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This selection includes Beat Generation books, small press poetry (mostly 1950s-80s), and some miscellanea.
The Books
[3015] Wallace Berman: Support the Revolution. Amsterdam: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine / Near Fine. This lavishly produced book is visual testament of, biography of, and homage to Wallace Berman, the artist and publisher who was a heavy influence on both the worlds of art and poetry in the 1950s and 1960s. Publisher of "Semina," an important art/literary journal, he transcended the boundaries of traditional art and publishing. Chapters include: Support the Revolution by Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa; In the Darkroom with Walter Hopps; L.A. c. 1949: Dark Night-Jazz by Walter Hopps; The Ferus Gallery Affair by Charles Brittin; The Work I; Instant Artifacts by Christopher Knight; Bohemia and Counterculture by Christopher Knight;The Secret Text Lost in the Processor by David Meltzer; On Semina, an interview with Michael McClure upon opening a box of all nine issues of "Semina;" Semina; The Film; Wallace and His Film by Tosh Berman; The Influence of Wallace Berman on the Visual Arts by Colin Gardner; The Archives of American Art – The Smithsonian Institution: The Wallace Berman Papers, The Patricia Jordan Papers, and the Robert Alexander Papers; The Archives: Charles Brittin, Robert Duncan and Jess, Joan Simon, Jack Walsh; The Work II; Design; Chronology; Solo Exhibitions; Group Exhibitions; Bibliography. Includes many photos of Berman’s work in both black and white and color. An important volume and essential for anyone wishing a more complete understanding of Wallace Berman, and more broadly, of the period’s relationships between art and poetry. Fine, bound in red cloth with black lettering. Just a trace of wear at top and bottom edges of dustjacket, else about fine. In a Brodart. $45.00
[003200] Alexander, D.. Mules Balk. Annandale-on-Hudson: Matter Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine 27 pages of Alexander’s poems, stapled into brown wrappers. A few small bends where wrappers overhang the text, else a fine copy. $15.00
[000215] Alexander, James. Eternature. San Francisco, CA: Oannes – Open Space, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Published in an edition of only 250 copies, and featuring psychedelic artwork along with the poetry, this book is stapled in heavy wrappers with decorated endpapers. A very nice production. Wrappers are somewhat soiled and worn at spine, top corners of covers are bent. Clean inside. Very scarce. $50.00
[002035] Alta (John Oliver Simon, Editor). Theme & Variations (Aldebaran Review #18). ill. Mady Sklar. Berkeley, CA: Aldebaran Review, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Alta’s long poem "theme & variations" comprises Aldebaran Review #18. One of 1500 copies. Fifty-six pages, stapled into bright yellow wrappers. A little rust on the staples, else about fine. $15.00
[16-007] Amburn, Ellis. Out Magazine, August 1998 (Jack Kerouac: Beating It). Out Publishing, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Magazine. Very Good Includes a 5-p[age excerpt on Kerouac’s sexuality, from Ellis Amburn’s Kerouac biography, "Subterranean Kerouac: The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac" Includes an introduction by the magazine’s editor, James Collard, and quite a few black-and-white photos, too. Small bend at top corner, else a fine, unread copy. Jack graces the front cover, too. $10.00
[003962] Andre, Michael. My Regrets. ill. Gregory Corso. Milwaukee, WI: Pentagram Press, 1976. 1st Edition. Broadside. Book. Very Good My Regrets is a folded broadside. It measures 11 x 17, printed on heavy paper, and is folded into quarters. It features 14 poems by Michael Andre, the editor of Unmuzzled Ox, along with a drawing of Andre by Gregory Corso that first appeared in Unmuzzled Ox. The various poems are short (16 lines or under), and one is about Anne Waldman. A bit sunned with some wear at the edges. Nice copy of this scarce item. $15.00
[751] Ave Jeanne. moon moves: the phases of a woman. Stowe, OH: Implosion Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good This short collection of Ave Jeanne’s poetry is twenty pages, stapled in card cover wrappers. It is the sixth in Implosion Press’ chapbook series. Wrappers a little toned at spine, else fine. $5.00
[16-001] Baca, Jimmy Santiago. Winter Poems Amonth the Rio Grande. New York: New Directions, 2004. Soft cover. Book. Very Good ISBN: 081121575x. A celebration of nature and creativity. "These poems form an expansive meditation on Baca’s spiritual life, punctuated always with his feet–repeatedly,rhythmically–as he runs teh boulder-strewn trails along the banks of the Rio Grande each morning and contemplates his old life, his new love, his family and friends, those living and those dead, and where he prays to the Creator for teh humility to become ‘more the river than myself.’" This copy is signed by the author on the half-title page. In very good condition with tiny ding to bottom corner, faint crease to back cover’s bottom corner. Very presentable. $20.00
[3955] Barry Gifford. Ghosts No Horse Can Carry: Collected Poems 1967-1987. Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Company, 1986. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine / Near Fine. Poetry. Book is in fine condition and is bound in red cloth with gold decorations & lettering. Beautifully designed. Dustjacket has a just a hint of edgewear at lower edge, else fine. $40.00
[16-002] Bartlett, Lee. William Everson: The Life and Times of Brother Antoninus. New York: New Directions, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Good / Good. ISBN: 081121060X. A biography of William Everson, also known as Brother Antoninus. Includes a bibliography, too. The author, Lee Bartlett, has inscribed this copy on the front free endpaper, dating it 1992, New Mexico. Book has stain at bottom corner of front board, sticker shadow inside front cover, else very good. Interior is otherwise very clean. Dustjacket shows some light rubbing, slight wear. $49.00
[1213] Beck, Art. The Discovery of Music. Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Poetry; thirty-six pages, stapled into red wrappers. Some light wear & sunning to covers. $5.00
[1013] Bentley, Nelson. Sea Lion Caves and Other Poems. Denver, CO: New Poetry Series / Allan Swallow, 1966. Hardcover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Very Good / Very Good. Association copy. This was Nelson Bentley’s first book. He has inscribed this for his friend and fellow poet Knute Skinner: "For Knute in praise of his poems and in old friendship, Nelson." Skinner has stamped his address on the front pastedown twice (two different addresses). Bump at head of spine, slight warp to the front board, dustjacket is a bit rubbed. A nice copy of this scarce collection. $65.00
[3063] Berge, Carol; Barbara Moraff; Rochelle Owens; Diane Wakoski. Four Young Lady Poets. New York, NY: Totem / Corinth, 1962. Soft cover. Book. Good+ Forty-eight pages. Light soiling; edgewear on covers, sticker shadow on lower front cover. trace of rust on staples. Interior is clean. $7.00
[16-010] Berkson, Bill. Start Over. Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou, 1983. Soft cover. Book. Signed by Author(s). Very Good Signed by Bill Berkson on the title page, Starting Over is 32 pages (unpaginated), bound in heavy dark blue wrappers with silver lettering. Nearly imperceptible sunning near spine. A beautiful poetry collection. $16.00
