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1.
AITKEN, Robert.
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps: Verses for Zen Buddhist Practice.

Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992.
First trade edition. xxii + 76 pp w/index of occasions for practice. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with a touch of light foxing to page edges. Foreword by Thich Nhat Hanh. SIGNED by Aiken on the title page.
$40
88021
2.
[ARABIC POETRY]. Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. ed.
Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology.

NY: Columbia University Press, 1987.
First edition. xxviii + 498 pp. Corners tapped, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear to the top edge of the front panel. Nathaniel Tarn’s copy, with his bookplate inside the front cover.
$40
89325
3.
ASHBERY, John.
Sunrise in Suburbia.

NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1968.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine dust jacket with printed label. One of 100 numbered copies on Fabriano paper SIGNED by Ashbery. A single longer poem.
$250
89308
4.
AUSTER, Paul.
White Spaces.

Barrytown: Station Hill (1980).
First trade edition. 30 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Collects “The Death of Sir Walter Raleigh,” “Northern Lights: The Paintings of Jean-Paul Riopelle,” and “Space: A Dance for Reading Aloud.” Drenttel A6ai.
$75
89299
5.
BARFIELD, Owen.
Orpheus: A Poetic Drama.

West Stockbridge: Lindisfarne Press, 1983.
First US edition. 143 pp w/glossary. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edited by John C. Ulreich, Jr. with his Afterword. Barfield adds a new foreword to this work from the late ‘40s.
$45
89321
6.
[BERMAN, Wallace].
Wallace Berman Retrospective.

Los Angeles: Fellows of Contemporary Art, 1978.
First edition. 4to. 118 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. A terrific retrospective, with many color and b&w reproductions, alongside essays by Robert Duncan and David Meltzer, a foreword by Hal Glicksman, and an interview with Walter Hopps. A chronology, catalogue of the exhibition, and bibliography concludes the volume.
$100
89291
7.
BERSSENBRUGGE, Mei-Mei.
Sphericity: Poems.

Berkeley: Kelsey St. Press, 1993.
First trade edition. 42 pp. Some rubbing to rear cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems with cover art and internal illustrations by Richard Tuttle.
$75
89292
8.
BETSKO, Kathleen and Rachel Koenig.
Interviews with Contemporary Women Playwrights.

NY: Beech Tree Books/William Morrow (1987).
First edition. 480 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket with two short tears to the bottom edge. Caryl Churchill, Rosalyn Drexler, Adrienne Kennedy, Eve Merriam, Rochell Owens, Ntozake Shange, Wendy Wasserstein, and many others appear. Dated (Winter Solstice ‘86) and INSCRIBED by Kenneth [Anger] to Robert [Duncan], “for Robert / a glimpse / of the competition / Kenneth.”
$125
89310
9.
[BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE]. Katz, Vincent. ed.
Black Mountain College: Experiment in Art.

Cambridge & London: MIT Press (2003).
First US edition. 4to. 328 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Essays by Martin Brody, Robert Creeley, Vincent Katz, and Kevin Power. A wonderful examination of the college, with many color reproductions of work by students and faculty members. Nathaniel Tarn’s copy, with his bookplate inside the front cover.
$250
89328
10.
BLAZEK, Douglas.
All Gods Must Learn to Kill.

Demarest: Analecta Press 1968.
First edition. 78 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and three cartoons by R. Crumb, frontis illustrations by Jeff Nuttall, three internal collages by d.a. levy, and a foreword by Brown Miller. Blazek’s first solo book, and a testament to his connections in the underground press community. Dated and INSCRIBED by Blazek in the month of publication, “for Marvin — / here is my /rectangular / footprint! / Blaz / 8.31.68.” Review slip laid in. Den Boer A2.
$250
89320
11.
BRAINARD, Joe.
I Remember.

NY: Angel Hair Books (1970).
First edition. [36 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 700 copies. The first volume of Brainard’s justly-celebrated and oft reprinted memoir.
$450
89286
12.
[BRAKHAGE, Stan]. Elder, R. Bruce.
The Films of Stan Brakhage in the American Tradition of Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and Charles Olson.

Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press (1998).
First edition. xi + 572 pp w/glossary, notes, selected bibliography, Brakhage filmography, & index. Fine in fine dust jacket.
$50
89296
13.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
The Night Torn Mad with Footsteps: New Poems.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2001.
First edition. 352 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 500 numbered copies with an original serigraph print by Bukowski.
$125
89300
14.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Open All Night: New Poems.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2000.
First edition. 361 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 400 numbered copies with an original serigraph print by Bukowski.
$125
89312
15.
[BURROUGHS, William S.]. Goodman, Michael B.
William S. Burroughs: An Annotated Bibliography of His Works and Criticism.

NY & London: Garland, 1975.
Advance copy. 96 pp w/index. Near fine in printed wrappers with some light soiling. Three loose signatures issued for review. Preface by Jack Ludwig.
$35
78005
16.
CARSON, Ciaran.
Fishing for Amber: A Long Story.

London: Granta (1999).
First edition. 360 pp w/sources. Faint toning to extrems, else fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (May 2000) and INSCRIBED by Carson on the title page. A blending of tales from Ovid’s METAMORPHOSIS, Irish fairy stories, and fantastic tales of 17th century Dutch painters and paintings.
$75
89285
17.
CHAPSON, Jim.
Sentimental Journey.

Berkeley: Hit & Run Press (1985).
First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine integral illustrated dust jacket. Cover art by Roberto Chavez. Poems and prose. INSCRIBED by Chapson to a fellow White Rabbit poet, “for John Allen Ryan / love, / Jim Chapman.”
$45
89331
18.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Kissam, Edward and Paul Boorstin. eds.
Burning Water 1–5 (complete).

Princeton: Burning Water, 1963–1965.
Five issues, all near fine in printed wrappers with lightly toned spines. Contributions by Bergé, Margaret Randall, George Hitchcock, Earle Birney, John Haines, George Bowering, Gary Snyder, Lewis Mac Adams, Ernesto Cardenal, Raquel Jodrowsky, Peter Wild, and many others. For the run:
$200
89329
19.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Pick, J.B. ed.
Gangrel 1–4 (complete).

London: J.B. Pick [1945–1946].
Four issues, all near fine or better in printed wrappers. Contributions by Alfred Perlès, James Kirkup, Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller, Nicholas Moore, Kenneth Patchen, Denise Levertoff, and many others. The fourth and last issue features a special section, “Why I Write,” answered by Rayner Heppenstall, George Orwell, Neil M. Gunn, and Alfred Perlès. For the run:
$200
88378
20.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
Poet.

Brooklyn: Pressed Wafer (2018).
First edition. 310 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. “I give instructions in my poems... there’ll be no popcorn.”
$40