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61.
PARKER, Robert B.
Surrogate.

Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 27 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Designed and printed by Vance Gerry and Patrick Reagh. One of 300 numbered copies on Ragston paper SIGNED by Parker.
$200
87805
62.
PÉREZ-REVERTE, Arturo.
The Flanders Panel.

NY: Harcourt Brace & Company (1994).
First US edition. 294 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Dated (7–6–99) and SIGNED by Pérez-Reverte on the title page.
$45
84728
63.
PEYREFITTE, Roger.
Diplomatic Conclusions: A Novel.

London & NY: Thames and Hudson (1954).
First US edition. 331 pp. Some light damp-staining to top edge, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Edward Hyams. The continuing adventures of Georges de Sarre in Occupied France and Germany. Young 3030 (UK edition).
$45
84727
64.
PEYREFITTE, Roger.
Diplomatic Diversions: A Novel.

NY: Thames and Hudson/Vanguard (1954).
First US edition. 278 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Review slip accompanies. “Don’t be caught by anybody, and don’t catch anything.” Young 3031 (UK edition).
$45
84001
65.
[PICASSO, Pablo]. Brassaï.
Conversations with Picasso.

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press (1999).
First US edition. xx + 392 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Jane Marie Todd. Preface by Henry Miller (from 1966). Introduction by Pierre Daix. Illustrated with photographs.
$75
87845
66.
[PROUST, Marcel]. Brassaï.
Proust in the Power of Photography.

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press (2001).
First edition. xii + 140 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Richard Howard. Brassaï considers photography in Proust’s oeuvre and early 20th century culture.
$45
87822
67.
PRYNNE, J.H.
The Oval Window.

Cambridge: (np) 1983.
First edition. 34 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 600 copies printed by the Saffron Press. An uncommon collection of poems. Nathaniel Tarn’s copy, dated (83) and signed by him on the third leaf.
$200
87829
68.
RODEFER, Stephen.
Passing Duration.

Providence: Burning Deck (1991).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 62 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover drawing by Jean Lowe. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Rodefer.
$45
87863
69.
SANDERS, Ed.
Investigative Poetry.

San Francisco: City Lights Books (1976).
First edition. 40 pp w/“clue list.” Very near fine in printed wrappers. “Investigative Poetry: that poetry should again assume responsibility for the description of history.” Cook 117.
$40
79702
70.
SNYDER, Gary.
Axe Handles.

[Berkeley]: Jack Shoemaker & Jane Vandenburgh [c. 2010].
First edition. 12 ¾ x 7 ½ inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. Illustration by Davis Te Selle. Designed by David Bullen. SIGNED by Snyder.
$150
87840
71.
SNYDER, Gary.
Regarding Wave.

Iowa City: Windhover Press (1969).
First edition. 45 pp. Fine in full cloth with gold stamping to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 280 numbered copies on Shogun paper SIGNED by Snyder. McNeil A23. Berger 36.
$450
87847
72.
SOHM, H. ed.
Happening & Fluxus: Materialien.

Köln: Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1970.
First edition. [336 pp]. Near fine in printed wrappers. Stuffed with photographs of events and reproductions of ephemera. Nathaniel Tarn’s copy, with his embossed stamp on the first leaf.
$75
51829
73.
STEIN, Gertrude.
Paris France: A Memoir.

[Covelo]: Yolla Bolly Press (2000).
First edition. [112 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. Near fine publisher’s slipcase, that is unevenly, but lightly, sunned. Afterword by George Plimpton. Illustrated by Ward Schumaker. One of 200 numbered copies on Somerset paper SIGNED by Plimpton and Schumaker.
$250
87865
74.
TRAVAL, Alan & Fits Collective, eds.
Fits #1 & #2 (complete).

San Francisco: 7 Freds Press/Fits Collective 1971.
Small 4to. Two issues, comic book format, both near fine in illustrated wrappers. Contributions from a disparate collection of poets and comic artists including Padgett, Schneeman, Codrescu, Deitch, Veitch, Waldman, Warsh, Spain, MacAdams, Ginsberg, Brainard, Lorde, Di Prima, Giffith, Crumb, and many others. For the pair:
$100
87862
75.
VAN BUSKIRK, Alden.
Lami.

San Francisco: Auerhahn, 1965.
First trade edition. 91 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Introductory note by Allen Ginsberg. “The last poems of a poet who died in 1961 in his early 20s collected from his writings by David Rattray.” Auerhahn 39.
$75
51853
76.
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Fates Worse than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s.

Norwalk: Easton Press (1991).
First edition. 240 pp. Fine in full gilt-decorated dark gray leather. a.e.g., ribbon place marker bound-in. One of an unstated limitation SIGNED by Vonnegut.
$150
87859
77.
WAKOSKI, Diane.
On Barbara’s Shore: A Poem.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1971.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [12 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Wakoski. The 100th item published by Black Sparrow. Morrow & Cooney 100b.
$85
85505
78.
WAKOSKI, Diane.
Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons.

Mount Horeb: Perishable Press, 1969.
First edition. Oblong 16mo. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. One of 190 (of 250) copies on hand-made Shadwell paper. Hamady 24.
$100
87823
79.
WALSER, Robert.
Microscripts.

NY: New Directions/Christine Burgin (2012).
First US edition. 160 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original German by Susan Bernofsky, with her introduction. “Some Thoughts on Robert Walser” by Maira Kalman. Afterword by Walter Benjamin. Original microscript pages reproduced in color.
$40
87819
80.
[ZAJ].
A Zaj Sampler: Works by the Zaj group of Madrid.

NY: Great Bear/Something Else Press, 1967.
First edition. [12 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Works translated into English by Peter Besas. Collects Castillejo, Marchetti, Hidalgo, Cortés, Cuadrado, Marco, and Vicente. “With the compliments of the editors ––” card laid in.
$75