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3 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Red/Gray. (Black Mountain NC): Jargon First edition. One of 100 copies in paper wrappers. Glue residue stain and slight fading, else near fine. Signed and Inscribed by the author. Drawings by Paul Ellsworth. # $750 OLSON, Charles. The Maximus Poems / [with]: The Maximus Poems / Stuttgart: Jonathan Williams 1953,1956. First edition. Two volumes. Quarto. Introduction by Robert Creeley laid in as issued. Calligraphic covers by Jonathan Williams. Issued as Jargon 7 and Jargon 9. The first volume is fine in stiff wrappers, in the original publisher's paper outer wrapping paper stamped "Olson. Poems" and is one of 300 copies; the second volume is very good in stiff wrappers with three small tears and a thin horizontal stain on the front wrap, and a split at the bottom of the flap fold, and is one of 350 copies. # $2,000 OLSON, Charles. The Maximus Poems / Stuttgart: Jonathan Williams First edition. Quarto. Introduction by Robert Creeley laid in as issued. Calligraphic covers by Jonathan Williams. Issued as Jargon 7. A bit of sunning at the extremities else near fine in stiff wrappers. One of 300 copies. # $450

4 (WILLIAMS, Jonathan Williams, Robert Creeley, Irving Layton, Gael Turnbull, Cid Corman, Raymond Souster, et al.) CORMAN, Cid, edited by. Origin XVIII. London: Villiers Press Winter Spring Magazine. Small quarto. 128pp. Soiling along the spine of the printed wrappers and spots on front board, about near fine. This literary magazine created by Corman in 1951 is often noted alongside The Black Mountain Review for its influence in helping give voice to a new and growing group of developing writers of the postwar literary scene. This issue features contributions from Jonathan Williams, Robert Creeley, Irving Layton, Gael Turnbull, Cid Corman, Raymond Souster, and others. # $45 LAYTON, Irving. A Laughter in the Mind. Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams First American edition. Stiff wrappers with affixed dustwrapper as issued. Fine. Signed by publisher Jonathan Williams. Issued as Jargon 28. # $100 Jargon 31: 14 Poets, 1 Artist December 12-14, 1958 New York. Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon Society First edition. Drawings by Fielding Dawson. Dedicated to William Carlos Williams. Fourteen loose pages with reproductions of the holograph poems of the authors, in a folded paper wrapper. Fine. Housed in the original mailing envelope. Contributors are Paul Blackburn, Bob Brown, Edward Dahlberg, Max Finstein, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman, Denise Levertov, Walter Lowenfels, Edward Marshall, E. A. Navaretta, Joel Oppenheimer, Gilbert Sorrentino, Jonathan Williams, Louis Zukofsky. # $65

5 PATCHEN, Kenneth. Poemscapes. Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams First edition. Selfwrappers over cardboard as issued. Fine. Signed by publisher Jonathan Williams. Issued as Jargon 11. A lovely copy. # $100 (DAWSON, Fielding, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Hubert Selby, and Jonathan Williams) SORRENTINO, Gilbert, edited by. Supplement to Now. (Brooklyn, New York / Kirkwood, Missouri: Kirkwood Press / Neon 1958). First edition. Edited by Gilbert Sorrentino. Designed by Fielding Dawson. 12mo. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Age-toning to wrappers, else near fine. One of 250 copies issued as a supplement to Neon magazine. Contributors include Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Hubert Selby, Jonathan Williams, and the editors. Very uncommon. Inscribed by Fielding Dawson and dated in # $200 (OLSON, Charles, Robert Creeley, Hubert Selby, Jonathan Williams, Fielding Dawson) SORRENTINO, Gilbert, edited by. Supplement to Now. (Brooklyn, NY / Kirkwood, Missouri: Kirkwood Press / Neon 1958). First edition. Designed by Fielding Dawson. 12mo. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Age-toning to wrappers, else near fine. One of 250 copies issued as a supplement to Neon magazine. Contributors include Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Hubert Selby, Jonathan Williams, and the editors. Very uncommon. # $75