[16-027] Black Sparrow Press. Black Sparrow Pres: New Titles Fall/Winter 2000. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine A brochure, boldly printed in yellow, red, and black, showcasing new publications by Charles Bukowski, Diane Wakoski, Ed Sanders, Theodore Dreiser, and Nancy Boutilier, as well as the Edquisite Corpse Reader. Pamphlet; eight pages (including covers). Fine, as new. From the collection of a well-known poet. $8.00
[3776] Braymer, Nan & Lillian Lowenfels, translators. With a Foreword By Walter Lowenfel. Modern Poetry from Spain and Latin America. New York, NY: Corinth Books, 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Poems by Cesar Vallejo, Nicolas Guillen, Blas de Otero, Rafael Alberti, Joan Oliver, and others, translated by Nan Braymer & Lillian Lowenfels. Cover is quite worn, with some dampstaining/soiling & small tear on spine; pages 14/15 darkened. A good reading copy. $5.00
[16-009] Bremser, Ray. Black is Black Blues (The Beau Fleuve Series Number Four). Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Allen DeLoach’s Intrepid Press made nice books; this one is bound in textured grey wrappers and offers a 9-page poem. De Loach’s photo of Bremser graces the back cover. Age toning at edges of cover, trace of rust on the staples, else a very clean, apparently unread copy. $15.00
[16-008] Bremser, Ray. Drive suite. San Francisco, CA: Nova Broadcast, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Poetry. Some rubbing to covers, a little age toning, pencilled signature on first page. 18 pages, stapled in glossy pink, red & white covers. Very presentable. $10.00
[2173] Bromige, David. Three Stories (Sparrow 4). Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Published as Sparrow 4 in January 1973, Three Stories is twelve pages, stapled in wrappers. Very small bend at upper corner. $7.00
[2509] Buckner, John. It Might Be a Window. Sacramento, CA: Runcible Spoon, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Tiny stapled poetry pamphlet. One of 200 copies, mimeographed, eight pages, stapled in white wrappers. Staples rusting, trace of soiling to white wrappers, else fine. $10.00
[1480] Burke, Clifford. Heron Light. Waldron Island, WA: Brooding Heron Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine One of 274 copies letterpressed onto imported Frankfurt Cream paper and hand-sewn into Fabiano wrappers. An additional 26 copies were signed, lettered, and handbound into boards. Tiny dings at corners, else fine. A beautiful collection, beautifully presented. $25.00
[2826] Burns, Jerry. Acetylene Flowers. San Francisco, CA: Goliards Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good The first page bears the ownership stamp of poet Knute Skinner, who taught at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA for many years. Interior is very clean. Rust on staples, covers a bit toned with trace of soiling. $14.00
[16-026] Burroughs, Laura Lee. Flower Arranging: A Fascinating Hobby. Athens, GA: The Coca-Cola Company, 1940. Soft cover. Book. Good William S. Burroughs wasn’t the only author in the family. His mother, Laura Lee, wrote several books on flower arranging for the Coca-Cola company. This is one of them. (In addition to other creative arrangements, each book includes a few arrangments with bottles of Coke.) This one is 52 pages, printed on glossy paper, with plenty of color illustrations. Corners are bumped, cover shows some wear and bent corners. $9.00
[677] Bye, Reed. Heart’s Bestiary. Boulder, CO: Rocky Ledge Cottage Editions, 1987. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Very Good A fine collection of poems from Bye, who was on the faculty at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Published in an edition of only 700 copies, of which 10 were hors commerce. This is one of the 690 regular copies, and has been inscribed by Bye on the title page. Interior is near fine; covers are a bit rubbed with tiny creases at corners. $12.00
[749] Canan, Janine. The Hunger. Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Janine Canan’s first book of poetry, "Of Your Seed," was published by Oyez in 1977. This selection from her most recent manuscript (at the time this was published) was designed and printed by Don Gray in an edition of 250 copies for friends of the author and the press. A bit of wear at edges, spine sunned, else fine. $9.00
[4402] Cassady, Neal (foreword by Carolyn Cassady). Grace Beats Karma: Letters from Prison 1958-60. New York, NY: Blast Books, 1993. Soft cover. Book. Fine / Near Fine. One of only 250 copies. Fine in a fine dustjacket, save for 1/4" closed tear at the top of the dj. A new, unread copy. $40.00
[2260] Cauble, Don. Inside Out. San Francisco, CA: Dead Angel Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good A collection of poems. This is a review copy, with a review slip from Don Cauble laid in. Stiff photo-collage covers. Unpaginated, but 16 pages, printed on heavy paper. Letterpressed; hand-printed by Don Cauble in a limited edition of 500 copies. Uncommon. Slight wear to covers, a bit of foxing at top edge of front cover. Interior is fine. $17.00
[16-003] Charters, Samuel. Some Poems Poets: Studies in American Underground Poetry Since 1945. Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Signed by Author(s). Very Good Signed by Samuel Charters on the title page; additionally inscribed by him (without recipient’s name) on the front flyleaf: "This seems like a long time ago — but it still has things I’m satisfied with. love, S." A study of contemporary poets: Jack Spicer; Robert Duncan; Allen Ginsberg; Charles Olson; Brother Antoninus; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Robert Creeley; Larry Eigner; Lew Welch; Gary Snyder. A chapter is dedicated to each poet. Includes a full-page black-and-white photo of each poet. 118 pages. $45.00
[625] Charters, Samuel. To This Place. ill. Ann Charters (cover photograph). Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Charters’ sixth book of poems. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh & Noel Young, in an edition of 1000 copies, of which 250 were hardbound, and 750 were bound in wrappers, as this one is. Fifty pages. The glossy wrappers are soiled and rubbed, with a small pen mark on the front cover. They are a bit bent, with one very small tear, where they overlap the text. Interior is about fine. $12.00
[1558] Cherkovski, Neeli. Whitman’s Wild Children. Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1988. Soft cover. Book. Fine / Fine. This is an unread copy. It’s bound in bright blue cloth with silver lettering, 261 pages. The poets profiled are Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners, William Everson, James Broughton, Gregory Corso, Philip Lamantia, Harold Norse, Bob Kaufman, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. From the dustjacket: "Whitman’s Wild Children is a first person, anecdotal, riotous collection of profiles of ten of America’s most celebrated maverick poets. Take a wild ride on the L.A. freeways with Charles Bukowski, the legendary ‘barfly’ and ‘dirty old man" of contemporary poetry; explore Manhattan with Allen Ginsberg, one of New York’s more rebellious offspring; travel with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, defendant in the famed ‘Howl’ obscenity trial, a ‘beatnik rabble rouser’ to the FBI, a revered poet and influential diffident." Includes a bibliography. This is an unread copy in fine condition. $40.00
