e-catalog #105
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41.
FREYTAG-LORINGHOVEN, Elsa von.
Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.
Cambridge & London: MIT Press (2011).
First edition. xiv + 418 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Edited by Irene Gammel and Suzanne Zelazo. The first major collection of “the first American Dada” Freytag-Loringhoven’s verse, accompanied by photographs and full-color facsimiles.
$200
42.
GINSBERG, Allen and Robert LaVigne.
The Moments Return.
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970.
First edition, deluxe issue. [22 pp]. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with leather spine and printed label (bit of discoloration along spine). Three drawings, one reproduced on the front cover, by Robert LaVigne. One of only “14 or 15 special copies” with the leather spine and artwork on the front cover. Morgan A20a1.
$500
43.
GORDIMER, Nadine.
The Soft Voice of the Serpent and Other Stories.
London: Gollancz, 1953.
First edition. 244 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light overall edgewear and light tanning to spine. Gordimer’s second book, a collection of short stories.
$75
44.
[GOUDY, Frederic W.].
A Goudy Memoir: Essays by and about America’s Great Type Designer Frederick W. Goudy.
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1987.
First edition. 42 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Illustrated with wood engravings by John DePol, one of which is in two colors and signed. Contributions by Alexander S. Lawson, Howard W. Coggeshall, Arthur W. Rushmore, Richard Ellis, and Earl H. Emmons. One of 75 (of 150) numbered copies on dampened Rives paper. Original prospectus accompanies.
$200
45.
GUNN, Thom and Ander.
Positives.
London: Faber and Faber (1966).
First edition. 78 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Poems by Thom with facing b&w photographs by his brother Ander. Hagstrom & Bixby A7.
$75
46.
HAINES, John.
The Mirror.
(np): Unicorn Press (1971).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [10 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. A single five part poem. One of 60 numbered copies on Hosho paper SIGNED by Haines.
$50
47.
HEJINIAN, Lyn.
A Border Comedy.
NY: Granary Books, 2001.
First trade edition. 218 pp w/sources. Covers a bit curled, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Hejinian, “for Leslie + for Tom / with great love / from Lyn.”
$125
48.
HIGHSMITH, Patricia.
Ripley Under Water.
London: London Limited Editions (19910.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 247 pp. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Very good plus unprinted glassine dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Highsmith.
$350
49.
HOPKINS, Kenneth.
American Poems and Others.
London: Bertram Rota, 1970.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 62 pp. Fine in full brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Hopkins.
$45
50.
JESS.
Three Poems.
Berkeley: Bancroft Library Press 2007.
First edition. 4to. [14 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine dust jacket with printed cover label. Linoleum cut title page illustration by Hayley Rose Rucker. Afterword by Normal Cole. One of 35 copies, the entire edition, on Arches Text paper printed on an Albion handpress.
$450
51.
[JESS]. Adam, Helen.
Ballads.
NY: Acadia Press (1964).
First edition. [52 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover and internal illustrations by Jess, introduction by Robert Duncan. Colophon statement pasted to last leaf, “The Author’s Edition, restoring cover design and two drawings from the illustrator’s original book-plan, is limited to fifty signed copies.” This copy is numbered and SIGNED by Adam, Jess, and Duncan. The cover is additionally hand-decorated with watercolors.
$350
52.
KAVANAGH, P.J.
People and Places: A Selection 1975–1987.
Manchester: Carcanet (1988).
First edition. 272 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Kavanagh, “Best wishes from / P.J. Kavanagh.” The first collection of his occasional writing.
$40
53.
KIM, Myung Mi.
Under Flag.
Berkeley: Kelsey St. Press, 1991.
First edition. 46 pp. Light bump to lower corner, corner crease to one leaf. In all, very good plus in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Kim on the title page. Her first book.
$45
54.
KINNELL, Galway.
Black Light: A Novel.
San Francisco: North Point, 1980.
First printing, second trade paperback edition. 116 pp. Fine in wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. Originally published in 1966, Kinnell made extensive revisions for this edition. Dated (March 7, 1981) and SIGNED by Kinnell on the title page. The poet’s only novel.
$25
55.
[LARKIN, Philip]. Lewis, Jenny.
Poetry in the Making: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Poetry Manuscripts in the British Museum April – June 1967.
London: Turret Books (1967).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 68 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Contributions by C. Day Lewis, T.C. Skeat, and Philip Larkin. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Larkin, C. Day Lewis, Skeat, and Jenny Lewis. A pamphlet, Poetry in the Making: Seven page “Illustrative Material” booklet laid in, along with an advertisement for poetry readings by Betjeman, Blunden, Fuller, Hughes, Logue, Macbeth, and Stevie Smith at the British Museum to coincide with the “Poetry in the Making” exhibition. Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin’s copy, with his label inside the rear board. Bloomfield B7.
$450
56.
LARSSON, Stieg.
The Millennium Trilogy.
London: Maclehose Press/Querqus (2008–2009).
First UK editions. Three volumes, all fine in fine dust jackets. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, and THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST. All three translated from the original Swedish by Reg Keeland. For the trio:
$500
57.
LEVINE, Philip.
The Language Problem.
Toledo: Aureole Press, 2008.
First edition, numbered & signed hardcover issue. Tall 4to. [16 pp]. Fine in full cloth with printed cover and spine labels. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 25 numbered copies, the entire hardcover edition, SIGNED by Levine. A collection of seven poems.
$250
58.
levy, d.a.
A Study in Aerodynamics.
Cleveland: d.a. levy, 1963.
First edition. 4 x 6 inch postcard, printed on both sides. Fine. The first of a handful of postcards produced by levy, all of which are uncommon at best. Taylor & Horvath P-10.
$350
59.
[levy, d.a. publisher]. Billera, Jau.
Purgatory and Carousels.
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1963.
Second edition, first printing. [40 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover and one internal print by d.a. levy, who also set and printed the book. Though identified as a second printing, it is the first Renegade edition, following that published by Free Lance. Poems. Taylor & Horvath P-05.
$500
60.
[levy, d.a. publisher]. Heckman, Carl.
Cornponetonepome: Poems.
Cleveland: Renegade Press (1963).
First edition. [20 pp]. Some light toning to rear panel, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. “Carl Heckman is a poet with a cigar attached to his face.” Printed letterpress by levy. Eight works, including three “sound poems.” Taylor & Horvath P-15.
$350