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61.
McCLURE, Michael.
Fifteen Fleas.
NY: Nijinsky Suicide Health Club, (2003).
First edition. 4to. [34 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 125 copies. Presents Fleas 5, 23, 51, 52, 54, 61, 63, 76, 79, 81, 100, 117, 149, 171, and 181 from the sequence.
$45
62.
McCLURE, Michael.
Man of Moderation: Two Poems.
NY: Frank Hallman, 1975.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [28 pp]. Fine in full cloth and very near fine printed dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by McClure. Pairs “Man of Moderation” with “Shasta Poem.”
$45
63.
MILLER, Henry.
Gliding into the Everglades and Other Essays.
Lake Oswego: Lost Pleiade Press (1977).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 76 pp. Bit of discoloration to front cover, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. No dust jacket, as issued. Six essays including, “On Seeing Jack Nicholson for the First Time.” One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Miller. Shifreen & Jackson A207a.
$100
64.
MILLER, Henry.
Reflections on the Maurizius Case (A humble appraisal of a great book).
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1974.
Fifth edition, variant issue (white cloth binding). 62 pp. Fine in full cloth with gilt stamping to spine and cover, with inset photograph of Miller to front panel. Foreword by Noel Young. One of 275 numbered copies SIGNED by Miller. Shifreen & Jackson A52g.
$125
65.
[MILLER, Henry]. Van Gelre, Henk. ed.
The International Henry Miller Letter 1–7 (complete).
Nijmegen: Henk van Gelre (1961–1966).
Seven issues, all near fine or better in stapled wrappers, all either 22 or 26 pp. Illustrated. Contributions by Robert Fink, Joseph Delteil, Karlheinz Deschner, Georges Simenon, Daniel A de Graaf, J. Rives Childs, Antoine Denat, William White, Hilaire Hiler, Noel Young, the editor, and many works by Miller. Laid into #3 is a typed aerogramme dated 1962 letting the recipient know that issue #2 is long sold out “I’m short hundreds of copies” and making suggestions of American bookstores who may have a copy still. For the run:
$250
66.
MURAKAMI, Haruki
Wind / Pinball: Two Novels.
NY: Knopf, 2015.
First US edition. 233 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original Japanese by Ted Goossen. Murakami’s first two short novels, written in 1978.
$25
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NUTTALL, Jeff.
Pig.
London: Fulcrum (1969)
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 96 pp. Fine in full buckram with gilt stamping to spine. Fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. Title page drawing by Nuttall. Preface by William S. Burroughs. One of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by Nuttall.
$100
68.
PADGETT, Ron.
In Advance of the Broken Arm: Poems.
[NY]: “C”, A Journal of Poetry, 1964.
First edition. 4to. [42 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art and internal drawings by Joe Brainard. One of 200 numbered copies. SIGNED by Padgett on the colophon page.
$200
69.
PERCY, Walker.
Novel Writing in an Apocalyptic Time.
New Orleans: Faust Publishing, 1986.
First edition, presentation issue. 28 pp. Fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Eudora Welty contributes an afterword to this essay by Percy. Designated “Presentation Copy” on the colophon page, and SIGNED by Percy and Welty.
$200
70.
POUND, Ezra.
Imaginary Letters.
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930.
First edition. 56 pp. Fine in printed wrappers with just a suggestion of toning to the slipcase fingerpull areas. The slipcase is very near fine. One of 300 numbered copies on Navarre Paper. Accompanying this copy is the original prospectus (formerly pasted to another sheet, with some paper remaining on the verso). Gallup A32. From the collection of Black Sparrow Publisher John Martin, with his ownership label inside the rear cover.
$1000
71.
RAWORTH, Tom.
Tracking.
Bowling Green: Doones Press (1972).
First edition. 4to. [18 pp]. Extrems lightly toned, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers with a tiny inked price in one upper corner. Cover art by Fielding Dawson.
$75
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ROTHENBERG, Jerome.
Conversations.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [24 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Pages unopened. Near fine unprinted dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Rothenberg. Morrow & Cooney 26b.
$100
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ROTHENBERG, Jerome.
Triptych.
NY: New Directions (2007).
First edition. x + 227 pp w/index of titles. Bump to base of spine, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Preface by Charles Bernstein. INSCRIBED by Rothenberg on the half-title page to David [Meltzer], “for David, / poems and / friendship / over the years / with much love, / Jerry / 8.vi.II.”
$35
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ROYET-JOURNOUD, Claude.
ATÉ.
Plymouth & Hong Kong, 1981.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [20 pp]. Touch of foxing to top edge, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Translated from the original French by Keith Waldrop. One of 20 numbered copies SIGNED by Royet-Journoud.
$45
75.
SCHUYLER, James.
The Diary of James Schuyler.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1997.
First edition. 320 pp w/chronology & list of names. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited by Nathan Kernan, with his introduction. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Kernan.
$75
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SNYDER, Gary.
Six Sections from Mountains and Rivers without End.
London: Fulcrum (1967).
First UK edition. 47 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. McNeil A11d.
$100
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[SPARROW]. Corman, Cid.
The Act of Poetry and Two Other Essays.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976.
First edition. [12 pp]. Top edge untrimmed, else fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Corman on the front cover. Sparrow 44. Morrow & Cooney 236.
$25
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[SPARROW]. Corman, Cid.
For The Asking.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976.
First edition. [12 pp]. Top edge untrimmed, else fine in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Corman on the front cover. Sparrow 51. Morrow & Cooney 252.
$25
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[SPARROW]. Creeley, Robert.
The Creative.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1973.
First edition. [13 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. An essay and Creeley’s poem “For My Mother, Genevieve Jules Creeley.” SIGNED by Creeley on the front cover. Sparrow 6. Morrow & Cooney 139.
$45
80.
[SPARROW]. Kelly, Robert.
Sixteen Odes.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976.
First edition. [12 pp]. Top edge untrimmed, else fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Kelly on the front cover. Sparrow 41. Morrow & Cooney 229.
$25