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$500.00NY: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1925. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 50 pp. Near fine in paper-covered boards with toning to spine and extrems, and two short splits to spine. One of ten copies on Ingres paper SIGNED by Adams. Her first book.
$200.00Brooklyn: Long Haul Press, 1983. First edition. 58 pp. Small spot on title page, else near fine in printed wrappers with lightly sunned spine. Illustrated by Laurie McLaughlin. SIGNED by Allison. First book by the author of BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA.$750.00Brooklyn: Long Haul Press, 1983. First edition. 58 pp. Very near fine in glossy printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Allison on the title page, “For Walter - / who understands / the desire, the lust / to live forever on the page. / Dorothy.” Laid in is a brief ALS on Allison’s San Francisco letterhead to the same Walter expressing frustration at not mailing the book sooner, “It’s all this sunshine; it rots the brain.” Her first book, a collection of poems.$125.00NY: Dell (1960). First US edition. 191 pp. Sticker shadow inside front cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers with sunning to spine lettering and a crease. Ashbery, under the pseudonym "Jonas Berry," translated this thriller with Lawrence G. Blochman, who apparently thought Ashbery had a shaky grasp of English.
$200.00Ilkley: Janus Press 1973. First printing of this facsimile edition. 37 pp. Light bend to first leaf, else fine in printed wrappers. Housed in a near fine printed folder, together with a 4 pp booklet by B.C. Bloomfield, detailing the history of this rare book, Auden’s first.
$450.00Brewster: Parenthèse (1977). First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and very near fine dust jacket. Cover art and internal drawings by Norman Bluhm. INSCRIBED by Auster to Jack [Shoemaker], his North Point Press publisher, “For Jack: / X-Mas ‘77) / Paul.” Laid in, a 47 word holograph note from Auster, in part presenting this copy.$200.00Weston: Living Hand (1974). First edition. [44 pp]. Spine sunned, else near fine in printed wrappers. Auster's first collection of poems, issued as Living Hand 3.
$75.00Hanover: Granite (1974). First edition. [28 pp]. Light wear along spine, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Banks’ second book, a long poem.
$350.00London: David Archer/The Parton Press, 1933. First edition. 37 pp. Scattered foxing, else near fine in integral printed wrappers over boards. Lacks unprinted glassine. Dated (Oct 33) and SIGNED by Barker on the first leaf. Additionally dated (1933) and signed by poet John Pudney. Barker’s first collection of poems.
$125.00Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1990. First edition. 88 pp. Fine in Coptic bound wrappers with printed clear plastic dust jacket. One of 125 copies on Frankfurt laid paper. Original Latin poems with Beck’s facing English translation. Poltroon Modern Poets #9.
$350.00Bolinas: Big Sky (1975). First edition. [46 pp]. Small stain and two small chips to bottom edge of font cover, else very good plus in printed wrappers. Poems with cover art and illustrations by Philip Guston. INSCRIBED by Berskon to Virgil [Thomson], “For Virgil / with much love, / as ever, / Bill.” Laid into this copy is a thirty-seven word ALS from Berkson to Thomson, in part presenting this book.
$200.00NY: Kulchur (1967). First edition. Small 4to. 202 pp. Light rubbing and edgewear to covers, else solid very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Illustrations throughout by Joe Brainard.$200.00London & NY: Cape Goliard/Grossman (1970). First US trade paperback printing. Small 4to. [106 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal illustrations by George Schneeman. INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the third leaf to Keith Abbott, “for Keith, / 3/5 of my / best book of / all / time, / Love, / Ted Berrigan.” Abbott wrote a slightly negative review of this collection, in which he posited that some of the poems could have been dropped.
$450.00London: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. First edition. Small 4to. [104 pp]. Hard bumps to bottom edges, else near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Berrigan, who added “for Michael Brownstein” on the copyright page, and “+ Mike” to the dedication page. Finally, Berrigan has added two words to the poem “Heroin.”
