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$1,250.00NY: Angel Hair Books (1974). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. [12 pp]. Covers lightly toned, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover art by Gordon Baldwin. One of 10 numbered copies dated (1974) and SIGNED by Wieners, and SIGNED Baldwin.
$150.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1986. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 317 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Faint smudge on front cover, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine clear acetate dust jacket. Edited by Raymond Foye with an introduction by Allen Ginsberg. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Wieners, Ginsberg, and Foye.
$200.00NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1970. First edition, lettered & signed issue. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with integral printed dust jacket and pasted-on cover label. One of 26 lettered copies on Fabriano paper SIGNED by Wieners. No. 10 in the Phoenix Book Shop Oblong Octavo Series.
$90.00[Winston-Salem]: Palaemon Press (1981). First edition, lettered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. One of 26 lettered copies on Arches paper SIGNED by Wright. Answering machine messages, and a few drawings, composed for Stuart Wright by Wilbur. “Stuart Wright / Has a tap on his phone-line tonight. / Since you are being recorded, / Try not to say anything sordid.”
$250.00NY: Crown (1972). Second edition. 247 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with three closed edge tears, and some rubbing along the spine. The first hardcover edition of this novel, preceded by a paperback in 1962.
$50.00NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2006). First edition. xx + 682 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Williams on the title page.
$125.00Princeton: Typography Studio, 2001. First edition. Oblong 8vo. [18 pp]. Fine in stiff sewn wrappers and integral marbled paper dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. Illustrated with four tipped-on illustrations by Bruce McGrewn (full-color reproductions of his watercolors). One of 120 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams.
$125.00Alexandria: Orchises Press/Press of the Nightowl, 1991. First edition. [30 pp]. Fine in cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Printed by Dwight Agner. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams on the title page, and SIGNED by Agner and Williams on the colophon page. A five part long poem.
$450.00Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. Uncorrected proof. 62 pp. Very near fine in comb-bound wrappers. Promotional flyer taped inside the front cover. Williams’ second book.
$250.00NY: Something Else Press (1967). First US edition. [286 pp]. Light discoloration to top edge, else near fine in very good dust jacket with some shallow chipping along top edge, wear to base of spine, and light overall edgewear. Publisher’s price increase sticker to front flap. Cover image by Marcel Duchamp. Jacket flap text by Richard Hamilton. A solid copy of the less common hardcover issue of this concrete classic.
$75.00NY: Something Else Press, 1967. First edition. 14 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Six poems delighting in language. A “Great Bear” pamphlet.
$450.00NY: Viking (1972). Uncorrected proof. 327 pp. Near fine in illustrated yellow wrappers with sunning and light wear to the unprinted spine at the crown. Galley No. 51, the numeral inked in by the publisher on the front panel, along with the date of publication and retail price. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award.
$125.00London: Coracle, 1982. First edition, numbered & signed issue. [29 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers and clear acetate cover. Four poems by Williams with three drawings by Torok. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams and Torok.
$75.00Rochester: Visual Studies Workshop (1983). First edition. Oblong 16mo. [48 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 250 (of 300) copies. Lavishly illustrated with erotic drawings by Smith.
$125.00Roswell & Denver: DBA/JCA Editions, 1983. First edition. 4to. [50 pp]. Fine in strip-bound wrappers with clear top sheet. Cover art by John Furnival. One of 200 numbered and inscribed copies for friends of Williams and Furnival. This is copy 62 for “Alex” and initialed by Williams, “JW.”
$30.00Highlands: Jargon (1970). First edition. [44 pp]. Near fine in wrappers and integral dust jacket with fine clear acetate dust jacket. Preface by Louis Zukofsky. One of 700 copies. Jargon 13 (a).
$250.00Minneapolis: Granary Books, 1988. First edition, deluxe issue. [46 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with inset cover label and cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Frontispiece portrait of Williams by R.B. Kitaj. One of 65 numbered copies on Frankfurt White paper SIGNED by Williams and Kitaj.
$40.00Highlands: Jargon Society (1963). First edition. 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 inch card, printed in two colors. Fine. A poem from Williams’ collection ELEGIES AND CELEBRATIONS, here issued as Jargon Billboard #1. SIGNED by Williams.
$2,000.00Stuttgart: Jonathan Williams (1953). First edition. Single large sheet folded to make eight panels (15 x10 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.
$75.00San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1962. First edition. [24 pp w/notes]. Near fine in sewn wrappers with toning to extrems and some light wrinkles to rear cover. Poems with drawings by Philip Van Aver. One of 750 copies printed by Dave Haselwood and Andrew Hoyem. Laid into this copy is a fundraising letter, SIGNED by Haselwood, to assist Williams in paying for a trip to England. Auerhahn 20.
$150.00Fort Lauderdale: Roman Books, 1964. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 27 pp. Some light foxing to extrems, else very near fine in patterned paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Front and rear cover drawings by Barry Hall, foreword by John Wain. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams, Hall, and Wain. The first book of the press.
$75.00Highlands: Nantahala Foundation, 1963. First trade edition. Oblong 48mo. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover art by R.B. Kitaj. Dated (1963) and SIGNED by Williams inside the front cover. Jargon 61.
$75.00North Carolina: Friends of the Library/North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1979. First edition, numbered & signed issue. Narrow 4to. [24 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams. Riffs inspired by the verbal landscape of North Carolina and County of Cumbria.
$100.00London: Turret Books, 1967. First edition, numbered & signed issue. Small 4to. [32 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated with tipped-on drawings by John Furnival. One of 100 numbered copies on Glastonbury laid white paper SIGNED by Williams.
$200.00[Urbana: Bill Desmond, 1971]. First edition. [4 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers with a touch of wear along the spine. Typeset and printed by Bill Desmond, a student of A. Doyle Moore’s. A survivor, one of 25 copies. Jaffe 66.
$75.00Chapel Hill: Hanes Foundation, 1989. First edition. 32 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Dated (1990) and INSCRIBED by Williams to Gus Blaisdel, “Love to / Gus, / from Jonathan / Highlands et croisset.” Williams reviews the Jargon track record. Accompanying this copy is a funny TLS from Williams.
$75.00London: William Kimber (1980). First edition. 192 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
$750.00Norfolk: New Directions [1949]. Second edition. 207 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with two closed tears and a chip to crown of spine. This second edition adds “Something wild...” by Williams as an introduction. INSCRIBED by Williams, “For Ruth Dutton / who has the happy / distinction of being / the sister of Lois / Tennessee.”
$450.00Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orpahnos, 1981. First edition, binder’s copy. 34 pp. Fine in full decorated black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Very near fine publisher’s slipcase. Title page woodcut by Achilles Droungas. Printed by Patrick Reagh. A short story. Designated “Binder’s” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Williams.
$350.00NY: New Directions (1971). First edition. 591 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. SIGNED by Williams on the front free endpaper. Collects THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE, SUMMER AND SMOKE, THE ROSE TATTOO, and CAMINO REAL.
$20.00Santa Barbara: Oyster Press, 1984. First edition. 53 pp. Fine in wrappers and integral printed dust jacket. Foreword by Paul Mariani. Both sets of letters, with Sanford’s commentary.
$100.00(np): Stovepipe Press, 1937. First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with printed paper cover label. One of 430 (of 500) copies. Prints WCW’s “Advent of To-Day” and “The Girl” along with two drawings by Zorach. Wallace B27.