21.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Richkin, Robert J. and Ira Cohen. eds.
The Great Society 1 & 2 (complete).
NY: Great Society, 1966 & 1967.

4to + 8vo. Two volumes, the first side-stapled in illustrated wrappers (very good plus, rear cover detached, but present), the second near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with a bump and crease to one upper corner. The first volume has an ink ownership signature, and the notation, “Limited Edition of 600 $1.” Contributions by Ginsberg, the Bremsers, Matson, Heliczer, and more in volume one, Bowles, Jack Smith, Chester, Wieners, Norse, Burroughs in volume two. For the pair:
$225

22.
[CONCRETE POETRY]. Arnold, Heinz Ludwig. ed.
Text + Kritik: Konkrete Poesie I & II.
München: Text + Kritik (1978 & 1975).

Later printings. 45 + 55 pp. Two volumes, both near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with a few corner creases to the cover of volume II. Works by Gomringer, Jandl, Rühm, and many others. Most texts in German, some in English. For the pair:
$40

23.
[COOLIDGE, Clark and Larry Fagin].
Tonto Lavoris.
[NY]: Adventures in Poetry (1973).

First edition. 4to. [32 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. At random: Red Soapy, Peg Sluice, Miles Clout, Appian Snort, Lucky Lock, Buck Loop, Silas Moon, Pinball Foggy...
$200

24.
CREELEY, Robert.
Mazatlan: Sea.
[San Francisco]: Poets Press, 1969.

First edition. [16 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Creeley. The single title poem, elegantly designed and printed at the Cranium Press.
$250

25.
CUNLIFFE, Dave. ed.
Global Tapestry and Vegan Action: Peacefreak Issue.
Salesbury: BB Bks [c. 1970].

First edition. Small 4to. [76 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers, staple-bound along the top edge. Artwork, poems (Eigner, Waldman, Cunliffe, Tina Morris, Peter Finch), polemics, a 22 point manifesto, “Love & Peace Freak Party Election Manifesto,” and more on the CIA, anti-drug actions, vegetarianism, feminism, lots of reviews of other mags and books. A real zeitgeist item.
$40

26.
DAVIES, Alan.
Slough Cup Hope Tantrum.
Dorchester: Other Publications (1975).

First edition. 4to. [56 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 150 copies. Prose, poems, lists, floorplans, and more combine to be Davies’ first book.
$50

27.
DeFEO, Jay.
Jay DeFeo: Selected Works, Past and Present.
San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute, 1984.

First edition. 4to. 32 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by DeFeo on the title page to long-time supporters of her work. Preface by Thomas Albright, poem by Michael McClure, “SONG for Jay,” essay by David S. Rubin, and sixteen reproductions and photographs, most in b&w.
$50

28.
[DUCHAMP, Marcel]. Jones, Amelia.
Postmodernism and the En-Gendering of Marcel Duchamp.
Cambridge & NY: Cambridge University Press (1994).

First edition. Small 4to. xx + 316 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to spine. A critical analysis of post-modernism in the visual arts springing from Duchamp.
$50

29.
DUNCAN, Robert.
Faust Foutu: Acts 1, 2, & 3.
[San Francisco: Robert Duncan, 1953].

First edition. 4to. 59 pp on rectos only. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with a light sticker shadow at the lower portion of the spine. The title and “Robert Duncan January 1954” inked by Duncan on the front cover, which is otherwise blank. See Bertholf A7a. In the note to the third edition described in Bertholf’s bibliography, Duncan is quoted, “Some copies were mailed to associates with only the texts of Acts I–III.” This copy belonged formerly to a close friend of Duncan and Jess, and is likely an example of this abbreviation, especially when considering that the rear unprinted cover sheet is present, and the staples are tight.
$850

30.
DUNCAN, Robert.
Writing Writing: A Composition Book.
Albuquerque: Sum Books (1964).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [60 pp]. Light sunning along spine, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Folded erratum sheet present. One of 25 numbered copies SIGNED by Duncan with an original dated (1964) and signed drawing pasted to the first leaf; in this instance, a terrific multi-colored image of a snail with the accopanying text, “Turning into a Snail’s Pace.” Bertholf A13b.
$1250

31.
EISENSTEIN, Sergei.
The Battleship Potemkin.
London: Lorrimer (1968).

First edition. 100 pp. Light bookplate removal evidence to the front free endpaper, else fine in very near fine dust jacket with price sticker shadow to front flap. An English translation of Eisenstein’s screenplay with his 1939 introductory essay and a historical note by Andrew Sinclair. Illustrated with 40 stills from the film.
$40

32.
[EISENSTEIN, Sergei]. Aumont, Jacques.
Montage Eisenstein.
London & Bloomington: BFI Publishing/Indiana University Press (1987).

First US edition. x + 243 pp w/notes, bibliography, & index. Fine in full cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Translated from the original French by Lee Hildreth, Constance Penley, and Andrew Ross.
$55

33.
ETHRIDGE, Roe.
Apple and Cigarettes.
Beverly Hills: Gagosian Gallery (2006).

First edition. 4to. [56 pp]. Fine in full cloth with inset color cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. Still in publisher’s shrink-wrap. Twenty-one color reproductions.
$250

34.
EVERSON, William.
These are the Ravens.
San Leandro: Greater West Publishing Co., 1935.

First edition. [8 pp]. A few very light wrinkles along top edge, else very near fine in printed wrappers. Everson’s first book, a collection of sixteen poems issued as a volume in the publisher’s “Pamphlet Series of Western Poets.”
$250

35.
FINLAY, Alec.
Mesostic herbarium.
Edinburgh: Platform Projects (2004).

First edition. [208 pp]. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. The full subtitle of this book = a phytological anthology by various amateurs of botany being a partial heterodox collection of mesostic poems on the names of flora arranged according to habitat. Affixed inside the rear cover is a cd-rom presenting the work “Wordwood.” New, at publication price:
$18.50

36.
FINLAY, Alec.
Turning Toward Living.
Edinburgh: Platform Projects (2004).

First edition. [126 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Short contributed and found phrases from a wide variety of sources transformed into “circle poems” by Finlay. Entire volume printed in white on black pages. New, at publication price:
$18.50

37.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton and John Roberts.
F1.
Wild Hawthorn Press [1972].

First edition. Folding card, 2 ¾ x 7 ¼ inches, closed. Near fine. Murray 4.59.
$35

38.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton and Laurie Clark.
Silhouettes.
[Dunsyre]: Wild Hawthorn Press [1974].

First edition. Narrow 4to. [8 pp]. Tiny nick to top edge, else near fine in sewn wrappers. Murray 3.56.
$55

39.
GENET, Jean.
Poemes.
Lyon: L’Arbalete (1949).

First edition, numbered issue. 4to. 107 pp. Fine in wrappers and fine printed clear acetate dust jacket (often lacking). Pages unopened. One of 1000 numbered copies. Wonderful Genet portrait montage cover by Douchan Stanimirovitz. Original prospectus laid-in.
$450

40.
GOREY, Edward writing as “Dogear Wryde.”
Q.R.V. Unwmkd. Imperf.: A Dozen Dogear Wryde Postcards.
(np): (np) (1996).

First edition. Twelve 6 x 4 inch postcards, housed in a printed paper envelope. Fine. SIGNED by Gorey as Dogear Wryde on the front of the envelope.
$200

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