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41.
[GOTHAM BOOK MART]. Steloff, Frances.
Catalogue No. 42: We Moderns: Gotham Book Mart 1920 – 1940.

NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1940.
First edition. 88 pp. Droplet marks to spine and inside rear cover, else very good plus in spiral wire-bound wrappers. INSCRIBED by Steloff inside the front cover to the noted Faulkner collector, “For / Carl Peterson / with all good wishes / Frances Steloff.” The legendary catalog, with introductions and descriptive texts by contemporaries such as Dudley Fitts, William Carlos Williams, Alfred Kreymborg, Kay Boyle, Edmund Wilson, and many others. Over 1100 priced and described items, with a concluding section of little magazines.
$150
88290
42.
GREENWALD, Ted and Kit Robinson.
A Mammal of Style.

NY: Roof Books (2013).
First edition. 136 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Greenwald and Robinson on the title page.
$45
88294
43.
HARTNETT, Michael.
Collected Poems Volume 1 & 2.

Dublin & Manchester: Raven Arts Press/Carcanet (1985 & 1987).
First UK editions. 168+ 104 pp w/indexes of first lines. Two volumes both near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. For the pair:
$85
88311
44.
HIGGINS, Dick.
Modular Poems.

Barton: Unpublished Editions, 1974.
First trade paperback printing. 4to. 158 pp. Very near fine in printed cream wrappers. Higgins’ poems with photographic illustrations by Eugene Williams. Dated (March 27 1981) and INSCRIBED by Higgins on the front free endpaper.
$200
69097
45.
JESS.
Translations.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1971.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. xiii + [33 pp]. Fine in full cloth with printed cover and spine labels. Fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. Introduction by Robert Duncan. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Jess and Duncan. Morrow & Cooney 105a.
$150
88310
46.
[JOYCE, James]. Hayman, David. ed.
A First Draft Version of FINNEGANS WAKE.

London: Faber and Faber (1963).
First edition. 330 pp w/draft index & appendix. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Edited and annotated by David Hayman. The first available drafts of each of the novel’s parts, with the five layers of Joyce’s additions and substitutions indicated typographically.
$150
88298
47.
KEYS, John and Bob Cobbing.
Poems for the Aircraft.

[London]: Boooooks (1968).
First edition. [38 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with wear and short edge tears to the slightly oversized front cover. One tipped-on illustration. Colophon in Cobbing’s hand inside the front cover, “1st edition / mimeode / at Boooooks / 80 Long Acre / (its first publication) / 21st February 1968 / Bob Cobbing / boooook / No 9 of 12 signed copies.” Additionally SIGNED by Keys.
$200
64555
48.
LEON.
Eternal Quest.

[NY]: Leon Press, 1968.
First edition. 4to. [20 pp]. Some soiling to front cover near fore-edge, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Nine poems. Uncommon. The “Leon” poems were anonymous works by Larry Fagin, Ron Padgett, Michael Brownstein, Bill Berkson, and several other NY school poets.
$45
58602
49.
LEON.
More Pictures of Leon.

[NY]: Leon Press, 1970.
First edition. 4to. [64 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Larry Fagin on the front free endpaper. Cover art by Joe Brainard.
$100
58604
50.
LEON.
Pictures of Leon.

[NY]: Leon Press, 1968.
First edition. 4to. [32 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Twenty-six works.
$100
58605
51.
LEON.
The Portable Leon.

(np): (np) (nd).
First edition. 4to. [12 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Six poems, one of which is dedicated to Leon Crabtree.
$75
88296
52.
LEON.
The World of Leon.

Bolinas: Big Sky, 1974.
First edition. [48 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover by Leon. Introduction by Donald Hall, “The Credible Cosmos: Approaches to an Integration of Leon.” Poems, issued as Big Sky 7, edited by Bill Berkson.
$35
88318
53.
LEVERTOV, Denise.
Feet.

[Berkeley]: Tangram, 1997.
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. A single six part long poem. One of 170 copies on mouldmade Zerkall paper.
$75
77257
54.
LEVERTOV, Denise.
Lake Mountain Moon.

[Berkeley]: Tangram, 1990.
First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Title page calligraphy by Thomas Ingmire. One of 170 (of 200) copies on Mohawk Superfine paper. Eleven poems, inspired by a reconnection with the natural world after moving house.
$125
88315
55.
[LITERARY ANTHOLOGY].
Minus 31 and the Wind Blowing: 9 Reflections about Living on Land.

Anchorage: Alaska Pacific University Press, 1980.
First edition. 150 pp w/notes on authors & index. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Introduction by Gary H. Holthaus. Contributions by John Haines, Thomas LeDuc, Monroe Price, Walker Parker, Robert Durr, Margaret Murie, Joseph Meeker, William Kloefkorn, and Gary Snyder.
$45
88287
56.
MERTON, Thomas.
The Way of Chuang Tzu.

NY: New Directions (1965).
First edition. 159 pp w/glossary, bibliography, & notes. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a small wrinkle to crown. Illustrated with early Chinese drawings.
$75
88297
57.
MONTALE, Eugenio.
Xenia.

Los Angeles & [NY]: Black Sparrow/New Directions, 1970.
First edition. Small 4to. 42 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and paper label. Very near fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. Printed by Noel Young. Original Italian poems with facing translations by G. Singh. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Montale and Singh. Morrow & Cooney 86.
$350
88338
58.
NOTLEY, Alice.
Doctor Williams’ Heiresses.

Berkeley: Tuumba, 1980.
First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 500 numbered copies. The text of a lecture delivered by Notley at 80 Langton Street, San Francisco, on 12 February 1980. Tuumba 28.
$75
88330
59.
NOTLEY, Alice. ed.
Chicago: European Edition 1–3 (complete).

Wivenhoe: Chicago Press, 1973–1974.
Three issues, all 4to in side-stapled wrappers. All near fine with some trivial soiling, and a few spots. The three concluding issues of this mimeo beaut. Ginsberg, Whalen, Berrigan, Oppen, Saroyan, Joris, Kerouac, Creeley, and others. Cover art for all three issues by George Schneeman. For the run:
$200
88334
60.
O’HARA, Frank.
Meditations in an Emergency.

NY: Grove Press (1967).
Second edition, first trade paperback printing. 52 pp. Small bump to crown, else very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Printed dedication to Jane Freilicher. This new edition, published after O’Hara’s untimely death, incorporates spelling and punctuation errors in the first edition of 1957. Smith A3e.
$85