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61.
LOGUE, Christopher.
Ode to the Dodo: Poems 1953–78.

London: Jonathan Cape (1981).

First edition. 176 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Poems selected by Logue himself, applying the simple criteria, “they still appeal.”
$40

62.
LONGLEY, Michael.
Cenotaph of Snow: Sixty Poems about War.

London: Enitharmon Press (2003).

First edition. 50 pp. Fine in wrappers and fine marbled-paper dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Longley.
$125

63.
McCAFFERY, Steve and bp Nichol. eds.
Sound Poetry: A Catalogue for the Eleventh International Sound Poetry Festival Toronto, Canada October 14 to 21, 1978.

Toronto: Underwhich Editions (1978).

First edition. 111 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. One of 1500 copies printed at the Coach House Press. Dick Higgins, Ake Hodell, Jackson MacLow, Sean O’Huigin, Jerome Rothenberg, and may others included.
$35

64.
McCLURE, Michael.
Solstice Blossom.

(np): Arif Press, 1973.

First edition. 4to. [22 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover photograph by Constance Baxter. One of 30 numbered copies with an original watercolor by Wesley Tanner SIGNED by McClure and Tanner.
$350

65.
McGAHERN, John.
Getting Through.

London: Faber and Faber (1978).

First edition. 151 pp. Light foxing along top edge, else very near fine in like dust jacket. McGahern’s second collection of short stories.
$75

66.
McGAHERN, John.
The Pornographer.

London: Faber and Faber (1979).

First edition. 252 pp. Small paperclip indent to last few leaves, else fine in fine dust jacket. McGahern’s fourth novel.
$55

67.
MENASHE, Samuel.
No Jerusalem But This: Poems.

NY: October House (1971).

First edition. 88 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing along the spine. Menashe’s first book to appear in the US, preceded by THE MANY NAMED BELOVED that was published in England a decade earlier.
$40

68.
MOORE, Brian writing as “Michael Bryan.”
Murder in Majorca.

NY: Dell (1957).

First edition. 12mo. 158 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of a handful of novels written by Moore under various pseudonyms.
$25

69.
MYERS, John Bernard. ed.
Semi-Colon. Vol II, No. 1.

NY: Tibor De Nagy Gallery [c.1956].

4to. Single sheet folded once. Very good with a tiny chip to the fore-edge of the front cover. Gerard Malanga’s copy, with his signature. Contributions by Kenneth Koch & Frank O’Hara, in collaboration and alone.
$200

70.
MYERS, John Bernard. ed.
Semi-Colon. Vol II, No. 4.

NY: Tibor De Nagy Gallery [c.1956].

4to. Single sheet folded once. Very good with a tiny chip to one upper corner. Gerard Malanga’s copy, with his signature. A memorial issue devoted to poems by V.R. Lang, a co-founder of The Poets Theatre in Cambridge.
$200

71.
NEWBY, P.H.
Something to Answer For.

London: Faber and Faber (1968).

First edition. 285 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. The winner of the first Booker Prize in 1969.
$300

72.
NICHOL, bp.
Extreme Positions.

Edmonton: Longspoon Press (1981).

[88 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Nichol’s fourth published novel, a tale of a ménage à trios told via visual poetry.
$35

73.
NICHOL, bp.
Absolute Statement for My Mother.

Toronto: Seripress (1979).

First edition. 64mo. Single long accordion-folded sheet bound into wrap-around printed covers. One of 200 copies SIGNED by Nichol. Seven panels, printed on both sides.
$75

74.
PATTERSON, Archie. ed.
Eurock: The European Rockzine #6.

Portland: Eurock (1976).

4to. 28 pp. Small ink price on cover, else fine in side-stapled wrappers. Articles on Love Records, Wigwam, Tolonen, Eurevus, Between, Sensations Fix, and more.
$50

75.
PATTERSON, Archie. ed.
Eurock: The European Rockzine #11.

Fresno: Eurock (1974).

4to. 34 pp. Near fine in brad-bound wrappers that are lightly sunned at the extrems. Articles on Nektar, Embryo, Kraftwerk, Neu, Faust, Guru Guro, Eurevus, and more.
$50

76.
PINTER, Harold.
One for the Road.

London: Methuen (1985).

First revised edition. 80 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Text of the play preceded by “A Play and its Politics,” a conversation between Pinter and Nicholas Herm. Illustrated with production photographs by Ivan Kyncl. SIGNED by Pinter on the title page.
$200

77.
PLANTE, David.
Prayer.

Elysium Press (1999).

First edition, lettered & signed issue. [14 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with leather spine. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 26 lettered copies on Somerset paper SIGNED by Plante. A short story.
$150

78.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Cauble, Don. ed.
I Am the One Who Walks the Road.

Portland: Dead Angel Press, 1972.

First edition. Horizontal 8vo. 80 pp. Fine in full cloth over boards with illustrated cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 175 copies. Poems by Tom Kryss, Douglas Blazek, Don Cauble, and Linda Neufer. Printed letterpress, the design is reminiscent of the Webb’s Loujon Press.
$100

79.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Sinclair, John. ed.
The Collected Artists’ Worksheet — 1965.

Detroit: Artists Workshop Press, 1967.

First edition. 4to. 50 pp. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies. Edited, with an introduction by John Sinclair. Twelve printed texts, “worksheets,” to be distributed at public readings, by Jim Seamark, John Sinclair, George Tysh, Gary Johnston, Ron English, Tom Paxton, Robin Eichele, Victor Coleman, Magdalene Arndt, and Brian Nachshen in combination or singly.
$125

80.
PORTER, Fairfield.
The Collected Poems with Selected Drawings.

NY: Tibor de Nagy Editions/Promise of Learnings, 1985.

First edition. 4to. 88 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 1500 copies. Edited by John Yau with David Kermani. Introduction by John Ashbery. Twelve reproductions, including the cover image.
$25

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