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$150.00[Berkeley: Poltroon Press] 2012. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 13 1/8 x 17 1/2 inch illustrated poster, printed in four colors. Fine. Designed and printed by Alastair Johnston at his Poltroon Press. Johnston was commissioned to design a poster for this production, which design was then modified for promotional use. At Mamet’s request, Johnston printed a small run of copies for private distribution, a number of which were signed by Mamet for an edition. Thus, this is one of 20 numbered copies SIGNED by Mamet and Johnston.
$1,750.00Los Angeles & Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow (1973-1978). First editions. Six volumes, all fine in full cloth with printed cover labels and fine unprinted acetate dust jackets. Each one of the 72 issues of Sparrow here in the first printing, and SIGNED by each author if alive at the original publication date. Signing contributors include Bukowski, Creeley, Antin, Oates, Eigner, McClure, Hawkins, Malanga, Bowles, Mrabet, Sorrentino, Corman, Coleman, Rakosi, Everson, Roditi, and many others from the Black Sparrow stable. For the set:$35.00Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1977. First edition. 255 pp w/index. Tiny spot to fore-edge, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket that is lightly toned. Dated (April 15, 1978) and INSCRIBED by Maybeck’s daughter-in-law, “To Christa / In thanks for your work in the / Art Museum / Jacomena Maybeck.”
$35.00NY & Boston: Mariner Books (2026). First edition. x + 447 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. An excellent and entertaining life of a friend. The novels, the prizes, the movies are all here, connected by McMurtry’s love of books. SIGNED by Streitfeld. New, at publication price:$45.00NY: Abrams (1991). First edition. 4to. 208 pp w/selected bibliography & index. Fine in near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Mark Greenberg, who edited this book, and SIGNED by Dirk Luykx, who designed it.$250.00Roanoke: Hollins College, 1968. First edition. 12 pp. Very good in stapled wrappers with a vertical crease the length of the pamphlet. Review of Merwin’s work which includes a short bibliography. Designated “File Copy” in Merwin’s hand and SIGNED by Merwin.
$100.00Big Sur: Peeramid Press (1991). First edition, limited issue. Oblong 8vo. viii + 87 pp. Fine in full leatherette with gilt stamping to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Fully-illustrated. SIGNED by Cross on the title page, with the addition of a holograph colophon on the front free endpaper, “Collector’s Limited Edition of 200. This is copy number 59. Robert Cross. Big Sur.”$225.00London: Neville Spearman (1955). First edition. 242 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a bit of edgewear and tape reinforcement on the verso to base and crown of spine. Dated (7/15/57) and SIGNED by Miller and Perles on a label affixed to the front free endpaper.$35.00Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1991. First edition. [24 pp]. Near fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Young inside the front cover. Recorded by David Russell.$30.00Rutherford & London: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/Associated University Presses (1978). First edition. 147 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Dated (Santa Barbara, 1978) and INSCRIBED by Stevens to Joaquín Nin-Culmell , “for my dear friend Joaquín, / with warmest regards / from / Denis.”
$125.00NY: Walton H. Rawls, 1967. First edition. 128 pp w/glossary & index. Small pale stain on bottom edge, else near fine in two-part cloth with pasted-on cover label. Lacks unprinted glassine dust jacket. Illustrated. Moore contributes a brief foreword to this book by the curator of the Park. SIGNED by Lancaster and Moore on the title page. Abbott B41.$150.00West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1984. First edition. 62 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed spine label. Illustrated with two wood engravings by Barry Moser. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Beekman and Moser. One of two poetry collections by Beekman, who also translated the 17th Century naturalist Georgius E. Rumphius’ The Ambonese Herbal, published by Yale in six volumes in 2011.$50.00Boston: Beacon (2000). First edition. xiv + 782 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. New translations from the original Russian by Dmitri Nabokov. SIGNED by Dmitri Nabokov on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page.
$50.00San Francisco: Headstone Press (1972). First edition. 40 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Contributions by Ferlinghetti, Bukowski, Codrescu, and several others. This issue features an interview with Harold Norse by the editor, along with eight poems. INSCRIBED by Norse inside the front cover, “This copy for Doug Blazek / hang in during Kali Yuga / by the toenails, old friend / Hal Norse / San Francisco 5/xii/72.”$35.00NY: Braziller (1977). First edition. 234 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with a vertical crease to front flap.$45.00NY: Dutton (1999). First edition. 264 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with one tiny closed tear. SIGNED by Oates on the title page. Promotional flyer laid in.
