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61.
POUND, Ezra.
Patria Mia and the Treatise on Harmony.
London: Peter Owen (1962).
First edition. 95 pp. Slight lean to spine, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket. First UK appearance of these two essays. Cultural stagnation, music theory. Gallup A63b.
$100
62.
POUND, Ezra and Ford Madox Ford.
Pound/Ford: The Story of a Literary Friendship.
NY: New Directions (1982).
First edition. xxiv + 222 pp w/notes, list of works quoted, & index. Light bump to one upper corner, else very near fine in like dust jacket. The correspondence between Ezra Pound and Ford Madox Ford and their writing about each other. Edited by Brita Lindberg-Seyersted, with her introduction, narrative commentary, and notes.
$45
63.
PRYNNE, J.H.
Aristeas.
London: Ferry Press, 1968.
First edition. 19 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. One of 476 (of 500 copies). An uncommon Prynne title, by most counts his fourth poetry collection.
$200
64.
RILKE, Rainer Maria.
Ewald Tragy.
London: Vision (1958).
First UK edition. 104 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a light vertical band of sunning to the white rear cover. A story composed by Rilke while in his early 20s. Translated into English by Lola Gruenthal, with the original German text following. Uncommon.
$75
65.
RUSCHA, Ed.
Bücher und Bilder / Books and Paintings.
München & Düsseldorf; Museum Brandhorst/Richter Fey Verlag (2013).
First edition. 69 pp w/chronology & selected publications list. Endpapers lightly toned, else fine in fine dust jacket. One fold-out plate. Edited by Armin Zweite, with his foreword and essay.
$75
66.
RUSCHA, Ed.
Ed Ruscha Paintings aka “Porch Crop.”
NY: Gagosian (2002).
First edition. [52 pp]. Fine in full royal blue cloth with inset cover image. No dust jacket as issued. Introductory essay by Adam Gopnik, “Bones in the Ice Cream.” Seventeen color reproductions of mountain and book paintings, three of which are fold-outs.
$250
67.
SANDERS, Ed.
Poem from Jail.
San Francisco: City Lights (1963).
First edition. 27 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Sanders’ first book, a nine-part poem from the Montville State Jail. Cook 42.
$75
68.
SCHWITTERS, Kurt and Raoul Hausmann.
Kurt Schwitters, Raoul Hausmann and the Story of PIN.
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1962.
First edition. 56 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers that are lightly rubbed. Introduction by Jasia Reichardt. Designed by Anna Lovell. Illustrated.
$45
69.
SNYDER, Gary.
The Practice of the Wild: Essays.
Berkeley: North Point, 1990.
Uncorrected proof. xii + 190 pp w/bibliography. Fine in strip-bound wrappers with clear cover sheet. An uncommon advance state of this title, with editorial notes reproduced.
$75
70.
SPICER, Jack.
Book of Magazine Verse.
[San Francisco]: White Rabbit (1966).
First edition. [56 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 1500 copies. Johnston A33.
$50
71.
SPICER, Jack and Robert Duncan.
An Ode and Arcadia.
Berkeley: Ark Press, 1974.
First edition. [38 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Introduction by F.J. Cebulski. A letter to Kenneth Rexroth and three longer poems by Spicer, and a letter (again to Rexroth) and a longer poem by Duncan. One of 1000 copies printed by Wesley Tanner.
$45
72.
STEIN, Gertrude.
How to Write.
Barton: Something Else Press, 1973.
First US trade paperback printing. 395 pp. Small price sticker on rear cover over printed price, else fine in illustrated wrappers. The first US appearance of this title, published originally in Paris in 1931. Essays composed c. 1910–1929. Wilson A17c.
$125
73.
SZE, Arthur.
Dazzled.
Point Reyes Station: Floating Island Publications (1982).
First edition. 53 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Dated (Santa Fe, 1982) and INSCRIBED by Sze,“For Carolyn Kizer, / in friendship / and with all best wishes — / Arthur.” An excellent collection from our latest United States Poet Laureate.
$50
74.
TAYLOR, Richard.
Rare Bird: Sonnets on the Life of John James Audubon.
Monterey: Larkspur Press (2011).
First edition. xix + 91 pp. Fine in full green cloth with printed spine label. Fine illustrated dust jacket. Poems with wood engravings by Wesley Bates. One of
$75
75.
WEATHERLY, Tom.
Thumbprint.
NY & Philadelphia: Telegraph Books (1971).
First trade edition. 36 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover photograph of Weatherly by Elsa Dorfman. Twenty poems by the former Marine, Strand Bookstore employee, and St. Mark’s creative writing teacher.
$50
76.
[WILLIAMS, Charles]. Hadfield, Alice Mary.
Charles Williams: An Exploration of His Life and Work.
NY: Oxford University Press, 1983.
First US edition. ix + 268 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated. Nathaniel Tarn’s copy, with his embossed ownership stamp on the first leaf.
$50
77.
WINKFIELD, Trevor.
In the Scissors’ Courtyard: Selected Writings, 1967–1975.
Flint: Bamberger Books, 1994.
First trade edition. 50 pp. Bump to one upper corner, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Winkfield. Short prose works with a few pictures. INSCRIBED by Winkfield, “For Jess / with love and admiration / from Trevor / 17 Dec. ‘93.”
$50
78.
YEATS, W.B.
The Tower.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1928.
First edition. vi + 110 pp w/notes. Very near fine in full decorated cloth. Lacks Dust jacket. Cover design by T. Sturge Moore. Twenty-one poems including “Sailing to Byzantium,” “The Tower,” and “Among School Children.” A Connelly 100 title.
$450
79.
ZEITZ, Gray.
No Fool No Fun.
[Carrollton]: Press on Scroll Road (2012).
First edition. xiii + 32 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. Foreword by Wendell Berry. Engravings by Wesley Bates. One of 60 numbered copies, the entire edition. Twenty-seven poems by the founder of the Larkspur Press.
$250
80.
[ZUKOFSKY, Louis]. Zukofsky, Celia.
A Bibliography of Louis Zukofsky.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969.
First edition. 52 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Celia and Louis Zukofsky. Morrow & Cooney 59a.
$150