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21.
EDSON, Russell.
The Wounded Breakfast.

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press (1985).
First edition. 69 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. A great collection of Edson’s prose poems.
$45
87476
22.
FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence.
A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems.

NY: New Directions (1958).
First edition. 93 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Ferlinghetti. Remains one of the most popular collections of poems even published, with over a million copies printed.
$500
87461
23.
FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence.
Starting from San Francisco.

NY: New Directions (1961).
First edition. 79 pp. Fine in pictorial boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Seven inch record of Ferlinghetti reading a portion of the text present in the unopened envelope inside the rear cover. SIGNED by Ferlinghetti on the first leaf.
$250
66119
24.
GIFFORD, Barry.
Landscape with Traveler: The Pillow Book of Francis Reeves.

NY: Dutton (1980).
First edition. 142 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Gifford on the half-title page, “for Sam Steward / with best wishes / from Barry Gifford / at the Walt Whitman / Barbershop / in San Francisco / 19 April 1980.” Young 1429*.
$150
87462
25.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Empty Mirror: Early Poems.

NY: Totem/Corinth (1961).
First edition. 47 pp. Light toning along spine, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Cover art by Jessie Sorrentino. Dated (1965 London) and SIGNED by Ginsberg on the front cover. Morgan A5.a1.1. Young 1448.
$150
87494
26.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Viele Lieben / Many Loves.

Hannover: Apartment Edition (1994).
First edition. Small 4to. 34 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. Poster printed the original poems in English and a reproduction of a self-portrait photograph of Ginsberg laid in. Translated from the English by Jürgen Schmidt. INSCRIBED by Ginsberg, “Allen Ginsberg / for Diane Di Prima / Naropa / 7/29/94 / AH” and additionally dated (7/28/94 Boulder) and SIGNED by Schmidt. Apartment Editions #9.
$150
87418
27.
GOERITZ, Mathias.
Futura 1: die goldene botschaft.

[Stuttgart]: edition hansjörg mayer, 1965.
First edition. Single large sheet folded four times, as issued (9 ½ x 6 ¼ inches, closed). Fine. The first of twenty-six issues of Futura.
$75
87566
28.
GOREY, Edward writing as “Aedwyrd Goré.”
Figbash acrobate.

(np): Fantod Press (1994).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 48mo. [80 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by Gorey as “Aedwyrd Goré.” Toledano A110b.
$200
87569
29.
GOREY, Edward.
The Sopping Thursday.

NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1970.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [66 pp]. A few spots of foxing along spine, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Gorey. Umbrellas, and commentary thereon. Toledano A35b.
$150
87575
30.
GREENE, Felix.
Vietnam! Vietnam!

London: Jonathan Cape (1967).
First UK edition. 174 pp w/selected bibliography & index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with s short tear to the top edge of the rear panel. “A case against.” Greene’s own work, together with images by leading photographers of the day.
$75
87503
31.
GRIMM, George.
The Doctrine of the Buddha: The Religion of Reason.

London: George Allen and Unwin (1957).
First printing of this edition (originally published in 1926). xxiv + 536 pp w/appendix & key to the quotations. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light toning to spine. A complete exposition of Buddhist thought, built entirely from the sayings of the Buddha and his contemporary disciples.
$250
87475
32.
HANNON, Michael.
Singing All Night In the Plum Tree.

[Sherman Oaks]: Ninja Press (2006).
Second edition. [4 pp]. Fine in printed card covers. One of 100 numbered copies on Japanese gasen-shi paper SIGNED by Hannon. A single poem, originally printed for inclusion in the American Printing History Association poetry portfolio. Presented here separately in a new edition.
$35
87415
33.
HARRISON, Jim.
The Ancient Minstrel: Novellas.

NY: Grove Press (2016).
First edition, signed issue. 255 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of an unstated limitation SIGNED by Harrison on a tipped-in leaf. Collects The Ancient Minstrel, Eggs, and The Case of the Howling Buddhas.
$100
87481
34.
HARRISON, Jim.
The Big Seven: A Faux Mystery.

NY: Grove Press (2015).
First edition, signed issue. 341 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of an unstated limitation SIGNED by Harrison on a tipped-in leaf. Via his Detective Sunderson, Harrison tackles the seven sins. A follow-up to his 2011 novel THE GREAT LEADER.
$125
87230
35.
HAWKES, John.
Second Skin.

NY: New Directions (1964).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 210 pp. Fine in fine two-part cloth binding. Fine publisher’s slipcase with pasted-on cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 100 numbered copies on Flemish Laid paper SIGNED by Hawkes.
$125
87473
36.
HIGGINS, Dick.
What are Legends.

Calais: Bern Porter (1960).
First edition. [48 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Higgins’ text, “as penned pasted-up illustrated by Bern Porter.” SIGNED by Higgins on the first leaf. His first book.
$200
87574
37.
HOLZER, Jenny.
The Living Series.

[Santa Fe & NY]: Laura Carpenter Fine Art/Barbara Gladstone Gallery/Tallgrass Press (1992).
First edition. 47 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. introduction by Rhoda Lieberman. Holzer’s text printed in red and black.
$50
87568
38.
HOWE, Susan.
Pythagorean Silence.

NY: Montemora Foundation (1982).
First edition. [72 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A book-length poem, issued as a “Montemora Supplement.”
$125
87459
39.
JOHNSON, Ronald.
A Line of Poetry, A Row of Trees.

Highlands: Nantahala Foundation, 1964.
First edition. [80 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers and very near fine unprinted acetate dust jacket with tiny splits at base and crown. Johnson’s first book, one of 500 copies printed at the Auerhahn Press. Illustrated with drawings by Thomas George. Printed note from the publisher laid in (explaining that the dedication, to Charles Olson, had been inadvertently omitted).
$150
87470
40.
JONES, LeRoi.
Black Magic: Sabotage, Target Study, Black Art. Collected Poetry, 1961–1967.

Indianapolis & NY: Bobbs-Merrill (1969).
First trade paperback printing. 225 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. The hardcover issue of this title is scarce on the ground.
$45