[496] Christopher Felver (Lawrence Ferlinghetti). Ferlinghetti Portrait. Layton, UT: Gibbs-Smith, 1998. Soft cover. Book. Signed by Author(s). Fine / Near Fine. This is Felver’s collection of portraits of the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, taken over a span of twenty years. The photos show Ferlinghetti in places such as City Lights Bookstore, his Hunter’s Point painting studio, his famed Bixby Canyon cabin in Big Sur (which figures prominently in Kerouac’s "Big Sur"), Nicaragua, Bolinas, and a variety of other places. Some photos feature some of Ferlinghetti’s friends and fellow poets: Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Ted Joans, Nancy Peters, Michael McClure, John Cage, William Burroughs, David Gascoyne, Gregory Corso, Father Ernesto Cardenal, Andrei Voznesensky, as well as photos of LF and his family. Interwoven between the photographs is Ferlinghetti’s long poem, "Autobiography." This is a new, unread copy. Very slight shelfwear at extremities."Signed Copy" sticker on dustjacket. $39.00
[16-012] Clark, Tom. A Conversation with Hitler. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine This is the June 1978 issue of the monthly Sparrow, number 69. Includes three stories: The Storm of Boris Pasternak, Life and Death, and A Conversation With Hitler (from "The Autobiography of Martin Heidegger"). Shows some handling, tiny tear at head of spine. $5.00
[16-013] Clark, Tom. Suite (Sparrow 17). Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. Soft cover. Book. Very Good A later (second?) printing. $5.00
[0849] Clark, Tom. A Conversation with Hitler. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine This is the June 1978 issue of the monthly Sparrow, number 69. Includes three stories: The Storm of Boris Pasternak, Life and Death, and A Conversation With Hitler (from "The Autobiography of Martin Heidegger"). $10.00
[15-0003] Clausen, Andy. The Iron Curtain of Love: Poems by Andy Clausen. New Brunswick, NJ: Long Shot Productions, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Covers worn, rubbed, corners a little bumped, but book is still tightly bound. Clausen has inscribed this copy: "[name], Look white foam, Must be the beginning! Andy Clausen, June 26, 1987." Front cover drawing by Caroline Douncourt. $25.00
[2371] Clays, Gino. The Year of the Fat Flower. San Francisco, CA: Magdalene Syndrome Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good One of 500 copies. Sixteen copies were numbered and signed by the poet; this is one of the 484 unsigned copies. Unpaginated, but 24 pages, stapled in wrappers. The white wrappers are soiled with a bend at the top corner. Interior is near fine with a tiny bump at top corner. $12.00
[3965] Collom, Jack. The Task. Boulder, CO: Baksun Books, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Fine The poet has inscribed this copy on the title page for Andrei Codrescu – "for Andrei, Merry Christmas, love, Jack." Beautifully produced; stapled in illustrated black wrappers with black endpapers. Impression marks bottom left front cover, else fine. $45.00
[683] Collom, Jack. Arguing with Something Plato Said (A Few Environs Poems). ill. Marilyn Nelson (cover). Boulder, CO: Rocky Ledge Cottage Editions, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Very Good Nicely inscribed by Collom on the dedication page. Praise from Alice Notley, Anselm Hollo, Merrill Gilfillan, Ed Sanders, and Bernadette Mayer, who says "Jack Collom knows things nobody else knows plus he knows how to find them out with his Bucky Fullerishness, his song line & poet knowledge combined with the columns of humor righ there holding up the lintel. Best ecology book I ever read. Let’s celebrate the blue paradigm parka together." An eloquent collection of environmental-minded poems. Some edgewear, a small light crease, and a small ding at one corner. $15.00
[757] Corman, Cid. No Choice. ill. Alan Lau. Pittsburgh, PA: Modest Proposal Chapbooks / Lilliput Review, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine 30 pages of very short poems, stapled into illustrated yellow wrappers. A lovely little collection. A new, unread copy in fine condition. $10.00
[002263] Cornish, Sam. Angles. Baltimore, MD: Multi-Service, 0. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good No date, but circa 1969-1970. Photo on cover by Carter Bryant. Twelve pages of poems (unpaginated), stapled into pictorial wrappers. Bump at base of spine, rear cover soiled (light coffee rings), staples rusted, small nick on back cover. Inside clean. Nicer looking than it sounds. $7.50
[3598] Cortez, Carlos. Crystal-Gazing the Amber Fluid and Other Wobbly Poems. Chicago, IL: Charles H. Kerr / Poets of Revolt, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good ublished as Poets of Revolt No. 3. Carlos Cortez is a poet, artist, editor, public speaker, and columnist for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) newspaper, the Industrial Worker. This is his first collection of poems. "Passionate tributes to Joe Hill and other Wobbly martyrs; lyrics protesting war and racial injustice; humorous assaults on modern technology and moving celebrations of biodiversity – all the poems of Carlos Cortez exemplify the old IWW slogan: ‘Let’s make this planet a good place to live.’" Introduction by Eugene Nelson. $12.00
[3248] Culter, Richard. Odd Pieces. San Francisco, CA: The Hemlock Press, 1959. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Twenty pages, stapled in printed wrappers. Poems about Zen, peyote, hitchhiking. A nice little collection. The first 5 pages and front cover have a 1" tear at bottom, staples rusted, wear to covers. Scarce. (This collection was reviewed, in the June 1960 volume of Poetry alongside books by David Meltzer, Ron Loewinsohn, and others.) $20.00
[4295] Curtis, David. Experimental Cinema: A Fifty-Year Evolution. New York: Delta, 1971. Soft cover. Book. Very Good A study of "the experimental film from the turn of the century to the films of the New American Cinema with 100 illustrations." Begins with section on the European avant-garde beginning in 1919, then discusses film in America between the wars, and post WWII. The book wraps up with a chapter on the co-operative movement, internationalism and new directions in film. Includes a bibliography and index. Filmmakers discussed include Stan Brakhage, Luis Bunuel, Jean Cocteau, Andy Warhol, Maya Deren, Charles Eames, Oscar Fischinger, Walter Ruttman, Kenneth Anger, Bruce Baillie, and many more. In very good condition with slight rubbing of covers, price neatly marked out on cover. $15.00
[15-0002] Diamond, Steven. What the Trees Said: Life on a New Age Farm. New York, NY: Dell Publishing Co. / Delta, 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good The history of a successful communal farm, one example of how an alternative American way of life is being built, told by one of the farm’s young founders." Includes many black and white photos. Some edgewear & light cover wear; small tear & creasing at lower back cover. Tightly bound. About good+. $19.00
[4377] Diane Wakoski. Variations on a Theme (An Essay on Revision) (Sparrow 50). Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good+ An essay, published as Sparrow #50. Bump to one corner, some age toning. 16 pages. $5.00
