e-catalog #109
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1.
ADAM, Helen.
Gone Sailing.
West Branch: Toothpaste Press, 1980.
First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in full cloth with printed cover label. Illustrated by Ann Mikolowski. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Adam and Mikolowski.
$75
2.
[ARION PRESS].
The Constitution of the United States Published for the Bicentennial of its Adoption in 1787.
San Francisco: Arion Press/Library of Congress, 1987.
First printing of this edition. 8vo. 63 pp. Fine in limp vellum with blue lettering and red bands. Fine publisher’s slipcase and chemise. One of 500 copies on Twinrocker Mill hand made paper. Initial letters drawn and illuminated by Thomas Ingmire. A beautiful presentation.
$1250
3.
AUDEN, W.H.
Poems 1928.
Ilkley: Janus Press 1973.
First printing of this facsimile edition. 37 pp. Light bend to first leaf, else fine in printed wrappers. Housed in a near fine printed folder, together with a 4 pp booklet by B.C. Bloomfield, detailing the history of this book rare book, Auden’s first.
$200
4.
AUSTER, Paul.
Fragments from Cold.
Brewster: Parenthèse (1977).
First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and very near fine dust jacket. Cover art and internal drawings by Norman Bluhm. INSCRIBED by Auster to Jack [Shoemaker], his North Point Press publisher, “For Jack: / X-Mas ‘77) / Paul.” Laid in, a 47 word holograph note from Auster, in part presenting this copy.
$450
5.
BANKS, Russell.
Snow: Meditations of a Cautious Man in Winter.
Hanover: Granite (1974).
First edition. [28 pp]. Light wear along spine, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Banks’ second book, a long poem.
$75
6.
BARAKA, Amiri.
The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones.
NY: Freundlich Books (1984).
First edition. 329 pp. A few small spots to top edge, else very near fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
$75
7.
BARKER, George.
Thirty Preliminary Poems.
London: David Archer/The Parton Press, 1933.
First edition. 37 pp. Scattered foxing, else near fine in integral printed wrappers over boards. Lacks unprinted glassine. Dated (Oct 33) and SIGNED by Barker on the first leaf. Additionally dated (1933) and signed by poet John Pudney. Barker’s first collection of poems.
$350
8.
BECK, Art translates Luxorius.
Simply to See.
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1990.
First edition. 88 pp. Fine in Coptic bound wrappers with printed clear plastic dust jacket. One of 125 copies on Frankfurt laid paper. Original Latin poems with Beck’s facing English translation. Poltroon Modern Poets #9.
$125
9.
BELL, Julian.
Still Life and Other Poems.
Woodside: Occasional Works, 1987.
First edition. 21 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies on Rives Heavy paper. Hand set in Monotype Bembo, printed letterpress. Introduction by Peter Stansky and William Abrahams. Eight poems. Julian Bell, son of Vanessa Bell, and the only Bloomsbury poet, was killed while driving an ambulance in the Spanish Civil War.
$35
10.
BERKSON, Bill.
Saturday Night Poems 1960–61.
NY: Tibor De Nagy Editions, 1961.
First edition. 35 pp w/table of contents. Light soiling to covers, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 300 copies. Berkson’s first book.
$125
11.
BERKSON, Bill.
Serenade: Poetry and Prose 1975–1989.
Cambridge: Zoland Books (2000).
First edition. 125 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal drawings by Joe Brainard. Laid into this copy are two notes from the publisher to Joanne Kyger, presenting this copy, and thanking her for providing an endorsement that was used on the rear cover.
$25
12.
BERRIGAN, Ted and Ron Padgett.
Bean Spasms.
NY: Kulchur (1967).
First edition. Small 4to. 202 pp. Light rubbing and edgewear to covers, else solid very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Illustrations throughout by Joe Brainard.
$200
13.
CARVER, Raymond.
At Night the Salmon Move: Poems.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1976.
First trade paperback printing. 44 pp. A light bend and small spot to rear cover, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems with illustrations by Marcia/maris. INSCRIBED by Carver to poet Walter Pavlich, “for Walter / with kind regards / Ray Carver / 2.23.82 / Davis.”
$250
14.
CARVER, Raymond.
Winter Insomnia.
Santa Cruz: Kayak (1970).
First edition. 56 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Twenty-nine poems with eight multi-colored prints by Robert McChesney. SIGNED by Carver on the title page. His first “regularly” published book.
$350
15.
CHRISTOPHER, Nicholas.
Ultima Thule.
Passim Editions (2004).
First edition. Folio. [52 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of thirty copies, the entire edition, printed and bound by Wesley B. Tanner on Vit Bloma handmade paper. Title lettering by Susan Skarsgard. Woodcut illustrations throughout by Tanner. SIGNED by Christopher and Tanner.
$400
16.
CLAMPITT, Amy.
Hippocrene.
North Bennington: White Creek Press, 1983.
First edition. Single large sheet folded twice to make a booklet (8 ½ x 5 ½ inches, closed). Fine. One of 220 copies published on the occasion of Clampitt’s reading at Bennington College. Though not called for, SIGNED by Clampitt.
$125
17.
CONNOLLY, Cyril.
The Missing Diplomats.
London: Queen Anne Press, 1952.
First edition. 49 pp. Fine in wrappers with printed cover label and very near fine printed dust jacket that is lightly toned. Foreword by Peter Quennell. Connolly contemplates the “Cambridge Spies.”
$75
18.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
The So: Poems 1966.
NY: Adventures in Poetry (1971).
First trade edition. 4to. [80 pp]. Some uneven toning and light silverfishing to unprinted rear cover, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Brice Marden. One of 274 (of 300) copies. INSCRIBED by Coolidge to the Meltzers, “For David + Tina / all love, / Clark / Hancock, Mass, — 5 viii 73.”
$200
19.
COOLIDGE, Clark and Larry Fagin.
Third Down and God to Go.
[NY: Larry Fagin] (nd).
First edition. 4to. [12 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Originally composed on 27 May 1991. Laid into this copy is a holograph note, “David — / Here’s a reminder / of your days at Nortre / Dame / [heart] LF + CC” in Fagin’s hand.
$50
20.
COPE, Wendy.
Across the City.
Berkhamsted: Priapus, 1980.
First edition. 16mo. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 150 (of 180) copies handprinted by John Cotton. Cope’s first book, a collection of six poems. Precedes her first hardcover collection MAKING COCOA FOR KINGSLEY AMIS by six years.
$100