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$125.00NY: Sea Cliff Press 1987. First edition. [26 pp]. Light toning along top edge, else very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 110 numbered copies on Nideggen paper SIGNED by McClatchy. Original prospectus and signed “Compliments of Sea Cliff Press” slip accompanies.
$150.00Berkeley: Arif Press, 1981. First edition, deluxe numbered issue. [10 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. A poem each by Joanna and Michael, with a frontis by Wesley B. Tanner, who printed and published this book. One of twelve numbered copies with a hand-colored frontis. INSCRIBED by Tanner on the colophon page, “for Jerry + Barb. / Wesley B.”
$75.00NY: Delacorte (1971). First edition. 211 pp. Top edge dusty, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light edgewear. INSCRIBED by Blazek, "For Douglas Blazek / Michael McClure" with a constellation of letters across the title page. Collects eleven plays.
$125.00London: Cape Goliard Press, 1969. First edition. [118 pp]. Light foxing to page edges, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with original wrap-around band (bit rubbed, one tear). Mounted cover art on front and back panels by Wallace Berman.
$45.00Sacramento: Runcible Spoon [1969]. First printing of this pirated edition (originally published by Love Press in 1968). Horizontal 4to. [16 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 350 copies. Front and rear cover photographs of McClure and an unidentified woman on a motorcycle. For what it’s worth, you can see a 1964 Buick Special in one photo. My dad still drives his.
$100.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1974. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 123 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by McClure.
$50.00San Francisco: Wharf Theatre [1967]. First edition. 11 x 7 3/4 inch illustrated broadside. Two tiny edge tears, one corner crease. In all, very good plus. After a legally tumultuous first year (1966), the play would go on to win Best Director and Best Actress in the 1967/8 Obie Theatre Awards.
$20.00(np): Frontier Press, 1969. First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh.
$100.00[Portland]: 23rd Avenue Books/First Choice Books, 1998. First edition. 18 x 12 inch illustrated broadside, printed in three colors. Fine. One of 200 (of 250) numbered copies SIGNED by McCourt. An excerpt from McCourt’s celebrated memoir.
$250.00Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First edition. 31 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Poems with illustrations by Rolf Gérard. McCullers’ last book.
$10.00Berkeley: Twowindows Press (1975). First edition. 32mo. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover art by d.t. tremons. One of 300 copies on Curtis Rag paper. A long poem.
$45.00Berkeley: Peter Koch (1994). First edition. Eleven 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inch letterpress printed cards, together with a folded cover sheet, all housed in a printed cardstock box. All elements fine, but for a few light spots to the box. One of 500 copies.
$150.00NY: Doubleday (2002). First US edition. 351 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by McEwan on the title page. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The source for the 2007 film of the same title.
$20.00Toronto: Weed Flower & Ganglia Press, 1972. First edition. 16mo. 27 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies. Twenty-one short poems, issued as grOnk IS #1.
$350.00London & Boston: Faber and Faber (1990). First edition. 184 pp. Pages toned (cheap paper) else very near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by McGahern on the title page. His best novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
$40.00Dublin: Raven Arts Press (1989). First edition. 96 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. McNamee’s first book.
$35.00San Francisco: Auguste Press, 2014. First edition. 4to. [66 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by George Herms. One of 250 copies. Poems.
$25.00Sweden: Ives Street Press, 1988. First edition. [18 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 140 numbered copies on Frankfurt White paper SIGNED by McPherson. McPherson’s poem paired with a calligraphic design, printed in five colors. Original prospectus laid-in.
$450.00Newark: Janus Press (1997). First edition. [34 pp]. Fine in decorated wrappers and publisher’s clamshell case. Verse alternating with beautiful and elaborate flat non-adhesive paper constructions. Design by Claire Van Vliet, executed by Audrey Holden and Lulie Larus. The boxes were made by Judi Conant and Mary Richardson. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by McPherson, Van Vliet, Holden, and Richardson.
$50.00Bloomington & London: Indiana University Press (1970). First edition. 71 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. SIGNED by McPherson on the title page. Her first book of poems.
$75.00Portland & West Burke: Trace Editions/Janus Press, 1985. First edition, signed issue. [24 pp]. Fine in full floral cloth with printed spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrations and design by Claire Van Vliet. One of 150 copies SIGNED by McPherson and Van Vliet.
$35.00San Francisco: Meadow Press, 1980. First edition, numbered & signed issue. [28 pp]. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed cover label. No dust jacket, as issued. Typeset by Wesley B. Tanner and printed by Leigh McLellan in two colors. One of 100 numbered copies on Ingres Antique Laid paper SIGNED by McPherson and McLellan.
$75.00[Berkeley]: Hipparchia, 1976. First edition, lettered & signed issue. [42 pp]. Very near fine in full red cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front cover (gilt a bit dull). Designed and printed by Eileen Callahan. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer and Brandi with the illustrations hand-colored by Brandi.
$25.00Albuquerque: La Alameda Press (2004). First edition. 154 pp w/notes. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Meltzer’s epic poem on the mid-20th century scene, enhanced by b&w photographs.
$35.00[Berkeley]: Oyez Press, 1973. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 250 copies. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh for friends of the poet and the press. SIGNED by Meltzer on the front cover with a drawing.
$40.00New Haven: Penny Poems, 1959. First edition. 10 x 7 inch illustrated broadside. Very near fine. Meltzer’s fourth appearance in the Penny Poems Series, and published the same year as his first solo book RAGAS.
$45.00Milwaukee: Membrane Press (1981). First edition. 32mo. [48 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Dated (18:I:82) and INSCRIBED by Meltzer to his Oyez Press publishers Robert and Dorothy Hawley, “For the Hawleys / Love / David” with a nice drawing.
$100.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 174 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Meltzer with an original drawing tipped-in after the title page.
$25.00[Berkeley]: Oyez (1977). First edition. 149 pp w/text-sources. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
$35.00San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1962. First edition. [16 pp]. Near fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. 750 copies printed letterpress by Hoyem and Haselwood. Auerhahn Pamphlet No. 2. Auerhahn 19.
$15.00(np): Wingbow (1976). First printing of this revised edition. 256 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Interviews with Everson, Ferlinghetti, McClure, Rexroth, and Welch. Originally published under the title THE SAN FRANCISCO POETS.
$20.00Hereford: Five Seasons Press, 2016. First edition. 127 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Merchant on the title page. A further development of the themes and modes tackled in SOME BUSINESS OF AFFINITY.