[317] Don Gray. The Five Hours. San Francisco, CA: Twowindowspress, 1969. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Twelve pages, letterpressed. Published in an edition of 530 copies. This is one of the 500 trade copies. The Five Hours was printed by Don Gray and Clifford Burke at the Twowindows and Cranium Presses in San Francisco, July 1969. Some soiling and wear to the wrappers. Interior is fine. Beautifully produced. $7.00
[3078] Duerden, Richard. The Left Hand & the Glory of Her. San Francisco, CA: Cranium Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine One of 700 copies, Beautifully letterpressed by Clifford Burke & handsewn into butterscotch-colored wrappers which are printed in purple. A tiny bend at top corner of front cover & first page, small impression mark to top edge, else fine. $20.00
[3666] Duerden, Richard. The Left Hand & the Glory of Her. San Francisco, CA: Cranium Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine One of 700 copies. Beautifully letterpressed by Clifford Burke & handsewn into butterscotch-colored wrappers which are printed in purple. $20.00
[3186] Duncan, Robert. The Sweetness and Greatness of Dante’s Divine Comedy. San Francisco, CA: Open Space, 1965. Soft cover. Book. Very Good ASSOCIATION COPY / SIGNED. Very Good. A lecture given October 27th, 1965, at the Dominican College of San Rafael. This was poet Howard McCord’s copy, and bears his signature inside the front cover. The signature of writer Claude Durrell, and the date 1979, appears above McCord’s. Browned at edges, light wear at extremities, bit of rust on the staples. Unpaginated, but 28 pages, stapled in wrappers. $70.00
[958] Durand, Robert. The Book of Months and Other Poems. Santa Barbara, CA: Capricorn Press, 1971. Soft cover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Very Good SIGNED / ASSOCIATION COPY. Very Good. This copy is inscribed "Maw – / With love, from yr / rather tedious / son-in-law. / Bob / 26 November, 1971." It’s beautifully printed, by Noel Young, on heavyweight deckle-edge paper, & the poems are accompanied by illustrations of the moon in its various phases. Five hundred copies were published, of which 75 were handbound and signed by the poet. Spine sunned, crease to bottom of front cover & first few pages. $23.00
[16-006] Dusenbery, Gail. The Mark. Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Good Gail Dusenbery has inscribed this copy for Jack Micheline: "All Best Wishes / for the / original Sun-Dog, / Jack Micheline, / fr. / Gail D." Sixty-eight pages. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh in an edition of 1200 copies. Covers are sunned at spine and edges, soiled, and have some creasing. The interior is very good. $55.00
[16-005] Eigner, Larry. Farther North (Portents 14). np: Portents, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Fine One of only 200 copies, published by Samuel Charters as Portents No. 14. 8 pages, stapled in butterscotch-colored covers, with Samuel Charters’ illustrations. Very attractive. Fine. $30.00
[16-004] eigner, larry. cloud, invisible air. Rhinebeck, NY: Station Hill, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Near Fine This is numbered #367 of 500 copies. Unpaginated, but 16 pages, stapled in illustrated blue/white wrappers with deep red endpapers. Tiny ding to one corner, 3 lightly-penciled letters on front cover, else fine. $30.00
[3208] Eigner, Larry. shape shadow elements move. 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Good An association copy; Larry Eigner has inscribed this copy for poet Lennart Bruce at the bottom of the front cover. Twelve pages, stapled in wrappers. A few light bends & some darkening at extremities, tiny chips at head and foot of spine. $55.00
[355] Eshleman, Clayton. The Name Encanyoned River. ill. Nora Jaffe. The Woodbine Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Signed by Author(s). Fine / Very Good. Of 400 paperbound and 100 smyth-sewn cloth-bound copies, this is number 43, signed by Clayton Eshleman. Book is fine, dustjacket has a couple small chips at head of spine, light soiling. $59.00
[762] Eshleman, Clayton. Nights We Put the Rock Together.. Santa Barbara, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Signed by Author(s). Very Good Published in an edition of only 374 trade copies and 126 numbered and lettered copies signed by the poet, this is one of the trade copies. Though not called for, it has been signed on the colophon page. Light edgewear, else fine. $45.00
[4547] Fabilli, Mary. Poems 1976-1981. Murray, KY: np, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Signed by Author(s). Very Good This is number 67 of 100 copies, signed by Mary Fabilli & dated Dec. 1981. The book is illustrated throughout with Fabilli’s drawings. Twenty-four pages, stapled in illustrated white cardstock covers. About very good with some wear & soiling to wrappers, bit of wear at corners. No publisher is noted; apparently self-published. $25.00
[98] Fabilli, Mary. Aurora Bligh and Early Poems. Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine Includes Mary Fabilli’s early poems along with stories written under the pseudonym Aurora Bligh. $20.00
[735] Ferlinghettti, Lawrence. The Secret Meaning of Things. New York, NY: New Directions, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Ferlinghetti’s fourth collection of poems. Six poems, including Assassination Raga, After the Cries of the Birds, and four others; forty-eight pages. Photo of the poet on the front cover. Covers show light wear & rubbing, edge a little foxed; nicer than it sounds $10.00
[3016] Finley, Mike. Lucky You. Salt Lake City, UT: Litmus, 1976. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine Fifty pages from this Minnesota poet. A little sunning at spine; fine inside. $5.00
[16-017] Foley, Jack. ‘O Her Blackness Sparkles!’ The Life and Times of the Batman Art Gallery, San Francisco 1960-1965. ill. James O. Mitchell (photographs). San Francisco, CA: 3300 Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good ISBN: 0964601710. "’O Her Blackness Sparkles!’ is about the elegant revolt of a community of young artists who were not content to be outlawed by the social structure. The Batman Gallery of San Francisco, in the 1960s, allowed a group of artists and poets to push into their destinies with a dark showcase that continues to give off light. The author creates a time-capsule picture of the ‘Batman’ with all of its glitenings and doubts. This is recommended for those who love art" — Michael McClure. Slight ware to covers; interior fine. $115.00
[1018] Fowler, Gene. Shaman Songs. El Cerrito, CA: Dustbooks, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good This is Fowler’s second book. Its thirty-two pages of poems are stapled into wrappers. Good. The wrappers are somewhat soiled, and are darkened at the edges, bumps to the corners. Interior is very clean. $7.00
[2710] Fowler, Hilary. Paulinius Poems. np: Adler Offset Printing, 1969. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine Poetry — a mere 8 pages, printed on blue paper and hand-sewn into bright pink wrappers. Scarce. $10.00
[63] Fox, Hugh. The Face of Guy Lombardo. ill. John Lomley. Fremont, CA: The Fault Press, 1976. Soft cover. Book. Very Good One of only 600 copies published in February 1976, the book is 28 pages, stapled into heavy photographic wrappers. The book presents John Plimley’s illustrations alongside Fox’s poems. Scarce. Very good, with just a trace of soiling / aging to the covers. $10.00
