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89746
21.
CARDARELLI, Joe.
From the Maine Book.

Bolinas: Smithereens Press (1983).
First edition. 4to. [52 pp]. Faint toning to extrems, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover and internal drawings by Marta Beckstrom. One of 140 (of 150) copies. Dated (11 April 85) and INSCRIBED by Cardarelli, “For Robert Duncan & Jess / with love on the event of / Robert’s reading in Baltimore / at Black Mt Poets Series / with all best wishes / Joe & Marta.” Cover art and all five drawings hand-watercolored by Beckstrom.
$125
89780
22.
[CONCRETE POETRY].
Between Poetry and Painting.

London: Institute of Contemporary Arts (1965).
First edition. 81 pp. Fine in comb-bound wrappers. Fantastic collection of international contemporary practitioners, and preceding texts. Laid in is Dom Sylvester Houédard’s staple-bound 14 pp essay, “Between Poetry and Painting Chronology” which is often missing. One of the key anthologies of concrete poetry.
$350
85109
23.
CONNER, Bruce and Michael McClure.
Mandalas.

San Francisco: Dave Haselwood, 1966.
First edition. [28 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with some shallow curling to corners. One of 1200 copies. Haselwood 11.
$150
89747
24.
CONNER, Bruce.
Drawings 1955–1972.

San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1975.
First edition. 4to. [24 pp] w/biography & catalog of the exhibition. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Preface by Ian McKibbin White, text by Thomas H. Garver. Thirteen reproductions (including cover).
$50
88377
25.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
The Circus.

(np): Flow Press (2017).
First edition. 140 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover by Oliver Katz.
$35
88283
26.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
Material Thinking.

SF & NY: Push (2015).
First edition. [18 pp]. Fine in side-stapled illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Jason Morris. One of 250 copies for private distribution. Two talks originally delivered at Naropa in 1977.
$35
89763
27.
[DIVERS PRESS]. Seymour-Smith, Martin.
All Devils Fading.

Mallorca: Divers Press, 1953.
First edition. [28 pp]. Light foxing to endpapers, else near fine in printed wrappers. Eleven poems. The first book from Robert Creeley’s press.
$75
89758
28.
[DIVERS PRESS]. Woolf, Douglas.
The Hypocritic Days.

Mallorca: Divers Press, 1955.
First edition. 140 pp. Fine in wrappers and very near fine dust jacket. Cover art by Katue Kitasono. Woolf’s first book, a novel.
$75
89785
29.
DUNCAN, Robert.
A Book of Resemblances.

New Haven: Henry Wenning (1966).
First edition. 4to. 91 pp. Fine in full black cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front panel. Very good plus unevenly toned unprinted tissue dust jacket with a few small chips. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Duncan and Jess. Entire text is reproduced from Duncan’s holograph, and ornamented with drawings by Jess. A gorgeous production containing poems not reprinted in any earlier collection. Bertholf A22.
$300
89784
30.
[DYNATON].
Dynaton 1951.

San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art (1951).
First edition. Small 4to. 40 + [24 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Printed at the Greenwood Press. Color and b&w reproductions. Jacqueline Johnson, Lee Mullican, Gordon Onslow-Ford, and Wolfgang Paalen.
$450
89774
31.
ELIOT, T.S.
Selected Poems.

London: Faber and Faber (1954).
First hardcover edition. 127 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a few spots of rubbing along the spine. Eliot’s own selection. Published originally by Penguin as a paperback original in 1948. See Gallup A50x.a (note).
$100
39779
32.
ELMSLIE, Kenward.
Motor Disturbance.

NY: Frank O’Hara Foundation/Columbia University Press, 1971.
First edition. 75 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover design by Alex Katz. Printed dedication to Joe Brainard. “A Frank O’Hara Award Book.” Review slip laid in.
$45
89778
33.
FORD, Charles Henri.
Spare Parts.

(np): New View Books (1966).
First edition. Folio. [148 pp]. Hard bumps and some scuffing to base and crown of spine, else near fine in decorated boards. One of 850 numbered copies. Poem posters printed in vibrant colors on a variety of papers.
$450
89789
34.
FOX, Hugh.
The Living Underground: A Critical Overview.

Troy: Whitston Publishing Company, 1970.
First edition. 161 pp. Fine in full orange cloth with gilt lettering to front cover, and gold and blue along spine. No dust jacket, as issued. An examination of the “underground” via levy, Higgins, Blazek, Wagner, Kryss, Krech, and several other poet-publishers.
$50
89743
35.
FRIEDMAN, Ed.
The New Space.

(np): Unnatural Acts Press (1973).
First edition. 20 pp w/notes. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Front cover designed by Ed Bowes. First book by this “performance poetry” pioneer.
$75
89777
36.
GOREY, Edward illustrates T.S. Eliot.
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.

NY: Harcourt Brace & Company (1982).
First printing of this edition. 56 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with just a suggestion of sunning to spine. Cover art and internal drawings by Gorey. First published in the US in 1939, this is the first edition with Gorey’s artwork. Toledano B70a.
$75
89744
37.
[GRAFFITI]. Chastanet, Francois.
Cholo Writing: Latino Gang Graffiti in Los Angeles.

Arsta: Dokument Press (2009).
First edition. 135 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. A detailed photo documentation of various text styles in the Los Angeles area. Most of the photographs are in color, a few in b&w. Reprinted in hardcover in 2024, this first edition in wrappers is uncommon.
$125
89745
38.
GRAHAM, W.S.
Malcolm Mooney’s Land.

London: Faber and Faber (1970).
First edition. 64 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Graham on the title page, “W.S. Graham / to / Michael Curtis.” His first major collection after a fifteen year gap.
$100
89790
39.
HAINES, John.
The Mirror.

[Santa Barbara]: Unicorn Press (1971).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [10 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. A single five part poem. One of 60 numbered copies on Hosho paper SIGNED by Haines.
$50
89779
40.
HAINES, John.
Rain Country.

Richmond: Mad River Press (1990).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover and internal artwork by Jo Going. One of 250 numbered copies. SIGNED by Haines on the colophon.
$50