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81.
[SERRA, Richard]. Weyergraf-Serra, Clara and Martha Buskirk. eds.
Richard Serra's Tilted Arc.

Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1988.

First edition. 275 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. A thorough gathering of materials related to the case of Serra's controversial sculpture.
$50

82.
SHAFFER, Travis.
Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles... via Google Maps.

(np): Travis Shaffer, 2008.

First edition. [44 pp]. Fine in glossy printed wrappers. One of 400 numbered copies. Shaffer revisits Ed Ruscha's parking lots in a contemporary fashion.
$35

83.
SPICER, Jack
Billy the Kid.

Stinson Beach: Enkidu Surrogate (1959).

First edition, second issue. [16 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Spicer's long poem with cover art and eight internal drawings by Jess. "Face" added in black fountain pen to the end of part VI which, according to Lepper, is by Spicer's hand.
$50

84.
SPICER, Jack and Fran Herndon.
Golem.

NY: Granary Books, 1999.

First edition. [22 pp]. Fine in decorated paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Spicer's poem illustrated with seven collages by Fran Herndon, created in collaboration. Afterword by Kevin Killion. One of 100 (of 150) numbered copies on Mohawk Letterpress paper SIGNED by Herndon. Additionally INSCRIBED by Herndon on the second free endpaper, "To: Hilda + David / with great love and / respect over a long / friendship / Love, / Fran."
$125

85.
SPICER, Jack and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Dear Ferlinghetti: the spicer/ferlinghetti Correspondence.

[San Francisco]: White Rabbit (1965).

First edition. Single sheet, folded once as issued (7 x 8 ½ inches, closed). Near fine. A letter from Spicer to Ferlinghetti, his reply, and a Spicer poem, "Ferlinghetti."
$75

86.
[SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi]. Wingate, Ealan. ed.
Hiroshi Sugimoto: 7 Days 7 Nights.

NY: Gagosian (2008).

First edition. Single long accordion-folded sheet tipped-in to printed paper-covered boards with a cloth spine. Fine. Fourteen reproductions from Sugimoto's Seascapes series.
$100

87.
[TARASQUE PRESS]. Bann, Stephen. et al.
Metaphor and Motif: Tarasque Press Exhibition 1972.

Nottingham: Midland Group Gallery 1972.

First edition. [28 pp]. Near fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. Cover art by Ian Gardner, "Bath Mat: A Constructivist Flag." In addition to an essay by Stephen Bann, and a poem by him, are contributions by Robert Kennedy, Stuart Mills, Simon Cutts, and Ian Hamilton Finlay.
$50

88.
TYLER, Parker.
The Granite Butterfly: A Poem in Nine Cantos.

(np): Bern Porter, 1945.

First edition. 4to. 60 pp. Fine in wrappers and very near fine illustrated dust jacket with a small horizontal crack to spine. Pages unopened. One of 494 (of 502) numbered copies. Printed dedication "To C. BL. and for Philip Lamantia."
$200

89.
TYSH, George.
"sit up straight."

Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press, 1965.

First edition. 4to. [34 pp]. Light sunning along spine, else near fine in unprinted black wrappers. One internal illustration from a drawing by Eizo Nishiura. Thirteen poems by Tysh, with an epigraph taken from Jack Spicer. Produced in an edition not exceeding 300 copies of which 25 were signed. Workshop Book #2. Jernigan p.1.
$100

90.
TYSON, Ian.
Knights Eminence.

London: Tetrard Press (1970).

First edition. Single large sheet folded once to form a booklet (12 x 10 inches, closed). Very near fine. One of 450 (of 500 numbered copies). Tyson's poem (with the printed dedication to Jackson Mac Low) opposite a vibrant three-color screenprint.
$45

91.
TZANETOPOULOS, Paul.
Polygraph 1977.

[Los Angeles]: Paul Tzanetopoulos (1977).

First edition 4to. 13 pp. Very good plus in comb-bound wrappers. A fragile item with several of the unprinted tissue sheets showing some edgewear. Proposal, Questions, Use of the Polygraph, visual results, and summary add up to make this artists' book.
$45

92.
[WARHOL, Andy]. Blau, Daniel.
Oxidation Paintings Piss Paintings.

München: Galerie Daniel Blau, 1998.

First edition. [30 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Four fold-out plates. One of 500 copies. Well-illustrated with full-color reproductions, complimented by Blau's interviews with Ronnie Cutrone, Vincent Fremont, and Dianne Brill.
$350

93.
WELCH, Lew.
The Poetry Center presents Lew Welch.

[San Francisco]: SF Poetry Center, 1966.

First edition. Two 11 x 8 ½ inch sheets, once stapled upper left, but staple missing. Light offsetting to both sheets and a horizontal crease otherwise near fine. A page and a half of prose by Welch, ditto-printed for distribution at his appearance at the Poetry Center. Welch mentions just turning 40, his first appearance at the Poetry Center in 1959, and offers general statements on poetics, the Beat Generation, and how crushing a bad job can be. The entire text is by Welch, making this an uncommon "A" item, not mentioned in Lepper.
$150

94.
WELCH, Lew.
Wobbly Rock.

San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1960.

First edition. [12 pp]. Very good plus in stapled wrappers with two small stains to rear cover. Welch's first book, a long poem with a drawing by Robert LaVigne. One of 500 copies.
$125

95.
WHALEN, Philip.
Nobody listing to you? Stop yakking.

San Francisco: Philip Whalen, 1965.

First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch flyer. Very near fine. The text continues, "If we STOP Everyone will know: We want peace & quiet & liberty for all." A general plea for "Gentle Thursday" with additional advice: stay home from school, don't buy or sell anything, don't do anything... Lepper p. 420.
$50

96.
WIENERS, John.
The Hotel Wentley Poems.

San Francisco: Auerhahn Press/Dave Haselwood, 1958.

First edition, second issue. [24 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover photo by Jerry Burchard, internal drawing by Robert LaVigne. Wieners' first book. The second issue restores language absent in the first issue. INSCRIBED by Wieners on the eighth leaf, "To Barry Feinberg / from John Wieners / February 1st, 1963."
$125

97.
WILLIAMS, Jonathan.
Ripostes.

Stuttgart: Edition Domberger (1968).

First edition. [14 pp]. Fine in cord-sewn wrappers with wrap-around printed paper cover. Williams' poem, with a serigraph by Alex Katz (who designed this book), based on a Lilo Raymond photograph of Juan Antonio wearing a costume designed by Robert Indiana. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams and Katz on the colophon page. Jaffe 56.
$100

98.
WILLIAMS, Jonathan and Fielding Dawson.
The Empire Finals at Verona.

Highlands: Jargon Society (1959).

First edition. [52 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine integral illustrated dust jacket. Poems by Williams illustrated with collages and drawings by Dawson. SIGNED by Williams. Jargon 30.
$125

99.
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig.
Philosophische Untersuchungen / Philosophical Investigations.

Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell (2009).

Fourth edition, revised. xxiii + 321 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. The German text with English translation by G.E.M. Anscombe, P.M.S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte. Revision by Hacker and Schulte.
$35

100.
ZUKOFSKY, Louis.
An Era Any Time of Year.

Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press (1970).

First edition. 6 x 4 3/8 inch card, printed in two colors on heavy white stock. Fine.
$20

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