, August.
Last Light.
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press (1978).

First edition. [22 pp]. Fine in past-paper covered boards with gilt-stamped vellum spine and tips. Foreward to the poems by Mark E. Lefebvre, illustraions by Frank Utpatel. One of 150 numbered copies on handmade paper, made in part from clothing of the participants. Hamady 86.
$200

35.
DI PRIMA, Diane.
Loba, Part I.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 31 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Di Prima. Yes! Capra Chapbook Series #10.
$75

36.
EGAN, Jennifer.
Emerald City.
London: Picador (1993).

First edition. 169 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Egan’s first book, published originally in the UK, and in the US three years later. She has since won the National Book Critics Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize.
$125

37.
EIGNER, Larry.
lined up bulk senses.
Providence: Burning Deck (1979).

First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. One of 500 copies on Warren Olde Style paper. Dated (May ‘80) and INSCRIBED to his Black Sparrow publishers, “For / John and Barbara / Martin / — Larry.”
$75

38.
EVERSON, William.
On Printing.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1992.

First edition. xviii + 113 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed spine label. Edited by Peter Koch, with his introduction. One of 400 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper. Seven essays, illustrated. Erratum slip and printed note of apology from the printer laid in.
$150

39.
[FERUS GALLERY]. McKenna, Kristine.
The Ferus Gallery: A Place to Begin.
Göttingen: Steidl (2009).

First edition. 319 pp w/endnotes, bibliography & index. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Biographies of all the major players, folowed by a chronology/oral history of the Gallery. Well-illustrated with color and b&w photographs and reproductions.
$250

40.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
30 Signatures to Silver Catches.
[Newham]: Tarasque Press [1971].

First edition. Oblong 64mo. [72 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and very near fine illustrated dust jacket. Cover drawing by Margot Sandeman. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Finlay. Murray 3.38.
$150

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