e-catalog #043, also known as...
catalog #113

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1.
ANDERSON, David.
Under Western Eyes.

NY: Siamese Banana Press (1970).

First edition. [76 pp]. Very good plus in side-stapled wrappers. A long prose work, entirely reproduced from holograph.
$35

2.
ASHBERY, John.
Chinatown: Uncollected Poems 1945–1997.

[NY]: Dim Sum Editions [c. 1998].

First edition. 4to. [128 pp]. Some stray marks to front cover, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers.
$75

3.
ASHBERY, John.
Eggbert: A Play for Dolls.

[NY: Larry Fagin] (nd).

First edition. 4to. 8 pp. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. A four act play, composed originally in 1952.
$45

4.
BERGÉ, Carol.
The Vancouver Report

NY: Fuck You Press 1964.

First edition. 4to. [36 pp]. Very good plus in side-stapled wrappers. Note from “David” to “Max” penned to rear cover. Robert Duncan and Jess’ copy, with their bookplate affixed inside the front cover.
$250

5.
BERKSON, Bill.
Red Devil.

Bolinas: Smithereens Press (1982).

Second printing. 4to. [36 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with a few trivial marks. Cover art by Lynn O’Hare. INSCRIBED by Berkson on the title page to San Francisco gallerist Paule Anglim, “For Paule — / A Classic: / Merry Christmas 1989 / wiht our love, — Bill” afterwhich O’Hare has signed “Lynn.”
$75

6.
BERKSON, Bill.
Same Here.

[San Francisco]: Bill Berkson, 2006.

First edition. 4to. [40 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover photograph by Constance Lewallen. One of 12 copies produced by Berkson.
$45

7.
BERRIGAN, Daniel and Thich Nhat Hanh.
Contemplation and Resistance.

Nyack: Fellowship of Reconciliation, c. 1973.

First edition. 4to. Fine in illustrated wrappers, stapled upper left, as issued. Transcript of a conversation in Paris on January 4, 1973, “in the midst of the American Christmas bombing offensive,” between two well-known anti-war activists and poets, the one a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, the other an American Roman Catholic priest. Lepper, p. 40.
$45

8.
BERRIGAN, Sandy.
Public Display of Affection.

(np): (np) (1987).

Second printing. 4to. [84 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with some toning and wear along fore-edge. Cover art by George Schneeman. Warmly INSCRIBED by Berrigan to poet friends.
$45

9.
BERRIGAN, Ted.
A Feeling for Leaving.

NY: Frontward Books (1975).

First edition. 4to. [54 pp]. Very good plus in side-stapled wrappers with some soiling to rear panel. Cover art by Rochelle Kraut, hand-colored. One of 375 (of 400) copies.
$200

10.
BERRIGAN, Ted and Anne Waldman.
Memorial Day: A collaboration by Anne Waldman and Ted Berrigan 1971.

[NY]: (np) (1971).

First edition. 4to. [54 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Donna Dennis. Produced at the Poetry Project on the occasion of a joint reading by Berrigan and Waldman. SIGNED by Waldman on the title page. Preceding their reading, the poets exchanged work through the mail, which Waldmen then put into rough shape before finalizing the text together with Berrigan.
$150

11.
BLASING, Randy.
Months of Sundays.

Providence: Blue Moon Press, 1973.

First edition. 4to. [60 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 100 copies. First of several books by Blasing, who is now the primary American translator, together with his wife Mutlu Konuk, of the Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet.
$45

12.
BRAINARD, Joe.
Bolinas Journal 1971.

Bolinas: Big Sky Books (1971).

First edition. 4to. [50 pp]. Vertical reading creases along spine, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art and illustrations throughout by Brainard. One of 300 copies. Despite the large limitation, uncommon in the trade.
$125

13.
BRODEY, Jim.
Unless.

Washington DC: Jawbone (1977).

First edition. 4to. [20 pp]. Light bends to corners, else very good plus in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by “Marguerita.” One of 200 copies. Five poems.
$40

14.
BYE, Reed.
Erstwhile Charms.

Boulder: Rocky Ledge Cottage Editions (1980).

First edition. 4to. 50 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 300 (of 310 copies). A substantial collection of poems.
$25

15.
BYE, Reed and Anne Waldman.
Four Travels.

NY: Sayonara (1979).

First edition. 4to. [10 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with two very light horizontal bends. Cover art by George Schneeman. One of 125 (of 150) copies. Briefly INSCRIBED by Waldman and SIGNED by Bye on the title page to poet friends.
$100

16.
CAREY, Steve.
Fleur-De-Lis.

Monterey: Blue Sude Shoes (nd).

First edition. 4to. 21 pp. Light toning along edges, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 130 (of 150) copies. Blue Suede Shoes VII.
$50

17.
CLARK, Tom.
Journey to the Ulterior.

Santa Barbara: Am Here Books/ Immediate Editions (1981).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. [54 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Clark.
$35

18.
COLBY, Todd.
Fog and Swirl.

NY: Evil Clown Books, 1992.

First edition. 4to. [30 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Colby on the title page. Signed baseball card taped to last leaf, as issued. Colby was the lead singer of the punk band Drunken Boat, and active as a “performance poet” in NYC. OCLC locates two copies (Yale, NYU).
$35

19.
COLLOM, Jack.
DDPTSTW.

(np): Privately Printed [c. 2007].

First edition. 4to. [76 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with some wear to lower corner of the front cover. One of 40 copies. Warmly INSCRIBED by Collom on the title page. OCLC locates two copies (SUNY Buffalo, University of CT).
$35

20.
COLLOM, Jack.
Little Grand Island.

[Boulder]: (np), 1977.

First edition. 4to. [68 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Poems. SIGNED by Collom on the title page. A “the” book.
$25

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