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21.
CUTTS, Simon and Karl Torok.
Leafmould.
London: Coracle, 1975.
First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and near fine printed dust jacket. Text by Cutts with nineteen tipped-on illustrations by Torok. One of 200 (of 250) numbered copies.
$55
22.
DORN, Edward.
Chemo Sábe.
Boise: Limberlost Press, 2001.
First trade edition. [52 pp]. Small surface abrasion near spine, else fine in sewn wrappers. Cover by Ray Obermayr. Introduction by Jennifer Dunbar Dorn. Poems, printed letterpress in two colors. One of 650 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper with Thai Unryu endsheets.
$75
23.
DYLAN, Bob.
Tarantula.
[Iowa City]: Space Press (1971).
First printing of this edition. 95 pp. Light tanning along spine, else near fine in illustrated wrappers with some light wear to the rear fore-edge. Published the same year as the first edition, but preceded by a host of other piracies.
$85
24.
EBERHART, Richard.
A World-View.
Tufts College Press (1941).
First edition. Narrow 8vo. [8 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 200 copies. Eberhart’s first separate publication, issued as the “Tufts College Phi Beta Kappa Poem” of 1941.
$125
25.
FAGIN, Larry and Anne Waldman writing as “The Little Red Hen.”
The Little Red Hen.
(np): Little Red Hen Press (1970).
First edition. 4to. [8 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 40 (of 50) copies. The Little Red Hen ends up being responsible for putting out all the magazines, as the poets won’t pitch in!
$125
26.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
Canal Stripe Series 4.
Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press (1964).
First edition. Oblong 8vo. [16 pp]. Small bumps to crown and outside top corner, else near fine in stapled wrappers and very good plus printed dust jacket with a patch of hard rubbing to the top two inches. Murray 3.7.
$250
27.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
Rapel: 10 fauve and suprematist poems.
Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1963.
First edition. 10 ¼ x 8 ¼ inch cover leaf and ten concrete poems, several printed in two colors, housed in a printed folder. There is an unfortunate bump to the lower left corner, with a corresponding bend to the corner of the prints. Otherwise, all are fresh and bright. Murray 3.5.
$950
28.
[FINLAY, Ian Hamilton]. Finlay, Alec. ed.
Wood Notes Wild: Essays on the Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Edinburgh: Polygon (1995).
First edition. xxiv + 278 pp w/notes on contributors & index. Neat inked name inside front cover, else very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edwin Morgan, Stephen Bann, Simon Cutts, Thomas A. Clark, and others contribute. Illustrated. Includes a contributor list for Poor.Old.Tired.Horse, and a conversation with Finlay by Peter Hill on Little Sparta.
$40
29.
GIDE, André translates William Blake.
Le mariage ciel et de l’enfer.
Paris: Claude Aveline, 1923.
First printing of this edition, deluxe issue. 65 pp. Fine in printed wrappers and fine glassine. One of 23 numbered copies on Japon paper. This is copy #8. Text entirely Gide’s French translation, with his introduction.
$250
30.
GLANCY, Diane.
A Primer of the Obsolete.
Tucson: Chax Press, 1998.
First edition. 38 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. Linoleum block cover illustration by Cynthia Miller. Not to be confused with the 2004 collection from University of Massachusetts Press.
$35
31.
GOLDSMITH, Kenneth.
The American Trilogy: The Weather, Traffic, Sports.
Los Angeles: Make Now, 2005–2008.
First editions. Three volumes. All fine in illustrated wrappers. A literal transcript of a year’s worth of weather reports documenting New York’s four seasons, the worst driving day of the year, and a complete radio transcription of the longest nine inning baseball game to date (Yankees won). For the trio:
$100
32.
GRENIER, Robert.
Attention: Seven Narratives.
Canton: Glover Publishing (1985).
First edition. 28 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover by Guy Berard. A Curriculum of the Soul #28.
$45
33.
GUNN, Thom.
Jack Straw’s Castle and Other Poems.
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1976).
First US edition. 77 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (Oct’ 76) and INSCRIBED by Gunn on the half-title page, “for Jack / with love / from Thom / Castro Street!” Hagstrom & Bixby A24c.
$75
34.
HARRISON, Lou.
Jargon’s Christmas in 1960: Three Choruses from Opera Libretti, by Lou Harrison to Robert Duncan.
Highlands: Jargon Society [1960].
First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Text printed in three colors and bound in batik paper covers. Collects “Chorus to Hades,” “Chorus to Persephone,” and “Chorus about Tiresias.” Jargon 41.
$100
35.
HARWOOD, Lee.
The Sinking Colony.
London: Fulcrum (1976).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 30 pp. Fine in full cloth and fine clear acetate dust jacket. Title page designed to incorporate a photograph printed on a clear overlay sheet. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Harwood.
$35
36.
HEJINIAN, Lyn.
The Cold of Poetry.
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon 1994.
First edition. 196 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Opening with her long poem “The Guard,” this volume also includes “Gesualdo,” “Redo,” and other familiar poems.
$45
37.
HEJINIAN, Lyn.
Saga/Circus.
Richmond: Omnidawn, 2008.
First edition. 148 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Two long works. INSCRIBED by Hejinian, “from Lyn Hejinian / ‘something whizzes by’ / for Douglas / from Lyn Hejinian / 10/21/08.”
$75
38.
HOWE, Fanny.
For Erato: The Meaning of Life.
Berkeley: Tuumba, 1984.
First edition. [28 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with some light edgewear. One of 450 numbered copies. INSCRIBED by Howe on the title page, “For Eileen / from Fanny.” Tuumba 48.
$250
39.
HOWE, Susan.
The Liberties.
Guilford: Loon Books (1980).
First edition. 4to. 83 pp. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Howe’s uncommon seventh collection.
$250
40.
JESS.
Translations.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1971.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. xiii + [33 pp]. Fine in full cloth with printed cover and spine labels. Fine clear acetate dust jacket. Introduction by Robert Duncan. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Jess and Duncan. Original illustrated prospectus accompanies. Morrow & Cooney 105a.
$250