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61.
REXROTH, Kenneth.
One Hundred Poems from the French.

Cambridge: Pym-Randall, 1972.
First edition, numbered & signed issue 100 pp. Boards slightly bent with a hard bump to spine, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket that is toned and has some discoloration and soiling to the unprinted rear panel. This is copy #1, SIGNED by Rexroth. Penned to the front cover, “Copy #1 / author’s copy.”
$200
86269
62.
ROBLES, Jaime.
Soundtracks.

San Francisco Bay Area: Jaime Robles, 2017.
First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers bound over yarrow and bamboo sticks by Robles. Fine. Poems printed in two colors by Eric Holub and Robles at the Hillside Press. One of 15 copies (though fewer were bound up).
$350
86250
63.
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

NY: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press (1998).
First US edition. vi + 309 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrations by Mary Grandpré. The first issue of the first edition of the first book in Rowling’s celebrated series.
$2750
86249
64.
SCHJELDAHL, Peter.
Since 1964: New & Selected Poems.

NY: Sun, 1978.
First edition. 116 pp. A few small spots of foxing to page edges, else near fine in illustrated wrappers (a bit rubbed). His fourth book of poems.
$40
86244
65.
[SCULL, Robert C.].
A Selection of Fifty Works from the Collection of Robert C. Scull.

NY: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1973.
First edition. [106 pp]. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some foxing to the lower portion of the front cover. Color reproduction of fifty works, with two fold-out plates. Presale estimates sheet laid in. Accompanied by a later printout of prices realized. The less common hardcover catalogue for the sale that lit a fire under the contemporary art market.
$250
86276
66.
SHEAR, Jack.
Four Marines and Other Potraits.

Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press (1985).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [96 pp]. Fine in full lettered cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine publisher’s slipcase. William S. Burroughs, Dennis Cooper, Brad Gooch, Roy Lichtenstein, and Tom of Finland are among the subjects. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Shear with a matching numbered and signed portrait photograph of Christopher Isherwood from the book.
$250
65921
67.
SNYDER, Gary.
Six Sections from Mountains and Rivers without End.

London: Fulcrum (1967).
First UK edition. 47 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. SIGNED by Snyder on the title page. McNeil A11d.
$125
86274
68.
SPICER, Jack with Fran Herndon. eds.
J No. 5.

[San Francisco: Jack Spicer
First edition. Seventeen leaves, stapled upper left. Short tear to fore-edge of the front cover, else near fine. Cover art by Fran Herndon. Contributions by Larry Eigner, Richard Brautigan, Mary Murphy, Kay Johnson, Ron Loewinsohn, George Stanley, Robert Duncan, Richard Duerden, Jack Spicer, and others. All issues of this legendary mag are rare.
$650
86275
69.
STANLEY, George. ed.
J No. 6.

[San Francisco: Jack Spicer
First edition. Twenty leaves, stapled upper left. Near fine. Cover art by Stanley. Contributions by Helen Adam, Paul Goodman, Joanne Kyger, Ron Loewinsohn, Lucio Manisco, and Wm. A. Berryman.
$650
86210
70.
STANFORD, Frank.
Hidden Water: From the Frank Stanford Archives.

Nashville: Third Man Books (2015).
First edition. xv + 200 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Edited by Michael Wiegers and Chet Weise. Preface by Wiegers. “Frank Stanford (1948–1978): An Appreciation” by Steve Stern. A wealth of previously unseen material, with many items reproduced in facsimile.
$20
86209
71.
STANFORD, Frank.
What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford.

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon (205).
First edition. xvi + 747 pp w/index of titles. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Introduction by Dean Young. Editor’s note by Michael Wiegers. In addition to the published work, this collection adds unpublished manuscripts, uncollected poems, drafts, and fragments, and uncollected prose.
$50
43824
72.
THOMPSON, James W.
First Fire: Poems 1957–1960.

London: Paul Breman, 1970.
First edition. 20 pp. Small bump to lower outside corner, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. At the time of publication, Thompson was working with Bruce Nugent on a history, “Harlem: a cultural capital.” Volume twelve in the Heritage series.
$50
16651
73.
WAH, Fred.
Lardeau: Selected First Poems.

Toronto: Island Press (1965).
First edition. [52 pp]. Small mark on front panel, else near fine in staple and tape-bound wrappers. This title constitutes issue #4 of Victor Coleman’s Island magazine. INSCRIBED by Wah, “For Bill Hoffer / with appreciation / Fred Wah.”
$100
86189
74.
[WEBB, Jon]. Malone, Marvin. ed.
Wormwood Review 45. Volume 12, Number 1.

Stockton: Wormwood Review Press, 1972.
First trade edition. [27 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 800 numbered copies. Entire issue devoted to Jon Edgar Webb (The Outsider, Loujon Press). Contributions by Malone, Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski, Marcus Grapes, and Jon Edgar Webb.
$25
85140
75.
WHITE, Edmund.
States of Desire: Travels in Gay America.

NY: Dutton (1980).
First edition. xi + 336 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (June 1980) and INSCRIBED by White. “To Burton, / all my best / Edmund White.” Review slip, promotional flyer, and author photo laid in. Young 4079*.
$100
86278
76.
WIENERS, John.
Reading in Bed.

(np): White Rabbit Press (nd).
First eition. 20 x 13 ¼ inch broadside, printed in two colors. Tiny bend to one upper corner, else near fine. One of 40 numbered copies, the entire edition, SIGNED by Wieners. Johnston B8.
$250
59385
77.
[WIENERS, John]. Reed, Jeremy.
It Had to Be You: The Poetry of John Wieners.

North Pomfret: Elysium Press, 2003.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 8vo. 10 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with morocco spine and pasted-on cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 26 lettered copies on Somerset paper SIGNED by Reed. Reed’s thoughtful appreciation of a slightly earlier, “openly gay American poet, who offered no apologies for his confessional disclosures, and who used all experience, no matter how compromising as legitimate material for art.”
$150
43489
78.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos.
A Beginning on the Short Story [Notes].

Yonkers: Alicat Bookshop Press, 1950.
First edition. 23 pp. Very near fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. “... the substance of an address delivered in the Fall of 1950 to students of the University of Washington, in Seattle, by Dr. Williams.” Outcast Chapbooks Number XVII. Wallace A33.
$45
86237
79.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos.
The Build-Up: A Novel.

NY: Random House (1952).
First edition, second issue. 335 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a small wrinkle to crown. Design by Merle Armitage. “New Directions” pasted over “Random House” on the title page, one of 684 copies thus. Wallace A37a.
$100
84346
80.
WYATT, Bill.
Wind Blown Cloud Poems.

Sutton: Broadsheet, 1969.
First trade edition. 32 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. Collection as a whole dedicated to d.a. levy, as well as several individual poems.
$35