e-catalog #124
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41.
KYGER, Joanne.
Trip Out & Fall Back.

Berkeley: Arif Press, 1974.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [22 pp]. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Cover art and internal drawings by Gordon Baldwin. One of 26 copies SIGNED by Kyger and Baldwin, the entire hardcover edition.
$450
68739
42.
LAMANTIA, Philip.
Touch of the Marvelous.

Berkeley: Oyez, 1966.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 65 pp. Near fine in full cloth with gilt stamping to spine (a little dull). No dust jacket, as issued. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Lamantia. Introductory note by Parker Tyler who, along with Charles Henri Ford “discovered” Lamantia and published his work in VIEW in 1943.
$450
89935
43.
[LITERARY ANTHOLOGY]. Laughlin, James. ed.
New Directions 23.

NY: New Directions (1971).
First edition. 216 pp w/notes on contributors. Fine in fine dust jacket. Abish, Bly, Bronk, Duncan, Edson, Ferlinghetti, Charles Henri Ford, Levertov, Richard Meyers (Richard Hell), Rakoski, Snyder, and many others collected.
$25
89936
44.
[LITERARY ANTHOLOGY]. Laughlin, James with Peter Glassgold and Frederick R. Martin. eds.
New Directions 26.

New York: New Directions (1973).
First edition. 184 pp w/notes. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bienek, Busch, Corman, Duncan, Edson, Rexroth, Roditi, Snyder, and others presented.
$20
89966
45.
[LITERARY ANTHOLOGY]. Seaver, Richard with Terry Southern and Alexander Trocchi. eds.
Writers in Revolt: An Anthology.

NY: Frederick Fell (1963).
First edition. xvii + 366 pp. Fine in near fine, clipped and repriced dust jacket with a tear to the base of the front flap fold. Stellar anthology: Ginsberg, Sade, Baudelaire, Celine, Iris Mudoch, Genet, Gaddis, Evan S. Connell, Selby Jr. Burroughs, Ionesco, Beckett, and many others.
$40
89968
46.
[LITERARY MAGAZINES]. Baum, Timothy. ed.
Nadada No. 2.

NY: Nadada, 1965.
First edition. 4to. 76 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Appearances by John Perreault, David Omer Bearden, Ray Johnson, Gerard Malanga, Ted Berrigan, Charles Henri Ford, Tristan Tzara, Aram Saroyan, Piero Heliczer, and many others.
$100
89957
47.
LOWRY, Robert.
The Bad Girl Marie.

Cincinatti: Little Man Press 1942.
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in staled wrappers and very near fine illustrated dust jacket. Cover art and internal decorations by James Flora. A story by Lowry, taken from a long work to be published later in the year. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Lowry and Flora, who has added a small drawing.
$100
89933
48.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
From Pearl Harbor Day to FDR’s Birthday 7 December 1981 — 30 January 1982.

College Park: Sun & Moon (1982).
First trade paperback printing. 68 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (rear cover rubbed). Dated (SF 11/14/84) and INSCRIBED by Mac Low on the title page. Sun & Moon Contemporary Literature Series Number Fourteen.
$50
89951
49.
[MAIL ART]. McCallion, Barry.
Prepare to Publish: A Collection of Mailouts November 1970 – September 1971.

Claremont: Aleatory Press (1972).
First edition. 24 pp. Fine in staple and tape-bound wrappers. “Foarword” by Dick Higgins. All of the perforated cards are fully attached.
$40
89973
50.
MALANGA, Gerard.
10 Poems for 10 Poets.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 71 pp. Fine in illustrated paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. Cover photograph of Malanga by Francesco Scavullo. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Malanga. Morrow & Cooney 94b.
$125
89965
51.
[MALRAUX, André]. Grasskamp, Walter.
The Book on the Floor: André Melraux and the Imaginary Museum.

Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute (2016).
First US edition. 232 pp w/notes, bibliography, & index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Grasskamp unpacks the famous photograph of Malraux examining the layout of a forthcoming book, linking it to the genre of illustrated art books.
$45
89985
52.
MATHERS, Michael.
Riding the Rails.

Boston: Gambit 1973.
First edition. 136 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear to the top edge of the front panel. Stories, interviews, and photographs of rail riders.
$75
80468
53.
MURPHY, Richard.
The Kick.

London & NY: Granta Books (2002).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 379 pp. Light wear to spine tips, else fine in marbled paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped goatskin spine with raised bands. Near fine publisher’s slipcase. No dust jacket, as issued. Bound and issued by Kenney’s of Galway. One of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by Murphy. A memoir by the poet.
$350
89947
54.
[OLIVER, Vaughan]. Poyner, Rick.
Vaughan Oliver: Visceral Pleasures.

London: Booth-Clibborn Editions (2000).
First edition. 224 pp w/bibliography & list of exhibitions. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light wear along top edge. Lavishly illustrated presentation of work by the 4AD records house designer.
$100
89949
55.
PATCHEN, Kenneth.
Aflame and Afun of Walking Faces: Fables and Drawings.

NY: New Directions (1970).
First hardcover edition. 87 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Afterword by Jonathan Williams. Poems with the first appearance of these drawings and graphic effects by Patchen. Morgan A38b.
$45
89986
56.
PONGE, Francis.
Soap.

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998.
First printing of this edition (originally published in French in 1967). 103 pp w/selected bibliography. Fine in full cloth (small press sticker on rear panel). No dust jacket, as issued. Translated from the original French by Lane Dunlop.
$45
89929
57.
PORTER, Bern.
Found Poems.

Millerton: Something Else Press (1972).
First edition. 4to. [384 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket with a small dampstain at the base of spine. One of the best collections of found poems by anyone, presented boldly.
$125
89971
58.
PORTER, Katherine Anne.
Ship of Fools.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown (1962).
First edition. 497 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two tiny chips to the crown. SIGNED by Porter on the half-title page. Laid into this copy is a printed postcard from the Gotham Book Mart expressing admiration for this title, and that orders receive before the 2 April publication date will received a signed first edition.
$450
89963
59.
RIMBAUD, Arthur translated by Delmore Schwartz.
A Season in Hell/ Une Saison En Enfer.

Norfolk: New Directions (1939).
First trade edition. 99 pp. Front hinge a bit loose, light sunning to spine, else near fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed cover label. Lacks dust jacket. The original French poem with Schwartz’s facing English translation, printed in two colors. One of 750 (of 780) copies. The first translation of this poem published in the US.
$125
89962
60.
ROSKOLENKO, Harry.
When I Was Last on Cherry Street.

NY: Stein and Day (1965).
First edition. 248 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine. INSCRIBED by Roskolenko on the dedication page, “To Tom: / Who will I hope edit / another volume of mine about / another time... / Cordially, / Harry Roskolenko / New York City / May 13, 1968.”
$100