81.
NORSE, Harold.
All My Life I’ve Been Waiting.
Berkeley: Moe’s Books, 2000.

First edition. 6 x 5 inch card, printed in two colors by Patrick Reagh. Fine. Produced on the occasion of Norse’s reading at the shop.
$15

82.
PADGETT, Ron.
Sweet Pea.
London: Aloes Books, 1971.

First edition. 24mo. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover art and internal illustrations by George Schneeman. One of 200 copies. A long poem by Padgett.
$75

83.
PARRA, Nicanor.
Poems and Antipoems.
NY: New Directions (1967).

First edition. 149 pp. Toning to page edges, else very near fine in fine dust jacket. Original Spanish poems by the Chilean Parra, with facing translations by Alegría, Felinghetti, Ginsberg, Laughlin, Levertov, Merton, Merwin, Rachal, Miller Williams (who edited this volume), and William Carlos Williams.
$75

84.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY].
Small Printings.
London: Pirate Press (1976).

First edition. Six booklets, all fine, housed in the publisher’s string-tied folder with printed cover label. Collects four chapbooks by Bill Griffiths, EIGHT POEMS AGAINST THE BOND AND CEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY, THE SONG OF THE HUNNISH VICTORY OF PIPPIN THE KING, RIDDLEBOOK, and POEMS FOR IAN HAMILTON together with K. Chris Cable’s HAMVELL’S BOOK, and P.C. Fencott’s THE SPIRAL DOOR STOP. Scarce.
$200

85.
[ROLFE, Frederick]. Houédard, Dom Sylvester.
A Request for Rolfe.
(np): (np) (1963).

First edition. 23 pp. Very good plus in stapled wrappers. An essay reprinted from CORVO 1860–1960: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY VARIOUS HANDS TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF FR. ROLFE, BARON CORVO. Dated (1963) and INSCRIBED by Houédard for “Dear Ron.” Laid into this copy (and causing some offsetting to the inside of the front cover) is an advertisement from a magazine featuring a cat food, “Ron-Ron.” Houédard has drawn an arrow next to each “Ron” instance.
$75

86.
SANDERS, Ed.
The Party: A Chronological Persepective on a Confrontation at a Buddhist Seminary.,
Woodstock: Poetry, Crime & Culture Press (1977).

First edition. 110 pp. Light foxing to fore-edge, else near fine in printed wrappers. Sanders headed up The Investigative Poetry Group to examine the Trungpa-Merwin-Naone controversy at Naropa.
$45

87.
[SLANT STEP].
The Slant Step Show.
Sacramento: The Art Company [1969].

First edition. 13 x 18 inch poster. Some pale foxing, a touch of edgewear, else near fine. Small sticker applied to change the original printed dated of December 6 to February 7. The second slant step show, the first having been held in San Francisco in 1966. An uncommon ephemeral item associated with this enigmatic object that continues to resonate. It so happens that an article on the Slant Step appeared in the LA Times today (9 June)!
$850

88.
SNYDER, Gary.
Three Worlds, Three Realms, Six Roads.
Marlboro: The Griffin Press [1968].

First edition. Small 4to. [20 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Poems printed in three colors with illustrations by Ken McCullough and calligraphy by Hironobu Nishiyama. One of 200 copies. Uncommon. Selections from MOUTAINS AND RIVERS WITHOUT END.
$200

89.
[SPANISH CIVIL WAR]. Aldgate, Anthony.
Cinema & History: British Newsreels and the Spanish Civil War.
London: Scolar Press (1979).

First edition. xii + 234 pp w/index. Top edge dusty, else near fine in near fine dust jacket that has a tiny closed tear on the front panel. Thirty-two illustrations.
$35

90.
[STONE, Reynolds]. Murdoch, Iris.
Reynolds Stone.
London: Warren Editions, 1981.

First edition. [12 pp]. Small wrinkle to rear cover, else very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 750 copies. A memorial address delivered by Murdoch at St. James Church on 20 July 1979. SIGNED by Murdoch.
$55

91.
TAJIRI, Shinkichi.
The Wall die Mauer le Mur.
Baarlo: X Press, 1971.

First edition. Horizontal 48mo. [92 pp]. Near fine in illustrated boards. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Tajiri and additionally INSCRIBED inside the front cover. Published on the 10th anniversary of the construction of Berlin Wall, Tajiri here tries to capture all 27 kilometers in b&w photographs. A rare book by the Japanese-American expat sculptor, filmmaker, painter.
$750

92.
[TAYLOR, Ellsworth].
Homage to Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Homage to Jonathan Williams.
[Lexington: Ellsworth Taylor, 1973].

First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch illustrated broadside. Fine. Image of a dental chart with color notes for all 32 teeth, and the addition, “may be worn as a bracelet.”
$45

93.
WAKOSKI, Diane.
The Frame.
Cleveland Heights: Leslietown Press, 1983.

First edition. 15 ½ x 12 ½ inch broadside, printed in three colors. Fine. Wakoski’s poem opposite an illustration by Richard Zauft. One of 32 numbered copies SIGNED by Wakoski.
$35

94.
WALDMAN, Anne.
Holy City.
[NY: Privately Printed] (1971).

First edition. Single large sheet, folded once (10 ¼ x 7 ¹ ⁄ 8 inches, closed). Fine. Cover art by George Schneeman. One of 200 copies. SIGNED by Waldman on the rear cover, “Best/ Anne.”
$55

95.
WELCH, Lew.
Wobbly Rock.
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1960.

First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Welch’s first book, a long poem with a drawing by Robert LaVigne. One of 500 copies.
$150

96.
WEST, Nathanael.
Miss Lonelyhearts.
London: Grey Walls (1949).

First UK edition. 116 pp. Foxing along top edge, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Introduction by Alan Ross. First British edition of West’s devastating novel.
$100

97.
WILDE, John.
44 Wilde 1944: Being a Selection of 44 Images from a Sketchbook by John Wilde Mostlly in 1944.
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1984.

First edition. [50 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and near fine dust jacket with light crimping to crown of spine. One of 200 copies on Mohawk Vellum Cream and Shadwell papers. Foreword by Lincoln Kirstein, which appeared originally in a 1950 exhibition catalogue. Dated (1985) and SIGNED by Wilde on the last illustrated leaf. Hamady 108.
$200

98.
WINKFIELD, Trevor.
Nativity.
Calais: Z Press, 1974.

First edition. [8 pp]. Very good plus in stapled wrappers. Illustrations by Karl Torok. One of 200 (of 300) numbered copies.
$25

99.
WRIGHT, Jay.
Death as History.
Millbrook: Poets Press (1967).

First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Fifteen poems. Wright’s first book, uncommon in such condition.
$125

100.
ZUKOFSKY, Louis.
An Era Any Time of Year.
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press (1970).

First edition. 6 x 4 ³ ⁄ 8 inch card, printed in two colors on heavy white stock. Fine. SIGNED by Zukofsky.
$45

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