6 BROWN, Bob New York: Jargon Books/ Corinth Books (1959). First edition. Published as Jargon 29. Near fine with just a hint of age toning, in wrappers. Signed by Jonathan Williams. # $50 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Lord Lord Lord: Traditional Funeral Music. (Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon Press 1959). First edition. One leaf folded to make four pages. Fine. A poem-card, which was published as Jargon 39. In original envelope addressed by Williams to Ned Erbe of New Directions, with a mimeographed "state of the Jargon Society" letter by Williams folded in. The envelope torn a bit from opening, the mimeographed letter folded as mailed, else fine. Very uncommon, especially with the enclosure and original "Jargon 39" envelope. # $400 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Lord Lord Lord: Traditional Funeral Music. (Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon Press 1959). First edition. One leaf folded to make four pages. Fine. A poem-card, which was published as Jargon 39. Very uncommon. # $150 BELLI, G.G. Translated by Harold Norse. The Roman Sonnets of G.G. Belli. Highlands: Jonathan Williams First edition. Preface by William Carlos Williams. Introduction by Alberto Moravia. Page edges a bit tanned, and light wear, else near fine in wrappers. Jargon 38. Inscribed by Norse to novelist James Jones: "For Jim Jones & Gloria. Affectionately, Harold Norse. Paris 1960." A notable association. # $450

7 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Amen Huzza Selah. Black Mountain (North Carolina): Jargon (1960). First edition. Preface by Louis Zukofsky. Fine in selfwrappers, and acetate dustwrapper, as issued. Inscribed by the author in One of 700 copies, published as Jargon 13A. # $150 KALISHER, Simpson. Railroad Men. New York: Clarke & Way (1961). First edition. Oblong quarto. Introduction by Jonathan Williams. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with light edgewear. Signed by the author. # $45 KALISHER, Simpson. Railroad Men. New York: Clarke & Way (1961). First edition. Oblong quarto. Introduction by Jonathan Williams. Near fine with light wear at the corners, in near fine dustwrapper with light wear at the spine ends and corners. Image Gallery card laid in offering portfolios of the photographs. # $40

8 (BURROUGHS, William Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Robert Creeley, LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka], Charles Olson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jonathan Williams, Gregory Corso, Gael Turnbull, Edward Dorn, Peter Orlovsky, Langston Hughes, Gilbert Sorrentino, Judson Crews, Cid Corman, Jonathan Williams, Paul Blackburn, Clayton Eshleman) WEBB, John Edgar, edited by. The Outsider Vol. 1, No. 1. New Orleans: Loujon Press (1961). Magazine. Octavo. 101pp. Illustrated wrappers. Some modest browning to the page, else near fine. The first issue of this short lived but influential periodical produced by letterpress and limited to 3000 copies. Contributions by William Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Robert Creeley, LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka], Charles Olson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jonathan Williams, Gregory Corso, Gael Turnbull, Edward Dorn, Peter Orlovsky, Langston Hughes, Gilbert Sorrentino, Judson Crews, Cid Corman, Jonathan Williams, Paul Blackburn, Clayton Eshleman, and many more. # $150 ZUKOFSKY, Louis. 16 Once Published. Edinburgh, Scotland: The Wild Hawthorne Press First edition. Linocuts by James Gavin. Small octavo. (32) pp. A touch of wear along the spine, still fine in near fine printed dustwrapper with some wear to the extremities including a small tear and chip at the spine ends. Inscribed by the author to Jonathan Williams, poet and publisher of Jargon press. # $300

9 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Elegies and Celebrations. Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams First edition. Preface by Robert Duncan. Photographs by Aaron Siskind and Jonathan Williams. Self-wrappers. Page edges a little browned, else fine in fine unprinted glassine dustwrapper. Signed by the poet. One of 750 copies. Jargon 13. # $100 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Emblems for the Little Dells, and Nooks, and Corners of paradise. Highlands, NC: Jargon Books First edition, one of three hundred signed (with initials) and numbered copies. French folded broadside to make eight pages. # $50 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Jargon Billboard #1: Davenport Gap. Highlands, NC: Jargon " by 8 1/2" printed on cardstock. Fine. The poem "Davenport Gap" from Elegies and Celebrations. Signed by the author with his initials: "JW." # $50 BELL, Millicent. The Jargon Idea. Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University Offprint from Books At Brown. Stapled printed wrappers. Fine, in envelope from Jargon publosher Jonathan Williams. Williams has altered this copy, changing the title to "The Very Idea!"; the author name to "Millepede Belch"; and the publisher to "Dark Brown University". On the last page, Williams has handlettered a limitation statement: "of 500 piss poor copies made for JW this is #83. Ned's Jan 1964." Recipient was Ned Erbe, head of publicity for New Directions in the 1950s. # $125

