Subtotal: $650.00
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$150.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First edition, publisher’s copy. 139 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing tipped-in after the title page as in the lettered issue. Laid into this copy is a 2 November 1976 TLS from Meltzer to John Martin enthusing about the design and publication of this book. -
$15.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First trade paperback printing. 139 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Review slip laid in.
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$85.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 139 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing. -
$45.00NY: Herder and Herder (nd). Uncorrected proof. 151 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. TENS was published in hardcover by McGraw-Hill, paperback by Herder and Herder.
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$350.00North Hollywood: Essex House (1968). First editions. 160 + 160 + 160 pp. Three volumes, all very near fine in illustrated wrappers with a “not for resale” stamp on the bottom edge of first volume. THE AGENCY, THE AGENT, and HOW MANY BLOCKS IN THE PILE? Review slip in volume 3. Norman Spinrad contributes a postscript to the second and third volumes. Young 2647-2649. For the trilogy: -
$45.00Milwaukee: Membrane Press (1981). First edition. 32mo. [48 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Dated (18:I:82) and INSCRIBED by Meltzer to his Oyez Press publishers Robert and Dorothy Hawley, “For the Hawleys / Love / David” with a nice drawing. -
$35.00(np): (np) (1996). First printing of this edition. 8 x 11 in broadside. Fine.
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$25.00[Berkeley]: Oyez, 1967. First edition. 94 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with light tanning along spine. "Advance Copy Oyez" stamped on half-title page.
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$125.00[Berkeley]: Oyez, 1967. First edition. 94 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with a corner crease to rear cover and a Unicorn Book Shop price sticker to first leaf. Cover art by Pete LeBlanc. One of 1000 copies designed and printed by Graham Macintosh. Dated (19 Nov 67 and 8 July 68) and INSCRIBED by Meltzer twice to his good friend Jack Shoemaker.
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$150.00[Berkeley]: Oyez, 1967. First edition. 94 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with a Unicorn Book Shop price sticker to first leaf. Cover art by Pete LeBlanc. One of 1000 copies designed and printed by Graham Macintosh. Affixed to the first leaf is a label inscribed and decorated by Meltzer, “One of One / Variant / the Rare Error / Numbered / Signed / By the Author / Under God / In Cold Dawn Chill / 1 / David Meltzer.” The error referred to are two facing pages that were printed without ink. Meltzer has dated (7 Nov 68) and INSCRIBED these pages to Jack Shoemaker with drawings in five colors.
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$200.00San Francisco: Mudra, 1973. First edition. [20 pp]. Near fine in unprinted white glazed wrappers. Lacks dust jacket. One of 500 copies printed at the Cranium Press. Meltzer had decorated with front cover with text and drawings in two colors, and added a design to the rear cover. Penned beneath the printed colophon statement in Meltzer’s hand, “5/6 - the suck white / paper wrapper edition / hand-illuminated by the / author - 2.22.79 / David Meltzer.” Finally, this copy is dated (22 Feb 79) and warmly INSCRIBED by Meltzer in two colors to close friends.
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$35.00San Francisco: Mudra, 1973. First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in unprinted white glazed wrappers and fine letterpress printed dust jacket. One of 500 copies printed at the Cranium Press.
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$35.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Near fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Meltzer.
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$100.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing tipped-in after the title page. -
$125.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 174 pp. Near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing. Additionally dated (7:VI:84) and artfully INSCRIBED by Meltzer to friends.
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$150.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, publisher’s copy. 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing. Laid into this copy are two TLSs and two ALSs from Meltzer discussing the production of this book.
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$35.00Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in wrappers and very good plus integral illustrated dust jacket that is tanned along the spine and extrems. Cover portraits of Meltzer by Peter LeBlanc.
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$50.00Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine integral illustrated dust jacket. Cover portraits of Meltzer by Peter LeBlanc. One of 500 copies. Designed by Dave Haselwood. Printed by Graham Mackintosh.
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$15.00[Berkeley]: Oyez (1977). First trade paperback printing. 149 pp w/text-sources. Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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$25.00[Berkeley]: Oyez (1977). First edition. 149 pp w/text-sources. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. -
$45.00[Berkeley]: Oyez (1977). First trade paperback printing. 149 pp w/text-sources. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with light foxing to spine and along top edge. Dated (17 March 77) and warmly INSCRIBED by Meltzer.
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$35.00San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1962. First edition. [16 pp]. Near fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. 750 copies printed letterpress by Hoyem and Haselwood. Auerhahn Pamphlet No. 2. Auerhahn 19. -
$50.00London: Trigram (1969). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 61 pp. Fine in full decorated buckram. Near fine acetate dust jacket (rubbed) with a chip to crown. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Meltzer.
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$15.00(np): Wingbow (1976). First printing of this revised edition. 256 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Interviews with Everson, Ferlinghetti, McClure, Rexroth, and Welch. Originally published under the title THE SAN FRANCISCO POETS. -
$15.00San Francisco: Mercury House (1993). First edition. vii + 317 pp w/index. Very good plus in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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$20.00Norfolk: New Directions (nd). First edition. 30 pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket one tear to rear panel and two initials inked to front cover. Edited by F.O. Matthiessen. A volume in the 'Poets of the Year' series.
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$25.00London: Bloomsbury (1998). First edition. 209 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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$35.00NY: October House (1971). First trade paperback printing. 88 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Menashe on the half-title page.
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$20.00Madrid: Editorial Grupo Cero (1978). Second edition. 64 pp w/index. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems illustrated with photographs of ceramics by Olga.
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$25.00[San Francisco]: Andrew Hoyem & David Belch (1995). First edition. 12 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed at the Arion Press and presented at a meeting of the Roxburghe Club.
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$500.00NY: Knopf, 1940, 1941, 1943. First editions. xi + 313 pp, xi + 313 pp, x +299 pp. Three volumes, all very near fine in full decorated cloth, lacking dust jackets. Articles pasted to the rear board of the first and third volumes. Dated (1939) and INSCRIBED by Mencken on the front free endpaper. For the trio:
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$20.00(np): Roxburghe/Zamorano, 1972. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed by Clifford Burke. A keepsake presented to the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs at their joint meeting.