21.
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Dover Patrol. A Tribute.
Canterbury: Printed for Private Circulation by H.J. Goulden, Limited, 1922.

First edition. 14 pp. Toning to extrems, else near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 75 copies in the first issue, with neither half-title nor title-page (which were added to the second printing at Conrad’s request). First separate appearance of this essay, a tribute to the fleet which protected the English Channel during WWI. Cagle A56a.
$300

22.
DAHLEN, Beverly.
The Egyptian Poems.
Berkeley: Hipparchia Press (1983).

First edition. Oblong 8vo. [30 pp]. Fine in wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Afterword by Robert Duncan. One of 175 copies printed letterpress on Frankfurt Cream paper
$75

23.
[DARGER, Henry]. Bisenbach, Klaus. ed.
Henry Darger.
NY: Prestel/American Folk Art Museum (2009).

First edition. Oblong 8vo. 319 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Several fold-out plates. Contributions by Brooke Davis Anderson, Michael Bonesteel, and Carl Watson. Profusely illustrated. Includes the first publication of Darger’s autobiography, THE HISTORY OF MY LIFE, with an introduction by Carl Watson.
$125

24.
DARLINGTON, Sandy.
Buzz: New York in the 50’s.
Berkeley: Arrowhead Books (1981).

First edition. 138 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Briefly INSCRIBED by Darlington on the title page. New York to Cambridge to Europe.
$45

25.
DAWSON, Fielding.
Krazy Kat and one more.
San Francisco: Print Workshop, 1955.

First edition. [20 pp]. Tiny mark on one unprinted leaf, else fine in stapled wrappers and fine illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Dawson. One of 150 copies produced at The Print Workshop in San Francisco. Designed by Jonathan Williams.
$125

26.
DI PRIMA, Diane.
The Calculus of Variation.
San Francisco: (np) 1972.

First trade edition. [142 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Calligraphy by Bill Kwong.
$45

27.
DUCORNET, Rikki writing as “Rikki.”
Weird Sisters.
Vancouver: Intermedia (1976).

First trade paperback printing. 60 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art, poems, and internal illustrations by Rikki. INSCRIBED by Ducornet with a bird sticker.
$50

28.
FAULKNER, William.
William Faulkner’s Letters to Malcolm Franklin.
Irving: Society for the Study of Traditional Culture, 1976.

First edition. 4to. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 40 copies, the entire edition. An advance printing of twelve letters by Faulkner to his stepson, Malcolm Franklin, written between 1942 and 1959. These letters would later appear in Franklin’s book, BITTERWEEDS: LIFE WITH WILLIAM FAULKNER AT ROWAN OAK in 1977. See Serendipity Books Catalogue 48, A68.1 and E44a.
$500

29.
GASCOYNE, David.
Night Thoughts.
NY: Grove Press (1956).

First US edition, numbered issue. 48 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Very good plus unprinted clear acetate dust jacket with two tears to the front panel. One of 100 numbered copies.
$75

30.
[GINSBERG, Allen]. Mersmann, James F.
Out of the Vietnam Vortex: A Study of Poets and Poetry Against the War.
Lawrence/Manhattan/Wichita: University Press of Kansas (1974).

First edition. xii + 277 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to spine lettering. Chapter two devoted to Ginsberg’s work. SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg on the title page.
$45

31.
GINSBERG, Louis.
Collected Poems.
Orono: Northern Lights, 1992.

First edition. xxii + 439 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited by Michael Fournier. Gathers the three published volumes, the unpublished collection OUR TIMES, assembled shortly before his death, and 37 uncollected poems. His sons Eugene Brooks and Allen Ginsberg contribute appreciations on his life and work.
$75

32.
GIZZI, Michael.
Bird As (& Other River Parts).
Providence: Burning Deck, 1976.

First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and very near fine illustrated dust jacket. Printed in two colors at the Windfall Press for Burning Deck. One of 350 numbered copies.
$45

33.
GODFREY, John.
The Music of the Curbs.
NY: Adventures in Poetry (1976).

First edition. 4to. [64 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Michael Goldberg, photographed by Jeffrey Steinberg.
$35

34.
[GYSIN, Brion]. Geiger, John.
Nothing is True Everything is Permitted: The Life of Brion Gysin.
NY: Disinformation (2005).

First edition. 336 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to spine.
$125

35.
HARRIS, Wilson.
Palace of the Peacock.
London: Faber and Faber (1960).

First edition. 152 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a small chip to base of spine, with an internal tape mend. First novel by the prolific Guianese author.
$200

36.
HAWLEY, Nancy. et al.
Our Bodies, Our Selves: A Course By and For Women.
Boston: Boston Women’s Health Course Collective/New England Free Press (1972).

Eighth printing. 4to. 136 pp. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. A relatively early printing of this landmark book, originally published in December 1970. This eighth printing was issued in July of 1972. Uncommon in condition.
$125

37.
HEJINIAN, Lyn and Leslie Scalapino.
Sight.
Washington DC: Edge (1999).

First edition. 112 pp. Small bump to base, light discoloration to fore-edge, else near fine in glossy printed wrappers. Dated (10/21/08) and INSCRIBED by Hejinian on the title page, “For Douglas / Things seen — however vaguely / Lyn Hejinian.”
$125

38.
HIGGINS, Dick.
foew&ombwhnw.
NY: Something Else Press, 1969.

First edition. 320 pp. Near fine in full gilt-stamped leatherette covers (spine lettering a bit dull) with bound-in ribbon place marker. No dust jacket, as issued. Texts and small illustrations presented in four columns.
$100

39.
HOWE, Fanny.
For Erato: The Meaning of Life.
Berkeley: Tuumba, 1984.

First edition. [28 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 450 numbered copies. Tuumba 48.
$200

40.
[HUGHES, Ted]. Gunn, Thom.
A Parcel of Poems for Ted Hughes on his Sixty-Fifth Birthday 17th August 1995.
London: Faber and Faber (1995).

First edition. 65 pp. Fine in wrappers and very near fine integral dust jacket with printed spine label. One of 300 copies for private distribution. Contributions by Holub, Motion, Logue, Simic, Cope, Muldoon, Heaney, Kleinzahler, Raine, Dunn, and many others, including Thom Gunn. His copy, with a holograph postcard from Paul Muldoon laid in, “Dear Thom / Here is is! / Ted is delighted — / Thanks so much for your / poem — all the best / Paul.”
$150

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