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61.
[SNYDER, Gary].
A Poetry Reading with Gary Snyder.

Truckee: Re-Elect Sam Dardick, 1996.
First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch illustrated broadside, printed on coverstock. Fine. Flyer announcing a benefit reading by Snyder for the re-election campaign of Sam Dardick (Nevada County, 5th District). Black & white portrait photograph of Snyder next to a cow skull. SIGNED by Snyder.
$45
86577
62.
SORRENTINO, Gilbert.
SVLPICIAE ELEGIDIA / Elegiacs of Sulpicia.

Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1977.
First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. One of 137 press-numbered copies on perusia paper. Six elegiacs, all that have survived from the 1st century b.c. poet Sulpicia, with Sorrentino’s facing versions. Hamady 79.
$350
86661
63.
SPICER, Jack.
The Heads of the Town up to the Aether.

San Francisco: Auerhahn Society, 1962.
First edition. 109 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal lithographs by Fran Herndon. Designed and printed by Andrew Hoyem and Dave Haselwood. One of 750 copies. Auerhahn 21.
$350
86629
64.
SPICER, Jack.
Lament for the Maker.

London: Aloes Books, 1971.
First UK edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Originally published by White Rabbit Press in 1963. Collects “Dover Beach,” “The Birds,” “The Birth of Venus,” “Lament for the Makers,” and “Postscript.”
$45
1695
65.
TATE, James.
The Destination.

Cambridge: Pym-Randall Press, (1967).
First edition. Oblong 8vo. [4 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Tate. A single poem.
$150
1698
66.
TATE, James.
The Torches.

Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1971.
Second edition, limited & signed issue. 45 pp. Very near fine in quarter cloth and marbled paper-covered boards. Originally published in 1968, this edition is revised and enlarged. One of 30 copies SIGNED by Tate. This is copy “A.”
$250
86228
67.
TONKS, Rosemary.
Iliad of Broken Sentences.

London: Bodley Head (1967).
First edition. 30 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some light wear along the top edge. Her second collection of poems. Tonks famously dropped out of sight after publishing the two poetry collections, six novels, and a tenure at the BBC, in favor of a spiritual quest.
$200
86774
68.
VICO, Gambattista, Denis Letbetter, Jack W. Stauffacher.
The Vico Collaboration.

San Francisco: Greenwood Press (2004).
First edition. 62 pp. Small stain on rear cover, else very near fine in printed wrappers. Prints by Stauffacher photographed by Letbetter. SIGNED by Stauffacher on the title page.
$50
76352
69.
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Galápagos: A Novel.

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1985.
First edition. 295 pp. Fine in gilt-decorated full blue leather. a.e.g., ribbon place marker bound-in. Frontispiece illustration by Anita Kunz. One of an unstated limitation SIGNED by Vonnegut. Includes a “special message to subscribers” by Vonnegut, not in the trade edition.
$150
86607
70.
WALKER, Alice.
Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1973).
First edition. 70 pp. A touch of discoloration to the top edge of the rear board, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Her second collection of poems, third book overall. INSCRIBED by Walker on the front free endpaper, “For Dora Walker — / Peace / Alice Walker.”
$350
86633
71.
WARHOL, Andy.
Blue Movie.

NY: Grove Press (1970).
First edition. 126 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. The complete dialogue, with over 100 b&w photographs from the film.
$45
86654
72.
WARHOL, Andy with Kasper König, Pontus Hultén, and Olle Granath. eds.
Andy Warhol.

Stockholm: Moderna Museet (1968).
First edition. Small 4to. A few faint droplet marks to spine, creases to the lower corners of eight leaves (limited to the unprinted margin), else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Texts in English and Swedish translation. Profusely illustrated with photographs of Factory denizens by Billy Name and Stephen Eric Shore. Photographs of works by Rudolph Burckhardt, Eric Politzer, and John D. Schiff.
$1250
86682
73.
WELCH, Lew.
Hermit Poems.

San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965.
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 974 (of 1000) copies. Text reproduced from Welch’s handwritten manuscript. Writing 8.
$75
57676
74.
WELTY, Eudora.
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty.

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1980.
First edition. xix + 676 pp. Very near fine in gilt-stamped full red leather. a.e.g., ribbon place-marker. Illustrated by Bernard Fuchs. Includes a “special message to the members of The First Edition Society” by Welty, not in the trade edition of this title. Though not called for, SIGNED by Welty on the half-title page.
$250
52188
75.
WIENERS, John.
Cultural Affairs in Boston: Poetry & Prose 1956–1985.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988.
First edition, publisher’s copy. 204 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited by Raymond Foye with an introduction by Robert Creeley. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Wieners, Creeley, and Foye.
$300
86675
76.
WILLIAMS, Emmett.
the last french-fried potato and other poems.

NY: Something Else Press, 1967.
First edition. 14 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Six poems delighting in language. A “Great Bear” pamphlet.
$75
86612
77.
[WILSON, S. Clay].
Boiled Owl.

San Francisco: Boiled Owl [1980]
First edition. Folio [4 pp]. Near fine in printed wrappers. Contributions by Rick London: Bill Carlson, Ace Williams, Jim Gustafson, Jon A. Jackson, and S. Clay Wilson. One of three issues produced.
$150
86604
78.
WOOLF, Virginia.
Orlando: A Biography.

NY: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
First US edition, numbered & signed issue. 333 pp. Fine in full black cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front panel. t.e.g. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 800 (of 861) numbered copies SIGNED by Woolf in lavender ink. Kirkpatrick A11a.
$7500
86597
79.
WOOLF, Virginia and Lytton Strachey.
Letters.

London: Hogarth Press/Chatto and Windus (1956).
First edition. 118 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a short closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. Jacket design by Vanessa Bell. Kirkpatrick A32a.
$250
86671
80.
ZUKOFSKY, Louis.
IYYOB.

London: Turret Books (1965).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. Designed and printed by Barry Hall and Tom Raworth at the Goliard Press. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Zukofsky.
$125