21.
COURTNEY, Cathy.
Speaking of Book Art: Interviews with British and American Book Artists.
Los Altos Hills: Anderson-Lovelace Publishers (1999).

First edition. Small 4to. ix + 241 pp w/index. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Ron King, Ian Tyson, Telfer Stokes, Kathy Walkup, Helen Douglas, Johanna Drucker, Susan Johanknecht, and many others talk about books. New, at publication price:
$25

22.
CREELEY, Robert.
The Charm.
[Berkeley]: Book People-Mudra [1971].

First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Fine.
$35

23.
CREELEY, Robert and Joe Brainard.
The Class of ‘47.
NY: Bouwerie Editions (1973).

First trade edition. 4to. [16 pp]. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Text by Creeley, illustrated comic book style by Brainard. One of 100 (of 200) numbered copies.
$125 –SOLD–

24.
DEPEW, Wally.
Scream Poem.
Sacramento: Runcible Spoon (1970).

First edition. Tall 4to. [28 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Linda Bandt. One of 300 copies. A single long poem, printed by mimeograph on varied stock.
$25

25.
DI PRIMA, Diane.
L.A. Odyssey.
NY: Poets Press (1969).

First edition. [16 pp]. Some light tanning to rear cover, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. Poems reproduced from Di Prima’s holograph. Cover art by George Herms. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Di Prima.
$125 –SOLD–

26.
DORN, Edward.
Captain Jack’s Chaps or Houston/MLA.
Madison: Black Mesa Press, 1983.

First edition. [48 pp]. Fine in wrappers and very near fine dust jacket. One of 260 copies on Frankfurt paper, printed in three colors. Poems with illustrations by Jim Lee.
–SOLD– $50

27.
DRUCKER, Johanna.
Nothing Like a Little.
[Berkeley]: Chased Press, 1977.

First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Some light toning and a corner crease, else near fine.
$75 –SOLD–

28.
DUCORNET, Rikki writing as “Rikki.”
The Illustrated Universe.
Toronto: Aya Press (1979).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [72 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with lightly tanned spine. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Rikki. This hardcover issue contains a suite of seven photographs by Carol Reck that does not appear in the trade edition.
–SOLD– $75

29.
DUCORNET, Rikki.
The Star Chamber.
Boulder: Kavyayantra Press (1995).

First edition. Single large sheet folded into eights and cut to make a booklet (5 ½ x 4 inches, closed). Fine. An excerpt from The Complete Butcher’s Tales. Dated (95) and SIGNED by Ducornet (“Rikki”).
$25 –SOLD–

30.
EDSON, Russell.
With Sincerest Regrets.
Providence: Burning Deck, 1980.

First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and fine printed dust jacket (publisher’s price increase sticker to front flap). One of 500 copies, printed letterpress on Warren Old Style. Twenty short texts.
$35

31.
ELMSLIE, Kenward.
The Champ.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 4to. 66 pp. Fine in full two-part cloth with printed spine label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Elmslie and Brainard with an original ink drawing (of an armchair) by Brainard tipped on opposite the title page.
$850 –SOLD–

32.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
Imitations, Variations, Reflections, Copies.
(np): Wild Hawthorn Press (1976).

First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Norman Dixon. One of 350 numbered copies SIGNED by Finlay. Murray 3.66.
–SOLD– $150

33.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
Rhymes for Lemons.
(np): Wild Hawthorn Press [1970].

First edition. Fine in illustrated wrappers. A single long sheet, folded to make sixteen panels, printed on the recto only. Text by Finlay reproduced from the calligraphy of Gordon Huntly and illustrated with drawings by Margot Sandeman. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Finlay. Murray 3.34.
$125 –SOLD–

34.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton and Ron Costley.
Sails/Waves 1 and Sails/Waves 2.
Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press [1971].

First editions. Two 5 ⁷ ⁄ 8 x 4 ¹ ⁄ 8 inch illustrated cards. Fine. Designs for wall ceramics by Finlay and Ron Costley. The pair housed in the original mailing envelope with backing board. Murray 4.42 & 4.43.
–SOLD– $85

35.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton. ed.
Poor Old Tired Horse 16: Sticks Stones/Names Bones.
Ardgay: Wild Hawthorn Press (nd).

First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Woodcut illustrations and handprinting by Edward Wright. Work by Albert-Birot, Francis Ponge, Uribe, Jandl, Siegel, Finlay, Tzara, Hesse, Barry Cole, Jonathan Williams, and Spike Hawkins. Murray 2.16
$100 –SOLD–

36.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton. ed.
Poor Old Tired Horse 22. Charles Biederman: An Art Credo.
Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press (nd).

[4 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Biederman’s text with two photographs. Typography by Philip Steadman. Murray 2.22.
–SOLD– $45

37.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton. ed.
Poor Old Tired Horse 25: One Word Poems.
Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press (nd).

First edition. [4 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Design and calligraphy by Jim Nicholson. Contributions by Ronald Johnson, Edwin Morgan, George Mackay Brown, Eli Siegel, Jerome Rothenberg, Guy Davenport, Jonathan Williams, Edward Lucie-Smith, Ernst Jandl, Finlay, and others. Murray 2.25.
$75 –SOLD–

38.
FISCHER, Hal.
18th near Castro St. x 24.
San Francisco: NFS Press (1978).

First edition. 16mo. [56 pp]. Near fine in printed wrappers. Photographs of a bus stop beginning at 9:00 am on a Saturday. In addition to the b&w images, Fischer provides a running commentary on the experience of taking these pictures. “Inclusion of individuals or groups in this book should in no way be construed as indication of sexual orientation.”
–SOLD– $200

39.
FLES, John. ed.
The Trembling Lamb.
[NY]: (np) [1959].

First edition. 48 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Collects Artaud’s “Van Gogh: The Man Suicided by Society,” Carl Solomon’s “Danish Impasse,” and LeRoi Jones’ “The System of Dante’s Inferno.”
$25

40.
FORSTER, E.M.
The Life to Come and Other Stories.
London: Edward Arnold (1972).

First edition. xxi + 240 pp w/notes. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Fourteen stories, twelve previously unpublished. Volume 8 in The Abinger Edition of E.M. Forster, edited by Oliver Stallybrass.
$50

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