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61.
MOORE, Marianne.
Tipoo’s Tiger.
NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1967.
First edition. Oblong 16mo. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. A single poem by Moore. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Moore. As in almost every copy, Moore has struck out the last line, and penned in the correct text. Abbott A31.
$150
62.
[NIEDECKER, Lorine]. Corman, Cid. ed.
Origin. Third Series, Number 2.
Kyoto: Origin, 1966.
July. 64 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers with several wrinkles along spine. A generous selection of works by Niedecker, as well as by Vallejo, Mary Barnard, Corman, and André du Bouchet.
$45
63.
PEACOCK, Molly.
The Wheel.
Anchorage: Salmon Run Press, 1994.
First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies on Gloss Cream Antiqua cover stock paper SIGNED by Peacock. The fifth volume in the first Salmon Run Pamphlet Series. A single poem.
$45
64.
POUND, Ezra.
The Spirit of Romance.
Norfolk: New Directions [1953].
First printing of this new edition. 248 pp w/index. Rubbing to bottom edges of boards, else near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. One of 500 copies. Gallup A5e.
$100
65.
REDGROVE, Peter.
Work in Progress 1968.
London: Poet & Printer (1969).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. vii + 52 pp w/corrections to the text. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Introduction by D.M. Thomas. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Redgrove.
$100
66.
RIMBAUD, Arthur.
Illuminations.
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1979.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 141 pp. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Foreword by Henry Miller, with a reproduction of one of his color lithographs as a frontis. Original French poems with facing “American” translations by Bertrand Mathieu. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Mathieu and Miller.
$400
67.
SALINAS, Luis Omar.
The Sadness of Days: Selected and New Poems.
Houston: Arte Publico Press (1987).
First edition. 160 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. Selection from books published 1970–1982, with new work.
$35
68.
SCHJELDAHL, Peter.
The 7 Days Art Columns 1988–1990.
Great Barrington: The Figures (1990).
First edition. 205 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Seventy-six columns, short reviews, and articles from the two year run of this magazine.
$35
69.
STRAND, Mark.
The Continuous Life: Eighteen Poems.
Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1990.
First edition. Folio. [68 pp]. Fine in wrappers with printed spine label. Two woodcut illustrations by Neil Welliver. One of 225 numbered copies on Windhover paper. Printed in two colors by Kim Merker and Don Howell. Berger 97.
$200
70.
TÓIBÍN, Colm.
Mothers and Sons: Stories.
NY: Scribner (2007).
First US edition. 270 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Tóibín on the title page.
$35
71.
TREVOR, William.
Other People’s Worlds.
London: Bodley Head (1980).
First edition. 242 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Trevor’s seventh novel.
$75
72.
WALDMAN, Anne.
After Li Ching Chao.
[West Branch]: Toothpaste Press, 1983.
First edition. 10 ¼ x 5 ¾ inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. One of 175 numbered copies SIGNED by Waldman.
$50
73.
WALDROP, Rosmarie.
The Aggressive Ways of the Casual Stranger.
NY: Random House (1972).
First edition. 91 pp. Some faint foxing along the top edge, else very near fine in like dust jacket. There is a red “H” stamp on the first leaf, which Waldrop has incorporated into an inscription, “tHis / is not a / Burning / Deck / Boock / [sic / k] / Rosmarie Waldrop”
$45
74.
WHALEN, Philip.
The Invention of the Letter: A Beastly Morality.
NY: [Irving Rosenthal] (1967).
First edition. 22 pp. Near fine in spiral-bound card stock covers with a small scuff to one edge. Text and illustrations reproduced from Whalen’s holograph manuscript. Rubber stamped “Free” and “Hors / de / Commerce” multiple times on the front cover. Lepper p. 420.
$125
75.
[WILDE, Oscar]. Greve, Felix Paul.
Oscar Wilde.
Vancouver: William Hoffer 1984.
First Canadian edition 58 pp. Fine in full Coromandel silk over boards with printed cover and spine labels. No dust jacket, as issued. Designed by Robert Bringhurst. One of 90 (of 110) numbered copies on Carlyle Japan paper. Translated from the original German by Greve, with his Afterword. Originally published in Germany in 1903. Publications of the F.P. Greve Seminar Number One.
$150
76.
WILLEFORD, Charles.
Cockfighter.
NY: Crown (1972).
Second edition. 247 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with three closed edge tears, and some rubbing along the spine. The first hardcover appearance of this novel, preceded by a paperback in 1962.
$250
77.
[WILLIAMS, Tennessee]. Choukri, Mohamed.
Tennessee Williams in Tangier.
Santa Barbara: Cadmus, 1979.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 12mo. 85 pp w/note. Fine in illustrated wrappers and fine unprinted glassine dust jacket. Translated from the original Arabic by Paul Bowles. Foreword by Gavin Lamberg, concluding note by Williams. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Choukri and Bowles.
$300
78.
WRIGHT, James.
Shall We Gather at the River.
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1968.
First edition. 58 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two tiny scuffs to spine. Fifth collection of poems by Wright.
$150
79.
[YEATS]. Gatch, Milton McC.
The Yeats Family and the Book Circa 1900.
NY: Groiler Club, 2000.
First edition. vii + 82 + [16 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Gatch. Illustrated catalogue for an exhibition at the Groiler Club. Printed in two colors. Color plates.
$50
80.
ZUKOFSKY, Louis.
“A” – 14.
London: Turret Books (1967).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 61 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine. One of 250 (of 275) numbered copies SIGNED by Zukofsky.
$125