$150.00North Vancouver: Capilano Review, 1979. First edition, numbered & signed issue 100 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket that is sunned along the spine and extrems. One of 100 numbered copies on Mojave Matte paper SIGNED by Marlatt and Ondaatje. Prints a generous selection from Ondaatje’s “Running in the Family,” (which differs greatly from the eventually published text), together with Daphne Marlatt’s “In the Month of Hungry Ghosts.”$75.00Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1984. First edition. 160 pp w/index. Pages toned, else near fine in glossy printed wrappers. SIGNED by Ondaatje on the title page.$25.00Tucson & Buffalo: Chax Press/Handwritten Press, 2001. First edition. 133 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Ott on the title page.
$60.00[Oakland]: TDW Books (2017). First edition. 4to. [84 pp]. Fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Color photographs, 1977-1980 in San Francisco, most of folks in and around the Mabuhay Gardens punk scene. Though not called for in this issue, SIGNED by Jacoy. New, at publication price:$300.00Tokyo: Photo Musée (1998). First edition. 8vo. [670 pp]. Near fine in wrappers and near fine dust jacket. Obi present. Dated (Oct. 08) and INSCRIBED by Kurata on the front free endpaper. Photographs from some of the darker corners.$125.00Hull: Critical Quarterly (1960). First edition. 24 pp. Very good plus in stapled wrappers. Prints work by Amis, Davie, Enright, Gunn, Hughes, Jennings, Larkin, Logue, Wain, and others, including Sylvia Plath, whose poem here, “Medallian,” is her first appearance in a book. INSCRIBED on the cover, 'Merry Christmas to the Watts [Ian and Ruth] / from the Schorers.'$20.00Parkland: Off the Wall Press, 1973. First edition. Unpaginated. Near fine in wrappers. Includes poetry by Loring Johnson, Jay Kline, Fred Page, William Burford, Sheriden Dillon, and Ed Dramer. INSCRIBED by Kline: "for _____ of the finest bookstore around./from Jay C. Kline/September 14, 1973." SIGNED by Johnson.$25.00NY: Heny Harrison (1939). First edition. Unpaginated. Endpapers discolored, else near fine in full green decorated cloth. Dated (Sept, 1929) and INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper by Macleod. Charming gift presentation in a child’s hand below that, “Dear Miss Philllips. This book will remind you of me, and my knowledge of percentage will always remind me of you. Bob Mills Aug. 14, 1931.”$200.00Northridge: Lord John Press, 1981. First edition, deluxe limited & signed issue. 55 pp. Spine lightly sunned, else very near fine in full black cloth and fine publisher’s slipcase. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by all contributors: John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, W.S. Merwin, L.M. Rosenberg, and Dave Smith.$100.00Cleveland Heights: Xerx Press (1988). First edition. 41 pp. Small scuff to front cover, else near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 200 copies. introduction by Suzanne DeGaetano. Contributions by Gerald Locklin, Joyce Guion Shipley, Michael Salinger, Chris Franke, and Mark Weber. SIGNED by DeGaetano, Weber, Jim Lang, Shipley, Franke, Locklin, and Salinger.$35.00Beverly Hills: Biographics (1979). First edition. 68 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Dated (4.20.83) and INSCRIBED by Ford. Contributions by Judson Crews, Bob Flanagan, Billy Collins, Dennis Cooper, Kate Braverman, and many others.$75.00Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992. First edition. 183 pp w/biographical notes. Two small corner creases to front cover, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dated (2/8/92) and INSCRIBED by Harteis and SIGNED by Meredith.$25.00Lenox: Bookstore Press (1972). First edition. 159 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. Ruth Krauss, Paul Metcalf, Clark Coolidge, Sam Cornish, Gerard Malanga, and many others contribute. Dated (November, 1972) and INSCRIBED by Metcalf, “For Alex Gildzen, / regional cheers! / Paul Metcalf.”$25.00Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill (1976). First trade paperback printing. 495 pp w/selected bibliography. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with some wrinkles to one lower corner and a vertical bend to the front cover. Bly, Creeley, Haines, Oates, Pastan, Rich, Sexton, Stafford, James Wright, and many others. INSCRIBED by Heyen on the first leaf, “Inscribed for Doug Blazek / with best wishes / in the art - Let’s / keep writing out poems - / Bill Heyen / Davis / 1986.”$45.00Trumansburg: Crossing Press (1976). First trade paperback printing. 127 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Introduction by Joseph Bruchac. Contributions by Suzan Shown, Ray Young Bear, Lew Blockcolski, Norman Russell, Joseph Bruchac, Minerva Allen, Karoniaktatie, Leslie Silko, Winston Mason, Duane Niatum, and S. Roberto Sandoval. Dated (12/7/81) and INSCRIBED by Bruchac.$20.00Clevelad: Big Mama Poetry Troupe (1975). First edition. 72 pp. Inked gift inscription inside front cover, else very good plus in glossy illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Dorothy Boroush and contributors Linda Monacelli, Barbara Angell, Mary Ann Cronin, Meredith Holmes, Sally Pirtle, and Marguerite Beck Rex.