$250.00Chicago: Yellow Press (1975). First edition. 73 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a tiny chip to the base of the front flap fold. INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the front free endpaper, “Dear Ron [Kitaj] / if you don’t have this, / please have it with my / regards and much / affection, / Ted.”$750.00Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First edition. xvii + 403 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Very good in full red cloth with sunned and soiled spine. Gilt titling to cover and spine dull. Near fine publisher’s cloth-covered slipcase. INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the second blank leaf, “For Keith Abbott, / the most / lily-white / innocent soul / West of the Mississippi, / from his slave, / Ted Berrigan / June 29th, 1981 / S.F.”$200.00NY: Vehicle (1971). First edition. [96 pp]. Slight lean to spine, which is a bit rubbed, else fine in printed wrappers. Cover art by Joe Brainard. INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the front free endpaper, “For / George, with / ravishing affection, / from / Ted / the bum / 1 Feb 79 / NYC.”$750.00Pawlet: Claude Fredericks, 1958. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 500 numbered copies on Nideggen paper. Though not called for, SIGNED by Berryman on the title page. Original backing board and printed mailing envelope (unmailed) present and near fine. Stefanik A8.i.a.
$850.00NY: Farrar Straus & Cudahy (1956). First edition. 57 pp w/notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Berryman’s first book with Farrar Straus, with whom he would publish for the rest of his life. SIGNED by Berryman on the front free endpaper. Stefanik A7.i.a.$350.00NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 96 pp. Fine in cloth-covered boards and publisher’s slipcase. No dust jacket, as issued. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The spine lettering is only very slightly worn, much less so than normally found. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Berryman. Of these however, Stefanik notes that 30 to 50 were presentation copies. Stefanik A20.i.a.$125.00NY: Poets’ Guild [c 1920]. First edition. [8 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Ink ownership signature of Dorothy W. Norton on the front cover. OCLC records three copies (Brown, Kansas, Yale).
$200.00Berkeley & Glendale: Litmus/Poetry X/Change [1968]. First edition. [32 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with some light soiling to rear cover. One of 400 copies. Cover art by P. David Horton. Krumhansl 28a.$200.00Salt Lake City: Litmus (1975). Second printing. [48 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers with light tanning to spine. This edition includes six letters and a drawing not in the first edition. Accompanied by a review slip and press promotional flyer.
$2,500.00Andernach: Burn Again Press, 1990. First edition. [10 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with printed cover and spine labels. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski. Krumhansl 116.$550.00Galveston: Cleaners' Press (1950). First edition. 55 pp. Light offsetting to endpapers, evidence of dampstaining to bottom edges, light band of rubbing to rear cover. Inked initial to front free endpaper. In all, very good in red paper-covered boards with pale green printed labels on front cover and spine. The first issue variant binding. Yellow dust jacket is good only with surface tanned to light brown on all but flaps, suffers from overall edgewear and some light dampstaining. One of 1000 copies, though uncommon hardbound. Bunting's second book.
$250.00Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1976. First trade paperback printing. 44 pp. A light bend and small spot to rear cover, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems with illustrations by Marcia/maris. INSCRIBED by Carver to poet Walter Pavlich, “for Walter / with kind regards / Ray Carver / 2.23.82 / Davis.”
$250.00Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 19 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies on Mohawk Superfine paper SIGNED by Carver. A short story.
$125.00North Bennington: White Creek Press, 1983. First edition. Single large sheet folded twice to make a booklet (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, closed). Fine. One of 220 copies published on the occasion of Clampitt’s reading at Bennington College. Though not called for, SIGNED by Clampitt.$450.00Migrant Books, 1957. First edition. [52 pp]. Bump to base of spine, else fine in full olive green cloth with black stamping to spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Title-page drawing by Kristen Hoeck. Handset in Mercedes and Furtura types and printed by Mossen Alcover in Palma de Mallorca. Jargon 26. Novik 8.
$350.00San Francisco: White Rabbit Press (1958). First edition. 14 pp. Light toning to extrems, else near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 278 (of 300) copies. Cast for the original production included Jack Spicer, Larry Jordan, Michael McClure, Ida Hodes, Helen Adam, Jess, and others. Bertholf A7b.
$200.00[Berkeley]: Berkeley Miscellany Editions [1949]. First edition, second state (expurgated). 84 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Duncan on the title page. Bertholf A2b.
$400.00[Berkeley]: Berkeley Miscellany Editions [1949]. First edition, second state (expurgated). 84 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Dated (Stinson Beach, 1958) and SIGNED by Duncan on the title page. Additionally INSCRIBED, “with lines inscribed / Berkeley 1981 / for Burton, his / education / RD.” Duncan has added the 45 words excised from the second state. Bertholf A2b.