81.
SANCHEZ, Carol Lee.
Message Bringer Woman.
[San Francisco]: Taurean Horn Press (1977).

First edition. 90 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Sanchez, design by George Mattingly. One of 750 copies. Dated (10/77) and INSCRIBED by Sanchez to Lucy and George Mattingly.
$75

82.
SINCLAIR, Iain.
The Birth Rug.
London: Albion Village Press, 1973.

First edition. [64 pp]. Sunning to spine, else near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 200 copies. Poems with home snapshots and Ziggurat light plates by Laurence Bicknell. An early Sinclair collection.
$125

83.
STENDHAL.
The Life of Henry Brulard.
NY: Noonday Press (1958).

First printing of this later US edition. viii + 347 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light toning to extrems. Original wrap-around band present. Translated from the original French by Jean Stewart and B.C.J. G. Knight, with their introduction. This thinly-disguised autobiography was published originally in the US by Knopf in 1925, and is considered a masterpiece of the genre.
$45

84.
SWEDLUND, Charles.
Phenakistascope Discs.
[Chicago]: Charles Swedlund, 1974.

First edition. Fourteen discs (each 7” diameter) with a history/instruction card and handle for spinning. All internal elements fine, box very near fine with light bend to lower half. Each disc has one or two silhouettes of human figures that move or interact when viewed through the edge slots at a mirror while the discs spin. Independently invented by Plateau and Stampfer in 1832, the phenakistascope was also known as a stroboscope, and employed as a child’s toy. Chicago-based Swedlund was a long time educator and author, who often employed unusual modes of presenting photographic and other images.
$1250

85.
TOTH, Steve.
Rota Rooter.
NY: Frontward Books (1976).

First edition. Oblong 16mo. [52 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Rochelle Kraut, with some hand-coloring (as in all copies). One of 350 copies. Poems.
$40

86.
TRANSTRÖMER, Tomas.
Baltics.
Berkeley: Oyez, 1975.

First edition. [48 pp]. Fine in full rust-colored cloth with gilt stamping to front panel and spine. No dust jacket, as issued. A long poem, translated from the original Swedish by Samuel Charters, with his introduction. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh.
$75

87.
TRANSTRÖMER, Tomas.
Truth Barriers: Poems.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books (1980).

First trade paperback printing. 55 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Bly contributes an introduction to his translations, followed by Tranströmer’s original Swedish poems.
$35

88.
TURNBULL, Gael.
A Trampoline: Poems 1952–1964.
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [96 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Turnbull.
$45

89.
UPDIKE, John.
Poem Begun on Thursday, October 14, 1993, at O’Hare Airport, Terminal 3, around Six O’Clock P.M.: A Poem.
Louisville: the literary renaissance, 1994.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. [10 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Designed, letterpress printed, and bound a the Warwick Press by Carol J. Blinn. One of 26 lettered copies with hand-decorated covers SIGNED by Upike.
$200

90.
VOSTELL, Wolf and Dick Higgins.
Fantastic Architecture.
NY: Something Else Press [1970].

First US edition. [194 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. In addition to the shake-up proposed by the editors, includes historical and contemporary takes by a wide-range of figures including Schwittters, Cage, Beuys, Weiner, Filliou, and Spoerri. Fully-illustrated.
$200

91.
WALDROP, Keith.
The Space of Half an Hour.
Providence: Burning Deck (1983).

First trade edition. 85 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Waldrop on the front free endpaper, “For Lyn Hejinian /Keith.”
$25

92.
WALDROP, Rosmarie.
Differences for Four Hands.
Blue Bell: Singing Horse Press (1984).

First edition. 12mo. 37 pp. Three tiny spots to top edge, else fine in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Waldrop, “For Lyn — / to whom this text / owes so much / (+ sorry that the quotation / marks are misleading!) / —Rosmarie.”
$45

93.
[WALL, Jeff].
Jeff Wall
NY: Gagosian Gallery (2019).

First edition. 62 pp. Tiny bump to one lower corner, else fine in full black cloth with inset front cover image and full panel rear cover reproduction. No dust jacket, as issued. One fold-out plate. Essay, “At a certain distance (and from a certain angle)” by Russell Ferguson. Fully illustrated with color reproductions.
$75

94.
WANTLING, William.
The Awakening.
London: Turret (1967).

First edition. 47 pp w/glossary. Fine in fine dust jacket and clear glassine. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Wantling. Precedes the Rapp & Whiting trade edition.
$75

95.
WARHOL, Andy.
Warhol antePop: Drawings 1958–1962.
München & NY: Galerie Daniel Blau/Anton Kern Gallery, 2003.

First edition. 4to. [68 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Introduction, “Environments, Situations, Spaces” by James Hofmaier. Text in English. Twenty-five full page reproductions, a few with supporting images.
$40

96.
[WARHOL, Andy]. Koch, Stephen.
Andy Warhol Photographs.
NY: Robert Miller [1987].

First edition. 4to. [xvi + 77 pp]. Corners lightly tapped, else very near fine in decorated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Edited and designed by John Cheim. Profusely illustrated with Warhol’s b&w images.
$100

97.
WELCH, Denton and Howard Ferguson.
Discovery: Five Songs for Voice and Piano.
London: Boosey & Hawkes [1952].

First edition. 4to. 15 pp. Small US$ price stamp in upper left corner, publisher logo pasted to title page. Near fine in sewn wrappers. Words by Welch from “A Last Sheaf,” music by Howard Ferguson.
$50

98.
WIENERS, John.
Behind the State Capitol or Cincinnati Pike: Cinema decoupages, verses, abbreviated prose insights.
Boston: Good Gay Poets (1975).

First trade paperback printing. 204 pp. Light foxing to top edge, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 1500 copies. A key Wieners title, and one of the more substantial.
$100

99.
WILLIAMS, Jonathan.
Hot What? Collages, Texts, Photographs.
Dublin: Mole Press, 1975.

First edition. Oblong 32mo. [36 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers and near fine dust jacket. One of 450 of 500 copies. Collages, texts, photographs by Lyle Bongé, Fielding Dawson, and Jonathan Williams. INSCRIBED by Williams, “for DDLL from Hot Who / 1977.”
$45

100.
WILLIAMS, Jonathan and Fielding Dawson.
The Empire Finals at Verona.
Highlands: Jargon Society (1959).

First edition. 4to. [52 pp]. Very near fine in wrappers and integral illustrated dust jacket. Poems by Williams with collages and drawings by Dawson. SIGNED by Dawson and INSCRIBED by Williams, “eyes and ears of / the world / for / Alex / 1976!” Jargon 30.
$200

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