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61.
RAWORTH, Tom.
Tracking.

Bowling Green: Doones Press (1972).
First edition. 4to. [18 pp]. Light bend to one upper corner, else very good plus in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Fielding Dawson.
$50
90700
62.
REXROTH, Kenneth.
Sky Sea Birds Trees Earth House Beasts Flowers.

Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press (1971).
First edition, author’s copy. [26 pp]. Light sunning along spine, else near fine in full black Buckram. No dust jacket, as issued. Designated “Author’s copy” in Rexroth’s hand, and SIGNED by Rexroth with chop.
$250
90715
63.
SNYDER, Gary.
High Quality Information.

Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1986.
First edition. 11 ¾ x 8 ½ inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. Printed by Eric Johnson at Gecko Press. Published on the occasion of Snyder’s reading at Black Oak.
$75
90712
64.
SNYDER, Gary.
Ripples on the Surface.

[Berkeley]: Pantheon/Black Oak Books, 1992.
First edition. 16 ¼ x 7 ½ inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. A poem from Snyder’s NO NATURE, printed by Okeanos Press on the occasion of Pantheon opening a new West Coast office. SIGNED by Snyder.
$125
90699
65.
SORRENTINO, Gilbert.
Splendide-Hotel.

NY: New Directions (1973).
First edition, limited & signed issue. 61 pp. Very near fine in paper-covered boards and gilt-stamped cloth spine. Very near fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket, with a small chip to crown. Printed and bound at The Stinehour Press. One of 350 numbered copies SIGNED by Sorrentino.
$35
90595
66.
[SPIDERS]. Cornell, David. ed.
The Spider Anthology: Contemporary American Poets on Spiders.

Arachne’s Muse Foundation (1983).
First edition. 67 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cornell contributes an introduction to this collection. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by Cornell. Work by Siv Cedering, Judy Grahn, Mary Oliver, Sylvia Plath, Charles Simic, William Stafford, James Wright, and many others.
$40
90731
67.
TONG, Winston.
“theoretical china.”

[Brussels]: Les Disques du Crépuscule, 1984.
First edition. 22 ½ x 11 ¾ inch illustrated poster, featuring a Kawahara photograph of Tong hoisting a television. One horizontal fold, some faint scattered foxing. In all, very good plus. Promotional poster for a 12” single by the Tuxedomoon vocalist and Obie award winning playwrite.
$50
44567
68.
[TURNBULL, Gael]. McCarey, Peter. ed.
A Gathering for Gael Turnbull.

Staines: Au Quai (1998).
First edition. 56 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover linocuts by Jean-Pierre Leray. Edited by Peter McCary, with his introduction. A fine collection with contributions by Phyllis Webb, Kleinzahler, Finlay, Thomas A. Clark, Corman, Creeley, Rakosi, Edwin Morgan, and many others.
$35
90730
69.
TUXEDOMOON.
Go Productions is Proud to Present in Limited Engagement Performances: Tuxedomoon.

(np): Go Productions [1982].
First edition. 24 x 18 inch illustrated poster. Two light horizontal bends, some wrinkling along bottom edge and upper corner. In all, very good plus. Designed by Patrick Roques. Poster advertising a series of eight shows. Uncommon.
$200
44568
70.
UPDIKE, John.
The Chaste Planet.

Worcester: Metacom Press, 1980.
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with integral marbled-paper dust jacket and printed cover label. A short story with a new foreword by Updike. One of 300 numbered copies on Antique Laid paper SIGNED by Updike. Note on the printing of this edition by the publishers laid in.
$75
90701
71.
WALDMAN, Anne.
The Romance Thing: Travel Sketches.

Flint: Bamberger Books, 1987.
First trade edition. 72 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Prose by the poet. INSCRIBED by Waldman to the Rakosis, “for Carl+Leah / Some old adventures... / With admiration + love / Ann.”
$35
87590
72.
WATSON, Burton. trans.
Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsün Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu.

NY & London: Columbia University Press, 1967.
First edition. 135 pp w/index. Upper corners lightly tapped, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Watson translates and introduces these works. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, with his bookplate.
$40
90728
73.
WHALEN, Philip.
Highgrade: Doodles, Poems.

(np): Coyote’s Journal (1966).
First edition. 4to. [62 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Entire text reproduced from Whalen’s original holograph manuscript.
$75
90719
74.
WIENERS, John with Gilbert and George.
Strictly Illegal.

Yapton: Artery Editions, 2011.
First edition. 108 + x pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Two fold-out leaves. Poems selected and introduced by Jeremy Reed. Compiled by Patricia Hope Scanlan. Reproductions of works by Gilbert and George. A useful Wieners bibliography by George F. Butterick concludes the volume.
$50
86178
75.
[WILLIAMS, Tennessee]. Choukri, Mohamed.
Tennessee Williams in Tangier.

Santa Barbara: Cadmus, 1979.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 12mo. 85 pp w/note. Fine in illustrated wrappers and fine unprinted glassine dust jacket. Translated from the original Arabic by Paul Bowles. Foreword by Gavin Lamberg, concluding note by Williams. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Choukri and Bowles.
$350
73610
76.
WRIGHT, Charles.
A Journal of the Year of the Ox: A Poem.

Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1988.
First edition. 4to. 42 pp w/notes & colophon. Tiny nick to spine, else fine in full black cloth with printed spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 150 numbered copies on Rives Heavy paper SIGNED by Wright.
$150
73955
77.
WRIGHT, Charles.
Xionia.

Iowa City: Windhover Press (1990).
First edition. 4to. 38 pp w/notes. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 250 copies on Iyo handmade Japanese paper SIGNED by Wright. Berger 98.
$100
65656
78.
WRIGHT, Franz.
No Siege is Absolute: Versions of René Char.

Providence: Lost Roads 1984.
First edition. 39 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Early book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Lost Roads 24.
$75
90722
79.
YEATS, W.B.
New Poems.

Dublin: Cuala Press 1938.
First edition. 38 pp. Small bump to top edge, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. A few ripples to paper on front panel. One of 450 copies. Pages largely unopened.
$350
90535
80.
YOURCENAR, Marguerite.
The Alms of Alcippe.

NY: Targ Editions, 1982.
First edition 47 pp. Very near fine in decorated boards with gilt-stamped cloth spine. Tipped-on frontis portrait photograph of Yourcenar by Timothy Callahan. One of 250 copies on Frankfurt paper SIGNED by Yourcenar. Poems translated by Edith R. Farrell, with an introduction by C.F. Farrell, Jr.
$125