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1.
ALLISON, Dorothy.
The Women Who Hate Me.

Brooklyn: Long Haul Press, 1983.
First edition. 58 pp. Small spot on title page, else near fine in printed wrappers with lightly sunned spine. Illustrated by Laurie McLaughlin. SIGNED by Allison. First book by the author of BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA.
$200
61763
2.
AUDEN, W.H.
Three Unpublished Poems.

NY: New York Public Library, 1986.
First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in two-part paper-covered boards with gold lettering to spine in front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Introduction by Edward Mendelsohn. One of 222 copies on Arches paper. Tipped-on facsimiles of Auden’s original holograph manuscripts, preceded by typeset versions. Poems written when Auden was 20 and 30 years of age.
$125
84994
3.
BACHMANN, Ingeborg.
The Thirtieth Year: Stories.

NY: Holmes & Meier (1987).
First US edition. xvii + 181 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some rubbing to base and crown. Translated from the original German by Michael Bullock. Introduction by Karen Achberger. First collection of short stories by the poet.
$45
85005
4.
BARNES, Djuna.
The Antiphon: A Play.

NY: Farrar Straus Cudahy (1958).
First US edition. 127 pp. Offsetting to endpapers, else near fine in very near fine dust jacket. A verse play, “... the nearest thing written in our time to the tragedies of the Jacobean poets” — from the jacket flap. Messerli 7.
$45
77189
5.
[BATAILLE, Georges]. Surya, Michel.
Georges Bataille: An Intellectual Biography.

London & NY: Verso (2002).
First edition in English (originally published by Gallimard in 1992). ix + 588 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Krzystof Fijalkowski and Michael Richardson.
$75
71856
6.
BERKSON, Bill.
Exogeny.

[Chicago]: Poetry Foundation, 2013.
First edition. 13 ½ x 6 inch illustrated broadside. Fine. Berkson’s poem with a doubled photograph of Joan Mitchell on a diving board. Produced on the occasion of Sitting Between the Sea and the Buildings: A Symposium of Poets and Artists celebrating the legacy of Joan Mitchell. SIGNED by Berkson.
$50
58772
7.
BERKSON, Bill and Frank O’Hara.
Hymns of St. Bridget.

NY: Adventures in Poetry (1974).
First edition. 4to. [41 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Larry Rivers. Collaborative poems, originally composed between 1960 – 1962. Smith A18.
$45
83863
8.
BLAKESTON, Oswell.
Boys in Their Ruin and Others.

London: Fortune Press, 1949.
First edition. 70 pp. Light scattered foxing to page edges and end leaves, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket that is lightly soiled. Uncommon. Young 315.
$200
22393
9.
BLAKESTON, Oswell.
How to Make Your Own Confetti.

London: Trigram Press (1965).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 48 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with printed price neatly inked-out. Illustrated with drawings by Max Chapman. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Blakestone and Chapman. Young 319*.
$125
84995
10.
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Desire in a Bowl of Potatoes.

Pasadena: X-Ray Book Co. (2005).
First edition, presentation issue. 14 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. A previously unpublished Brautigan poems from the mid 1950s. The edition was limited to 250 numbered copies in wrappers and 26 hardcover lettered copies. This copy for presentation, with the recipient’s initials on the colophon. Original prospectus accompanies.
$40
74018
11.
BRINGHURST, Robert.
The Blue Roofs of Japan: A Score for Interpenetrating Voices.

Vancouver: William Hoffer, 1986.
First edition. [26 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Bringhurst. The “score for a jazz duet.” Printed in blind and blue ink.
$150
60657
12.
[BROADSIDES].
Ruby Editions Portfolio 3: Gianni Bertini, Jonathan Williams, Krzysztof Wodiczko.

Toronto: Wallrich Books (1976).
First edition. Three 15 x 11 inch broadsides, all fine, together with a printed title sheet. Fine publisher’s printed folder. The set designed by Henri Chopin. Each broadside is one of 100 numbered copies SIGNED respectively by Bertini, Williams, and Wodiczko.
$400
73499
13.
BROODTHAERS, Marcel.
vingt fois sur le métier, remettez votre ouvrage.

Dijon: ADAC (1988).
First edition. [22 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies. Text and images reproduced from Broodthaers’ holograph. L’album 3.
$250
76503
14.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 153 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski. The second major Black Sparrow collection. Krumhansl 32b.
$1500
68719
15.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
The Night Torn Mad with Footsteps: New Poems.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2001.
First edition, numbered issue. 352 pp. Near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 500 numbered copies with an original serigraph print by Bukowski.
$125
43640
16.
[BUNTING, Basil].
Basil Bunting: April 15–19, 1976 St. Andrews College.

Laurinburg: Common Experience Committee (1976).
First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Brochure for Bunting’s visit to the college. Photo of Bunting, excerpts from several of his poems, a brief essay by Jonathan Williams on Bunting, and bibliography. One of an unstated number of copies SIGNED by Bunting, Williams, and Tom Meyer.
$75
85001
17.
CAREY, Peter.
Bliss.

London & Boston: Faber and Faber (1981).
First UK edition. 296 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Carey. His first novel, winner of the Miles Franklin award.
$100
85000
18.
CAREY, Peter.
The Fat Man in History.

London & Boston: Faber and Faber (1980).
First UK edition. 186 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a tiny scuff at the crown. Carey’s first book, a collection of ten short stories.
$45
82546
19.
CATHER, Willa.
The Professor’s House.

NY: Knopf, 1925.
First edition. 283 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with two short tears to tips of flap folds, a chip to crown, and some light toning to spine. Despite the flaws, a very nice copy of this jacket.
$1000
58926
20.
CHESTER, Alfred.
Looking for Genet: Literary Essays & Reviews.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992.
First edition, publisher’s copy. 260 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited with a foreword by Edward Field. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Field. Laid into this copy is a holograph postcard from Field, “Dear John, / I’m completely bowled over / by the book!!!! I keep looking / at it, and it (with all those / eyes) keeps looking back at me. / What a great publisher you are! / xxxooo / Edward.”
$200