1.
ANDRE, Carl.
The Uncarved Block Western Red Cedar.
Venice: Ace Venice (1976).

First edition. 4 ¼ x 7 inch illustrated postcard. Fine. B&w photograph of this installation. Verso of the card offers details of the exhibition, and has been rubber stamped “Exhibition continues thru July 17.”
$35

2.
BERKSON, Bill.
Enigma Variations.
Bolinas: Big Sky (1975).

First edition. [46 pp]. Small stain and two small chips to bottom edge of font cover, else very good plus in printed wrappers. Poems with cover art and illustrations by Philip Guston. INSCRIBED by Berskon to Virgil [Thomson], “For Virgil / with much love, / as ever, / Bill.” Laid into this copy is a thirty-seven word ALS from Berkson to Thompson, in part presenting this book.
$350

3.
[BERMAN, Wallace]. Duncan, Michael and Kristine McKenna.
Semina Culture: Wallace Berman and his Circle.
NY & Santa Monica: DAP/Santa Monica Museum of Art (2005).

First edition. 4to. 383 pp w/index. A bump to one lower corner, and to the edges of both covers, else near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. An indispensible reference, fully-illustrated with all manner of ephemera, photographs, artworks, and the complete contents of each issue of SEMINA.
$150

4.
BERRIGAN, Ted.
The Sonnets.
NY: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964.

First edition. 4to. [134 pp]. Covers lightly toned, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Joe Brainard. One of 300 numbered copies. The first separate incarnation of Berrigan’s major poetic statement, dedicated to his friend Joe Brainard, and edited by his friend Ron Padgett. This copy has the unprinted rear cover.
$1000

5.
BLASER, Robin.
The Holy Forest.
Toronto: Coach House Press (1993).

First edition. 394 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. Along with Duncan and Spicer, a major component of the ‘San Francisco Renaissance.’ His major poetic statement. INSCRIBED by Blaser on the first leaf, “for Lou Harrison — it was / sometime before they sent me / a copy of ‘American Book Review — ’ / there to find us reviewed together — / a companionship that truly pleases / me — Thank you for your / Luminous Work / Robin Blaser.” Laid into this copy is also a 150 word holograph postcard from Blaser to Harrison, detailing how he discovered Harrison’s work (via Robert Duncan) and congratulating him on his book , JOYS AND PERPLEXITIES.
$125

6.
BORY, Jean-Francois.
Saga.
Approaches (1968).

First edition. [32 pp]. Two small inked prices on first leaf, elsea near fine in printed wrappers with some light soiling. Julien Blaine, Jean Francois Bory, and Jochen Gerz.
$55

7.
BRETON, André.
Conversations: The Autobiography of Surrealism.
NY: Paragon House (1993).

First US edition. xvii + 264 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Mark Polizzotti, with his introduction. “Of all the writings on Surrealism, ‘Conversations’ is the only book to chronicle its entire history as lived from within by its founder.” — from the jacket.
$35

8.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
The Day it Snowed in L.A.: The Adventures of Clarence Hiram Sweetmeat.
Sutton West & Santa Barbara: Paget Press (1986).

First edition, lettered & signed issue. [30 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine clear acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Bukowski with a drawing of his little guy with a jug. Krumhansl 99, though this lettered issue not described.
$750

9.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
There’s No Business.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 17 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine clear acetate dust jacket. A short story by Bukowski, with seven illustrations by R. Crumb. One of 400 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski and Crumb. Folded promotional flyer for this book accompanies. Krumhansl 87c.
$450

10.
[BURROUGHS, William S]. Martin, Susan. ed.
Concrete and Buckshot: William S. Burroughs Paintings 1987–1996..
Santa Monica: Smart Art Press, 1996.

First edition. [52 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Text by Timothy Leary and Benjamin Weissman. Profusely illustrated.
$25

11.
CARRELL, Rose.
Tree Song.
Sunderland: Ceolfrith Press (1970).

First edition. 8 ¼ x 7 inch card, printed in silver on black stock. Fine. One of 350 copies. Ceolfrith Poem Card 1.
$45

12.
CHESTER, Alfred.
Looking for Genet: Literary Essays & Reviews.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 260 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited, and with a foreword by Edward Field. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Field.
$100

13.
[CIRCLE PRESS]. Lurie, Toby.
Barber’s Pole.
Guilford: Circle Press (1981).

First edition. Horizontal 4to. [12 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 100 copies on rag-made paper SIGNED by Lurie. Designed by Ronald King, printed in four colors. This poem in three voices is a terrific combination of text and form.
$75

14.
[COLLECTED POEMS]. Bachmann, Ingeborg.
Darkness Spoken: The Collected Poems.
Brookline: Zephyr Press, 2006.

First edition. xxxix + 644 pp w/notes, chronology, & selected bibliography. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Original German poems with facing English translations by Peter Filkins.
$25

15.
[COLLECTED POEMS]. Berrigan, Ted.
The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan.
Berkeley: University of California (2005).

First edition. 749 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Edited by Alice Notley with Anselm and Edmund Berrigan.
$50

16.
[COLLECTED POEMS]. Doolittle, Hilda writing as “H.D.”
Collected Poems 1912–1944.
NY: New Directions (1983).

First edition. xxxvi + 629 pp w/notes, index of titles, & index of first lines. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited by Louis L. Martz, with his introduction. Dated (Feb. 9, 1984) and INSCRIBED by Martz to Donald [Gallup], “For Donald — / remembering our friendship / with Norman, and with / each other — / Louis.”
$150

17.
[COLLECTED POEMS]. Elytis, Odysseus.
The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis.
Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press (1997).

First edition. xlii + 595 pp w/Nobel address, selected and annotated bibliography, & index of first lines. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original Greek by Jeffrey Carson and Nikos Sarris. Introduction and Notes by Carson.
$75

18.
[COLLECTED POEMS]. Forrest-Thomson, Veronica.
Collected Poems and Translations.
London: Agneau 2/Allardyce, Barnett (1990).

First edition. 286 pp w/index of titles. Fine in fine dust jacket. “Supplementary Loose Leaf” laid in. Her book POETIC ARTIFICE (1978) was reissued in 2016 to acclaim. Sadly, both editions were posthumous, Forrest-Thomson dying at age 27, “one of the most galling and tragic losses to Modern British poetry.” — David Wheatley.
$75

19.
[COLLECTED POEMS]. Klein, A.M.
The Collected Poems of A.M. Klein.
Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson (1974).

First edition. x + 373 pp w/appendix & indexes. Fine in fine dust jacket. Compiled by Miriam Waddington, with her introduction.
$25

20.
[COLLECTED POEMS]. Read, Herbert.
Collected Poems.
Norfolk: New Directions [c. 1946].

First US edition. 201 p w/index of first lines. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. UK sheets with a cancel title page.
$45

TO ORDER: please email maser@detritus.com or phone 510-524-8830.