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41.
MacDIARMID, Hugh.
The Kind of Poetry I Want.
Edinburgh: K.D. Duval, 1961.
First edition. 4to. 58 pp w/notes. Fine in printed patterned paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped vellum spine. t.e.g. Fine publisher’s slipcase (not pictured). One of 300 numbered copies on hand made paper SIGNED by MacDiarmid. Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni press in Verona. A long poem, with a preface by MacDiarmid for this publication.
$150
42.
MARINETTI, Filippo Tommaso.
Marinetti: Selected Writings.
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1972).
First edition. 366 pp w/selective index of names. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Edited, and with an introduction by R.W. Flint. Translated by R.W. Flint and Arthur A. Coppotelli. Includes a selection of 22 b&w photographs.
$40
43.
MATTHIESSEN, Peter.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord.
NY: Random House (1965).
Advance reading copy. 373 pp. Light toning to spine, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Matthiessen on the half-title page. Basis for the film, and National Book Award for Fiction finalist.
$350
44.
MATTHIESSEN, Peter.
Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969–1982.
Boston: Shambhala, 1986.
Uncorrected proof. 253 pp w/notes. Fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Matthiessen on the title page. Publicity letter to the book editor at Time Magazine laid in.
$125
45.
MOORE, Abdal-Hayy Daniel.
Mars & Beyond: Poems January 20 – March 29, 2004.
Philadelphia: Ecstatic Exchange, 2005.
First edition. 67 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. CD present in sleeve at the rear of the volume. INSCRIBED by Moore on the title page, “for Leslie Scalapino / another Oaklander? / Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore / 4/8/08.”
$40
46.
MOORE, Nicholas.
Buzzing Around With a Bee: Poems.
London: Poetry (London) [1941].
First edition. 19 pp. Near fine in wrappers and very good plus integral illustrated dust jacket with a small price ink on the front panel. Cover art by Cecil Collins. Sixteen poems, including “On the Death of Virginia Woolf.” PL Pamphlets No. 4.
$45
47.
MOORE, Robert Nelson Jr.
I Was There.
San Francisco: Open Skull (1968).
First edition. [16 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Two-color cover silkscreen by T.L. Kryss. One of 250 copies. Twelve poems. A mimeo beaut, published by Douglas Blazek.
$35
48.
MORGAN, Edwin.
Sovpoems.
Worcester & Ventura: Migrant [1961].
First edition. 32 pp. Shallow bend to one upper corner, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Morgan’s translations of Brecht, Neruda, Pasternak, Tsvetayeva, Mayakovsky, Martynov, and Yevtushenko, with his introduction. Laid-in is a mimeographed sheet with additions and corrections to the translations, and detailing the output of the Press. Uncommon thus.
$75
49.
MORLEY, Hilda.
To Hold in My Hand: Selected Poems.
NY: Sheep Meadow Press (1983).
First edition. 213 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two tiny spots on the spine. Prefatory note by Stanley Kunitz, “Where Joy Is.” Second collection by Morley, who taught at Black Mountain College.
$50
50.
O’CONNOR, Flannery.
A Good Man is Hard to Find.
NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company (1955).
First edition. 251 pp. Discreet previous owner’s small ownership stamp to front free endpaper, half, and title pages, else fine in near fine dust jacket with three short edge-tears, light wear, and sunning to spine (mainly evident in the red pigment). O’Connor’s stunning first collection of short stories, following her first book, the novel WISE BLOOD.
$1250
51.
OPPEN, George.
Primitive.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1978.
First trade paperback printing. 31 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Oppen on the half-title page. Thirteen poems. Morrow & Cooney 295a.
$50
52.
OPPEN, Mary.
Poems & Transpositions.
NY: Montemora Foundation (1980).
First edition. [60 pp]. Very near fine in glossy printed wrappers.
$55
53.
PALAMAS, Kostes.
The Twelve Words of the Gypsy.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1964.
First edition. xxi + 205 pp w/glossary. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Poems translated from the original Greek by Frederic Will with his introduction.
$45
54.
[PETTIBON, Raymond]. Leiber, Steven.
Various Small Pettibons and a Ruscha.
San Francisco: 871 Fine Arts (2005).
First edition. [36 pp]. Light vertical wrinkle to back cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Numbered “16” in red ink, as in all copies, on the front cover. One of about 100 copies. Leiber Catalog 44.
$250
55.
[PRINCE, Richard]. Spector, Buzz. et al, eds.
WhiteWalls: A Magazine of Writing by Artists #4.
Chicago: WhiteWalls (1980).
First edition. 62 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Presents a prose work by Prince, “from Moving by Wading More Than Swimming.” His second appearance in WhiteWalls, and fourth periodical appearance overall.
$150
56.
PRYNNE, J.H.
The White Stones.
Lincoln: Grosseteste Press, 1969.
First edition. 96 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 477 numbered copies. A substantial collection of poems. From the collection of Nathaniel Tarn, dated (‘69) and signed by him on the dedication page.
$250
57.
QUASIMODO, Salvatore.
Debit and Credit.
London: Anvil Press Poetry/Routledge & Kegan Paul (1972).
First UK edition. 53 pp. Small bump to crown, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Poems translated from the original Italian by Jack Bevan, with his introduction. Greek-Sicilian Quasimodo was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1959.
$35
58.
RAWORTH, Tom.
the big green day.
London: Trigram Press, 1968.
First edition. 45 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Cover art and internal drawings by Jim Dine. Designed and printed by Asa Benveniste and Paul Vaughan.
$45
59.
RUSCHA, Edward.
Edward Ruscha.
Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1976).
First edition. 40 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Foreword by Robert T. Buck, Jr. Essay by Linda L. Cathcart. Twenty-six reproductions, several of which are in color.
$75
60.
RUSCHA, Ed.
Ed Ruscha: Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half.
NY: Christie’s, 2014.
First edition. 99 pp. Fine in full cloth and fine semi-opaque printed dust jacket. One fold-out plate. Essays by Mark Rozzo and Max Carter. A lavishly-illustrated auction catalogue.
$100