10 (MACDIARMID, Hugh). Paintings by William Johnstone. Newcastle upon Tyne: The Stone Gallery 1963). Foreword by Hugh MacDiarmid. Octavo. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Exhibition pamphlet. Inscribed to the American poet and publisher: "Jonathan Williams with love and best wishes from Hugh MacDiarmid, 15/8/63." # $250 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Jargon Billboard #2 (Promotional Flyer for Because I Was Flesh). Highlands, NC: Jargon " by 8 1/2" printed on cardstock. Includes a quote from a letter written by Edward Dahlberg to Jonathan Williams and a plea by Williams that people buy the Dahlberg biography. Signed "JW." # $85 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Jargon Billboard #3. Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams First edition, fine. Post card featuring an assortment of quotes and advertisements for available publications. Initialled by Williams on the verso. # $20 (SNYDER, Gary, Michael McClure, Fielding Dawson, Jonathan Williams, John Weiners, Paul Zukofsky, Louis Zukofsky, Joel Oppenheimer, Carol Bergé, Robert Kelly, Henry Moss and Lorine Niedecker) COOLIDGE, Clark and George Palmer, edited by. Joglars Volume 1, Number 1, Spring Province, Rhode Island: Clark Coolidge Magazine. Cover by Henry Moss. Octavo. 43,(1)pp. Near fine in lightly tanned wrappers with some wear to the extremities. One of two poetry magazine (the other being Sum) created after a talk by Charles Olson in which he said that young poets should publish their own magazines. This issue's contributors include Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, Fielding Dawson, Jonathan Williams, John Weiners, Paul Zukofsky, Louis Zukofsky, Joel Oppenheimer, Carol Bergé, Robert Kelly and Lorine Niedecker. # $30

11 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Lines About Hills Above Lakes. Fort Lauderdale: Roman Books Fine in stapled wraps. Signed by the author. # $100 (OLSON, Charles, LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka], Robert Creeley, William Carlos Williams, William Moebius, Charles Doria, Albert Cook, Piero Heliczer, Emilio Grossi, and David Posner) BROVER, Charles, edited by. Niagara Frontier Review Summer Buffalo, New York: The Frontier Press, Inc Magazine. Small Octavo. 70pp. Near fine in lightly worn wrappers. Poetry anthology with contributions from Charles Olson, LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka], Robert Creeley, William Carlos Williams, William Moebius, Charles Doria, Albert Cook, Piero Heliczer, and Emilio Grossi. # $40 LOWENFELS, Walter. Some Deaths. Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams/The Natahala Foundation First edition. Published as Jargon 32. Near fine with light edgewear in pictorial wrapper. One of 1500 copies. Signed by Jonathan Williams. # $35

12 (BURROUGHS, William, Norman Mailer, Hugh MacDiarmid, Anselm Hollo, Louis Zukofsky, Kenneth White, Eugene Ionesco, Giles Gordon, Andrei Vesnesensky, Astrid Gillis, Ian Inglis, and Alex Neish) McARTHUR, Bill, edited by. Cleft 2. Edinburgh, Scotland: Dean Bank House May First edition. Small quarto. 32pp. Light rubbing to the stiff wraps, near fine. A student created Scottish literary magazine published in response to the criticism of Gambit, which published William Burroughs "The Mayan Story." Contributors to this issue of Cleft include Burroughs ("A Distannt Hand Lifted"), Norman Mailer, Henry Miller, Anselm Hollo, Gary Snyder, Kenneth White, Mike McClure, Keith Howell, Edwin Morgan, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jonathan Williams, Andrei Vesnesensky, and Alex Neish. # $250 METCALF, Paul. Genoa. Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams Publishers First edition. Published as Jargon 43. Endpapers and foredge foxed. else about fine in spine faded, very good plus dustwrapper. Signed by Jonathan Williams. # $50 LEARY, Paris and Robert Kelly, edited by. A Controversy of Poets: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. New York: Doubleday and Company (1965). First edition. A Doubleday Anchor original. Mass market paperback. Near fine with light wear to the corners. Includes authors John Ashbery, Paul Blackburn, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anthony Hecht, Daniel Hoffman, X.J. Kennedy, Gerrit Lansing, Michael McClure, W.S. Merwin, Vassar Miller, Joel Oppenheimer, Frank O'Hara, Stephen Sandy, Anne Sexton, W. E. Snodgrass, Jonathan Williams, Louis Zukofsky and many more. # $28

13 (CREELEY, Robert, Jonathan Williams, Don Allen, Jack Spicer, Ed Dorn, Henry Miller et al.) SINCLAIR, John and Ron Caplan, edited by. Whe're/1. Detroit, Michigan: The Artist's Workshop Press Quarto. Stapled mimeographed wrappers. Pages browned, and few tiny tears, very near fine. Contents include an interview with Robert Creeley, and contributions from Jonathan Williams, Don Allen, Jack Spicer, Ed Dorn, Henry Miller, Sinclair, and others. Only issue of this countercultural literary magazine. # $150

