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ROLFE, Frederick writing as “Baron Corvo.”
Letters to James Walsh.
London: Bertram Rota, 1972.
First trade edition. 58 pp w/notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Introduction and notes by Donald Weeks. One of 500 numbered copies. Edited by James Weeks, with his thorough notes. Rolfe’s correspondence with Walsh follows the typical unhappy arc...
$50
82.
ROSEMONT, Franklin.
An Open Entrance to the Shut Palace of Wrong Numbers.
Chicago: Surrealist Editions, 2003.
First edition. x + 177 pp w/index. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. illustrated with drawings by Artur do Cruzeiro Seixas. INSCRIBED by Rosemont, “for Diane di Prima — / in the spirit of Alchemy, Anarchy / & Revolution! / with Surrealist Salutations! / and love / Franklin Rosemont Chicago / 2003.”
$45
83.
ROSEMONT, Penelope.
Dreams & Everyday Life: André Breton, Surrealism, Rebel Works, sds & the Seven Cities of Cibola. A 1960s Notebook.
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 2008.
First edition. viii + 248 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dated (August 2008) and INSCRIBED by Rosemont, “For Diane di Prima, / My love and admiration! / Surrealist / greetings! / Penelope / Rosemont.”
$45
84.
SAARIKOSKI, Pentti.
Helsinki: Selected Poems of Pentti Saarikosi.
London: Rapp & Carroll (1967).
First UK edition, numbered & signed issue. 48 pp. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a few small pressure dents to the front panel. Translations from the original Finnish by Anselm Hollo. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Saarikoski and Hollo.
$125
85.
[SARTON, May].
Forward into the Past: For May Sarton on her Eightieth Birthday May 3, 1992.
Concord: William B. Ewert (1992).
First edition. [90 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket. One of 150 copies on Mohawk Letterpress Text paper. A large collection of brief best wishes from Gwendolyn Brooks, Angelica Garnett, Seamus Heaney, Barbara Kingsolver, Fred Rogers, and many others. Laid into this copy is a holograph note from Sarton to contributor Kay Boyle beginning, “Dear Kay Boyle— / I fell in love with your early novels when I was just seventeen...”
$75
86.
SCHULDT.
A Likely Lad.
Köln: Walther König (1980).
First edition. [262 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. A repeated image of a standing figure, the text along the bottom edge differing with each. “The Lad is dedicated to Re who taught me how interesting the stamp was that had been sitting on my window sill for four years.”
$35
87.
[SHORT SHORT STORIES]. Howe, Irving and Ilana Wiener Howe. eds.
Short Shorts: An Anthology of the Shortest Stories.
Boston & London: David R. Godine (1982).
First edition. xvii + 262 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introduction by Irving Howe. An international gathering that includes work by Tolstoy, Keller, Chekhov, Pirandello, Kafka, Babel, Borges, Paz, Marquez, and Valenzuela, as well as English language writers Joyce, Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Thurber, Lessing, Paley and others.
$50
88.
[STEADMAN, Ralph]. Stone, Bermard.
Emergency Mouse: A Story.
London & Richmond: Anderson Press/Hutchinson (1978).
First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Stone’s story with Steadman’s artwork. SIGNED by Stone and Steadman on the title page.
$50
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SUND, Robert.
Home: A Prayer for the World Where You Found It.
[Berkeley]: Tangram, 1991.
First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with printed cover label. One of 225 copies on Somerset mouldmade paper. A three part long poem.
$45
90.
TATE, James.
Shepherds of the Mist.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969.
First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 33 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Tate. Morrow & Cooney 70c.
$100
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TURNBULL, Gael.
Bjarni: Spike-Helgi’s son and other poems.
Ashland: Origin Press, 1956.
First edition. [32 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Nine poems.
$75
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TURNBULL, Gael.
Seven From Stifford’s.
(np): (np) (nd).
First edition. [16 pp]. Small spot on front cover, else near fine in sewn wrappers. Poems printed letterpress in six colors. INSCRIBED by Turnbull on the title page, “to Barry / with thanks / Gael.”
$50
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WATTEN, Barrett.
Frame (1971–1990).
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon, 1997.
First edition. 325 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Collects six previously published works and adds two previously uncollected texts (City Fields and Frame).
$45
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WELCH, Lew.
Hermit Poems.
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965.
First edition. [16 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 974 (of 1000) copies. Text reproduced from Welch’s handwritten manuscript. Writing 8.
$75
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WHALEN, Philip.
The Unidentified Accomplice or The Transmissions of C.W. Moss.
Brunswick: Coyote (2006).
First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and fine dust jacket. Text reproduced entirely from Whalen’s original holograph manuscript, composed as a gift to James and Cassandra Koller in 1968, and inspired by the character of C.W. Moss in the film BONNIE AND CLYDE.
$25
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WILLIAMS, C.K.
I Am the Bitter Name.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971.
First edition. 72 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Williams on the title page. His second book of poems.
$150
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WILLIAMS, John.
Augustus.
NY: Viking (1972).
Uncorrected proof. 327 pp. Near fine in illustrated yellow wrappers with sunning and light wear to the unprinted spine at the crown. Galley No. 51, the numeral inked in by the publisher on the front panel, along with the date of publication and retail price. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award.
$450
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WILLIAMSON, Henry.
The Patriot’s Progress.
London: Macdonald (1968).
Second edition, first printing. 194 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Illustrated with lino-cuts by William Kermode. Williams contributes a new Preface and Epigraph to his celebrated WWI novel.
$25
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WRIGHT, C.D.
One Big Self: An Investigation.
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon (2007).
First edition. xv + 80 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Briefly INSCRIBED by Wright on the title page. Published originally as a photography book with images by Deborah Luster, this edition features Wright’s poems only.
$45
100.
WRIGHT, C.D.
Rising, Falling, Hovering.
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon (2008).
First edition. viii + 97 pp w/notes. Fine in fine dust jacket. Briefly INSCRIBED by Wright on the title page.
$50