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61.
SNYDER, Gary.
The Old Ways: Six Essays.
San Francisco: City Lights Books (1977).
First edition. 96 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Snyder on the title page. Cook 121.
$125
62.
SNYDER, Gary.
Riprap.
Ashland: Origin Press, 1959.
Second edition. [34 pp]. Near fine in Japanese-style sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Snyder’s first book, this second edition actually published in 1960, with one typographical correction and the addition of “Crazy Horse Mason” to the dedication page.
$250
63.
SPICER, Jack.
The Collected Books of Jack Spicer.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1975.
First edition, publisher’s copy. 382 pp w/bibliography of first editions. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label (lightly faded). Very near fine acetate dust jacket with a small chip and tear to spine. Near fine publisher’s slipcase. Edited and with a commentary by Robin Blaser. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Blaser.
$450
64.
SPICER, Jack.
The Red Wheelbarrow.
[Berkeley]: Arif Press, 1971.
First trade edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 500 copies designed and printed by Wesley Tanner. Original two color printed prospectus accompanies.
$45
65.
STEPANCHEV, Stephen.
The Mad Bomber.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1972.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 96 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with suede spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Stepanchev. This is copy “A.” Morrow & Cooney 126c.
$75
66.
STEVENS, Wallace and Kurt Seligmann.
A Primitive like an Orb: A Poem.
[NY]: Gotham Book Mart, 1948.
First edition. [16 pp]. Toning to recto of first blank leaf, else near fine in sewn bright green wrappers (one of three possible variant covers). Stevens’ poem, with two drawings by Seligmann. One of 500 copies on Etruria and Zebu papers designed and printed at the Banyan Press. A “Prospero pamphlet.” Edelstein A13.
$125
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TARN, Nathaniel and Joan Myers.
The Persephones.
[Bologna]: Damiani (2016).
First edition. [60 pp]. Fine in full brown cloth with gilt stamping and inset cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 500 copies. Tarn contributes a preface to this new edition, previously published in 2009 in fine press form, and originally in 1974 in a trade edition that was largely destroyed in a house fire. Though not called for, SIGNED by Tarn and Myers on the colophon page.
$75
68.
[TELEVISION]. Shamberg, Michael and Raindance Corporation.
Guerrilla Television.
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1971).
First trade paperback printing. 4to. 108 pp. A few diagonal creases to one lower corner on the rear cover, else very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Designed by Ant Farm. A manifesto and how-to for disengaging from commercial broadcast television.
$75
69.
TÓIBÍN, Colm.
The Magician.
London: Penguin/Viking (2021).
First edition, signed issue. 437 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Tóibín’s fictional biography of Thomas Mann. One of an unstated limitation SIGNED by Tóibín on a special leaf.
$45
70.
[VOLLMANN, William T.].
The Review of Contemporary Fiction.
Normal: Review of Contemporary Fiction (1993).
Vol. XIII, No. 2. Summer. 275 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Vollmann on the first leaf. The Younger Writers Issue, featuring interviews with and writing by Vollmann, Daitch and Wallace, and articles about their work.
$40
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WHALEN, Philip.
Every Day: Poems.
Eugene: Coyote’s Journal, 1965.
First edition. x + 54 pp. Scattered stains to front cover, more to the rear cover, in all very good plus in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Whalen inside the front cover, “This copy is for / Diane / with love from Phil / 1 VI 65.”
$100
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WILLIAMS, Jonathan.
Lullabies Twisters Gibbers Drags.
Highlands: Nantahala Foundation, 1963.
First trade edition. Oblong 48mo. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover art by R.B. Kitaj. Dated (1963) and SIGNED by Williams inside the front cover. Jargon 61.
$75
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WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
It Happened the Day the Sun Rose.
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orpahnos, 1981.
First edition, binder’s copy. 34 pp. Fine in full decorated black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Very near fine publisher’s slipcase. Title page woodcut by Achilles Droungas. Printed by Patrick Reagh. A short story. Designated “Binder’s” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Williams.
$450
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WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
The Two-Character Play.
[NY]: New Directions (1969).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 96 pp. Fine in two-part cloth binding and very near fine publisher’s slipcase with printed wrap-around spine label. One of 350 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams. A personal favorite of Williams’, much more experimental than his earlier works.
$250
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WILOCH, Thomas.
Paper Mask.
Exeter: Stride (1988).
First edition. 56 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Surreal prose and illustrations. SIGNED by Wiloch on the title page. Press promotional flyer and a brief ALS from Wiloch on his letterhead presenting this copy.
$50
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WILOCH, Thomas.
Stigmata Junction.
Cheshire: Stride (1985).
First edition. [36 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Surreal collages and prose poems. Wiloch’s first book. Laid into this copy is a press promotional flyer, and a holograph note from Wiloch on his letterhead in part presenting this book.
$75
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WOLFF, Tobias.
This Boy’s Life: A Memoir.
NY: Atlantic Monthly (1989).
First edition. 288 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket with a fade to the spine lettering. SIGNED by Wolff.
$125
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WOODFORD, Jack.
The Motive Key.
Buffalo: Dawn Press, 1956.
Second edition. 223 pp. A few light spots of foxing on top edge, else very near fine in two completely different dust jackets, one with a $2.00 printed price and the other with a $2.50 printed price. Originally published in 1932 with the title FIND THE MOTIVE, and reprinted here in bowdlerized form.
$125
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WOOLF, Douglas.
Signs of a Migrant Worrier.
Eugene: Coyote’s Journal, 1965.
First edition. x + 75 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. A collection of seven stories, issued as Coyote Books #3.
$45
80.
YAMADA, Mitsuye.
Camp Notes and Other Poems.
San Lorenzo: Shameless Hussy Press (1976).
First edition. [48 pp]. Tiny scuff on rear cover, else fine in illustrated wrappers. Drawings by Jeni and Hedi Yamada. Poems based on Yamada’s experience in the Japanese-American internment camps.
$45