e-catalog #126
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21.
CORMAN, Cid.
GOING going.
[Berkeley]: Tangram, 1999.
First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 150 copies on Mohawk Letterpress text paper.
$35
22.
CREVEL, René.
1830.
North Pomfret: Elysium Press (1996).
First US edition. 4to. 32 pp. Fine loose sheets laid into printed wrappers. Very near fine publisher’s silkbound clamshell box with printed spine label. The original French poem with a facing English translation by Keith Waldrop. Illustrated with two hand-colored soft ground etchings by Jonathan Hammer. Portrait of Crevel by George Platt Lynes, printed by photogravure and laid into the text. One of 30 numbered copies on Somerset paper SIGNED by Hammer. Original prospectus accompanies.
$1250
23.
[CUBA]. Webb, Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb.
Violet Isle: A Duet of Photos of Cuba.
Santa Fe: Radius Books (2009).
First edition. 4to. 143 pp. Tiny bump to one lower corner, else fine in wrappers in near fine printed cardstock slipcase with a few small spots to the unprinted side. SIGNED by the Webbs on the half-title page.
$200
24.
CUDDIHY, Michael.
Celebrations.
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1980.
First edition. [26 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and near fine integral dust jacket with printed cover label. One of 325 copies on Frankfurt Cream paper. Poems by the editor of Ironwood magazine.
$45
25.
DELOACH, Allen. ed.
A Decade and Then Some: Contemporary Literature 1976.
Buffalo: Intrepid Press (1976).
First edition. x + 369 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover calligraphy by Brion Gysin. This title doubles as issues 23 – 35 of Intrepid magazine. Contributions by Berrigan, Bukowski, Burroughs, Corso, di Prima, Giorno, Meltzer, Norse, Pelieu, Waldman, Weissner, Weiners, and many others.
$125
26.
DI PRIMA, Diane.
Dream Poems Abt Reagan & Co.
[Port Townsend: Copper Canyon] (1983).
First edition. 12 x 8 ¾ inch illustrated broadside. Fine. This is Revolutionary Poem #73. Issued as part of the Press’ 1983 Portfolio, but also available separately. SIGNED by di Prima.
$100
27.
EBERHART, Richard.
Chocorua.
[NY]: Nadja (1981).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [28 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies on HMP Kingston paper SIGNED by Eberhart. First appearance of this work.
$75
28.
EHRLICH, Gretel.
Geode/Rock Body.
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 34 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed cover and spine labels. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Ehrlich. Her first book, a collection of poems. Accompanying this copy are two holograph postcards from Ehrlich to Capricorn publisher Noel Young, both from the late 80s, regarding a later book of hers from his press, WYOMING.
$750
29.
ELMSLIE, Kenward and Joe Brainard.
The Champ.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.
First edition. Five inch two-track monaural tape (7 ½ i.p.s.) recorded in April 1968 in NYC. Housed in a decorated two-part box (near fine). Elmslie reads “The Champ” and Brainard reads “Alice.” One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Elmslie and Brainard on a label inside the top lid. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 31 (note).
$500
30.
EVERSON, Bill.
These Are The Ravens.
San Leandro: Greater West Publishing Co. (1935).
First edition. 11 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Everson’s first book, a collection of sixteen poems with an introduction by “H.A.H.” SIGNED by Everson on the front cover. Bartlett & Campo A1.
$450
31.
FAWCETT, Brian.
Tristram’s Book.
North Vancouver: Capilano Review 1981.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 68 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art by Joost Bakker. Fawcett’s long poetic sequence with his introduction. One of 50 numbered copies on Mojave Matte paper SIGNED by Fawcett and Bakker.
$40
32.
GREENE, Jonathan.
An Unspoken Complaint.
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press (1970).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Single poem with a title page drawing by Stuart Robertson. One of 60 numbered copies SIGNED by Greene.
$35
33.
[GREENWOOD PRESS]. Forbes, R. Bennet and Jack W. Stauffacher.
Bicycle Polo: Technique and Fundamentals.
San Mateo: Greenwood Press, 1942.
First edition. vii + 35 pp. Fine in wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 500 numbered copies. Designed and printed by Jack W. Stauffacher, Jr. Illustrations by Frank A. Stauffacher. Small printed “Note” laid in.
$100
34.
[GREENWOOD PRESS]. Miller, Henry.
The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder.
San Francisco: Greenwood Press, 1955.
First US edition. 39 pp. Fine in wrappers and fine integral illustrated dust jacket. One of 500 copies. Typography by Jack W. Stauffacher. Illustrations by Gordon Cook. Original prospectus accompanies. Jackson & Shifreen A66a.
$75
35.
HAINES, John.
In Five Years Time.
Missoula: SmokeRoot Press (1976).
First edition. 23 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. Thirteen poems. Number 1 in the CutBack Chapbook Series.
$45
36.
HAWKINS, Bobbie Louise.
Fifteen Poems.
Berkeley: Arif Press, 1974.
First trade edition. [32 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers with printed paper cover label. “In Preface” by Robert Duncan introduces this collection. One of 400 copies.
$35
37.
HENDRICKS, Geoff.
Ring Piece: The Journal of a Twelve Hour Silent Meditation.
West Glover: Something Else Press, 1973.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 16mo. 79 pp. Fine in full red cloth with pasted-on cover label. Fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. Front panel photograph of Hendricks by Fred W. McDarrah. Beautifully printed in two colors. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Hendricks with a drawing of a cloud.
$350
38.
HERMS, George.
Poet Heroes of My Youth.
San Francisco: Frederic Spratt Gallery (1999).
First edition. 24 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Color photographs of assemblages for Aya, Cameron, Kirby Doyle, DiPrima, Lamantia, McClure, Meltzer, Patchen, The Stone Brothers (Wallace Berman and Robert Alexander), and Lew Welch.
$25
39.
[HERMS, George]. Turnbull, Betty. ed.
The Prometheus Archives: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of George Herms.
Newport Beach: Newport Harbor Art Museum (1979).
First edition. 4to. 102 pp w/catalogue list, biography, & bibliography. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Thomas H. Garver introduces this well-illustrated exhibition catalogue, with endpapers and four internal reproductions in color.
$40
40.
ISHIGURO, Kazuo.
from The Remains of the Day.
Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1989
First edition. 11 x 7 inch broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. Issued as a gift by Black Oak on the occasion of Ishiguro’s reading at the shop. A prose excerpt from his novel, designed and printed at Okeanos Press.
$35