14 (CREELEY, Robert, Jonathan Williams, Charles Olson, Anselm Hollo, Ernst Robert Curtius, Reiner M. Gerhardt, Ed Roberson, David Federman, Steve Jonas, Allen Van Newkirk, George Tysh, J.D. Whitney, Bill Hutton, David Sinclair, Joe Groppuso, Jim Semark, Henry Malone, Jerry Younkins, Arnold Shulsky, D. Welsh, Marshall Rosenthal, Robin Eichele, and Kenny Schooner) SINCLAIR, John, edited by. Work/3 Winter 65/66. Detroit: The Artists' Workshop Press (1966). Magazine. Cover by John Dana, Charles Moore, and Stanley Cowell. Quarto. Stapled red printed wrappers. 98pp. A bit of toning to the pages, else fine. A magazine edited by Sixties poet and radical, John Sinclair, co-founder of the White Panthers Party, and one-time manager of the MC5. This issue of the magazine was rushed into production shortly before Sinclair was to report to jail for an earlier conviction for selling marihuana to an undercover agent. His incarceration lead to a host of protests, most notable by Allen Ginsberg, who rushed the stage during The Who's Woodstock perform to plead his case, and John Lennon, who recorded the song "John Sinclair" on his album, "Some Time in New York City." Among the contributors are Robert Creeley, Jonathan Williams, Charles Olson, Anselm Hollo, Ernst Robert Curtius, Reiner M. Gerhardt, Ed Roberson, David Federman, Steve Jonas, Allen Van Newkirk, George Tysh, J.D. Whitney, Bill Hutton, David Sinclair, Joe Groppuso, Jim Semark, Henry Malone, Jerry Younkins, Arnold Shulsky, D. Welsh, Marshall Rosenthal, Robin Eichele, and Kenny Schooner. # $140

15 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. 50! Epiphytes, taphs,-tomes,-grams, -thets! 50!. London: Poet & Printer First edition. Stapled wrappers. Fine. # $35 (WILLIAMS, Jonathan, David Angus, Robert Garioch, Alexander Scott, Ian Crichton Smith, David Morrison, Martin Petavel, Ronald Eadie Munro, Stewart Conn, Alastair Mackie, Norman MacCaig, Brian Remnant, Alan Bold, Anne Turner, J. Laughton Johnston, and Alan Jackson) GLEN, Duncan, edited by. Akros Volume 2, Number 5. Preston, Lancashire: Akros Publications June Magazine. Narrow small quarto. 32pp. Some bumping to the corner and lightly scuffed, very good or better. Poetry anthology with contributions from Jonathan Williams, David Angus, Robert Garioch, Alexander Scott, Ian Crichton Smith, David Morrison, Martin Petavel, Ronald Eadie Munro, Stewart Conn, Alastair Mackie, Norman MacCaig, Brian Remnant, Alan Bold, Anne Turner, J. Laughton Johnston, and Alan Jackson. # $30

16 BUKOWSKI, Charles, Jonathan Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertow, Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, Guy Davenport, R. Wolter, Mitchell Goodman, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight Mac-donald, Paul Carroll, Carol Woideck, D.A. Levy, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Hubert Selby, Jr., Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoff-rey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R Wagner, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Brown Miller, Philip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Har-ris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, and Walter R. Keller. A Tribute to Jim Lowell. Cleveland: Ghost Press (1967). First edition. Octavo. Stapled wrappers with screenprinted cover with price sticker, very slightly soiled, near fine. Magazine limited edition to just 500 copies in honor of Jim Lowell. Contributors include Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertow, Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, Guy Davenport, R. Wolter, Mitchell Goodman, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight Macdonald, Paul Carroll, Carol Woideck, D.A. Levy, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Hubert Selby, Jr., Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R Wagner, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Brown Miller, Philip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Harris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, and Walter R. Keller. # $250

17 SPACKMAN, Peter, editor. Cultural Affairs 2. New York: Associated Councils of the Arts First edition. Very good with light soiling, in pictorial wrappers. Contains an article by poet Jonathan Williams. # $25 BROUGHTON, James. High Kukus. New York: Jargon Society First edition. Introduction by Alan Watts. Drawings by Hak Vogrin. 16mo. Accordionfolded loose sheets in pictorial box, designed by Davi Det Hompson. Box slightly sunned and dust-soiled, else a near fine copy. Signed by publisher Jonathan Williams. Issued as Jargon 56. # $75 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Descant on Rawthey's Madrigal: Conversations with Basil Bunting. (Lexington, Kentucky): Gnomon Press (1968). First edition. Self-wrappers. A just about fine copy. # $100 Kumquat 2. (Montclair, New Jersey): Kumquat Press (1968). Stapled wrappers. A little foxing, else near fine. Includes poetry by Geof Hewitt, John Gill, Stuart Peterfreund, Joseph Cardarelli, Haydden Carruth, David Ray, Russell Banks, Jonathan Williams, Len sslver, Peter Wild, William Matthews, and others. Inscribed by Cardarelli. # $15