[2238] Fox, S.. 29/Poems of the Gypsy Moth. Boston, MA: Stone Soup Poetry, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Published as Stone Soup Poetry #17. 34 pages, stapled into blue wrappers. Bit of sunning and soiling to the spine; interior is very clean. $7.00
[2494] Fraser, Robert. The Divided Body. Eugene, OR: Toad Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Small press poetry. Creased corner, tear at base of spine, staples rusted; interior very good, save for the bent top corner. $10.00
[350] Gardner, Donald. Peace Feelers. London: Cafe Books, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Poetry. One of 500 copies, hand-sewn in red wrappers with bright purple tissue endpapers! Lovely. Very slight wear to covers, pencilled price in top corner, crease at bottom corner of back cover. Printed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. $15.00
[1839] Gary Johnston. Kazoo Bop: The Selected Poems. Berkeley, CA: Artaud’s Elbow, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Jazz poetry. On the back cover, Michael Koch is quoted: "Gary Johnston invented Kazoo Bop, a politics of the heart related to atonality. Wounded by the ‘Golden Bullet of Pure Joy,’ his gait was never steady; his raptures were rabid, elfin. John Sinclair, Mussolini, Malcolm X, Frank Sinatra, Al Kaline, Charlie Parker were equally luminous to him,…& the underworlds of children, dope, the sun at nite…" Some soiling to covers; slight warp. Interior is very clean. $7.00
[2639] Georgakas, Dan. And All Living Things Their Children. San Lorenzo, CA: Shameless Hussy Press, 0. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Poetry, with cool cover art and a photo of the author on the back cover. No date; late 1960s/early 1970s. Unpaginated, but 24 pages, printed on heavy paper and bound into illustrated orange wrappers, with a photo of the poet on the back cover. Bumped at top of spine & top corner, spine darkened, hint of foxing at fore-edge. $15.00
[1289] George, Charley. A More: Poems 74-75. Salt Lake City, UT: Litmus, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Poems. Spine is a bit sunned, faint crease on back cover; interior is fine. $7.00
[000446] Gitin, David (ed.). Amphora 6. San Francisco, CA: Headstone Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good The sixth issue of this little magazine, containing work by many fine poets. Stapled into decorative wrappers, it is 40 pages. The corners of a few pages are bent over, else fine. $25.00
[1845] Gleason, Madeline. Here Comes Everybody: New and Selected Poems. ill. Paul Blake (cover). San Francisco, CA: Panjandrum Press, Inc., 1977. Soft cover. Book. Good+ Work from one of the early influential members of the San Francisco poetry scene. Praise from Robert Duncan and James Broughton on the back cover. Covers are show slight wear, staining; interior is clean and tight. $5.00
[400] Gleason, Madeline. Here Comes Everybody: New and Selected Poems. ill. Paul Blake (cover). San Francisco, CA: Panjandrum Press, Inc., 1977. Soft cover. Book. Good Work from one of the early influential members of the San Francisco poetry scene. Praise from Robert Duncan and James Broughton on the back cover. Covers are rubbed, slightly darkened with a small bend/tear at the center of the spine. $5.00
[3241] Glick, Bert. Cookie Aura: Selected Poems. Berkeley, CA: Crosscut Saw, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Good Bert Glick has inscribed this copy of his selected poems inside the front cover. Covers are somewhat worn & curled at edges, corners rather rounded. A good reading copy. $5.00
[2121] Goodman, Paul. Three Early Stories (Sparrow 58). Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Published as Sparrow 58, Three Early Stories is 12 pages, stapled in wrappers. These stories were written in 1936-1938 and were previously unpublished. $10.00
[829] Grant, Gordon. Wilderness. Santa Barbara, CA: Noel Young, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good+ A lovely poetry collection, beautifully printed by Noel Young. Wrappers are heavy textured orange paper, wear at edges, with some sunning, soiling. A couple pages have small dimples. Twenty-eight pages. $7.00
[340] Gray, Don. Dark Side of the Moon. San Francisco, CA: Twowindowspress, 1970. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Published in an edition of 526 copies, with 26 hand-bound copies signed This is one of the 500 unsigned copies. Paperclip mark inside cover and on title page, a couple of small marks on the cover, else about fine. $7.00
[002381] Grossinger, Richard (ed.). Io No. 3. ill. Philip Terry Borden & Charles Stein. New York, NY: Richard Grossinger, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good This issue includes work by Richard Grossinger, Harvey Bialy, Paul Blackburn, Kathleen Fraser, Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Wakoski, and others. Some age-toning & slight soiling, small bend at bottom corner affecting first few pages. Eighty pages stapled in wrappers. In addition to the drawings by Philip Terry Borden & Charles Stein, there are lots of drawings from ancient cultures, cave paintings, etc. $10.00
[173] Hadley, Drummond. The Webbing (Writing 15). San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1967. Soft cover. Book. Good+ Some very fine poetry. Poetry. Published as Writing 15. In sunned wrappers with paperclip marks to cover and two pages, speckles on fore-edge; impression marks on a few pages. $7.00
[002707] Harris, William (ed.). Ante Vol. 1 No. 3. Los Angeles, CA: Echo Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Contributors include Paul Blackburn, Diane Wakoski, Hilary Ayer Fowler, Emelie Glen, George Hitchcock. Letterpress, 49 pages. In good condition with some light soiling to covers, vertical crease to front cover, vertical bend due to not being stored flat for a period of time, small bumps to corners. $14.00
[2941] Hawthorne, Clive, with an introduction by Kenneth Rexroth. A Night in Hellas: Translations from the Greek Anthology. San Francisco, CA: Troubadour Press, 1961. Soft cover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Very Good Twenty-six pages of Hawthorne’s fine translations of poems from the Palatine Anthology. Kenneth Rexroth, in his introduction, says "It’s a real pleasure to lend my name and approval to these translations of Clive Hawthorne’s. He has so obviously enjoyed doing them. He has found just those poems in the Palatine Anthology that were congenial to his own temper of cool and whimsical irony…Clive is a jazz musician and considerable of a poet in his quiet way. Some of the poems he has transmuted into his own idiom. I don’t think this transmutation rings false….I hope this little collection will introduce these poems, so slight and so poignant, to an audience who will be as sympathetic to them as Clive has been to the originals." In very good condition, with light wear to the covers, which are a bit sun-darkened. Front cover & first few pages have a light vertical bend, not a crease. Clive Hawthorne has inscribed this copy on the title page. $22.00
[002640] Hildebrand, Tim (ed.). Mandala No. 2. Madison, WI: New Erections Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Contributors include Tim Hildebrand, David Olsen, John Taylor, Jeremy Robinson, others. Includes poetry, prose, & art. Printed by photo-offset & silk screen. The cover is silkscreened and really exquisite. Staples rusted, wrappers bent where they overhang the text block. $20.00
