e-catalog #126
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41.
JONES, LeRoi.
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note....
NY: Totem/Corinth (1961).
First edition. 47 pp. Tanning and light wear along spine and top edge, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Basil King. Ownership signature of poet Bill Berkson on the title page. Dated (92) and SIGNED by Jones as Baraka.
$150
42.
[KEES, Weldon]. Gioia, Ted. ed.
Sequoia: Stanford Literary Magazine: Weldon Kees Issue.
Stanford: Associated Students of Stanford University, 1979.
Volume 23, Issue 2. 48 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Errata slip posted inside front cover. In addition to a short story by Kees, “The Ceremony,” presents supporting work by Lucien Stryk, Donald Justice, William Jay Smith, Art Beck, and several others with Gioia’s long concluding essay and poem.
$40
43.
KELLY, Robert.
Ralegh.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1972.
First edition, publisher’s copy. 4to. [12 pp]. Light foxing along top edge, else fine in sewn wrappers with printed cover label. Designed and printed at the Plantin Press. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Kelly. As in the lettered issue, this copy is printed on Hosho paper and has an original holograph poem penned to the front free endpaper. Additionally, Kelly has INSCRIBED this copy to Black Sparrow publisher John and Barbara Martin across the entire recto of the last leaf in two colors. Morrow & Cooney 121b(note).
$450
44.
KELLY, Robert.
Under Words.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1983.
First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 160 pp. One tiny spot on top edge, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Kelly with a holograph poem and painting.
$75
45.
KLINTBERG, Bengt af
The Cursive Scandinavian Salve.
NY: Great Bear / Something Else Press, 1967.
First edition. 15 pp. Light sunning along spine, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Collects fifteen “events” and other works by this Swedish folklorist and Fluxus member.
$40
46.
LEVERTOV, Denise.
5 Poems.
[San Francisco]: White Rabbit (1958).
First edition. [8 pp]. Small stain to lower front corner, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers with light tanning along spine. Cover art and two internal drawings by Jess. Levertov’s third book. Wilson A3.
$250
47.
LEVINE, Philip.
The Language Problem.
Toledo: Aureole Press, 2008.
First trade edition. Tall 4to. [16 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers and like dust jacket. One of 175 (of 200) numbered copies on Mohawk Superfine paper SIGNED by Levine. A collection of seven poems. Additionally INSCRIBED by Levine to fellow poet Peter Everwine, “Dear Peter, / I hope you dig / this big green silly / book. / with love from your / gray amigo / Phil / 1/10/2009.”
$250
48.
LEWIS, Janet.
Mulberry Street: A Libretto.
(np): J & J Dermont, 1981.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine integral printed dust jacket. One of 10 lettered copies on Ticonderoga laid text paper SIGNED by Lewis. Printed in three colors by the salt-works press. An opera in one act “freely” based on a story by O. Henry.
$100
49.
[LITTLE MAGAZINES]. Fedden, Robin.
Personal Landscape.
London: Turret Books (1966).
First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in wrappers and very near fine integral illustrated dust jacket. One of 950 (of 1000) copies designed and printed at the Goliard Press. Fedden’s memoir of the little magazine he edited with Bernard Spencer and Lawrence Durrell in the early 1940s.
$35
50.
MAYER, Bernadette.
Eruditio Ex Memoria.
Lenox & NY: Angel Hair Books (1977).
First trade edition. Small 4to. [82 pp]. Covers toned, else very good plus in side-stapled wrappers with light surface wear along the bottom edge of the front cover. One of 374 (of 400) copies. INSCRIBED by Mayer to Bill [Berkson], “Bill! / you there? / Love, / Bernadette.”
$450
51.
MAYER, Bernadette.
The Formal Field of Kissing: Translations, Imitations and Epigrams.
NY: Catchword Papers, 1990.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 29 pp. Fine in full blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Mayer. Additionally INSCRIBED by Mayer to her friend Bill [Berkson], “Dear Bill, / Happy Birthday! / Here’s my / diploma — / Love, / Bernadette.”
$1500
52.
MERRILL, James.
The Inner Room: Poems.
NY: Knopf, 1988.
First edition. viii + 95 pp. Near fine in very near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to spine. Dated (1988) and SIGNED by Merrill on the title page and additionally INSCRIBED, on behalf of his close friend Irma Brandeis, “For Elizabeth from Irma / at Christmas (early) and / with fondest wishes from the / author.”
$200
53.
MERRILL, James.
Overdue Pilgrimage to Nova Scotia.
NY: Nadja (1990).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [28 pp]. Fine in full blue cloth with printed inset cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 26 lettered copies, the entire hardcover edition, on English Somerset paper SIGNED by Merrill. A poem in memory of Elizabeth Bishop.
$350
54.
MERRILL, James.
Three Poems.
Child Okeford: Words Press (1988).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Collects “Little Fallacy,” “Icecap,” and “Cornwall.” One of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by Merrill. Mir Poets Eleven.
$35
55.
MERWIN, W.S.
One Story.
Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1989.
First edition. 10 x 13 inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors on Arches paper. Fine. One deckle edge. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press. Issued on the occasion of a reading by Merwin at the shop. SIGNED by Merwin.
$75
56.
[MOORMAN, Charlotte].
“Art Speakers Series.”
NY: N.Y.U. School of Education Graduate Students Organization/NY State Council on the Arts [1973].
First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch flyer. Fine. Moorman gives a lecture-demonstration, a video event from The Kitchen, film works by Michael Snow, a reading by Richard Kostelanetz on offer.
$50
57.
[PAIK, Nam June].
The Space for Innovative Development.
NY: The Space [c. 1971].
First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch flyer. Fine. In addition to an eight line statement by Paik, there is an explanation of the Space, and encouragement to return to interesting areas to talk with Paik, Charlotte Moorman, Jud Yalkut, or Liz Phillips about their work.
$75
58.
PATCHEN, Kenneth.
CCCLXXIV Poems.
NY: Padell (1948).
First edition. 177 + 117 + 185 pp in one volume. Very good plus in like dust jacket with two short tears to the lower edge of the front flap. One of 100 (126) numbered copies on Rag Laid paper SIGNED by Patchen. The complete texts of FIRST WILL & TESTAMENT, THE DARK KINGDOM, and CLOTH OF THE TEMPEST. Embossed ownership stamp, “Clifford Odets / New York City” on the first leaf. Morgan A15.
$850
59.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY].
End of the World Speshul: Anthology.
Vancouver: Blewointmentpress (1977).
First edition. Small 4to. [122 pp]. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Contributions by Birney, Bissett, Kearns, Livesay, Marlatt, Page, Wah, and many others.
$35
60.
RAWORTH, Tom.
Common Sense.
[Healdsburg]: Zephyrus Image (1976).
First edition. [40 pp]. Fine spiral-bound pocket notebook with printed covers, bound along the top edge. Poems by Raworth, illustrated with zinc portraits and a Michael Myers print. A wonderfully designed and uncommon collection of poems.
$350