18 (SINGER, Isaac Bashevis, Denise Levertov, John Williams, Pawel Mayewski, Jack Matthews, Jean Garrigue, Hollis Summers, Josephine Herbst, Ursule Molinaro, Patrick Gedicke, Harvey Shapiro, Stanley Plumly and Vera Lachman) HEMLEY, Jonathan and Elaine Gottlieb, edited by. Lotus: No. 1. (Athens, Ohio: no publisher 1968). Magazine. Octavo. 46pp. Toning at the perimeter of the illustrated stapled wraps, else fine. Literary magazine with contributions from Isaac Bashevis Singer, Denise Levertov, John Williams, Pawel Mayewski, Jack Matthews, Jean Garrigue, Hollis Summers, Josephine Herbst, Ursule Molinaro, Patrick Gedicke, Harvey Shapiro, Stanley Plumly and Vera Lachman. # $50 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Ripostes. Aspen / Stuttgart: Aspen Center of Contemporary Art / Edition Domberger Stuttgart (1968). First edition. Seriagraph by William Katz. Fine in string-tied wrappers, and fine embossed publisher's folder. Of an edition of 200 copies, this is copy P7 of the 50 intended for the author, and Signed by both Williams and Katz. A nice production. # $200 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. An Ear in Bartram's Tree: Selected Poems Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press First edition. Quarto. One corner slightly bumped else fine in good plus dustwrapper with numerous moderate chips and tears. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "for Tom and La Verne love from the Poet usually up a tree: Bartram's or somebody's. Princeton 1969." # $35

19 FABLES, Russell Edson. What A Man Can See. Penland, North Carolina: The Jargon Society First edition. Published as Jargon 37. Drawings by Ray Johnson. Blurb on the front dustwrapper flap by Jonathan Williams. Fine in perfect bound stiff wrappers with a fine dustwrapper and an orange acetate cover. Signed on the front dustwrapper flap by Jonathan Williams. # $75 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Mahler. (London): Cape Goliard (1969). First trade edition, a paperback original with new material, preceded by a 1967 limited edition. Illustrated by R.B. Kitaj. Near fine with a moderate crease to the rear wrap. Poems in celebration/response to Mahler's symphonies. # $20 (DAHLBERG, Edward). Edited by Jon- athan Williams. Edward Dahlberg: A Tribute. New York: David Lewis (1970). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Dahlberg with his New York address. # $225 (DAHLBERG, Edward). Edward Dahl- berg: A Tribute. New York: David Lewis (1970). Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the editor, Jonathan Williams. # $35

20 (DAHLBERG, Edward). WILLIAMS, Jonathan, edited by. Edward Dahlberg: A Tribute: Essays, Reminiscences, Correspondence, Tributes. New York: David Lewis, Inc. (1970). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $10 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Blues and Roots, Rue and Bluets. New York: Grossman First edition. Photographs by Nicholas Dean. Near fine with light wear to the edges of the boards in a very good plain wrapper which has browned. A photographic celebration of the Appalachians. # $80 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Blues and Roots, Rue and Bluets. New York: Grossman First edition. New York Museum of Modern Art reference copy. Very good plus with light wear to the edges of the boards. A photographic celebration of the Appalachians. # $65 METCALF, Paul. Patagoni. Penland, North Carolina: The Jargon Society First edition. Published as Jargon 58. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by Jonathan Williams. # $50

21 (Photography) ULMANN, Doris. The Appalachian Photographs of Doris Ulmann. Penland: Jargon Society Quarto. Introduction by John Jacob Niles. Preface by Jonathan Williams. Very slight sunning to the boards, near fine in good plus dustwrapper with a few creased and rubbed tears, and very small nicks, mostly on the front panel. A lovely book of Ulmann's excellent photographs. Published simultaneously in wrappers, the hardbound issue is scarce. # $150 MEYER, Tom. Poikilos. Urbana: Finial Press / Stone Wall Press (1971). First edition. 16mo. Black leather-grain cloth, gilt rules on the front board, silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine. One of 250 copies. Nicely Inscribed by the author in 1973 to Dorothy Neal, an early and close friend, and benefactor of Jonathan Williams, the author, and the Jargon Society. # $300 WILLIAMS, Jonathan, edited by. Epi- taphs for Lorine. Penland, North Carolina: Jargon Society First edition. 12mo. Offsetting on the rear endpaper and flap, else near fine in unprinted wrappers and near fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by Williams. One of 1000 copies. Jargon 74. # $100

