e-catalog #114
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41.
JOYCE, James.
Stephen Hero: Part of the first draft of ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.’

London: Jonathan Cape (1944).
First edition. 210 pp. Small round stamp inside rear cover, else fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear to crown and faint toning to spine. Edited by Theodore Spencer, with his introduction. Slocum & Cahoon A51.
$300
87452
42.
KAFKA, Franz.
Letters to Milena.

London: Secker & Warburg (1953).
First UK edition. 238 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket with light toning to spine. Translated by Tania and James Stern. Edited by Willi Haas, with his preface.
$200
87474
43.
KEROUAC, Jack.
Mexico City Blues (242 Choruses).

NY: Grove Press (1959).
First trade paperback printing. 244 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Spring 1959 Evergreen Books catalogue laid in. Charters A8b.
$150
87576
44.
KRIMS, Les.
The Incredible Case of The Stack O’Wheats Murders: A Limited Edition Folio.

Buffalo: Leslie Krims, 1972.
First edition. Ten 5 x 5 ¾ inch images together with two folded text sheets, the lot housed in a hinged box. Internal elements fine, box very near fine. Text by Robert A. Sobieszek. Numbered and SIGNED by Krims on one of the sheets.
$150
87457
45.
KUPFERBERG, Tuli and Robert Bashlow.
1001 Ways to Beat the Draft.

NY: Oliver Layton Press (1966).
First edition. 64 pp. Tiny bump to base of front cover, else fine in illustrated wrappers. 1001 numbered strategies, from the practical to the silly, with images.
$75
87463
46.
KYGER, Joanne.
Some Sketches from the Life of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.

Boulder: Rodent Press/Erudite Fangs (1996).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 22 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 25 numbered copies SIGNED by Kyger.
$125
87490
47.
LAMMING, George.
The Emigrants.

London: Michael Joseph (1954).
First edition. 271 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light foxing to flaps. Jacket art and endpaper drawings by Denis Williams. Lamming’s second book, following THE CASTLE IN MY SKIN.
$200
87468
48.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
phone: a poem & 10 variations (written 4 June 1977).

NY & Amsterdam: Printed Editions/Kontexts Publications, 1979.
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Illustrations for this edition adapted from a drawing made by Ray Johnson. A long poem, printed in two colors.
$35
87467
49.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
The Pronouns: A Collection of Forty Dances for the Dancers 3 February – 22 March 1964.

Barrytown: Station Hill, 1979.
First trade edition. 78 pp. Paperclip indent to first leaf, else very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A suite of photographs by Peter Moore concludes the book. Review slip laid in.
$50
87583
50.
MacDIARMID, Hugh.
On a Raised Beach: a poem by Hugh MacDiarmid.

Preston: Harris Press (1967).
First edition. [18 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. Introductory note by Duncan Glen. Illustrated with drawings by Alan D. Powell. First separate appearance of this long poem, which appeared originally in 1934 as part of MacDiarmid’s collection STONY LIMITS AND OTHER POEMS. One of 200 numbered copies on Glastonbury antique laid paper. SIGNED by Glen on the first leaf.
$250
87478
51.
MALANGA, Gerard.
The Last Benedetta Poems.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969.
First edition. 39 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed spine and cover labels. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Malanga. Twenty poems collected.
$125
87570
52.
MAYER, Bernadette.
Sonnets.

NY; Tender Buttons, 1989.
First trade edition. 83 pp w/notes. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by Mayer on the title page. Card printing enthusiasms for this title laid in.
$125
87584
53.
McCLURE, Michael.
The Cherub.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970.
First edition. 4to. [32 pp]. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh and Noel Young. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by McClure. Morrow & Cooney 77a.
$50
87386
54.
MELNICOVE, Mark. ed.
Poets on Photography.

Hulls Cove: Dog Ear Press (1981).
First edition. 108 pp. Fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket. Edited and designed by Melnicove, with the stamp “Color this Book” in red on the title page. Work by Reznikoff, Yoko Ono, Colette Inez, James Wright, Tess Gallagher, Gerard Malanga, Lewis Carroll, Dennis Cooper, Piero Heliczer, and many others.
$75
87471
55.
MERWIN, W.S. trans.
Some Spanish Ballads.

London & NY: Abelard-Schuman (1961).
First edition. 127 pp w/bibliography & notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Merwin’s second book-length translation. Dated (March 1968) and SIGNED by Merwin.
$125
87385
56.
MIYAZAWA, Jenji.
Spring & Asura: Poems.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press (1973).
First edition. xix + 104 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introduction by Burton Watson. Translated from the original Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. The first comprehensive book of Miyazawa’s poems to appear in English. Floating World Modern Poets Series. Uncommon.
$150
87432
57.
[NIEDECKER, Lorine]. Williams, Jonathan. ed.
Epitaphs for Lorine.

Penland: Jargon Society, 1973.
First edition. [42 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket. One of 1000 copies for private distribution. Introduction by Williams with contributions by Ammons, Bunting, Corman, Dorn, Finlay, Ginsberg, Levertov, Oppen, Reznikoff, and others. Jargon 74.
$45
87577
58.
[PATCHEN, Kenneth].
San Francisco Tribute to Kenneth Patchen.

San Francisco: Auerhahn Press 1961.
First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. In addition to a poem picture by Patchen, the full schedule is detailed. Kenneth Rexroth, Mike McClure, James Broughton, Jonathan Williams, Philip Whalen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and many others participated.
$85
87453
59.
PAZ, Octavio.
Selected Poems of Octavio Paz.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963.
First edition. 171 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two short tears to the bottom edge of the rear panel. Original Spanish poems with facing English translations by Muriel Rukeyser, who also provides a preface.
$150
87582
60.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY].
“before your very eyes!”

London: Goliard Press (1967).
First edition. 4to. [8 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. A one-shot magazine from Goliard with work by Charles Olson, Aram Saroyan, Anselm Hollo, Tom Raworth, Ron Padgett, James Koller, and Jack Hirschman. Illustrated throughout with pictures from “Rose Birth” by William Jahrmarkt. “Unsolicited manuscripts will be burned without ceremony.”
$75