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21.
CHILDISH, Billy.
Companions in a Death Boat.

Rochester: Hangman Books (1987).
First edition. 44 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover by Bill Hamper. Poems by the prolific Childish, who also performed with the Milkshakes, Thee Mighty Caesars, and many other groups. Accompanying this copy is a holograph letter from Childish presenting this copy for review.
$125
87376
22.
CHILDISH, Billy.
Poems from the Barrier Block.

Rochester: Hangman Books (1984).
First edition. 65 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems and drawings by the founder of The Medway Poets. “With Compliments” card from the Press laid in.
$75
87167
23.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
ING.

NY: Angel Hair Books (198).
First trade edition. 4to. [52 pp]. Small bump to upper outside corner, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Philip Guston. One of 500 copies.
$55
87314
24.
CREELEY, Robert and Arthur Okamura.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.

Berkeley & San Francisco: Shambala/Mudra, 1971.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. [94 pp]. Some light endemic offsetting to the early and late leaves from the jacket flaps, else fine in illustrated orange acetate dust jacket. A long poem by Creeley, with many illustrations by Okamura. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Creeley and Okamura.
$450
87341
25.
CREWS, Harry.
The Gypsy’s Curse: A Novel.

NY: Knopf, 1974.
First edition. 207 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Sparkling copy of Crews’ seventh novel.
$250
87252
26.
DAVENPORT, Guy translates Sappho.
Sappho: Poems and Fragments.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (1965).
First edition. xx + 79 pp w/notes. Fine in near fine dust jacket with two tiny edge tears and some light rubbing. Translations and notes by Davenport, with his introduction. Crane A3.a1.
$75
87185
27.
DAWSON, Fielding.
The Black Mountain Book.

NY: Croton Press 1970.
First edition. 166 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a small wrinkle to crown. Self-proclaimed first book on the experience of attending Black Mountain College, “an emotional memoir.”
$75
87360
28.
DeFEO, Jay.
Jay DeFeo: Selected Works, Past and Present.

San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute, 1984.
First edition. Small 4to. 32 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Preface by Thomas Albright. Poem by Michael McClure, “SONG for Jay.” Essay by Davis S. Rubin. Color and b&w reproductions. INSCRIBED by DeFeo on the first leaf, “For Carla — / — fondly, Jay DeFeo.”
$100
87347
29.
DISCH, Thomas M.
334.

London: MacGibbon & Kee (1972).
First UK edition. 201 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dystopian vision of New York City 2025, set in a housing project (334 East 11th Street) and the year 334 AD.
$250
87373
30.
DODGE, Jim.
Bait & Ice.

[Berkeley]: Tangram, 1991.
First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and near fine dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. One of 175 copies on Curtis paper. Title page design by Thomas Ingmire. A collection of eight poems. Though not called for, SIGNED by Dodge on the front free endpaper.
$150
87374
31.
DODGE, Jim.
Piss-Fir Willie: A Suite of Voices in Praise of the Northcoast Vernacular.

[Berkeley]: Tangram (1998).
First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Fifteen poems by Dodge, with his introduction. One of 200 copies on Rives lightweight paper. Though not called for, SIGNED by Dodge on the front free endpaper. An uncommon title from Tangram.
$100
87348
32.
FAULKNER, William.
The Reivers: A Reminiscence.

NY: Random House (1962).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 305 pp. Fine in full decorated cloth and fine clear acetate dust jacket. One of 500 numbered copies (this is #499) SIGNED by Faulkner. His last novel.
$2500
87393
33.
[FLUXUS].
Tulane Drama Review 30 (volume 10, number 2).

New Orleans: TDR, 1965.
First edition. 247 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover photo, “Pigeon Event” by George Maciunas. Work by La Monte Young, Claes Oldenburg, Michael Kirby, Maciunas, Jackson Mac Low, Dick Higgins, Yvonne Rainer, Allan Kaprow. Interviews with John Cage and Ann Halprin. The two large fold-out sections are fine and intact.
$125
87036
34.
FRANCIS, Sam.
Edge Paintings.

Santa Monica: James Corcoran Gallery, 1991.
First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in full black cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Fully illustrated with eleven tipped-on plates and two photographs. Texts by Walter Hopps and Nicholas Wilder. INSCRIBED by Francis to his friend and Lapis Press editor Robert [Shapazian], “Robert Robert / Sam.”
$200
87369
35.
FRIEDLANDER, Lee and Jim Dine.
Work from the Same House: Photographs & Etchings.

London: Trigram Press (1969).
First trade edition. [46 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Typography by Asa Benveniste. Introductory statement by Dine, reproduced from his holograph. Sixteen paired images.
$150
87184
36.
GOREY, Edward.
Q.R.V.

Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1989.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [64 pp]. Touch of foxing to tips of spine, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with pasted-on cover label. One of 290 (of 400) numbered copies SIGNED by Gorey. A miniature book, only 1 ¼ x 1 ½ inches. Toledano A97b.
$350
87240
37.
GRAY, Alasdair.
Poor Things: Episodes for the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer.

London: Bloomsbury, 1992.
First edition. 317 pp. Two tiny spots to fore-edge, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine and gentle wear to base and crown. Basis for the recent successful film.
$250
87232
38.
GRAY, Alasdair.
Ten Tales Tall & True.

London: Bloomsbury (1993).
First edition. 171 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Dated (7–10–1993) and SIGNED by Gray.
$100
87392
39.
GRUBB, Davis.
The Night of the Hunter.

NY: Harper & Brothers (1953).
First edition, signed presentation issue. 273 pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket with light wear to base and crown, and a small stain to the rear panel, with tape removal evidence. The verso of the jacket has printed reviews of the book. One of 1000 copies SIGNED by Grubb for “friends of the author and publisher.” Laid into this copy is a note from the publisher presenting this advance issue, and mentioning that Grubb is a native of West Virginia.
$1250
87365
40.
HAWKES, John.
Innocence in Extremis.

NY: Grenfell Press (1985).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 64 pp. Fine in illustrated paper-covered boards and quarter morocco. Cover art and tipped-on frontis by T.L. Solien. One of 85 (of 118) numbered copies on Saunders paper SIGNED by Hawkes and Solien.
$250