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61.
LOGUE, Christopher.
Songs from the Lily-White Boys.

Norwood: Scorpion Press, 1960.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 32 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrapers. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Logue. Songs written in collaboration with Lindsay Anderson, Charles Fox, and Oscar Lewenstein for Harry Cookson’s play THE LILY-WHITE BOYS. Ramsden A11b.
$75

62.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
four trains ... 4–5 December 1964.

Providence: Burning Deck (1974).

First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and near fine printed dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies designed and printed by Rosmarie Waldrop. INSCRIBED by Mac Low on the front free endpaper, “With best regards to / Jan van der Marck / Jackson Mac Low / 12/20/74.”
$125

63.
MARROQUIN-VERHOEVEN.
Changing Personalities.

Maastricht: Mad Enerprizes, 1974.

First edition. 24mo. [28 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Portrait photographs by Richard Wijnhoven paired with brief epistolary texts. A charming artists’ book.
$75

64.
MAYER, Bernadette.
Moving.

NY: Angel Hair (1971).

First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Ed Bowes with internal drawings by Rosemary Mayer. One of 700 copies.
$75

65.
MEYER, Thomas.
Kintsugi.

Buffalo: Punch Press (2009).

First edition. [22 pp]. Small bump to crown of spine, else very near fine in sewn wrappers with integral printed dust jacket. Two letterpress images based on original resins produced by Erica Van Horn.
$45

66.
MINOR, William.
tree on the outside.

Clonmel: Coracle Press (2010).

First edition. [148 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine integral printed dust jacket. Poems.
$15

67.
MUSO, Soseki.
Sun at Midnight: Poems and Sermons.

San Francisco: North Point, 1989.

First edition. xxvi + 175 pp w/list of names & notes. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated by W.S. Merwin with Soiku Shigematsu.
$35

68.
NICHOL, bp.
The True Eventual Story of Billy the Kid.

Maxville: above/ground press (2005).

Second edition. [12 pp]. One upper corner tapped, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Afterword by Carl Peters. Originally published in an edition of 300 by Weed/Flower Press in 1970.
$10

69.
OPPEN, George.
Discrete Series.

Cleveland: Mother/Asphodel (1966).

First printing of this reissue (originally published in 1934). [38 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers with integral dust jacket. Cover art by Magdeline Arndt Sinclair. Oppen’s first book.
$20

70.
PEREC, Georges.
The Art and Craft of Approching Your Head of Department to Submit a Request for a Raise.

London & NY: Verso (2011).

First US edition. 80 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by David Bellos.
$15

71.
[PÉRET, Benjamin]. Buhle, Paul. ed.
Radical America Vol. IV, No. 6.

Madison: Radical America (1970).

80 pp. Small crack to crown of spine, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Issue features “An Introduction to Benjamin Péret,” with a selection of prose works and a major essay on Péret by Franklin Rosemont.
$20

72.
PERKINS, Michael.
The Secret Record: Modern Erotic Literature.

NY: Morrow (1976).

First edition. 227 pp w/index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. A comprehensive treatment.
$25

73.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Roberts, Bill. ed.
Bottle of Smoke #2: Broadsides.

Bear: Bottle of Smoke [2004].

First edition. Set of twenty-four letterpressed cards (each 7 x 5”) laid into a printed folder with a cover illustration by Marc Snyder. All elements fine. One of 100 numbered sets. Poets are: Ronald Baatz, David Barker, justin.barrett, Glenn W. Cooper, Evan Dashevsky, Henry Denander, Hugh Fox, S.A. Griffin, Bradley Mason Hamlin, Jeffrey Scott Holland, Richard Krech, t.l. kryss, Karl Koweski, Gerald Locklin, Adrian Manning, W. William Martin, Robert L. Penick, Edward Reilly, Bill R. Roberts, Owen Roberts, Matt Smith, Jeffrey Weinberg, A.D. Winans, and Harry R. Wilkins.
$35

74.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Roberts, Bill. ed.
Bottle 3: Broadsides.

Dover: Bottle of Smoke Press (2005).

First edition. Twenty 8 ½ x 5 ½ inch broadsides laid into a printed folder. Fine. First appearance of Bukowski’s poem, “Coffee and Babies.” Also work by David Barker, justin.barrett, Glenn W. Cooper, Henry Denander, Greg Dulli, Ed Galing, John Goode, Nathan Graziano, S.A. Griffin, Karl Koelski, Richard Krech, Gerald Locklin, Adrian Manning, Robert Miltner, Owen Roberts, Ross Runfola, Matt Smith, Jeffrey Weinberg, and Kelley Jean White. One of 200 sets.
$25

75.
__.
Same title, lettered & signed issue.

Fine. One of 26 lettered sets SIGNED by all contributors, excepting Bukowski. At publication price:
$150

76.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Roberts, Bill. ed.
Bottle #4: Broadsides.

Dover: Bottle of Smoke Press (2006).

First edition. Twenty-one 8 ½ x 5 ½ inch letterpress printed broadsides laid into a printed folder. All items fine. Work by David Barker, Justin Barrett, Charles Bukowski, Alan Catlin, Christopher Cunningham, Soheyl Dahi, David Mark Dannov, Eric Dejaeger, S.A. Griffin, Christopher Harter, John Kay, Arthur Winfield Knight, Richard Krech, Tom Kryss, Marie Lascu, Ann Menebroker, Owen Roberts, Kent Taylor, Mark Terrill, A.D. Winans, and Jeffrey Weinberg.
$25

77.
__.
Same title, lettered & signed issue.

Fine. SIGNED by all living contributors. At publication price:
$150

78.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Roberts, Bill. ed.
Bottle 5: Broadsides.

Dover: Bottle of Smoke Press [2007].

First edition, lettered & signed issue. Nineteen 8 ½ x 5 ½ inch letterpress printed broadsides laid into a folder. All elements fine. Contributors are: David Barker, justin.barrett, Charles Bukowski, Dave Church, Christopher Cunningham, John Dorsey, Dan Fante, Amanda Fleming, S.A. Griffin, Robert Head, Tom Kryss, Jake Marx, Hosho McCreech, Ann Menebroker, Robert Miltner, Owen Roberts, Larry Smith, Marc Snyder, Kent Taylor, Jeffrey H. Weinberg. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by all living contributors, and with a signed numbered print of the cover illustration (a portrait of bookseller Jim Lowell) affixed to the front of the folder. At publication price:
$150

79.
PRINCE, Richard.
Bunny Skull Shopping Bag.

[NY & Toronto]: Printed Matter/Art Metropole (1991).

First edition. 19 ¾ x 11 inches, flat. Fine. Unused brown paper shopping bag featuring Prince’s morbid take on the Playboy bunny logo. Created for distribution at 1991 Art Basel. Text on the verso, “Learn to Read Art” by Lawrence Weiner.
$475

80.
PRINCE, Richard.
Early Photographs 1977–1979.

NY: Skarstedt Fine Art (2001).

First edition. Horizontal 8vo. [48 pp]. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Images and text. SIGNED by Prince on the title page.
$450

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