[002766] Hitchcock, George (ed.). Kayak No. 45. ill. Philip Kuznicki, John Digby. San Francisco, CA: Kayak, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Kayak 45 includes work by Robert Bly, Jascha Kessler, Morton Marcus, Herbert Morris, Barbara Szerlip, John Tagliabue, Diana O Hehir, Shirley Kaufman, Adam Cornford, Robert Bringhurst, Thomas McGrath, M.R. Doty, others. Several tiny bends at wrappers’ extremities, else fine $15.00
[002761] Hitchcock, George (ed.). Kayak No. 38. ill. Laura Beausoleil, Lucas Lackner. San Francisco, CA: Kayak, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Kayak 38 includes work by W.S. Merwin, Barbara Szerlip, Donald Hall, Tom Wayman, John Tagliabue, Charles Baxter, and others. Very slight sunning to covers, pages browning (due to the type of paper used), else fine. $15.00
[002040] Hitchcock, George (ed.). Kayak No. 21. San Francisco, CA: Kayak, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine This issue includes work by Diane Wakoski, Carolyn Stoloff, Victor Contoski, Gene Frumkin, Howard McCord, Wendell Berry, and many others. Seventy-two pages, very slight soiling to wrappers, else fine. $15.00
[16-016] Hoberman, Martin and Thomas Green. Alleyways. ill. George Connolly (cover). San Francisco, CA: Independent Progressive Press, 1957. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good The authors sold their blood to the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank to fund publication of this book. It’s twelve pages, stapled in yellow illustrated wrappers. A previous owner’s name inside front cover, covers a bit stained, small bend at base of spine, staples beginning to rust. Interior is clean. Very scarce, and very much of its time. $12.00
[3770] Hollo, Anselm. Near Miss Haiku. Chicago, IL: Yellow Press, 1990. Soft cover. Book. Very Good ISBN: 0916328201. A 65-page collection of poetry (not haiku). Sticker shadow on back cover, trace of soiling to covers, else very good. Very clean with a tight binding. $15.00
[4286] Jack Hirschman. The Bottom Liine. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good+ Interior is clean and tight. Covers are a bit rubbed with light wear; spine is sunned. $10.00
[1959] Johnson, Randal. The Slant of Winter Light. Olympia, WA: Randal Johnson, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Fine Signed association copy. Published in an edition of 250 copies. Inscribed "To Sean Bentley, I give this book to you as though to Nelson, whom I owe so much." (Refers to poet Nelson Bentley, father of poet Sean Bentley. Nelson Bentley taught for many years at the University of Washington in Seattle.) Dedicated to the poet’s mother, and Nelson Bentley. A lovely association. 74 pages of haiku, bound in glossy wrappers. $20.00
[254] Kanowitz, Leo (Lenore Kandel). Poem is a Four-Letter Word. Lawrence, KS: Coronado Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Inscribed by Author(s). Near Fine / Good+. his book recalls the furor when, in 1969, Lionel Williams, a teaching assistant in the University of New Mexico’s English Departmnent, distributed to his two freshman English Classes copies of six poems by the poet Lenore Kandel. As these poems expressed very explicity sexual themes, a firestorm of controversy was thus begun, and the dismissal of Mr. Williams was called for. Leo Kanowitz was a professor of law at the University of New Mexico and represented Lionel Williams in the case. Kanowitz has inscribed the book "To Bob: With fond memories of the good fight, Leo" and dated it 9/22/70. Book is very good, with a slight slant to the spine, the lightest of cover wear, and a stray pen mark to the edge. The all-white dustjacket has several small chips and tears at the edges, and is slightly soiled. $75.00
[2664] Kelly, Dave. Dear Nate. Sacramento, CA: Runcible Spoon, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Good+ One of only 300 copies printed by D.r. Wagner at Runcible Spoon in October 1969, Dear Nate is twelve pages. The wrappers are rather soiled and worn with some creasing & toning, small tear/bend at top edge of back cover. The interior is also so somewhat toned but else fine. $12.00
[000292] Kenny, Maurice & J. G. Gosciak, Editors. Contact II: A Bimonthly Poetry Review Vol. 1, No. 3. New York: Contact II Publications, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Very Good. Poetry by: James Purdy, Carol Sanchez, Theodore Enslin, Maurice Kenny, Paul Martin, Gary Lawless, Miriam Dyak, and many others. With reviews of many poetry books. Thirty-two pages in stapled wrappers. $10.00
[3992] Kherdian, David. Six San Francisco Poets. Fresno, CA: The Giligia Press, 1969. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good+ This book includes biographical info, interviews & photos of Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, David Meltzer, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Brother Antoninus (William Everson). Dustjacket edgwear, chip at head of spine, some toning. Book is about very good with some toning, tiny bump at lower corners. $10.00
[920] Knight, Arthur Winfield. Outlaw Voices. Berkeley, CA: CC. Marimbo Communications, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Signed by Author(s). Fine A collection of Arthur Knight’s poems written in the voices of legendary outlaws such as Jesse James, Cole Younger, Frank James, Robert Ford. This copy is signed by the poet on the title page, and is lettered #WW (of an unknown number of copies). This small book is forty pages, hand-sewn into illustrated brown wrappers with blue thread. In fine condition, as new. $12.00
[1892] Koch, Peter Rutledge. Magnus Annus. Salt Lake City, UT: Litmus, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Good+ Peter Rutledge Koch’s second collection of poems is twenty-four pages, stapled into gold wrappers. Bit of rust on staples. $10.00
[4302] Koller, James. Some Cows; Poems of Civilization and Domestic Life. Coyote, 1966. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine A 52-page collection of Koller’s fine poems. Near fine with trace of darkening at spine. Distributed by City Lights Books $7.00
[728] Koller, James. Two Hands. Seattle, WA: James B. Smith,, 1965. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Book. Fine A fifty-two page collection of poems, stapled into tan illustrated wrappers. $12.00
[42] Koller, James. The Dogs and Other Dark Woods. San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1966. Soft cover. Book. Very Good A beautiful collection of Koller’s poems. This was published as Writing 10. Limited to 1000 copies. It is near fine, save for an owner’s mark and old pencilled price on cover. $15.00
[004083] Kuenstler, Frank (ed.). Bread& No. 1. ill. Sidney Zimmerman (cover). New York: Thomas Gormley, 1960. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Contributors include Frank Kuenstler, Adriano Sado, Antonin Artaud, Robert Kelly, Thomas Gormley, Thomas Nash, Anthony Asquit, Tuli Kupferberg, Marc Alyn, Seymour Faust, and Barbara Shapiro. Designed by Balys Jacikevicius, of the Orion Press. Kuenstler’s name and address is written on the first page, in pencil. In about good+ condition with some wear/light creasing to covers, stain on first couple pages, tiny chips/wear at spine ends. $30.00
