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61.
POUND, Ezra.
Pavannes and Divagations.
London: Peter Owen (1960).
First UK edition. xi + 243 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with faint toning to spine and extrems, and a few wrinkles to crown. Epitaph by Rex Lampman. Gallup A74b.
$100
62.
PYNCHON, Thomas.
Mortality and Mercy in Vienna.
London: Aloes Books (nd).
First edition, Mead state two. [24 pp]. Small bump to one lower corner, else fine in stapled wrappers. Cover photo by Jim Pennington. First separate appearance of this short story, which originally appeared in EPOCH magazines in 1959.
$35
63.
REDGROVE, Peter.
An Explanation of the Two Visions.
Leamington Spa: Sixth Chamber Press (1985).
First edition, numbered & signed hardcover issue. [8 pp]. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed cover label. Designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. One of only 6 hardcover copies on Barcham Green Sandwich paper numbered and SIGNED by Redgrove. A single long poem.
$150
64.
REXROTH, Kenneth and Ikuko Atsumi.
The Burning Heart: Women Poets of Japan.
NY: Continuum/Seabury Press (1977).
First edition. vii + 184 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Work by more than 75 poets translated and edited by Rexroth and Atsumi. Includes biographical notes on the poets, an essay on Japanese women and literature, and a table of historical periods.
$45
65.
RISSET, Jacqueline.
The Translation Begins.
Providence: Burning Deck, 1996.
First edition. 96 pp w/translator’s note. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Poetry translated from the original French by Jennifer Moxley. Serie d’Ecriture no. 10.
$35
66.
RODNEY, Janet.
Chameleon’s Cadmium.
Stockton: Ortolan Press (1976).
First edition. [10 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover and internal drawings by Nathaniel Tarn. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Rodney.
$40
67.
ROYET-JOURNOUD, Claude.
Four Elemental Bodies.
Providence: Burning Deck/Anyart (2013).
First edition. 367 pp w/biographical note. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover collage by Keith Waldrop. Poems translated from the original French by Keith Waldrop. The first complete appearance of this tetralogy. Serie d’Ecriture No. 27.
$75
68.
SANDERS, Edward.
Stanzas for Social Change.
Woodstock: Shivastan Publishing (2004).
First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 250 numbered copies on handmade paper. A collection of 15 poems designed and printed by Mandala Graphics in Kathmandu, Nepal.
$45
69.
SCHJELDAHL, Peter and Lewis Macadams. eds.
Mother: A Journal of New Literature. Number Six.
NY: Mother (1965).
80 pp. Some light toning to spine an along the unprinted rear cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by George Schneeman. Contributions by Guest, Brainard, Giorno, Gallup, Schuyler, Alice Neel, Berrigan Warhol (still from 13 Most Beautiful Women), Padgett, Ceravolo, and several others.
$40
70.
SCHNEEMANN, Carolee.
Video Burn.
San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute (1992).
First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Produced to accompany Schneemann’s installation “Scroll Paintings with Exploded TV” at the Walter/McBean gallery of the SF Art Institute. Black and white photographs collaged with images from and concerning television.
$45
71.
SNELLING, O.F.
Rare Books and Rarer People.
London: Werner Shaw (1982).
First edition. x + 256 pp w/index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. One of the best books about the rare book trade, via the London auction scene.
$45
72.
SNYDER, Gary.
The Fudo Trilogy.
Berkeley: Shaman Drum, 1973.
First edition. Small 4to. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed in three colors at the Cranium Press. Three woodblock illustrations by Michael Corr. Collects “Spel Against Demons,” “Smokey the Bear Sutra,” and “The California Water Plan.” McNeil A46b.
$50
73.
[SOUND POETRY].
Poetry Toronto Newsletter #34: Eleventh International Festival of Sound Poetry.
Toronto: Poetry Toronto Newsletter (1978).
First edition. [20 pp]. Small tear to top edge of the rear cover, else very good plus in stapled wrappers. Contributions by Chris Cheek, Lawrence Upton, and Bob Cobbing. Over seventy listed participants including Henri Chopin, Bill Griffiths, Thom Gunn, Dick Higgins, Steve McCaffery, Jackson Mac Low, and pb Nichol.
$40
74.
THOMAS, Dylan.
Deaths and Entrances: Poems.
London: J.M. Dent (1946).
First edition. 16mo. 66 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a few tiny scuffs. From the library of a young E. Michael Mendelson (Nathaniel Tarn), dated (London March 1946) and signed in full on the first leaf.
$450
75.
THOMAS, Dylan.
18 Poems.
London: Fortune Press [c. 1946].
Second edition, second printing. 31 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a short tear to the crown, and toning along spine and top edge of the rear panel. See D’Arch Smith 542.
$450
76.
TURNBULL, Gael.
With Hey, Ho...
Ventura: Migrant Press, 1961.
First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Three fold-out leaves. One of 125 numbered copies. Printed by mimeo, cover hand-lettered. From the collection of Nathaniel Tarn, with his embossed ownership stamp (2x).
$75
77.
WIENERS, John.
Pressed Wafer.
Buffalo: Gallery Upstairs Press (1967).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [20 pp]. Sunning to spine and along top edge, else near fine in paper-covered boards with printed cover and spine labels (some wear to spine label). One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Wieners. Four poems.
$150
78.
WILLIAMS, Jonathan.
Aggie Weston’s No. 18: Ten Photographs.
Belper: Stuart Mills (1982).
First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Entire issue devoted to Williams’ b&w portrait photographs of Olson, Du Plessis Gray & Oppenheimer, Creeley & Rice, Lou Harrison, Duncan, Patchen, Rexroth, Finlay, Joyce’s gravestone, and Bunting.
$35
79.
WILLIE.
Stubble Poems.
[Sacramento]: Grande Ronde Press, 1969.
First edition. [24 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with a few small spots. Nineteen three line poems. Dated (1971) and INSCRIBED to fellow mimeo revolutionary Douglas Blazek, “To BLootzook, my / old time buddy / + friend of this / lifetime / beyond the / judgements and / justifications / we’re just / mosey in / towards the / light / Willie.”
$75
80.
WILSON, Joyce Lancaster.
The Swing: Poems and Illustrations.
San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley (1981).
First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed by Adrian Wilson. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the Wilsons. Seven poems paired with multi color block prints. A terrific production.
$50