21.
FAULKNER, William.
Faulkner on Love: A Letter to Marjorie Lyons.
Fargo: Merrykit Press (1974).

First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. Edited by Richard Lyons, with his introduction. The letter itself and the envelope in which it arrived reproduced photographically in the center spread. One of 100 (of 110) numbered copies.
$275

22.
FAULKNER, William.
This Earth: A Poem.
NY: Equinox, 1932.

First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Illustrated with four drawings by Albert Heckman. Original very good unprinted mailing envelope (split along two sides) accompanies. Number one of the “Equinox Quarters.” Peterson C17a.
$200

23.
FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence.
The Secret Meaning of Things.
NY: New Directions (1968).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 48 pp. Fine in full dark blue cloth and very near fine publisher’s slipcase (lightly toned along extrems). One of 150 numbered copies on Curtis Rag paper SIGNED by Ferlinghetti.
$75

24.
FINLAY, Alec. ed.
Irish (2).
Edinburgh: Morning Star, 2002.

First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. A continuation of the Irish project, new translators and others engage with Paul Celan’s poem: Guy Moreton, David Antin, Richard Barrett, Claudia e Kraszkiewicz, Ken Cockburn, Gabriel Rosenstock, Robert Kelly, Tim Robinson, and Zoë Irvine. cd present inside rear cover.
$35

25.
FORSTER, E.M.
England’s Pleasant Land: A Pageant Play.
London: Hogarth Press, 1940.

First edition. 79 pp. Offsetting to endpapers, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket that is darkened along the spine and extrems. INSCRIBED by Forster on the front free endpaper, “For Mr and Mrs Nicholson, with every kind / rememberance from E.M. Forster / 9–5–40.” Kirkpatrick A22.
$450

26.
GASS, William H.
Willie Masters’ Lonesome Wife.
Northwestern University Press (1968).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [68 pp]. Faint sunning to spine, else near fine in full black cloth with inset pictorial labels to front and rear covers. No dust jacket, as issued. Designed by Lawraence Levy. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Gass. A pleasing mix of image, typography, and tale.
$200

27.
[HAWKS, Howard]. Bogdanovich, Peter.
The Cinema of Howard Hawks.
NY: Museum of Modern Art (1962).

First edition. 38 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Thirty-seven images from Hawks’ films puncutate this essay by Bogdanovich.
$45

28.
HIGGINS, Dick.
foew&ombwhnw.
NY: Something Else Press, 1969.

First edition. 320 pp. Near fine in full gilt-stamped leatherette covers with bound-in ribbon place marker. No dust jacket, as issued. Texts and small illustrations in four columns.
$100

29.
HOLLINGHURST, Alan.
The Folding Star.
London: Chatto & Windus (1994).

First edition. 422 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Hollinghurst on the title page. His second novel.
$50

30.
HOLM, Bill.
Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form.
Seattle & London: University of Washington Pres, 1965.

First edition. Small 4to. xv + 115 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some light surface damage. Seventy-seven b&w illustrations.
$40

31.
HOWE, Susan.
Kidnapped.
Clonmel: Coracle, 2002.

First edition. [100 pp]. Fine in full green cloth and fine dust jacket. Photographs by Peter Hare and Susan Howe. Beautifully printed and produced with five small tipped-on plates. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Howe.
$75

32.
JEFFERS, Robinson.
Songs and Heroes.
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1988.

First edition, deluxe issue. 4to. 33 pp w/notes. Fine in full cloth with printed cover and spine labels. No dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Robert J. Brophy, with his introduction. One of 50 (from an edition of 250) numbered copies on Gutenberg paper. Printed letterpress by Patrick Reagh. A selection of over twenty previously unpublished poems by Jeffers, dating from his earliest writings.
$250

33.
[KEEPSAKE POEMS]. Lewis, Roy. editor and printer.
Keepsake Poems 1– 39 (complete).
Richmond: Keepsake Press, 1972–1979.

First editions. Thirty-nine issues, each fine in printed wrappers and very good to fine original unprinted white envelope. A single poem paired with an illustration. Each volume is one of 168 (of 180) copies. The poets are: V. Scannell, K. Crossley-Holland, A. Tibble, G. Ewert, T. Blackburn, B. Pasternak, C. Logue, E. Lowbury, G. Wightman, O. Hickey, A. Bold, G. Hughes, R. Morgan, C. Causley, M. McCallion, J. Cotton, B. Cole, K. Gershon, J. Press, D.M. Thomas, R. Fuller, R. Nye, P. Roche, N. Hidden, W. Magee, S. Toulson, R. Munro, J. Silkin, M. Booth, A. Stevenson, D.P. Stokes, G. Symes, G. MacBeth, A. Tucker, J. Mole, P. Porter, G. Szirtes, L. Kramer, and D.J. Enright. Drawing, linocut, wood engraving, screenprint, and lithograph illustrations, employed by the various artists whose number includes Thomas Bewick, Paul Peter Peich, Rick Hyde, Rigby Graham, Geoff Machin, Duncan Grant, and John Piper. For the run:
$500

34.
LAFORGUE, Jules.
Poems of Jules Laforgue.
London: Anvil Press Poetry (1986).

First edition. 456 w/notes & title indexes in French and English. Light taps to upper corners, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Introduction by Peter Dale. Original French poems with Dale’s facing English translations.
$75

35.
LEWIS, Wyndham.
Satire & Fiction aka Enemy Pamphlets No. 1.
London: Arthur Press [1930].

First edition. 63 pp. Tiny chip to rear cover, and a light corner crease to front, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Occasioned by the response to his satirical novel THE APES OF GOD, and designed to add fuel to the fire. Morrow & Lafourcade C8.
$150

36.
LEWIS, Wyndham. ed.
The Enemy: A Review of Art and Literature 1–3.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1994.

First editions, publisher’s copies. Three volumes. All 4to, all fine in illustrated boards. No dust jackets, as issued; housed in a fine custom slipcase. A facsimile reprint, edited here by David Peters Corbett. Each volume is designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page. For the set:
$250

37.
MARCLAY, Christian.
Things I’ve Heard.
San Francisco & NY: Fraenkel Gallery/Paula Cooper (2013).

First edition. 4to. 83 pp. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Photographs by Marclay, all referencing sound. SIGNED by Marclay on the half-title page. Original folded exhibition poster accompanies.
$150

38.
MAYER, Hansjörg.
Alphabet.
Los Angeles: Seeing Eye Books, 2002.

Second edition. [32 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. A reissue of the first edition, originally published in 1963. Seeing Eye Books series iv, book 3. Multiple repetitions of each letter of the alphabet, arranged to make twenty-six separate images.
$35

39.
[MORRIS, William]. Franklin, Colin.
Printing and the Mind of Morris: Three Paths to the Kelmscott Press.
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1986.

First edition. 58 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with gilt-stampled blue leather spine. t.e.g. Fine publisher’s slipcase with printed panel label. One of 50 numbered copies on Barcham Green Canterbury handmade paper. Dated (1997) and INSCRIBED by Franklin in San Francisco.
$200

40.
OLSON, Charles.
Mayan Letters.
Mallorca: Divers Press, 1953.

First edition. 89 pp. A few trivial spots of foxing, else fine in wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. Preface by Robert Creeley, who also edited this volume. Olson’s letters to Creeley while Olson was living in Yerma, Yucatan in 1950/51.
$350

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