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84415
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KEROUAC, Jack.
Two Early Stories.

(np): Aloe Editions, 1973.
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 175 numbered copies, designed and printed by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press, NYC. These stories appeared in the Horace Mann Quarterly in 1939 and 1940. Charters A32.
$250
84438
42.
KINSELLA, Thomas.
Nightwalker.

Dublin: Dolmen Press (1967).
First edition. 18 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Near fine unprinted tissue dust jacket with light wear along top edge. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Kinsella. The New Dolmen Chapbooks 2.
$200
61869
43.
KOH, Terence.
The Whole Family.

Los Angeles: Peres Projects (2008).
First edition. [36 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Dated and SIGNED by Koh on the rear cover, “KOH / 08.” Texts, photographs, and a 31 song playlist, “music for the boy(s) along in the treehouse after the snowstorm a compliation by march21 for asianpunkboy, now terence koh,” that begins with a Boards of Canada tune, which is a good start.
$40
84416
44.
LEVERTOV, Denise.
In the Night: A Story.

NY: Albondocani Press, 1968.
First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Levertov. A prose work by the poet. Albondocani Press Publications No. 1. Wilson A13.
$100
72683
45.
LEWIS, Wyndham.
Blasting and Bombardiering: Autobiography (1914–1926).

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937.
First edition, second binding. 312 pp w/index. Some light foxing to page edges, faint evidence of ownership name removed from the front free endpaper. In all, near fine in near fine dust jacket with two short closed tears to the top edge of the front panel. Morrow & Lafourcade A26.
$500
68476
46.
LONIDIER, Lyn.
The Female Freeway.

San Francisco: The Tenth Muse, 1970.
First edition. 32 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Twenty five short poems, including “Please Diane Wakoski Don’t Shoot the Poet She’s Doing Her Best.”
$35
84441
47.
MANDELSTAM, Osip.
Selected Poems.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1975).
First US edition. xxiii + 182 pp indexes. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wrinkles to base and crown. Original Russian poems with facing English translations by David McDuff.
$35
84435
48.
MANGUEL, Alberto.
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees.

Edinburgh: Canongate (2004).
First edition. 105 pp w/notes. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Manguel on the title page. Stevenson wrestles with his Scottish past and Samoan present.
$35
84421
49.
METCALF, Paul.
Golden Delicious and Firebird.

Milwaukee: Membrane Press (1989).
First edition. [76 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Pairs two earlier letterpress editions into a handsome trade edition.
$35
84147
50.
MICHELINE, Jack.
Souls.

San Francisco: Express Press (1997).
First edition. [21 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 200 numbered copies. A poem in memory of his grandfather, Louis Silver Lipinsky. Express Press #3.
$35
84400
51.
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Anniversary Notes.

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1970.
First edition. 15 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Nabokov responds to the contributors to TriQuarterly 17, which was devoted to his work.
$25
58633
52.
NICHOL, bp.
Gronk 8: Scraptures Sequence Eleven.

Toronto: grOnk (1967).
First edition. 4to. [8 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Entire issue devoted to this work by Nichol.
$35
84393
53.
[NICHOL, bp]. Smith, Rob. et al, eds.
Gronk Number 2.

Toronto: Gronk, 1967.
First edition. 4to. [6 pp, including covers]. Light toning to verso of the last leaf, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Features Nichol’s Scraptures: Ninth Sequence, and work by Dave Phillips, Cavan McCarthy, John Furnival, and David W. Harris.
$35
84399
54.
[OLSON, Charles]. Duncan, Robert.
Imagining Persons: Robert Duncan’s Lectures on Charles Olson.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press (2017).
First edition. xi + 252 pp w/notes, glossary, bibliography, & index. Fine in decorated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Robert J. Bertholf and Dale M. Smith. Briefly INSCRIBED by Smith on the title page.
$75
49440
55.
PALMER, Michael.
C’s Songs.

[Berkeley]: Sand Dollar, 1973.
First trade edition. [20 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. Poems, printed in two colors at the Arif Press. One of 350 copies. Sand Dollar/10.
$75
59179
56.
PALMER, Michael.
Transparency: The Mirror.

Albany: Little Dinosaur (1980).
First edition. [28 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 225 (of 250) copies. INSCRIBED by Palmer on the front free endpaper, “To Ron in Riverside / ‘empty faces of...’/ Michael.” Palmer has also indicated a stanza break in the text.
$45
84436
57.
PATCHEN, Kenneth.
A Poem for Christmas.

Mountain View: Artichoke Press (1976).
First edition. 14 ½ x 10 ½ inch broadside, printed in two colors. Very near fine. Housed in a fine printed folder. One of 100 numbered copies on Goyu handmade paper SIGNED by printer Jonathan Clark and Miriam Patchen, Kenneth’s wife. Original prospectus accompanies.
$100
84439
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[PERISHABLE PRESS]. Blackburn, Paul.
The Journals: Blue Mounds Entries.

Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1971.
First edition. Small 4to. [20 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped cloth spine and tips. Title page drawing by Walter Hamady. One of 125 numbered copies on hand made Shadwell paper. A tracing spur was used to embellish some pages, making each copy unique. Hamady 50.
$150
39383
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[PERISHABLE PRESS]. Creeley, Robert.
The Charm: Early and Uncollected Poems.

(np): Perishable Press, 1967.
First edition. 77 pp. Very near fine in cloth-covered boards with blue leather spine. Pages remain uncut. One of 250 numbered copies on medway paper SIGNED by Creeley. Hamady 14.
$150
47966
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[PERISHABLE PRESS]. De Rail, Wayne.
Going Home Again.

Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1971.
First edition. [38 pp]. Corners very lightly tapped, else fine in gilt-stamped full cloth over boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Poems. Title page drawing from John Wilde’s sketchbook. One of 125 copies on Shadwell paper. SIGNED by Rail. Hamady 46.
$100