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21.
CREELEY, Robert.
Listen.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1972.
First edition, presentation copy. 42 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Illustrations by Bobbie Creeley. One of 5 numbered copies designated “presentation copy” and SIGNED by Robert Creeley. Morrow & Cooney 150b (note).
$150
22.
CREWS, Harry.
Karate is a Thing of the Spirit.
NY: Morrow, 1971.
First edition. 218 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Crews’ fourth novel. John Kaimon joins a outlaw karate cult.
$300
23.
DI PRIMA, Diane.
Earthsong: Poems 1957–1959.
NY: Poets Press, 1968.
First edition. [60 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Introductory statement by Alan S. Marlowe, who selected these poems. Cover art, created for this book, by George Herms. Review slip accompanies.
$45
24.
DICK, Philip K.
Martian Time-Slip.
London: New English Library (1976).
First UK edition. 240 pp. Light foxing to page edges, and early and late leaves, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Brian W. Aldiss. The first English language hardcover appearance of this title.
$100
25.
[DISCH, Tom]. Zoline, Pamela.
The Heat Death of the Universe and other stories.
Kingston: McPherson & Company (1988).
First trade paperback printing. 204 pp. Very near fine in wrappers and like dust jacket. Introduction by Thomas M. Disch. SIGNED by Disch at his introduction.
$45
26.
DODGE, Jim.
Rain on the River: Selected Poems and Short Prose.
NY: Grove Press (2002).
First edition. xiii + 127 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover design by Jerry Reddan (Tangram Press). SIGNED by Dodge on the half-title page.
$75
27.
[FLUXUS]. Block, René and Carola Bodenmüller. eds.
A Long Tale with Many Knots: Fluxus in Germany 1962–1994.
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (1995).
First edition. 266 + 52 + 52 pp. Light edge wear, else near fine in spiral-bound printed plastic covers. Together with two illustrated volumes in wrappers, both fine, the first in English the second in Japanese. The main volume is in German. A profusely illustrated exhibition catalogue.
$150
28.
GASS, William H.
Omensetter’s Luck: A Novel.
London: Collins, 1967.
First UK edition. 304 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. His first book, a novel, the manuscript of which was stolen after four years of work, prompting a complete rewrite from scratch.
$150
29.
GASS, William H.
On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry.
Manchester: Carcanet New Press (1979).
First UK edition. 91 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original in the UK. A tour de force, Gass considers all aspects of the color.
$25
30.
GRAHAM, Jorie.
Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts.
Princeton: Princeton University Press (1980).
First edition. 67 pp w/notes. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (1993) and SIGNED by Graham on the title page. Her first book.
$450
31.
GUNN, Thom.
Fighting Terms.
NY: Hawk’s Well Press, 1958.
First US edition. 46 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with faint glue evidence to front cover. INSCRIBED by Gunn on the title page to poet James Schevill, “for Jim / with love & / friendship / Thom Gunn / 1999.” Gunn’s second book, published four years earlier in the UK, and revised by Gunn for US publication. Hagstrom & Bixby A2c.
$150
32.
GUNN, Thom.
The Missed Beat.
Newark: Janus Press, 1976.
First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine publisher’s slipcase. Title page wood engraving by Simon Brett. Printed at the Janus Press by Claire van Vliet. One of 50 copies on Okawara paper SIGNED by Gunn. Hagstrom & Bixby A23a.
$450
33.
HANNAH, Barry.
Two Stories: Ride, Fly, Penetrate Loiter and John, This Plane’s on Fire.
Jackson: Nouveau Press/Mississippi Civil Liberties Union (1982).
First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 24 pp. Near fine in marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine. Illustrations by Patti Henson. One of 26 numbered copies for use of the author and publisher SIGNED by Hannah. The two stories are “Ride, Fly, Penetrate, Loiter” and “John, This Plane’s on Fire.”
$200
34.
HELLMAN, Lillian.
Days to Come.
NY: Knopf, 1936.
First edition. 105 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light edgewear, a few short tears, and darkened spine. Second play by the blacklisted author. INSCRIBED by Hellman on the first leaf, “For Sidney / with very real affection / Lillian March 1937.” Hellman wrote the screenplay for the 1937 film DEAD END, based on the 1935 play by Sidney Kingsley, but I cannot document that this was his copy...
$850
35.
HIRST, Damien.
No Sense of Absolute Corruption.
NY: Gagosian Gallery, 1996.
First edition. 124 pp w/index to illustrations. Fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket. Interview with Hirst by Stuart Morgan. Fully illustrated with color reproductions and photographs. Published on the occasion of Hirst’s first NY solo show.
$75
36.
HJORTSBERG, William.
Symbiography.
Fremont: Sumac Press (1973).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 57 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. His third novel. Printed endorsements by Jim Harrison, Thomas McGuane, and Harry Crews. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Hjortsberg.
$125
37.
HUTTON, Bill.
The Strange Odyssey of Howard Pow! and other stories.
Detroit: Artists’ Workshop Press, 1967.
First edition. vii + 108 pp. Light sunning, wrinkles, and several short splits to spine, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers with a small stain to rear panel. Front cover design by John Sinclair. Despite the large limitation (1000 copies), uncommon. Later reprinted by the Coach House Press. WB/12.
$200
38.
JARRY, Alfred.
Collected Works of Alfred Jarry Volume II: Three Early Novels.
London: Atlas Press (2006).
First edition. 303 pp w/notes. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Collects DAYS AND NIGHTS, EXPLOITS AND OPINIONS OF DOCTOR FAUSTROLL, PATAPHYSICIAN, and ABSOLUTE LOVE. Translations from the original French by Alexis Lykiard, Simon Watson Taylor, and Paul Edwards. Atlas Anti-Classics 9.
$75
39.
JONES, Le Roi.
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note....
NY: Totem/Corinth (1961).
First edition. 47 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover art by Basil King. Jones’ first book, in uncommonly nice condition.
$150
40.
KAWABATA, Yasunari.
House of Sleeping Beauties.
London: S/2 (2019).
First edition. 272 pp w/artist biographies. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Kawabata’s text in English translation, illustrated with artworks by Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, Wally Hedrick, Pierre Molinier, Francis Picabia, Kurt Seligmann, and many others. Published on the occasion of an exhibition curated by Darren Leak and Bianca Chu.
$75