[16-028] Kyger, Joanne. The Tapestry and the Web (Writing 5). ill. Jack Boyce (frontispiece and drawings). San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good+ Joanne Kyger’s poetry collection was published by the Four Seasons Foundation as Writing 5. Covers are sunned at spine; page edges are toned; bottom corner bent. Limited to 1000 copies, this is a large book, measuring 8.5 wide by 10.75 inches tall. $35.00
[2848] Lacer, Paul. Bullets. Berkeley, CA: Noh Directions Press, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Near Fine Thirty-six pages of Paul Lacer’s poems stapled in white wrappers printed in black and red. The text is printed with various ink colors. Photo-offset. Featuring illustrations by M.A. $17.00
[001820] Lagier, Gary G. (ed.). Impact: An International Quarterly of Contemporary Poetry, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 1977.. Sunnyvale, CA: The Commentators’ Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine he featured poet this issue is Jim Martin. Other contributors include A.D. Winans, Harold Witt, Arthur Winfield Knight, Kenneth John Atchity, Jerome Salzmann, Joanne Seltzer, David Doorn, Mike Lowery, & Ed Meyerson; many more. 48 pages, stapled, $15.00
[002384] Langevin, Michael Peter (ed.). Magical Blend, Issue 38, April 1993. San Francisco, CA: Magical Blend, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good This issue contains an interview with Allen Ginsberg (Religion, Madness & Creativity: A Commitment to Liberation & a Tolerance for Chaos), an interview with Laura Huxley, an interview with Huston Smith on psychedelics & the world’s religions, and much more. 88 pages. Small tears at staples, light wear to covers, bent bottom corner. $12.00
[3133] Laughlin, James. Confidential Report and Other Poems. London: Gaberbocchus, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Fine / Very Good. This 38-page hardbound collection was published simultaneously in New York by New Directions as "Selected Poems." The boards are bound in bright yellow cloth and the spine’s lettering is in gold. The white, uncoated dustjacket is soiled, else fine. $23.00
[2235] Leed, Jake. In Japan. Ravenna, OH: Shelly’s Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Poetry. Turn the book on its edge to read it; poems span two pages each. With several illustrations. Thirty-two pages (unpaginated), sewn into wrappers. Slight soiling to the white wrappers. Scarce. $7.00
[1174] Lindquist, Ray. By-Products. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, 1972. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good A wonderful collection from this upstate New York poet. The back cover says that the book is "a literal tour of upstate farmland and small town life reclaimed by poetry." Forty-four pages, stapled in wrappers. Covers somewhat rubbed; interior fine. $7.00
[345] Loewinsohn, Ron. Against the Silences to Come (Writing 4). San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965. Soft cover. Book. Good Against the Silences to Come is an 8-page poem. Printed by Andrew Hoyem in San Francisco as Writing 4. Covers show wear, sunning. Page corners are bent. Good reading copy. $7.00
[1230] Loewinsohn, Ron. Eight Fairy Tales (Sparrow 38). Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Twenty-four pages; eight short prose pieces by Ron Loewinsohn. Very good with just a small bend at upper corner. $7.00
[2419] Loewinsohn, Ron. The sea, around us. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Signed by Author(s). Good+ The book was published in an edition of only 300 copies, all of which were signed and numbered. This one has been numbered 135 in red ink, and signed underneath by Ron Loewinsohn in black. Eight pages, sewn into grey wrappers. Top of spine bumped, sunning & a bit of wear at edge of covers. $10.00
[1017] Lowenfels, Walter. Thou Shalt Not Overkill: Walter Lowenfels’ Peace Poems. Belmont, MA: Helric Publications, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good This was published as Hellric Publications Chapbook No. 1. It’s 60 pages, stapled in wrappers. With a foreword by Ronald Gross, and Lowenfels’ prologue, "What is Avant-Garde?" The price on the back cover has been modified to read $3.50 rather than $2.50; covers are lightly toned at edges with slight soiling to back cover, else fine. $15.00
[004165] Marks, Alfred H., et al, Editors.. Literature East & West, Vol. XI, No. 3, 1967. New Paltz, NY: Literature East and West, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Highlights include: Poems from ‘A Zen Anthology’ translated by Lucien Stryk & Takashi Ikemoto, ‘A Gathering of Haiku’ by John Tagliabue, ‘Lute Song’ by Howard S. Levy, an essay on Li Shang-Yin’s poetry by Reiko Tsukimura, translations from Niraj by Barron Holland, Avraham Holtz’s consideration of modern Hebrew literature. Books reviewed include ‘The Book’ by Alan Watts, ‘Whitman in the Light of Vedantic Mysticism’ by V.K. Chari, and ‘Delinquent Chacha’ by Ved Mehta. There is also much more. In good condition, with bump & small tear at base of spine, tiny bump at top corner, some slight soiling/edgewear. $15.00
[1009] Masarik, Al. Red Mountain Agatha Christie & Love. Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, 1976. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / Very Good. Eighty-two pages of Masarik’s poetry. Very good, with slight sunning to the spine. $10.00
[16-021] McClure, Michael. Love Lion Book (Writing 11). San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Michael McClure’s poetry was printed in an edition of 1000 copies by Graham Mackintosh in November 1966. The interior is pristine; covers are somewhat sunned; shallow bend at top front cover. $15.00
[16-015] McDaris, Catfish and Mark Sonnenfeld. Funk / Works: Poems. East Windsor, NJ: Marymark Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine Twenty-four pages of poems by the two poets, stapled into white wrappers with purple endpapers. $10.00
[905] Meltzer, Amanda. The World’s Tiniest Dog. San Lorenzo, CA: Shameless Hussy Press, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good This tiny little stapled book tells a charming story of a tiny dog. A little wear at edges with a very tiny tear at bottom edge of cover, else fine. Interior is clean and bright. $9.00
[2330] Meltzer, David. Bolero (a section from Asaph, a work-in-progress). Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Three folded sheets, letterpressed & laid into folded golden textured wrappers. Published in an edition of only 250 copies as a seasonal greeting for friends of the author and Oyez, Christmas 1976. Very good, with the cover showing some handling; interior fine. Designed and printed by Graham Macintosh. $15.00
[240] Meltzer, David. Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook. Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good+ / Good+. Book good+ with some spotting on top edge and some lightly pencilled (by a reviewer) marks and remarks on some pages. Dustjacket is a little crinkled at top edge, quarter inch tear at back clap fold. Bound in black cloth boards. $9.00
[2333] Meltzer, David. French Broom. Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1973. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine Designed & printed by Graham Mackintosh in an edition of 250 for friends of the poet and the press. It’s letterpressed, sewn into plain tan wraps with a deckle edge. Near fine, showing very slight handling. $15.00
