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61.
LORDE, Audre.
The First Cities.
NY: Poets Press (1968).
First edition. [32 pp]. A few small droplet marks to the base of the rear cover, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. Introduction by Diane DiPrima. Lorde’s first book, a collection of poems.
$75
62.
[MAPPLETHORPE, Robert]. Fabre, Jan.
The Power of Theatrical Madness.
London: Institute of Contemporary Arts (1986).
First edition. 4to. [54 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Introduction by Kathy Acker. Essay by Germano Celant. Fabre’s drawings together with Mapplethorpe’s b&w photographs.
$35
63.
MARLATT, Daphne.
Crossroads of A.
St. Paul: Truck Press (1977).
First edition. 11 ½ x 6 ⅝ inch broadside. Fine. One of 25 numbered copies SIGNED by Marlatt. Printed on the occasion of her reading at the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota.
$40
64.
McCLATCHY, J.D.
Kilim.
NY: Sea Cliff Press 1987.
First edition. [26 pp]. Light toning along top edge, else very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 110 numbered copies on Nideggen paper SIGNED by McClatchy. Original prospectus and signed “Compliments of Sea Cliff Press” slip accompanies.
$125
65.
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Nikolai Gogol.
Norfolk: New Directions (1944).
First edition. 172 pp w/index. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with just a bit of edgewear. A volume in the “Makers of Modern Literature” series. Juliar A22.1a.
$125
66.
NORMAN, Dorothy. ed.
Twice A Year Number One.
NY: Twice A Year, 1938.
Fall-Winter. 235 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Rilke, Dreiser, Steiglitz, Silone, Cummings, Kakfa, Nin, Olson, and a special section on Civil Liberties get this periodical off to a running start. Laid into this copy is a “word of explanation,” adding to, and clarifying, the general purpose and hopes for the magazine.
$125
67.
O’HARA, Frank.
Nakian.
NY: Museum of Modern Art (1966).
First edition. 56 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Text by O’Hara, with 80 illustrations. Addenda & Errata slip sheet present. Smith A11a.
$75
68.
PADGETT, Ron.
Crazy Compositions.
Bolinas: Big Sky (1974).
First edition. [24 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover art by George Schneeman. One of 750 copies. INSCRIBED by Padgett on the half title page to R.B. Kitaj, “for Mr. China / in London / from Signore Tulsa / in N.Y.”
$75
69.
PERRET, Christopher.
Memoirs of a Parasite.
Torrance: Hors Commerce Press (1965).
First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 200 copies. Preface by Alan Sillitoe. Poems with Perret’s own illustrations. Affixed to the front free endpaper is Perret’s clipped full signature. One of two poetry collections published during his short life (1930–1965).
$125
70.
PETERSEN, Will.
Ami’s Story.
Chicago: Will Petersen 1975.
First edition. 4to. [8 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 50 numbered copies. INSCRIBED by Peterson (but not signed).
$125
71.
[POCKET POETS]. Di Prima, Diane.
Revolutionary Letters Etc.
San Francisco: City Lights Books (1974).
Third edition, enlarged. 104 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers that are lightly rubbed. Includes fifteen new Letters written since the first edition. Pocket Poets #27.
$45
72.
[POCKET POETS]. Winslow, Pete.
A Daisy in the Memory of the Shark: Poems 1970–1971.
San Francisco: City Lights, 1978.
First edition. [56 pp]. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with just a touch of rubbing to the rear panel. Introduction by Stephen Schwartz. Printed at the Arif Press, Berkeley. Pocket Poets #31.
$75
73.
POUND, Ezra.
Section: Rock-Drill 85–95 de los cantares.
London: Faber and Faber (1957).
First UK edition. 107 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear to crown. Published in a limited edition in Italy in 1955, this is the first appearance in the UK. Gallup A70c.
$85
74.
POUND, Ezra.
Thrones: 96–109 de los cantares.
London: Faber and Faber (1960).
First UK edition. 126 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Gallup A77c.
$85
75.
[POWYS, John Cowper]. Hanley, James.
A Man in the Corner.
Loughton: K.A. Ward (1969).
First edition. 6 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Hanley. An essay, illustrated with two photographs. Gibbs A46a.
$40
76.
PURDY, James.
The Candles of Your Eyes.
NY: Nadja, 1985.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. Purdy’s short story with an illustration by Ed Colker. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches paper SIGNED by Purdy and Colker.
$55
77.
PURDY, James.
Proud Flesh: Four Short Plays.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980.
First edition. 47 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 250 (of 300) numbered copies on Ragston paper SIGNED by Purdy.
$50
78.
RAKOSI, Carl.
Ex Cranium, Night.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1975.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Rakosi with an original signed holograph poem. Morrow & Cooney 219c.
$125
79.
REWALD, John with Harold Joachim and Dore Ashton.
Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Rodolphe Bresdin.
NY & Chicago: Museum of Modern Art/Art Institute of Chicago (1962).
First edition. 184 pp w/bibliographies & index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Three masters who anticipated aspects of surrealism and abstract expressionism. Fully-illustrated with color and b&w reproductions.
$75
80.
ROBERSON, Ed.
When Thy King Is A Boy: Poems.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (1970).
First edition. 75 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Roberson’s first book.
$75