22 WILLIAMS, Jonathan, edited by. Epitaphs for Lorine. Penland, North Carolina: Jargon Society First edition. 12mo. Fine in unprinted wrappers and near fine dustwrapper. One of 1000 copies. Jargon 74. # $50 (CREELEY, Robert, Jonathan Williams, Tim Reynolds, Larry Eigner, Robert Kelly, Robin Richman, Donald Phelps, Barry Alpert, Alex Gildzen, Guy Mendes, Ronald Johnson, Edward Grier, and Eric Mottram) DAWSON, Fielding and Jonathan Williams. Vort #4 (Vol. 2, No. 1). (Rockville, Md.): (R.P.M. Distributors) (1973). First edition. Magazine. 112pp. Lightly soiled and slightly tanned, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Literary anthology of stories and photos from different contributors, including Robert Creeley, Jonathan Williams, Tim Reynolds, Larry Eigner, Robert Kelly, Robin Richman, Donald Phelps, Barry Alpert, Alex Gildzen, Guy Mendes, Ronald Johnson, Edward Grier, and Eric Mottram. # $30 $21 (Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, John Cage, Jonathan Williams, Buckminster Fuller) FISHER, Thomas Michael, edited by. Star-Web Paper 4. Laurinburg, North Carolina: All This and Less Publisher First edition. Magazine. Quarto. 87pp. Near fine with some bumping to the corners. Poetry anthology published at St. Andrews Presbyterian College which contains photos and poem of Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, John Cage, Jonathan Williams, Buckminster Fuller, who had appeared at nearby Black Mountain College between February and April of # $75

23 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Who Is Little Enis? [Corn Close]: Jargon First edition. Broadside. 10" x 25". Illustrated. Folded in thirds as issued. One of 500 copies. Some light offsetting from the adhesive on the original envelope, else near fine in original mailing envelope addressed by Williams as "Arnold's". Envelope shows moderate wear. Inscribed by Williams: "For A from Cousin". Published as Jargon 82, a peom about a boy and his penis, familiarly referred to as "Ol' Blue". # $100 (Photography) LAUGHLIN, Clarence John. Clarence John Laughlin: The Personal Eye. (Millerton, New York): Aperture (1974). First edition, hardcover issue. Introduction by Jonathan Williams. Quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a short tear. # $100 (Photography) BONGE, Lyle, with interview by James Leo Herlihy. The Sleep of Reason: Lyle Bonge's Ultimate Ash-Hauling Mardi Gras Photographs. (No place): The Jargon Society (1974). First edition. Oblong quarto. Preface by Jonathan Williams. Slight sunning on the front board, else fine in very good dustwrapper with a few short tears on the front panel. Nicely Inscribed by Herlihy as "Jamie," below which he has Signed his full name. Scarce thus. Issued as Jargon 77. # $350 (Photography) BONGE, Lyle. The Sleep of Reason: Lyle Bonge's Ultimate AshHauling Mardi Gras Photographs. (No place): The Jargon Society (1974). First edition. Oblong quarto. Interview by James Leo Herlihy. Preface by Jonathan Williams. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Issued as Jargon 77. A very nice copy. # $100

24 (Photography) BONGE, Lyle. The Sleep of Reason: Lyle Bonge's Ultimate AshHauling Mardi Gras Photographs. (No place): The Jargon Society (1974). First edition. Oblong quarto. Interview by James Leo Herlihy. Preface by Jonathan Williams. Slight foxing on foredge else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short tear on the front panel. Issued as Jargon 77. # $45 WILLIAMS, Jonathan, editor. Madeira & Toasts for Basil Bunting's 75th Birthday. Dentdale: The Jargon Society Trade paperback. Near fine with light soiling to back cover. One of 1250 copies. # $25 MEYER, Thomas. The Umbrella of Aesculapius. Poems. Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon Society First edition. Drawings by Paul Sinodhinos. Small quarto. Original hand-woven cloth over boards. One of 50 deluxe roman-numeraled copies specially bound in hand-woven cloth and Signed by the poet. Additionally Signed by publisher Jonathan Williams. Jargon 83. # $175 WILLIAMS, Jonathan and Ian Gardner. Pairidaeza. A Celebration in Lithography and Poetry for the Garden at Levens Hall, Westmorland, by Ian Gardner and Jonathan Williams. (Dentdale, Cumbria: The Jargon Society 1975). First edition. Folio. Fifteen poems and thirteen lithographs on loose sheets in an unprinted cloth chemise and slipcase. Slight rubbing to slipcase, else fine. Folio. Illustrated in color. Number 30 of 75 copies Signed by Williams and the artist Ian Gardner. # $1000