[2503] Meltzer, David. Blue Rags. Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine A collection of David Meltzer’s poetry. One of only 100 paperbound copies of the trade edition. $9.00
[2031] Merrill, Jo. Waterweed. Salt Lake City, UT: Litmus, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine Poetry. Sixty-four pages, bound in heavy wrappers, with front cover art by the poet. $9.00
[2269] Merrill, Jo. Willow. Sacramento, CA: Grande Ronde Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good A poetry collection. Published in an edition of 250 copies in February 1968. Twenty-eight pages (unpaginated), stapled into wrappers. With a negative-photo of author on the front cover. Edges of cover are very faintly soiled/foxed, else fine. $10.00
[16-0267] Michael McClure. Man of Moderation. New York, NY: Frank Hallman, 1975. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine / Near Fine. A poetic response to Anne Waldman’s "Fast Speaking Woman." One of four-hundred softbound copies, letterpress printed and stapled, with brown dustjacket. A handsome production. $20.00
[1100] Miller, Brown. Whiskeytown Iron Mountain Triptych. Death Crater, CA: Molly Moon Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good A poem in three parts, dedicated to John Fahey whose music inspired it. The book is twelve pages, stapled into heavy textured wrappers. Some bends where covers ovrerlap the text; tiny (1/8") closed tear on back bottom edge.; interior is fine. $25.00
[2108] Miller, Brown with introduction by Doug Blazek. Fertilized Brains: Prayers and Profanities. San Francisco, CA: Open Skull Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good+ Poetry. One of 500 copies. Cover & title page designed & hand printed by author, poems mimeographed. Thirty-six pages. The text is printed on nine sheets of colored paper, each a different color. Introduction ("Introfuckion") by Douglas Blazek. The wrappers are browned at edges and are bent at top and bottom where they overlap the text. The interior is fine. $15.00
[532] Mitchell, Adrian. The Apeman Cometh. London: Johnathan Cape, Ltd., 1975. Soft cover. Book. Fine / Very Good. Adiran Mitchell’s fourth collection of poetry. This is a presentation copy, given as a Chrismas gift from the poet, signed "love from Adrian" and embellished with a drawing of an elephant. Book is very good with slight slant to spine; is very clean and tightly bound. Jacket shows some age toning; very tiny chip at bottom back; some rubbing. $30.00
[4299] Moraff, Barbara. Learning to Move. Hartford, CT: Potes & Poets Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Fine A 32-page collection of poems, stapled into golden wrappers. Small bump at base of spine, else fine. $20.00
[1477] Moreno, Ralph. The Berkeley Love and War Songs. Oakland, CA: Hartmus Handpress, 1957. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good This group of poems was mostly written in 1950. The author and his wife designed, edited, hand-set, printed, and bound this limited edition. 75 pages. A fine collection. Some wrinkling to the wrappers where they overhang the text, light crease on front cover, smudge on back. Very scarce. $39.00
[1124] Morrien, Adriaan. Translated by Ria Leigh-Loohuizen. The Use of a Wall Mirror. San Francisco, CA: Twowindowspress, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good Include"The Use of a Wall Mirror" (1968) and a selection from "Mothers and Sons" (1962). Translated from the original Dutch. Covers are quite sunned, somewhat soiled and worn. Interior is very good with bend to top corner. Circular paperclip mark affects inside front cover, endpaper & title page. Twenty-four pages, with red endpapers. The wrappers are somewhat bent and sunned, with a small stain on the front. $10.00
[000270] Morse, Stephen & Judy L. Brekke, Editors. Juice IV. ill. Dennis W.J. Lien (cover). Oakland, CA: Juice, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Covers have some light wear, and a scuffed spot where a sticker was removed. The many contributors include Hugh Fox, Tony Moffeit, and Kirk Robertson. $15.00
[1625] Moser, Norm. South by Southwest. Berkeley, CA: Crosscut Saw, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good+ This copy is signed "con amor, Norm" on his photo inside the front cover. The book is 68 pages, bound into pink wrappers. The back cover features praise from over a dozen small press poets and publishers. It’s in good+ conditon with sunned slightly soiled spine, bent front corners. Interior is fine. $9.00
[2484] nichol, b.p.. Ballads of the Restless Are. Sacramento, CA: Runcible Spoon, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine Twelve pages of concrete poetry, stapled into textured deckle-edge wrappers. One of only 500 copies, elegantly produced. Tiny bump at base of spine, white covers are very lightly soiled, else fine. $15.00
[3591] Norse, Harold. The Love Poems 1940-1985. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Near Fine Praise from William Carlos Williams, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, and Charles Bukowski on the back cover. From the cover: "This volume is a summing up of four and a half decades of work by a poet who is one of the major talents of our time. It contains all of Norse’s major love poems from 1940-1985. Harold Norse started his career in New York City in the forties as W.H. Auden’s friend and secretary….From 1953-1968 Norse lived in Europe, traveling, writing, and translating. Since 1968 he has lived on the West Coast." Address stamp of The Seal Press on inside front cover, else fine. $10.00
[001286] Piper, Paul & Bill Borneman, Editors. African Golfer 3. ill. Bill Borneman. Missoula, MT: Paul Piper & Bill Borneman, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good This small volume packs a lot of fine poetry into its 32 pages. Includes work by Jed Rasula, Michael Palmer, Craig Watson, Ray diPalma, Charles Bernstein, Gil Ott, Joan Retallack, Steve Kleier, Larry Eigner, Chris Kadison, Anne Waldman, Ted Greenwald, Paul Piper, Tom Beckett, and Cid Corman. This copy is quite worn with a couple creases & some edgewear. Very scarce. $15.00
[1916] Potts, Charles. Th Golden Calf. Salt Lake City, UT: Litmus, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Dedicated to Edward Smith, this is Potts’ eighth collection of poems. He is the founder of Litmus Press. Yellow textured wrappers are very slightly soiled, spine a bit sunned. Interior is near fine. 168 pages. $10.00
[237] Robert Kelly. The Pastorals (Book Seven of The Common Shore). Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Book. Near Fine A long poem. This is Sparrow 1, the first issue of this monthly from Black Sparrow Press, published in October 1972. Near fine with some age toning at edges. $5.00
[1980] Robert Kelly. A Line of Sight (Sparrow 20). Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Near Fine This is Sparrow 20, the monthly from Black Sparrow Press, published in May 1974. Small bend to top front corner, else fine. $10.00
[16-030] Roditi, Edouard. The Disorderly Poet and Other Essays. Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good Edouard Roditi’s essays are published as the Capra Chapbook Series #29. Seventy-one pages, it was published in March 1975. Spine darkened, price neatly blacked out on back, else fine. This is the paperback, published simultaneously with the hardcover. $7.00
[16-024] Roszak, Theodore. From Satori to Silicon Valley: San Francisco and the American Counterculture. San Francisco, CA: Don