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61.
RUSCHA, Ed.
4 x 6: Zeichnungen von Edward Ruscha.
Münster: Westfälischer Kunstverein (1986).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [72 pp]. Fine in full blue cloth with silver stamping to spine and front panel. Essay by Marianne Stockebrand in German and English translation. Twenty-four full color repro-
ductions. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Ruscha.
$1250
62.
RUSCHA, Ed.
Graphic Works by Ed Ruscha.
Auckland: Auckland City Art Gallery 1978.
First edition. 144 pp. A few light vertical wrinkles to covers, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Preface by Henry Geldzahler. Introduction by Andrew Bogle. Color and b&w reproductions. SIGNED by Ruscha on the first leaf.
$750
63.
RUSCHA, Edward and Joe Goode.
Joe Goode Edward Ruscha.
Balboa: Balboa Pavilion Gallery, 1968.
First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in strip-bound wrappers. Texts by Dorothy Ruscha, Mason Williams, and Henry T. Hopkins. Illustrated with b&w and color reproductions of work by both men.
$125
64.
SAMPERI, Frank.
Song Book.
(np): Frank Samperi (1960).
First edition. [36 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems, printed by letterpress at the J & E Press in West Babylon, Long Island. Samperi’s uncommon first book, in a spare format that would be used for several of his early collections.
$125
65.
[SITUATIONISM]. Chasse, Robert. et al, eds.
Situationist International Number 1.
NY: S.I., 1969.
First edition. 48 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with light wear to extrems. A review of the American section of the Situationist International. All texts in English.
$75
66.
[6 GALLERY – SPATSA GALLERY]. Natsoulas, John. et al.
Lyrical Gallery: The 6 Gallery 1954–1957 with The Spatsa Gallery 1958–1961.
Davis: Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery (1990).
First editions. 98 + 42 pp. Two volumes, both fine in illustrated wrappers. Exhibition catalogues presenting the history of these two “Beat” galleries. Works by Michael McClure, Hassel Smith, Jess, Jay Defeo, Bruce Conner, Joan Smith, and many others, along with reproductions of period photographs and ephemera. For the pair:
$75
67.
SKELLEY, Jack.
from Fear of Kathy Acker.
Los Angeles: Illuminati (1984).
First edition. Narrow 4to. [16 pp]. Near fine in glossy printed wrappers. First separate appearance of this prose sequence on the LA underground scene.
$125
68.
SPICER, Jack.
The Holy Grail.
San Francisco: White Rabbit [1964].
First edition. 10 ⅞ x 9 ⅞ inch poster, printed in two colors. Two old folds, else near fine. An uncommon piece of ephemera from the legendary press.
$150
69.
SUND, Robert.
Home: A Prayer for the World Where You Found It.
[Berkeley]: Tangram, 1991.
First edition. [4 pp]. Some light foxing along top edge, tiny spot to the front panel, else near fine in sewn wrappers with printed cover label. One of 225 copies on Somerset mouldmade paper. A three part long poem.
$45
70.
SWENSON, May.
Iconographs.
NY: Scribner’s (1970).
First edition. 88 pp w/a note on iconographs. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Shaped poems.
$50
71.
TAGLIABUE, John.
The Doorless Door (Japan Poems).
NY: Mushinsha/Grossman (1970).
First edition. 82 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket. Poems with twenty full-color illustrations from an Edo period of Japanese wood-block prints by Keisai titled HOW TO SKETCH PEOPLE.
$45
72.
WALDROP, Rosmarie.
Untitled.
(np): Annex Press, 1978.
First edition. [10 pp]. Corners lightly bent, else near fine in stapled wrappers. B&w photographs of parcels mailed to Waldrop that were damaged in transit. Uncommon.
$75
73.
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Black Mischief.
London: Chapman and Hall (1932).
First edition. 303 pp. Foxing to page edges, and a bit to early and late leaves, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with toned spine. Original Book Society’s “Book of the Month” band present. Waugh’s third novel.
$1250
74.
WELCH, Lew.
Hermit Poems.
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [14 pp]. Light sunning to spine, else near fine in stapled wrappers (staples a bit rusty). Text reproduced from Welch’s holograph. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Welch. writing 8.
$1500
75.
WELCH, Lew.
Redwood Haiku & Other Poems.
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1972.
First edition. [20 pp]. Light sunning to spine, else very near fine in sewn wrappers. Cover drawing by Magda. One of 250 copies printed by Clifford Burke and Nancy Lehman. Ten poems.
$125
76.
WELTY, Eudora.
Bye-Bye Brevoort: A Skit.
Jackson: New Stage Theatre (1980).
First edition. 20 pp. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with printed cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. Printed by the Palaemon Press. One of 400 (of 476) copies SIGNED by Welty. Originally produced as part of the Off-Broadway production, “The Littlest Revue” which opened at the Phoenix Theatre in NY in 1956.
$200
77.
WELTY, Eudora.
One Time, One Place. Mississippi in the Depression: A Snapshot Album.
NY: Random House (1971).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. xiii + 111 pp. Fine in full decorated cloth and fine unprinted acetate dust jacket (two corner creases) and fine publisher’s slipcase. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Welty. One hundred reproductions of b&w photographs by Welty, with her introduction.
$350
78.
WHALEN, Philip.
Nachspielzeit.
Berlin: Stadlichter Presse (2001).
First edition. 170 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Original English poems by Whalen with facing German translations by Stefan Hyner. Afterword by Leslie Scalapino (in German). Heartbeat No. 2.
$35
79.
[WHALEN, Philip]. Abbott, Ward and Bryant Cashion. eds.
The Desert Review Penny Poetry Sheet No. 4.
Albuquerque: Desert Review Press (1963).
First edition. Single sheet folded once (8 ½ x 4 ½ inches, closed). Two staple holes along spine, else fine. Features Whalen’s poem “World Out of Control.” Also work by Cashion and Margaret Avison.
$35
80.
WILLIAMS, Jonathan.
Four Stoppages.
Stuttgart: Jonathan Williams (1953).
First edition. Single large sheet folded to make eight panels (15 x 10 inches, closed). Text by Williams, graphics by Charles Oscar, printed in two colors. One of 200 copies. Original printed mailing envelope (with Pfc Williams’ APO address) present and very near fine. Jargon 5.
$2000