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61.
MERCHANT, Paul.
Bread & Caviar.

Hereford: Five Seasons Press, 2016.

First edition. 127 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Merchant on the title page. A further development of the themes and modes tackled in SOME BUSINESS OF AFFINITY.
$20

62.
MERCHANT, Paul.
Some Business of Affinity.

Hereford: Five Seasons Press, 2006.

First edition. 272 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Merchant on the title page. Translations, reworkings, interpretations, and responses with over forty illustrations.
$25

63.
MILLER, Henry.
Aller Retour New York.

[Brooklyn: Ben Abramson] 1945.

Second edition, first American edition. 88 pp. Fine in full dark blue cloth with gilt stamping to the spine and front panel. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 500 numbered copies. A novel in the form of a long letter to a friend, expressing his disenchantment with America. Shifreen & Jackson A11c.
$75

64.
MISSION OF BURMA.
Live at the Bradford.

Boston: Ace of Hearts Records (1988).

First edition. VHS tape in the original slipcase. Fine tape in near fine slipcase. Video from their final Boston Show at the Bradford Ballroom on 12 March 1983.
$20

65.
MITCHELL, Adrian.
Out Loud.

London: Cape Goliard, 1968.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [80 pp]. Corners lightly tapped, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket that is rubbed, mainly on the rear panel. Cover illustration by Carol Annand. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Mitchell.
$40

66.
MOORMAN, Charlotte. et al.
3rd Festival Gruppo ‘70: Musica.

Firenze: Galleria Numero [1965].

First edition. 13 ¾ x 9 ¾ inch poster, printed in black on yellow. Very near fine. Moorman, Brecht, Bussotti, Chiari, and Infantino perform works by Brecht-Tenny, Earle Brown, Higgins, Cage, Paik, and many others.
$150

67.
[THE MOVEMENT]. Morrison, Blake.
The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950s.

Oxford: Oxford University Press (1980).

First edition. x + 326 pp w/notes, select bibliography, & index. Pages lightly toned (cheap paper) else fine in fine dust jacket. Larkin, Amis, Davie, Enright, Gunn, Wain, Jennings, and others corralled.
$45

68.
NICHOL, bp.
Ephemera.

[Toronto]: CURVD H&Z, 1984.

First edition. 14 ½ x 5 inch broadside, printed in two colors with the poem, a riff on Basho, pasted-on. One tiny corner bump and a short edge tear, else fine. One of 65 numbered copies SIGNED by Nichol. Announcement for a reading at LETTERS.
$150

69.
NIN, Anaïs.
The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume Five 1947–1955.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1974).

First edition. ix + 275 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket that is slightly mis-folded. Edited by Gunther Stuhlman, with his preface. Sixteen pages of photographs. Review slip and author photo accompanies.
$55

70.
[NOLAN, Pat. ed.].
The Brand New Testament: A Portfolio of Creative Expression.

Monterey: Monterey Peninsula College 1969.

First edition. Twenty-one 10 x 8 inch sheets laid into a printed folder. All elements very near fine or better. Printed at the Cranium Press. Previously known as “e.g.” Nolan took over editorship of the college literary magazine and changed the name to “The Brand New Testament” and then to “Dog Bite.” Uncommon.
$125

71.
NORFOLK, Lawrence.
The Pope’s Rhinoceros.

London: Sinclair-Stevenson (1996).

First edition. 607 pp. Some light soiling to top edge, else very near fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Norfolk on the title page. His second novel.
$75

72.
OLSON, Charles.
Anecdotes of the Late War.

Highlands: Jonathan Williams (nd).

First edition. Single large sheet folded into sixths and pasted into stiff printed card covers. Small blemish to front panel near spine, else near fine. Issued as Jargon Broadside I.
$100

73.
[OLSON, Charles]. Selerie, Gavin.
To Let Words Swim Into the Soul: An Anniversary Tribute to the Art of Charles Olson.

London: Binnacle Press, 1980.

First edition. 4to. 29 pp w/notes. Bump to one upper corner, else very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. A long critical essay.
$40

74.
[ONO, Yoko]. Haskell, Barbara.
objects, films.

NY: Whitney Museum of American Art (1989).

First edition. 12 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photos, reproductions, and film stills. Texts by Haskell and John G. Hanhardt.
$20

75.
PATCHEN, Kenneth.
The Famous Boating Party and Other Poems in Prose.

NY: New Directions (1954).

First edition. 64 pp. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Frontispiece portrait photograph of Patchen by Chester Kessler. Review slip laid in. Morgan A22.
$125

76.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Ackerson, Duane. ed.
“But Is It Poetry?” An Anthology of One Line Poems.

Dragonfly 1972.

First edition. Oblong 16 mo. [68 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Work by Bill Zavatsky, William Matthews, William Stafford, Charles Simic, Joseph Bruchac, and several others. Dragonfly Pamphlet 2.
$45

77.
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Storhaug, Glenn. ed.
The Kilpeck Anthology.

Madley: Five Seasons Press, 1981.

First edition. Small 4to. 53 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems by Adcock, Halsey, Heaney, B.S. Johnson, Merchant, Mottram, Turnbull, and others. Illustrations by Furnival, Halsey, Nuttall, and more.
$30

78.
[POLTROON PRESS]. Butler, Frances and Alastair Johnston.
What Things Are and How They Look.

Davis: Memorial Union Art Gallery (1982).

First edition. [16 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Design by Butler, typography by Johnston, printed by Poltroon. Exibition checklist, biographical information, statements on the work.
$40

79.
[POUND, Ezra]. Laughlin, James.
Gists & Piths: A Memoir of Ezra Pound.

Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1982.

First edition. 22 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and rear panel. One of 225 (of 250) copies on Rives paper. Berger 79.
$45

80.
PRICE, Reynolds.
Back Before Day.

Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press (1989).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 45 pp. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Price. Additionally dated (11 v 90) and warmly INSCRIBED by Price to a close friend.
$75

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