25 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Poet's Silhouette (1951): Looking Forward to a Lifetime of Meditation on a Text by R. B. Kitaj. New York: Artists' Postcards First edition of this poem card. Fine copy. Reproduction of a piece exhibited at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in OCLC locates just four copies. # $50 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Elite/Elate Poems: Selected Poems (Highlands NC): Jargon Society First edition. Introduction by Guy Davenport. Illustrated with photographs by Guy Mendes. Fine in fine dustwrapper. One of 150 numbered hardbound copies Signed by the poet, and accompanied by an original photographic print by Mendes, which he has initialed on the verso. A beautiful copy of these eclectic and amusing poems. # $250 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Elite/Elate Poems: Selected Poems (Highlands NC): Jargon Society First edition. Fine in wrappers. Inscribed by the author. # $40 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. JW, On the Road Selling that Old Orphic Snake-Oil in the Jargon-sized Bottles, Washington DC: Visual Press Fine in stapled wraps. Small book of pictures of the poet published for his 50th birthday. # $25

26 (Photography) WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Portrait Photographs. London: Coracle Press First edition. Fine in fine tissue dustwrapper and fine slipcase. One of 1800 numbered copies. A wonderful collection of author and artist photographs. # $50 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Truck 21: A 50th Birthday Celebration. Frankfurt, Kentucky: Gnomon (1979). First edition. Near fine in wrappers. Initialed by Williams. One of 750 copies. # $25 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Get Hot or Get Out: A Selection of Poems, Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press First edition. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Signed by the author. # $25 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Get Hot or Get Out: A Selection of Poems, Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press First edition. A trifle foxed topedge, else fine, issued without dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. # $20

27 BUNTING, Basil, edited by. Sagetrieb: Volume 1, Spring 1982, Number 1. Orono, Maine: University of Maine First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Stain on bottom page fine edges and on front wrapper, else very good. Containing: "William Carlos Williams' Paterson" by M.L. Rosenthal and Sally M. Gall, "Basil Bunting's Odes" by W.S. Milne, "Mina Loy" by Jonathan Williams, and more. # $30 LOY, Mina. The Last Lunar Baedeker. Highlands, North Carolina: The Jargon Society First edition. Edited by Roger L. Conover. Note by Jonathan Williams. Fine in fine dustwrapper, in the original shrinkwrap. A beautiful copy. # $200 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. The Magpie's Bag-pipe. San Francisco: North Point Press First edition. Fine in wrappers in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. # $35 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. TSM ( ). Rocky Mount, North Carolina: Arthur Mann Kaye One of 500 copies. 4" by 5 1/2" printed on cardstock. Some light rubbing, else near fine. # $20

28 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. 62 Climerkews to Amuse Mr. Lear. Roswell/Denver: DBA/JCA Editions First edition. Cover drawing by John Furnival. Fine in clear plastic bound wraps as issued. One of 200 numbered copies, this copy Initialed by Williams with the notation for: "ED (Jim Wilson's Favorite Librarian?)" # $250 MORROW, Bradford, edited by. Conjunctions: 4: Bi-Annual Volumes of New Writing. (New York): (Robert M. McKinney) (1983). First edition. Top cover corners lightly bumped, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Interviews with William Gass and Robert Duncan and new work by John Ashbery, Gustaf Sobin, Guy Davenport, Luis Buñuel, Ann Lauterbach, Jonathan Williams, Roberto Picciotto, and many more. # $45 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. The Fifty-two Clerihews of Clara Hughes. Atlanta, Georgia: Pynyon Press (1983). First edition. Fine in card stock wrappers in a near fine dustwrapper with a small tear at the top of the spine. One of 1000 copies. # $45 (Photography) MENAPACE, John. Letter in a Klein Bottle. CA: Jargon Society First edition. Afterword by Jonathan Williams. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by Jonathan Williams. # $100 $70

29 NIEDECKER, Lorine. From This Con- densery: The Complete Writing of Lorine Niedecker. (Highlands, North Carolina): Jargon Society First edition. Edited by Robert Bertholf. Full leather and printed paper labels. A little foxing to the labels, else fine. One of 100 subscriber's editions Signed by both Bertholf, and publisher Jonathan Williams. # $275 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Blues and Roots, Rue and Bluets. [Durham, NC]: Duke University Press (1985). Fine in fine dustwrapper and slipcase. Signed by the author. # $150 BUNTING, Basil. Collected Poems. Mt. Kisco, New York: Moyer Bell Limited (1985). First American edition. Introduction by Jonathan Williams. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. # $65

