61.
MONTALE, Eugenio.
Xenia.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970.

First edition. Small 4to. 42 pp. Top edge a little dusty, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and paper label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. Original Italian poems with facing translations by G. Singh. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Montale and Singh.
$350

62.
[MOORMAN, Charlotte].
Letterhead.
NY: (np) (nd).

First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch sheet of unused letterhead. Fine. If not designed by George Maciunas, certainly in his style.
$50

63.
[MOREAU, Gustave]. Burlingham, Cynthia.
A Strange Magic: Gustave Moreau’s Salome.
Los Angeles & NY: Hammer Museum/DelMonico Books (2012).

First edition. Small 4to. 70 pp w/notes & selected bibliography. Near fine in full maroon cloth with silver lettering to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Contributions also by Marie-Cécile Forest and Richard Hawkins. Lavishly illustrated with color reproductions.
$125

64.
NERUDA, Pablo.
The Heights of Macchu Picchu.
London: Jonathan Cape (1966).

First UK edition. 47 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Original Spanish poem with facing English translation by Nathaniel Tarn. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill.
$40

65.
ONDAATJE, Michael.
Handwriting.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart (1998).

First edition. 78 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Ondaatje.
$25

66.
ONDAATJE, Michael. ed.
The Long Poem Anthology.
Toronto: Coach House Press (1979).

First edition. 339 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Work by Robert Kroetsch, Stuart MacKinnon, Daphne Marlatt, Don McKay, Robin Blaser, Frank Davey, George Bowering, Roy Kiyooka, and bp Nichol. SIGNED by Ondaatje on the title page.
$100

67.
PAIK, Nam June.
WNET/THIRTEEN “Good Morning, Mr. Orwell” press release.
NY: WNET/THIRTEEN (1983).

First edition. Three 11 x 8 ½ inch sheets, stapled upper left. Fine. Thorough description of this international event hosted by George Plimpton, featuring a statement on Orwell’s vision by Paik. Scheduled performers include Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Cunningham and Cage, Ginsberg and Orlovsky, Charlotte Moorman, Joseph Beuys, Ben Vauthier, Salvador Dali, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and others.
$50

68.
POLAN, Jason.
Points of Interest.
East Hampton: Glen Horowitz, Bookseller (2008).

First trade edition. [82 pp]. Small mark on front cover, else very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 374 (of 400) copies. Places and things that caught the eye of Polan while visiting Northampton.
$125

69.
POUND, Ezra.
Personae.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1909.

First edition. 59 pp. Some foxing to fore-edge, else very near fine in paper-covered boards with gilt stamping to spine and front panel. An earlier copy off the press, with the five lines on the spine measuring 2cm. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. Gallup A3a.
$1000

70.
[REGISTER, John]. Browning, Jeffrey.
John Register.
Santa Barbara & San Francisco: Black Sparrow/Modernism, 1985.

First edition. Small 4to. 63 pp. Bottom edges rubbed, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Register and Browning. Additionally INSCRIBED by Register on the front free endpaper, “For Barbara and John, / My gratitude for / making this beautiful / book. / John Register.”
$350

71.
REXROTH, Kenneth. trans.
Poems from the Greek Anthology.
Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Paperbacks/University of Michigan (1962).

First edition. 111 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with some light wear to the spine. Translated, with an introduction by Rexroth. Illustrated with drawings by Geraldine Sakall. SIGNED by Rexroth on the front free endpaper with the notation “Copy #1.”
$125

72.
RIMBAUD, Arthur.
Voyelles: A New Translation.
San Francisco: Azoth Editions, 1989.

First edition. Narrow 8vo. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 100 copies. A project of the Book Arts Program at the New College of California. Elaborately printed by letterpress in many colors with a variety of types. Poem in English with the original French as a running footer.
$45

73.
ROSSETT, Barney and Donald Allen. eds.
Evergreen Review Vol. 1, Nos. 1–4.
NY: Grove Press (1957).

First edition. Fine in full black cloth with gold stamping to spine. No dust jacket, as issued. The first four issues, each edited by Barney Rossett and Donald Allen. Original front covers bound in at the rear of the volume. Sartre, Beckett, Michaux, and Purdy appear in the first issue. The second issue is the legendary “San Francisco Scene” featuring work by Rexroth, Duncan, Miller, McClure, Spicer, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Snyder, and many others. The third and fourth issues continue above the high bar.
$125

74.
SCHEVILL, James.
The American Fantasies.
Agana (Guam): Bern Porter Books (1951).

First edition. 34 pp. Covers rubbed, else near fine in printed-paper covered boards. Poems with beginning and ending illustrations by Bern Porter, who also designed this title. INSCRIBED by Schevill inside the front cover, “for Karl + Jan / with love / Jim.”
$50

75.
SCHJELDAHL, Peter.
The Hydrogen Jukebox: Selected Writings of Peter Schjeldahl 1978–1990.
Berkeley: University of California Press (1991).

First edition. xxii + 358 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Edited by Malin Wilson with an introduction by Robert Storr.
$45

76.
[SEBALD, W.G.]. Long, J.J. and Anne Whitehead. eds.
W.G. Sebald — A Critical Companion.
Seattle: University of Washington Press (2004).

First edition. xii + 239 pp w/bibliography & index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fourteen essays collected.
$75

77.
SILLIMAN, Ron.
BART.
Hartford: Potes & Poets Press, 1982.

First edition. [28 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. A long work of poetic prose, concluded with two photographs. Cover designed to resemble a BART ticket. One of 300 copies.
$35

78.
[SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL]. Wark, McKenzie.
The Beach Beneath the Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International.
London & NY: Verso (2011).

First edition. 197 pp w/notes & index. Fine in fine dust jacket with a bar code sticker on rear panel .
$25

79.
[SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL]. Wark, McKenzie.
The Spectacle of Disintegration: Situationist Pages out of the 20th Century.
London & NY: Verso (2013).

First edition. 240 pp w/notes & index. Fine in fine dust jacket. An examination of the post-1960s SI legacy.
$25

80.
SKELLEY, Jack.
Monsters.
Los Angeles: Little Caesar (1982).

First edition. 50 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover and internal illustrations by Stephen Spera. Rear cover photo of Skelley by Sheree Levin. First book by the co-founder of Barney magazine.
$35

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