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81.
[SPARROW]. Malanga, Gerard.
Devotion.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976.
First edition. [12 pp]. Top edge untrimmed, else fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Malanga on the front cover. Sparrow 48. Morrow & Cooney 244.
$25
82.
[SPARROW]. Oates, Joyce Carol.
The Blessing.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976.
First edition. [12 pp]. Top edge untrimmed, else near fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Oates on the front cover. Sparrow 45. Morrow & Cooney 237.
$35
83.
[SPARROW]. Oates, Joyce Carol.
Plagiarized Material by Fernandes.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1974.
First edition. [12 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Oates on the front cover. Sparrow 19. Morrow & Cooney 176.
$35
84.
[SPARROW]. Rakosi, Carl.
My Experiences in Parnassus.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1977.
First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Rakosi on the front cover. Sparrow 53. Morrow & Cooney 257.
$25
85.
[SPARROW]. Sorrentino, Gilbert.
A Dozen Oranges.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976.
First edition. [12 pp]. Top edge untrimmed, else fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Sorrentino on the front cover. Sparrow 46. Morrow & Cooney 239.
$25
86.
[SPARROW]. Vallejo, Cesar.
Battles in Spain: Five Unpublished Poems.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1978.
First edition. [14 pp]. Top edge untrimmed, else fine in printed wrappers. Translated from the Spanish by Clayton Eshleman and Jose Rubia Barcia. SIGNED by Eshelman and Barcia. Sparrow 65. Morrow & Cooney 290.
$25
87.
STACTON, David.
Segaki.
London: Faber and Faber (1958).
First edition. 198 pp. Two tiny spots on top edge, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Ownership stamp of artist Jeff Berner on the front free endpaper.
$40
88.
TARTT, Donna.
The Goldfinch.
Boston: Little, Brown (2013).
First edition. 771 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Tartt on the title page. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction.
$200
89.
TARTT, Donna.
The Little Friend.
NY: Knopf, 2002.
First edition. 555 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Tartt on the title page. Here second novel, winner of the WH Smith Literary Award and shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.
$100
90.
TAYLOR, Kent.
Torn Birds.
San Francisco: Black Rabbit Press, 1969.
First edition. 4to. [48 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover silkscreen and introduction by t.l. kryss, the Black Rabbit publisher. One of 500 copies. SIGNED by Taylor on the title page. Taylor’s fifth book, and his first book with the Black Rabbit imprint. ‘Glad you are doing the Kent Taylor book because i really believe Kent is one of this country’s best poets.’ -- d.a. levy.
$50
91.
TOMLINSON, Charles.
Words and Images.
Covent Garden Press, 1972.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 29 pp. Light bump to one upper corner, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. The first presentation of graphics by Tomlinson, here reproduced alongside his poems. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Tomlinson. Covent Garden Poetry Number One.
$35
92.
TURNBULL, Gael.
From the Language of the Heart: Some Imitations from the Gaelic of Sìne Reisideach.
Frankfort: Gnomon Press (1985).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [30 pp]. Near fine in paper-covered boards with printed spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Turnbull with a holograph poem, “Your Hands, Their Touch.”
$125
93.
TURNBULL, Gael.
To You, I Write.
(np): Migrant, 1963.
First edition. [36 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. An early collection. “These are chiefly poems which, at one time or another and for one reason or another, have embarrassed me.”
$75
94.
U.X.A.
U.X.A. and special guest stars Screamers plus The Offs & Sharp.
San Francisco: Mabuhay Gardens [1978].
First edition. 6 ¾ x 8 ½ inch illustrated flyer. Very near fine. photograph by Ruby Ray.
$35
95.
[VIETNAM WAR].
Spring Mobilization: March to End the War in Vietnam.
San Francisco [1967].
First edition. 14 ⅛ x 11 inch illustrated poster. Fine. One of a number of simultaneous marches held in New York and San Francisco. By many accounts, the largest peace demonstration in the US to date.
$150
96.
WALDMAN, Anne.
Fast Speaking Woman.
Detroit: Red Hanrahan Press (1974).
First edition. 17 pp. Near fine in sewn wrappers. Fold-out drawing by Ann Wilson. Printed dedication to Allen Ginsberg. One of 500 numbered copies on Gainsborough text, letterpress printed by Daphne and William Cox.
$40
97.
WANTLING, William.
San Quentin’s Stranger.
Dunedin & Cardiff: Caveman Press/Second Aeon, 1973.
First edition. 64 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a few little pressure dents to the front cover. Introduction by Len Fulton. An uncommon collection of poems.
$250
98.
WIENERS, John.
Pressed Wafer.
Buffalo: Gallery Upstairs Press (1967).
First edition, numbered & signed issue [20 pp]. Spine lightly sunned, else near fine in paper-covered boards with pasted-on cover and spine label. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Wieners and additionally INSCRIBED, “to Edward /in Thanks / for stalwartness and steadfastness — / April 29 — 1968.” This is copy #100.
$200
99.
WILLIAMS, Jonathan and Karl Torok.
The Delian Seasons.
London: Coracle, 1982.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [29 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers and clear acetate cover. Four poems by Williams with three drawings by Torok. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams and Torok.
$125
100.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
Small Craft Warnings.
NY: New Directions (1972).
First edition. 86 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Expanded from a shorter work, “Confessional,” published originally in 1969. Young 4154*
$75