30 (Anthology) MORROW, Bradford, editor. Conjunctions 7: Bi-Annual Volumes of New Writing. (New York): David R. Godine (1985). First edition. Fine in near fine, slightly tanned dustwrapper. Contributors include Robert Duncan, Michael McClure, Jonathan Williams, Ronald Johnson, Edmund White, Edouard Roditi, John Hawkes, Gilbert Sorrentino, Mary Caponegro, Walter Abish, Frederick R. Karl, Hayden Carruth, Leslie Scalapino, Kenneth Irby, Douglas Messerli, Rosmarie Waldrop, Nathaniel Tarn, Gerrit Lansing, and Charles Stein. # $35 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. In the Azure Over the Squalor. (Frankfurt, KY): Gnomon Press (1985). Fine in wrappers. Signed by the author. # $30 (Cuisine) MICKLER, Ernest Matthew. White Trash Cooking. (Highlands, North Carolina): The Jargon Society (1986). First edition. Spiral bound glossy wrappers. Photographs by the author. Fine. Introduction by Jonathan Williams. A fabulous recipe book of southern rural cooking with evocative photographs that capture the feeling of the region. Some of the recipes sound delicious, a few sound dangerous, none of them sound particularly healthy. The Jargon Society's only bestseller. # $100 (Fine Press) PATTERSON, Tom (Photography by Jonathan Williams, Roger Manley, Guy Mendes, foreword by John Russell). St. Eom in the Land of Pasaquan. The Life and Art of Eddie Owens Martin. (Winston-Salem, North Carolina): Jargon Society (1987). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. One of 4000 copies. # $35

31 BROUGHTON, James. 75 Life Lines. [No place]: Jargon Society First edition. Oblong small octavo. Half cloth and illustrated papercovered boards. Cover montage by Joel Singer. Fine. One of 75 numbered hardcover copies Signed by Broughton, Singer, and publisher Jonathan Williams. # $60 MEYER, Thomas. Fourteen Poems. (Asheville, North Carolina): French Broad Press First edition. As new in stiff wraps and dustwrapper. Introduction by Jonathan Williams on the front flap of the jacket. This is one of 300 copies (of a total edition of 336). A volume of poetry, and the first publication of the press. # $20 MEYER, Thomas and Jonathan Wil- liams. Jargon 102: "Acrostical Birthday Poem For Large Chorale, Sorghum & Grits." Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon February 8, First edition. Broadside. Single yellow sheet fine. One of two variants. # $150 MEYER, Thomas and Jonathan Wil- liams. Jargon 102: "Acrostical Birthday Poem For Large Chorale, Sorghum & Grits." Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon February 8, First edition. Broadside. Single pink sheet fine. One of two variants. # $150

32 WILLIAMS, Jonathan (Illustrated by Glen Baxter). Quote, Unquote. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press First edition. 12mo in wrappers. Fine. # $15 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Quantulumcumque. (Asheville, North Carolina): French Broad Press First edition. Drawings by James McGarrell. Fine in unprinted stiff wrappers with a fine dustwrapper. One of 300 copies Signed by the author. # $80 (Photography) SPEAR, David M. The Neugents "Close to Home." (Winston-Salem, North Carolina): The Jargon Society (1993). First edition. Photographs by the author. Afterword by Jonathan Williams. Large quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Issued as Jargon 111. Signed by the author/photographer. # $80 (Photography) MATHESON, Elizabeth. Blithe Air: Photographs from England, Wales, and Ireland. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: The Jargon Society First edition. Illuminations and Pyrotechnic Display by Jonathan Williams. Quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the photographer, by Jonathan Williams, and by the photographer John Menapace, who designed the book along with Matheson. Issued as Jargon 112. One of 1500 copies. # $125

33 STARENKO, Michael edited by. After- image: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism Volume 23 Number 5. Rochester, New York: Visual Studies Workshop (1996). First edition. Fine in newspaper format. Contains an article about Jonathan Williams and The Jargon Society. # $25 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Blackbird Dust. Turtle Point Press (2000). Uncorrected galleys. Near fine in wrappers. # $18 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Blackbird Dust. Turtle Point Press (2000). First edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Signed by the author. # $25 WILLIAMS, Jonathan. A Palpable Elys- ium: Portraits of Genius in Solitude. Boston: David R. Godine (2002). First edition. Small octavo. Fine in illustrated wrappers with French flaps. With introduction by Guy Davenport. # $40

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