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21.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Szerlip, Barbara. ed.
Tractor 1–6 (Complete)

Santa Barbara: Tractor [c.1972] – (1975).
Six issues, all near fine or better in wrappers. Work by Simic, Hagedorn, Meltzer, Rexroth, Snyder, Malanga, Whalen, Codrescu, Blazek, Hirschman, Neruda, Merwin, and many others. For the run:
$75
90361
22.
COOLIDGE, Clark and Michael Palmer. eds.
Joglars 1.

Providence: Joglars, 1964.
Spring. 43 pp. Toning along spine, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover by Henry Moss. Contributions by Snyder, McClure, Dawson, J. Williams, Niedecker, Kelly, Wieners, P. Zukofsky, Oppenheimer, Bergé, and L. Zukofsky. “Classified Advertisements” by Bruce Conner concludes the volume.
$125
90360
23.
COOLIDGE, Clark and Michael Palmer. eds.
Joglars 2.

Providence: Joglars, 1964.
Winter. 98 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with some wrinkles to late leaves and back cover (production flaw). Cover by Nicholas Dean. Contributions by Jonathan Green, Eigner, Brakhage, Don & Allen Katzman, Edson, Max Finstein, Dawson, Marguerite Harris, Michael Palmer, Eigner, Joel Sloman, Richard K. Winslow, Mac Low, Heliczer, and Snyder.
$75
82538
24.
[DE KOONING, Willem]. Denby, Edwin.
Willem De Kooning.

Madras & NY: Hanuman Books, 1988.
First edition. 62 pp. Fine in wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. Cover and frontis photos by Rudy Burckhardt. Pairs the title essay with “The Thirties,” a reflection on the paintings of that decade. Hanuman 19.
$100
90492
25.
DOOLITTLE, Hilda writing as “H.D.”
2 Poems.

Berkeley: Arif, 1971.
First trade edition. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Illustrations lithographed by Wesley Tanner. Hand-set and printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem in an edition of 200 copies (there were 26 in boards). Poems from 1937 that appeared originally in Life and Letters Today. Boughn A29.
$40
90504
26.
DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan.
The Hound of the Baskervilles.

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1985.
First edition. 201 pp. Fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine publisher’s slipcase with illustrated side panels and printed spine label. Doyle’s classic illustrated with photographs by Michael McKenna. One of 400 copies SIGNED by McKenna.
$500
90014
27.
DUNCAN, Robert.
Medieval Scenes.

Kent: Kent State University Libraries, 1978.
Second edition, lettered & signed issue. [54 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Preface by Duncan, afterword by Robert Bertholf. Errata slip present. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Duncan. Additionally INSCRIBED by Duncan on the colophon page, “for Alex Gildzen.” The only issue of this title to include a tipped-on color photograph of Duncan’s illumination for the MEDIEVAL SCENES papers.
$250
90499
28.
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Vega and Other Poems.

Woodstock: Overlook Press (1973).
First US edition. 54 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Durrell on the third blank, “For Mr. and Mrs. / William Wyler / with admiration / and esteem / from / Larry and Ghislaine / Durrell / The Wyler Residence / Malibu Colony / 1974.”
$250
87255
29.
EDSON, Russell.
The Brain Kitchen: Writings and Woodcuts.

Stamford: Thing Press, 1965.
First edition. [44 pp]. Small bend to lower outside corner, else near fine illustrated wrappers with lightly tapped corners. One of 250 copies. One of Edson’s less common titles.
$75
39389
30.
EVERSON, William.
Black Hills.

[San Francisco]: Didymus Press (1973).
First edition. [18 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine, that is lightly sunned. No dust jacket, as issued. Woodcut illustration by Thayer Hopkins. One of 285 numbered copies on Wookey Hole Mill paper SIGNED by Everson.
$75
90348
31.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Notes after an Evening with William Carlos Williams.

[NY]: Samuel Charters [1970].
First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in oblong stapled wrappers. One of 300 copies issued as Portents 17. A prose work composed after visiting the Doctor. Morgan A18.
$75
87176
32.
GOMRINGER, Eugen.
The Book of Hours and Constellations.

NY: Something Else Press, 1968.
First trade paperback printing. [110 pp]. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edited and translated by Jerome Rothenberg, with pre-faces by both Gomringer and Rothenberg.
$35
89355
33.
[GOREY, Edward]. Cros, Charles.
The Salt Herring / Le Hareng saur.

NY: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1971.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [44 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. English version of Cros’ poem by Alphonse Allais, illustrated by Gorey. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Gorey. Toledano B49b.
$300
90154
34.
HARRISON, Lou.
Joys & Perplexities: Selected Poems.

Winston-Salem: Jargon Society, 1992.
First edition. 123 pp. Fine in wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Harrison on the second leaf, “with / all / best / wishes / to / Jerry / & / Jan / from / Lou Harrison.” Jargon 110.
$75
90483
35.
HIRSCHMAN, Jack.
Black Alephs: Poems 1960–1968.

London: Trigram Press, 1969.
First trade edition. 155 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art and one internal illustration by Wallace Berman. SIGNED by Hirschman on the colophon page.
$150
90016
36.
JESS.
1994 holograph postcard.

6 x 4 ¼ inch illustrated postcard. Near fine. A Hanging Loose postcard of a Helen Adam collage. Jess writes in part, “My future shall be colord pistachio!...I’ve begun a new paste-up— Scissors are a problem but I’ll make out—” Card is dated 12–26–94. About 125 words.
$100
90351
37.
KELLY, Robert.
Song XXIV.

Cambridge: Pym-Randall Press (1967).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Kelly. A single poem, the first of a series of broadsides and pamphlets printed by William Ferguson.
$75
90346
38.
KOSTELANETZ, Richard. ed.
Language & Structure in North America: The fist large definitive survey of North American Lanaguage Art November 4–30, 1975.

Toronto: Kensington Arts Association, 1975.
First edition. 80 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Exhibition catalogue with a preface by Beth Learn and an introductory essay by Kostelanetz. Many reproductions of exhibited works by McClure, Robert Smithson, Giorno, Lax, Carl Andre, Higgins, Porter, Cage, Nichol, and many more, with a concluding checklist.
$50
90506
39.
KYGER, Joanne and Michael Rothenberg.
Man Women: Two Poems.

Pacifica: Big Bridge Press, 1988.
First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in Japanese-style sewn wrappers, contained in a hand-painted sheet with closure. Illustrations by Nancy Davis. Printed by Peter Koch. One of 50 numbered copies on Mohawk paper SIGNED by Kyger and Rothenberg.
$200
90485
40.
LANDES-LEVI, Louise.
Extinction.

(np): Left Hand Books/Woodbine Press (1990).
First edition. [28 pp]. Sunning along spine, else near fine in printed wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies. Dated (23.7.92) and INSCRIBED by Landes-Levi to Leslie [Scalapino], in part “you were a source of strength at Naropa — I love hearing you read.”
$75