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61.
SACHS, Nelly.
Selected Poems including the verse play, ELI.
London: Jonathan Cape (1968).
First UK edition. xxi + 387 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing to spine and front panel. Original German poems with facing English translations by Christopher Holme, Ruth and Matthew Mead, Michael Roloff, and Hans Magnus Enzensberger, who also provided an introduction.
$85
62.
[SAND DOLLAR BOOKS]. Shoemaker, Jack and Vicki with Lyle Snow.
Sand Dollar Books Modern & Postmodern Literature Catalogues 1–5.
Berkeley: Sand Dollar Books [c. 1974–1983].
First editions Five issues, all very near fine in stapled wrappers. Set of rare books catalogues issued by Sand Dollar, each offering a selection ranging from 649 to 1250 priced items. An excellent record of the contemporary small press scene. For the lot:
$100
63.
[SANESI, Roberto and Will Petersen]. Corman, Cid. ed.
Origin Second Series 13.
Kyoto: Cid Corman (1964).
First edition. 64 pp. Faint sunning along spine, else fine in printed wrappers. Sanesi’s Information Report, together with letters and poems by Herbert Read, Zukofsky, Vallejo, Corman, and others. Dated (3/64) and signed multicolored stone print by Will Petersen tipped-onto the first leaf, as issued.
$45
64.
SCALAPINO, Leslie.
O And other poems.
Berkeley: Sand Dollar, 1976.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Designed and printed by Wesley Tanner. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Scalapino. Her first book, a collection of eighteen poems. Sand Dollar 21.
$200
65.
SCHOENBERG, Arnold.
Letters.
London: Faber and Faber (1964).
First UK edition. 309 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Selected and edited by Erwin Stein. Translated from the original German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. A fresh bright copy.
$75
66.
SHEPARD, Lucius.
Cantata of Death, Weakmind & Generation.
Chapel Hill: Lillabulero Press (1967).
First edition. 18 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Shepard’s first book, a collection of poems issued as number 2 in the Lillabulero Poetry Pamphlet Series. SIGNED by Shepard. Known for his science fiction and fantasy tiles, this slender collection of poems precedes his first prose work by over a decade.
$200
67.
[SNYDER, Gary].
Smokey the Bear Sutra.
[San Francisco: Gary Snyder, 1969].
First edition. 12 x 9 ⅜ inch broadside. Small bend to one upper corner, some light toning and edgewear. In all, very good plus. SIGNED in Snyder’s hand, “Smokey the Bear.” McNeil A20a.
$250
68.
SORRENTINO, Gilbert.
White Sail.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 59 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Sorrentino. Forty-nine poems. Morrow & Cooney 270c.
$125
69.
SOTO, Gary.
Where Sparrows Work Hard.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh (1981).
First edition. 65 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Soto’s third collection of poems.
$75
70.
SUND, Robert.
This flower!
La Conner: Great Blue Heron Society, 1982.
First edition. Oblong 24mo. [16 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. Designed and printed by Peter Koch at the Black Stone Press. The colophon calls for 200 signed copies; this copy is not signed.
$75
71.
SWENSEN, Cole,
Noon.
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1997.
First edition. 113 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. New American Poetry Series: 24. Winner of the 1995 New American Poetry Competition, as selected by Rae Armantrout.
$35
72.
THOMAS, Edward.
Collected Poems.
NY: Norton (1974).
First US edition. 190 pp. Foxing to page edges, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Walter De La Mare. Review slip laid in. A WW I casualty, all but six of Thomas’ poems were published posthumously.
$45
73.
TROCCHI, Alexander.
Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds: A Trocchi Reader.
Edinburgh: Polygon (1991).
First edition. xi + 228 pp w/bibliography. Pages toned, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with a tiny ink mark to bottom edge. Edited by Andrew Murray Scott, with his introduction.
$45
74.
VICKERS, Gill.
an untitled first collection of poems by Gill Vickers.
Cambridge & Cheltenham: R Books, 1969.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 22 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Covers by Peter Cartwright. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Vickers with an original 26 line holograph poem that does not appear in this collection.
$55
75.
[VIETNAM]. Jury, Mark.
The Vietnam Photo Book.
NY: Grossman, 1971.
First trade paperback printing. Small 4to. 160 pp. Covers lightly rubbed, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers with a small corner crease to the rear panel. An encounter with Robert Capa’s IMAGES OF WAR inspired Jury to communicate his own experience, and that of his fellow soldiers.
$125
76.
WALLACE, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
NY: Viking (1987).
First edition. 467 pp. Corner crease to front free endpaper, else fine (with expected page toning) in fine dust jacket. Wallace’s first book.
$2000
77.
WEISSNER, Carl. ed.
Klactoveedsedsteen 4.
Heidelberg: PANic Press, 1966.
First edition. 4to. [50 pp]. Fine in side-stapled and taped wrappers. Cover drawing by Jodorowsky. One of 300 copies. Contributions by Di Prima, Norse, Bory, Blazek, Nuttall, and featuring tape mutations by Burroughs-Pelieu-Weissner.
$250
78.
WHALEN, Philip.
Monday in the Evening 21: VIII: 61.
Milan: Serigrafia Pezzoli (1963).
First edition. 4to. 19 pp. Fine in wrappers and very near fine printed dust jacket with some faint sunning along top edge of front panel. Illustrated with photographs of Whalen by Ettore Sottsass Jr, printed on two fold-out leaves. Entire text reproduced from Whalen’s holograph manuscript. One of 291 (of 309) numbered copies.
$200
79.
WHALEN, Philip.
Prose [Out] Takes.
[Berkeley]: Poltroon Press, 2002.
First edition. Oblong 32mo. [18 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 260 copies on Strathmore Soft White Wove paper. Short prose works from 1958–1963.
$40
80.
WIENERS, John.
Charity Balls: A Poem.
San Francisco: Arion Press (1990).
First edition. Single long sheet folded once horizontally (8 x 6 inches closed), as issued. Fine. Printed in two colors. One of 250 copies published on the occasion of Wieners’ visit to San Francisco in March of that year. Though not called for, SIGNED by Wieners.
$125