61.
O’HARA, Frank.
The End of the Far West: 11 Poems.
[Wivenhoe: Ted Berrigan] 1974.

First edition. Small 4to. [24 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Poems with a preface by Ted Berrigan. Smith A19.
$150

62.
PADGETT, Ron.
Great Balls of Fire.
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1969).

First edition. 86 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Poems. Jacket, cover, and endpapers designed by Joe Brainard who also contributes a statement on Padgett, reproduced both at the end of the text, and the rear flap. Padgett’s first trade publication. Kay Boyle’s copy, SIGNED by her on the half-title page, with one small notation to the text in her hand.
$75

63.
PLATH, Sylvia.
Child.
Exeter: Rougemont Press (1971).

First edition. 4to. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. One of 300 (of 325) numbered copies. A single poem from a group of about a dozen written by Plath after completion of the Ariel poems. A facsimile of the holograph manuscript, with a typeset version opposite.
$50

64.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Jacob, John. ed.
Ampoule: A film.
(np): Cat’s Pajamas Press (1970).

First edition. 4to. [34 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. A conceptual publication with poems by John Matthias, Terry Stokes, R.P. Dickey, James Bertolino, Victoria McCabe, and Douglas Blazek. Drawings by Bertolino and Richard Latta, photographs by Jon Palmer. One of 100 copies.
$45

65.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Montague, John. ed.
The Faber Book of Irish Verse.
London: Faber & Faber (1974).

First edition. 400 pp w/index of authors, translators, & first lines. Fine in fine dust jacket. A chronological selection, beginning with the oral tradition, and continuing through to Heaney, Mahon, Boland, and Muldoon, with almost half the poems predating the birth of Yeats.
$40

66.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Sinclair, John and Magdalene. eds.
Free Poems/Among Friends Vol. 2.
Detroit: Artists’ Workshop Press, 1966.

First edition. 4to. [32 pp]. Light toning along top edge, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Great introduction by Magdalene Sinclair on the “free poems” movement. Contributions by Robin Eichele, John Sinclair, Ron Caplan, Henry Malone, Allen Van Newkirk, Jerry Younkins, George Tysh, John Wieners, and J.D. Whitney.
$125

67.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY].
Seven Holiday Greetings for 1985.
Concord: William B. Ewert, 1985.

First edition. Seven poemcards in publisher’s printed envelope. All cards fine, envelope very near fine. Work by William Bronk, Raymond Carver, Donald Hall, William Heyen, Galway Kinnell, May Sarton, and W.D. Snodgrass. One of 14 (of 50) sets, issued as a holiday greeting.
$200

68.
POLK, Brigid.
Scars.
Philadelphia: Telegraph Books (1972).

First edition. 12mo. [82 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Andy Warhol, Bill Berkson, Gerard Malanga, Michael Brownstein, John Giorno, Rene Ricard, Patti Smith, and many others reproduce their wounds ala fingerprints along with reproductions of their handwritten explanations.
$250

69.
PORTER, Bern.
I’ve Left: a manifesto and a testament of SCIence and -Art (SCIART).
NY: Something Else Press, 1971.

First edition. xv + 47 pp w/appendix. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dick Higgins contributes an introduction. 895 copies printed.
$40

70.
PRYNNE, J.H.
High Pink on Chrome.
Cambridge: (np) 1975.

First edition. 26 pp. Sunning along spine, else near fine in printed wrappers. One of 500 copies printed by the Saffron Press.
$75

71.
RAWORTH, Tom.
Cloister.
Northampton: Sand Project Press (1975).

First edition. 16mo. [38 pp]. Fine in string-bound wrappers. Cover linocut illustraton by Michael Myers. A slender collection of poems, issued as Blue Pig 23.
$250

72.
[RAWORTH, Tom].
Little Trace Remains..
London: Stream Records [1969].

5 ¼ x 8 ¹ ⁄ 8 inch card, printed in two colors. Very good plus, with light foxing along top edge. A promotional item for the album, LITTLE TRACE REMAINS OF EMMETT MILLER.
$25

73.
REINHARDT, Ad.
Art-as-Art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt.
NY: Viking (1975).

First edition. xvii + 236 pp w/bibliography & index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Edited by Barbara Rose with her introduction.
$50

74.
[REINHARDT, Ad]. [Lax, Robert. ed].
Pax #2.
NY: [Robert Lax] (1956).

First edition. Single large sheet folded twice as issued (9 x 6 inches, closed). Tiny tear at one upper fold, else fine. Cover art by by Ad Rinehardt. A poem each from e.e. cummings, Claire McAllister, and Richard Gilman.
$150

75.
RICARD, Rene.
Rene Ricard 1979–1980.
[NY]: DIA. (1979).

First edition. 93 pp. Light corner bend to four leaves, else very near fine in glossy printed wrappers. Poems.
$45

76.
ROSENBERG, David.
Frontal Nudity.
NY: Telephone (1972).

First edition. 4to. [86 pp]. Covers lightly soiled, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 150 copies. Previously-unpublished poems with reproductions of pictures by George Schneeman (who also provided the cover art). An uncommon title from the press.
$75

77.
RUSCHA, Ed.
Metro Plots.
Beverly Hills & NY: Gagosian Gallery (1998).

First edition. [18 + 9 pp]. Very near fine in debossed boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Introductory essay by Dave Hickey. An elaborately-designed exhibition catalogue, reproducing 20 paintings and drawings.
$250

78.
SAMPERI, Frank.
A Remotis.
Seattle: Querencia books (1979).

First edition. [36 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. Poems, a few of which appeared previously in Origin magazine. Cover photograph by Mona Nagai.
$35

79.
SCHEERBART, Paul and Bruno Taut.
Glass Architecture and Alpine Architecture.
NY & Washington: Praeger (1972).

First US edition. 127 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear to crown of spine and tips of flap folds. Edited with an introduction by Dennis Sharp. Translated from the original German by James Palmes and Shirley Palmer, respectively. Two prophetic works, originally published in 1914 and 1917.
$100

80.
SEBALD, W.G.
Campo Santo.
London: Hamish Hamilton (2005).

First UK edition. 227 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original German by Anthea Bell. Four prose fragments from an unfinished work along with a number of literary essays, none of which appeared previously in book form.
$45

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