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catalog #116

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61.
MELTZER, David.
The Art / The Veil.

Milwaukee: Membrane Press (1981).

First edition. 32mo. [48 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Dated (4:III:82) and warmly INSCRIBED by Meltzer with a drawing.
$45

62.
MIKI, Roy.
thin king of bp.

North Vancouver: Silver Birch Press (nd).

First edition. 16mo. [8 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. In addition to the publication information on the colophon page, this is designated on the rear cover, “The Berkeley Horse 31 / Apr. 1991. 100 copies.”
$20

63.
MILLS, Magnus.
only when the sun shines brightly.

Tadworth: Acorn Book Company (1999).

First edition. 16mo. 77 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Mills on the title page. His first collection of short stories.
$25

64.
MILLS, Stuart.
The Menagerie Goes for a Walk: Poems.

Nottingham: Tarasque Press (nd).

First edition. Oblong 32mo. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Ten poems.
$25

65.
[MONETTE, Paul]. Schorr, David.
Songs with a dying fall: works on paper and canvas by David Schorr.

NY & Wesleyan: Mary Ryan/Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, 1994.

First trade edition. Oblong 32 mo. 45 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers and fine printed vellum jacket. Introductory poem and essay by Monette, together with poems by Rückert, Helprin, Brooke, Yourcenar, Cavafy, Auden, Joyce, and many others. Illustrated with color reproductions.
$45

66.
MONTAGUE, John.
Deities.

NY: At-Swim Press (1982).

First edition. 16mo. [14 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 300 copies. Text reproduced from Malachi McCormic’s calligraphy.
$125

67.
MONTGOMERY, John.
Food Poems.

Niagara Falls:Press Today Niagara, 1966.

First edition. 16mo. [12 pp]. Near fine in unprinted wrappers that have been trimmed back from the edges of the text to reveal the title. One of 150 copies published by D. r. Wagner
$35

68.
MOORE, Marianne.
Saint Nicholas,.

(np): Kathy Walkup (nd).

First edition. Single long accordion-fold sheet folded five times and sewn into printed wrappers. Fine. Published as a Christmas greeting. OCLC locates two copies (CUNY City College, University of Toledo).
$45

69.
[MOORE, Marianne].
Omaggio a Marianne Moore.

Milan: Al’insegna del Pesce D’oro (1964).

First edition. 32mo. 45 pp. Fine in wrappers and near fine integral dust jacket. One of 1000 numbered copies. Five poems by Moore (in English and facing Italian translation by Mary de Rachewiltz) with a letter from her to Ezra Pound, and an acrostic on her name by e.e. cummings. Abbott Ha3.
$45

70.
MORRISON, Madison.
Girls.

Milwaukee: Morgan Press (1976).

First edition. [16 pp]. Near fine in wrappers. One of 200 copies, issued as Hey Lady Supplement 31.
$20

71.
MURGUÍA, Alejandro.
Farewell to the Coast.

San Francisco: Heirs Press, 1980.

First edition. 16mo. 73 pp w/glossary. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Prose works. Dated (5.2.80) and INSCRIBED by Murguía, “To Ishmael / Thanks for / the encouragement / Alejandro / S.F.”
$40

72.
PAYACK, Peter.
The Growth of Human Ideas.

Montreal: Vehicule Press (19800.

First edition. 16mo. [34 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with some toning to the rear panel. Dated (6.29.81) and SIGNED by Payack on the title page. A collection of short prose pieces.
$25

73.
PERELMAN, Bob.
11 Romantic Positions.

(np): KS Press (1975).

First edition. 16mo. [20 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Poems with drawings by Francie Shaw.
$40

74.
PHILLIPS, Ben.
Your TV Will Tell You Too: Poems.

Toronto: The Folks Upstairs Press (1982).

First edition. 16mo. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Six poems. Laid into this copy is a promotional letter from the poet, presenting this copy. OCLC locates one copy (Toronto Public Library).
$25

75.
PHILLIPS, Dennis.
Sand.

Copenhagen & Los Angeles: Green Integer, 2002.

First edition. 178 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dated (10–10–02) and INSCRIBED by Phillips to Leslie [Scalapino], “For Leslie / with the greatest / of admiration / & appreciation. / Dennis.”
$25

76.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Tambimuttu. ed.
Festschrift for Katherine Falley Bennett.

London: Lyrebird Press (1972).

First edition. 16mo. 240 pp. Fine in full red faux leather and near fine dust jacket with a pale stain to the front cover (with artwork by Henry Moore). Contributions by George Barker, René Char, Lawrence Durrell, David Gascoyne, Timothy Leary, Ezra Pound, Alexander Trocchi, and many others.
$45

77.
POLISTINA, K.
... or perhaps you know this: prose fictions.

London: Patroclus Press (1976).

First edition. 48mo. 17 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Photos by Peter Cosgrove and Shellie Sterne. Four short works. No copies located by OCLC.
$35

78.
POTTS, Charles.
Blues from Thurston County.

Grande Ronde Press (1969).

Second printing (originally published in 1966). 24mo. [24 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. A multi-part long poem. GRR/book #8. Uncommon.
$35

79.
[POUND, Ezra].
Ezra Pound at Seventy.

Norfolk: New Directions [1956].

First edition, Cadmus issue. 32mo. [12 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover portrait of Pound by [Sheri] Martinelli. Contributions by Auden, cummings, Eliot, Hemingway, Macleish, Martins, Marianne Moore, Norman H. Pearson, Spender, Edith Sitwell. Concludes with a list of Pound titles then currently in print. On the rear cover is printed “The Cadmus Bookshop of Georgetown / 1246 Wisconsin, NW / Washington, DC / Specializing in Pound.”
$15

80.
POWELL, Lawrence Clark.
Make Mine a Small One.

Berkeley: Peacock Press, 1965.

First edition. 16mo. 15 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. An essay on the difficulties created by big books.
$20

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