61.
PINE, Red. trans.
The Lankavatara Sutra: A Zen Text.
Berkeley: Counterpoint (2012).

First edition. 303 pp w/glossary & bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translation by Red Pine with his commentary.
$75

62.
REXROTH, Kenneth.
The Morning Star: Poems.
NY: New Directions (1979).

First edition. 90 pp w/index of titles, first lines, & authors translated. Fine in fine dust jacket. Erratum slip laid in. Perron A49a.
$35

63.
[RUSCHA, Ed]. Bengston, Billy Al.
Billy Al Bengston.
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1968).

First edition. Oblong 8vo. [64 pp]. Offsetting to first unprinted leaf, else near fine in screw-bound sandpaper wrappers. Introduction by James Monte. Design by Ed Ruscha. Profusely illustrated.
$500

64.
[SCHNEEMAN, George]. Berkson, Bill.
A Painter and His Poets: The Art of George Schneeman.
NY: Poets House, 2014.

First edition. Oblong 8vo. [10 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Curated by Bill Berkson and Ron Padgett. Illustrated. Texts by Peter Schjeldahl, Berkson, and Alice Notley.
$20

65.
[SMITH, Clark Ashton]. Rickard, Dennis.
The Fantastic Art of Clark Ashton Smith.
Baltimore: Mirage Press, 1973.

First edition. 4to. 25 + [36 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Introduction by Gahan Wilson. Paintings, drawings, carvings, described with checklists and b&w reproductions.
$125

66.
SMITH, Edward E.
Gray Lensman.
Hicksville: Gnome Press (1951).

First printing of this edition. 306 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Cover art by Hubert Rogers. Illustrations by Ric Binkley. The fourth Lensman book.
$75

67.
SNYDER, Gary.
Cormorants.
Washington DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.

First edition. 12 x 10 inch decorated broadside, printed in two colors on laid paper. Fine. A poem from the then-forthcoming collection DANGER ON PEAKS.
$45

68.
[SNYDER, Gary]. Hunt, Anthony.
Genesis, Structure, and Meaning in Gary Snyder’s MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS WITHOUT END.
Reno & Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press (2004).

First edition. viii + 316 pp w/index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Briefly INSCRIBED by Hunt, “To Allen / Anthony Hunt” and SIGNED by Snyder on the title page.
$125

69.
TAKAHASHI, Mutsuo.
A Bunch of Keys: Selected Poems.
Trumansburg: Crossing Press (1984).

First US edition. 108 pp w/chronology. Fine in boards without dust jacket, as issued. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Introduction by Robert Peters. Uncommon in hardcover.
$45

70.
TANAKA, Sen’o.
The Tea Ceremony.
Tokyo, NY, San Francisco: Kodansha International (1973).

First US edition. Small 4to. Fine in fine dust jacket. Near fine publisher’s cardstock slipcase with light toning to spine and wear to top edge. Foreword by Edwin O. Reischauer. Preface by Yasushi Inoue. Photography by Takeshi Nishikawa.
$150

71.
TERIADE, E. ed.
Verve: An Artistic and Literary Quarterly. Vol. 1, No. 1.
Paris: Verve, 1937.

December. Folio. 112 pp. Spine sunned, else very good plus with light edgewear and short splits to base and crown. US distributor sticker on title page. Translations from the original French by Robert Sage. Contributions by Gide, Bataille, Caillois, Lorca, Michaux, Vollard, Matisse, and several others. The four original lithographs by Léger, Miro, Rattner, and Bores are all present.
$450

72.
[THOMPSON, Hunter S.]. Harrell Margaret Ann with Ron Whitehead.
The Hell’s Angels Letters: Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of an American Classic.
Norfolk Press (2021).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 283 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Harrell was the freelance copy editor for HELL’S ANGELS, Thompson’s first book. Worried about being stomped by a group of unhappy bikers, Random House subjected the book to an intense vetting. Thompson and Harrell formed an alliance and then briefly had a romance. This generous hardcover reproduces Thompson’s letters to her in facsimile, along with a wealth of photographs. Jim Silberman, Rosalie Sorrels, David Streitfeld, William J. Kennedy, and others contribute. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Harrell. New, at publication price (net):
$120

73.
TODD, Geoff.
A Dictionary of the English Language.
Melbourne: Powell Street Gallery (1983).

First pocket trade edition, based on his Dictionary A Revised Edition. 48mo. [506 pp]. Fine in yellow wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 1000 copies. Dated (1983) and SIGNED by Todd on the second leaf. Preceded by two unique examples, Todd’s dictionary presents an associative collection of words, each defined by a delicate line drawing. A handful of entries are additionally embellished with pasted-in elements.
$75

74.
TODD, Geoff.
Private Pop: prints, multiples, ephemera and paintings.
Ararat: Ararat Regional Art Gallery, 2011.

First edition. [106 pp]. Fine in spiral wire-bound wrappers housed in a painted cardstock box. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by Todd. A running conversation between Todd and Leo Sayer, liberally illustrated with color images of Todd’s work, items from Todd’s collections, and photographs. A presentation and contemplation of the influence of Pop on Todd’s aesthetic.
$75

75.
TODD, Geoff.
Sculpture / Wine.
Ararat: OTH Gallery (1998).

First edition. 16mo. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Two tales, bound tête-bêche, the texts appearing in French with English translations. Todd’s short stories illustrated with his hand-colored drawings. One of 500 numbered copies dated (‘98) and SIGNED by Todd.
$75

76.
VOLLMANN, William T.
You Bright and Risen Angels: A Cartoon.
London: Andre Deutsch (1987).

First US edition. 635 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. SIGNED by Vollmann on the front free endpaper. His first novel.
$150

77.
WATERS, John.
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America.
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2014).

First edition. 322 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Waters on the title page. From Baltimore to San Francisco, Waters spins both fantasy scenarios and the improbable truth.
$45

78.
WELTY, Eudora.
The Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews.
NY: Random House (1977).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. x + 355 pp. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Very near fine publisher’s slipcase with light toning to extrems. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Welty.
$250

79.
WIENERS, John.
Hart Crane, Harry Crosby, I see you going over the edge... [first line].
Detroit: Artists’ Workshop Press [c. 1966].

First edition. Single 8 ½ x 11 inch sheet folded once horizontally. Near fine. Cover photograph of a pensive Wieners, smoking. Poem printed on the inside of the card. Issued as “broadside #2.”
$55

80.
ZAPF, Hermann and Jack Werner Stauffacher.
Hunt Roman: The Birth of a Type.
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Bibliophiles, 1965.

First edition. 24 + [34 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Foreword by George H.M. Lawrence. Note by Jack Werner Stauffacher. Illustrated. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered. Dated (27 August 1980 / San Francisco) and SIGNED by Stauffacher on the colophon page.
$100

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