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61.
POUND, Ezra.
Drafts and Fragments of Cantos CX–CXVII.

London: Faber and Faber (1970).
First UK edition. 32 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. First appearance of these Cantos in book form, together with fragments for insertion in earlier Cantos. Ownership label of Black Sparrow Press publisher John K. Martin inside the rear cover. Gallup A91b.
$45
58835
62.
RATCLIFFE, Stephen.
Sculpture.

Los Angeles: Littoral Books, 1996.
First edition. 112 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dated (2.7.98) and INSCRIBED by Ratcliffe, “For Leslie [Scalapino] / ‘whose scrawl is seen’ (53) / love, / Stephen.”
$35
61591
63.
RAWORTH, Tom.
Four Door Guide.

Cambridge: Street Editions, 1979.
First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and fine dust jacket. Pasted-on cover element, “An Orange” by Gerhardus Mercator. One of 500 copies. Poems, with a printed dedication to Dale Herd.
$35
58196
64.
RAWORTH, Tom.
A Serial Biography.

London: Fulcrum (1969).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 94 pp. Fine in full cloth and very near fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket with a small corner crease to one flap and a small chip to base of spine. One of 100 numbered copies on grey glastonbury antique laid paper SIGNED by Raworth. A prose work by the poet.
$100
86220
65.
RIMBAUD, Arthur.
Aube Dawn: A poem from ILLUMINATIONS by Arthur Rimbaud.

San Francisco: [Jaime Robles] (1993).
First edition. [18 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Original French with English translation by Winston Dutton. Fold-out photogravure plate prepared by Ken Farley. Gravure printed by Jaime Robles with Doris Simmelink. Text printed and bound by Robles. “Afternoon,” a poem by Robles in response, printed by Eric Holub at Hillside Press. One of 20 copies on Arches paper, the entire edition.
$250
20615
66.
ROTHENBERG, Jerome.
Esther K. Comes to America 1931.

Greensboro: Unicorn Press (1974).
First trade edition. [56 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Eleanor Antin. Dated (12/3/85) and INSCRIBED by Rothenberg. Poems illustrated with photographs by Laurence Fink. The pictured cast includes Kathy Acker, Cyrelle Foreman, Leonard Neufeld, and Rothenberg.
$55
86495
67.
SANDERS, Ed. ed.
Fuck You / a Magazine of the ARTS. Volume 7, Number 5.

NY: Fuck You Press 1964.
September. 4to. [162 pp]. Front panel lightly toned, else very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One leaf has a few small corner creases, otherwise the internal contents are fine. Cover art by Robert LaVigne. Stellar issue, with contributions by Wieners, Ginsberg, Duncan, Burroughs, Carl Solomon, Corso, Snyder, Whalen, McClure, Judith Malina, Harry Fainlight, Robert Kelly, Lamantia, Charles Olson, and several others.
$350
86503
68.
SARTON, May.
The Old-Fashioned Snow: A Story.

Concord: William B. Ewert, 1992.
First edition, signed hardcover issue. [20 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Very near fine unprinted vellum paper jacket with one short tear. One of 25 copies on Strathmore Pastelle paper SIGNED by Sarton. A 1946 short story that appeared originally in Collier’s.
$150
86496
69.
SNYDER, Gary.
For Philip Whalen d. 26 June 2002.

[Berkeley]: Tangram, 2002.
First edition. 11 x 7 ⅞ inch broadside, printed in two colors “on various papers.” A few small bends, else very good plus. One of 200 copies.
$50
86482
70.
SORRENTINO, Gilbert.
The Darkness Surrounds Us.

Highlands: Jonathan Williams (1960).
First edition. [48 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers in fine dust jacket. Collage and frontispiece drawing by Fielding Dawson with a “directive” by Joel Oppenheimer. Dated (11/60) and INSCRIBED by Sorrentino, “For Ron [Loewinsohn] / ‘I said petals from an apple tree’ / Gil.” His first book, a collection of poems. Jargon 40.
$75
52631
71.
SPENDER, Stephen.
Descartes.

London: Steam Press (1970).
First edition. Single large sheet folded twice, as issued (11 x 6 inches closed). Fine. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Spender. Designed and printed by Ralph Steadman. Steam Press Broadsheet No. 2.
$75
84975
72.
STACTON, David.
Old Acquaintance.

NY: Putnam’s (1964).
First US edition. 185 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Young 3609.
$45
75481
73.
[STEINBECK, John]. Goldstone, Adrian H. and John R. Payne.
John Steinbeck: A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Adrian H. Goldstone Collection.

Austin: Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin (1974).
First edition. 240 pp w/index. Very near fine in decorated full cloth. Near fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket with a short tear to one flap fold. Introduction by John R. Payne. Still the reigning bibliography. SIGNED by Goldstone at the conclusion of his preface. Tower Bibliographical Series Number Thirteen.
$150
86467
74.
TREVOR, William.
Men of Ireland.

Oundle: Oundle Festival of Literature Press (2008).
First edition. [26 pp]. Fine in decorated boards. Fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. Woodblock illustrations by Geraldine Waddington. Designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. One of 120 numbered copies on Somerset Laid mould-made paper SIGNED by Trevor.
$150
86468
75.
TREVOR, William.
The Piano Tuner’s Wives.

Holybourne: Clarion Publishing (nd).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 19 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Color illustrations by Paul Hogarth. One of 249 (of 499) numbered copies SIGNED by Trevor and Hogarth.
$85
86502
76.
WAH, Fred.
Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail (a poetic diary).

Kyoto: [Fred Wah] 1982.
First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with printed cover label. One of 300 copies for family and friends, printed by Nagata Bunshodo. Briefly INSCRIBED by Wah on the colophon page.
$45
86506
77.
WHALEN, Phil.
Letter to LeRoi [Jones].

San Francisco: Philip Whalen, 1964.
Single page TLS from Whalen to LeRoi [Jones] accompanying a typescript of the Whalen poem, “Three Mornings”. Two old folds, two small stains to the letter. In all, very good plus. Cover letter for this poem, name checking John Montgomery and Allen Ginsberg. The poem is as it appears in the Collected Poems of 2007. For the pair:
$500
79516
78.
WILLINGHAM, Calder.
End as a Man.

London: John Lehmann (1952).
First UK edition. 240 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Cover art by Roy Sanford. Willingham’s first novel, set in an American Southern military academy. Young 4164.
$150
86483
79.
YOUNG, La Monte.
Music of La Monte Young

NY: Judson Hall (1962).
First edition. Single long sheet folded twice (3 ¾ x 4 ¼ inches, closed). Fine. Flyer for this performance of the music of Young by LaMar Alsop, William Schoen, and Charlotte Moorman.
$150
75413
80.
[ZAPF, Hermann].
Hermann Zapf and His Design Philosophy.

Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts (1987).
First edition. 4to. 254 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light wear along the top edge. Fine blue cloth-covered slipcase. Introduction by Carl Zahn. Selected articles and lectures on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design, with illustrations and bibliographical notes, and a complete list of his typefaces.
$125