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1 CATALOG SEVENTEEN ALEXANDER RARE BOOKS Literary Firsts & Poetry 234 Camp Street Barre, Vermont (802) AlexanderRareBooks.com All items are American or British hardcover first printings unless otherwise stated. All fully returnable for any reason within 14 days, and offered subject to prior sale. Shipping is free in the US; elsewhere at cost. VT residents please add 6% tax. Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, and checks accepted. Libraries billed according to need. 1) Aldington, Richard. IMAGES OF DESIRE. London: Elkin Mathews, First edition. 12mo, 38 pp. Red printed wrappers. Several pages not opened. Edges lightly creased, minor paper loss at corners, else about fine. Lovely copy of a fragile book. (6979) $ ) Aldington, Richard. IMAGES - OLD AND NEW. Boston: Four Seas, First edition. 47 pp. Plain boards in green printed dust jacket. The poet's second book. Spine faded and with lightly chipped head and tail, else about fine. (6978) $ ) Anderson, Maxwell. A STANFORD BOOK OF VERSE n.p.: The English Club of Stanford University, First edition. 88 pp. Cloth-backed paper covered boards w/ paper spine label, t.e.g.; in printed dust jacket which repeats the design on the boards. With six poems by Maxwell Anderson among the contributions. An exceptional copy of Anderson's first appearance in book form; he finished his Stanford MA in End papers offset, else very fine in a faintly tone, chipped along the edges but at least very good and quite scarce dust jacket. (6953) $ ) Ansen, Alan. THE OLD RELIGION. New York: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, First edition. One of 300 copies printed in Venice by Salvagno Press for the art gallery which supported many of the second generation abstract expressionists, and published early often first books by their counterparts: Ashbery, O Hara, Schuyler and others of the New York School poets. Ansen, was close to many Beats as well as Ashbery, Auden and Merrill. A larger than life personality, reportedly Corso, Burroughs and Kerouac all portrayed him in their work: the character Rollo Greb in ON THE ROAD was based on Ansen. The poet's first book, and an uncommon one. This copy toned at edges, with moderate soiling to the back panel. Only light wear, and about very good. (6869) $75.00

2 3 5) Berrigan, Ted. FRAGMENT For Jim Brodey. London: Cape Goliard Press, First edition. Illustrated broadside approx x 11.5 inches. Number 280 of only 327 copies made (the first 60 of which were signed by artist and poet), after which "the plates were destroyed & the type dissed". Printed on Green s English hand-made paper; illustrated with a three-color offset lithograph by Jim Dine. Dine born in Ohio spent four years in London, during which time this piece was published. Jim Brodey, to whom the 12-line poem is addressed was a poet and like Berrigan associated with the New York School in the late sixties. A wonderful collaboration of one of the foremost pop artists, with a central figure of the so called Second Generation of New York School Poets The type is printed in blue and black and the toothbrushes in black, cream and pink. The colophon and limitation details are printed on the back of the sheet. In excellent condition, with only signs of handling to the edges, and faint soiling. Wonderful avant-garde piece that is as delightful and interesting as ever. (6882) $ ) Bogan, Louise. DARK SUMMER. New York: Scribners, 1929`. First edition. 72 pp. Clothbacked linen covered boards, with spine and front paper labels, in dust jacket. Poet's second book. Minor wear to head and tail cloth, else about fine. The scarce purple dust jacket is heavily faded at the edges, missing about half the spine, the rest reinforced by tape. Eight of the twenty-four poems by Bogan chosen for the Library of America selection of 20th C poets (where she is wellrepresented) are from this volume. (6940) $ ) Bukowski, Charles. ART. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, First edition. Near miniature (2.8 in. x 4.2 in.) chapbook in sewn blue wrappers, with paper label, issued as a New Year's Greeting by the press. One of 750 copies printed (in addition there were two hard bound, signed issues). A fine copy lacking the original mailing envelope. All issues seemingly scarcer than the limitation would suggest. Morrow & Cooney 253b. (6931) $ ) Bukowski, Charles. MOCKINGBIRD WISH ME LUCK. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, [n.d.]. Broadside printed on thin yellow paper in two colors. Promotional flyer no. 2. The title poem for Buk's new book issued in Folded twice as issued for mailing. Light creasing/handling to edges, else fine. Morrow & Cooney 122a. (6935) $ ) Bukowski, Charles; Douglas Blazek (ed.). A BUKOWSKI SAMPLER. Madison: Quixote Press, First edition. 80 pp. Large chapbook in orange stapled wrappers. A selection mostly of Buk's poems, a few of his illustrations, with testaments from the likes of Al Purdy, Walter Lowenfels and Steve Richmond. Edited and intro. by Doug Blazek. Top tip lightly bumped, affecting about half the pages, else about fine. Nice copy of a cheaply made early selection of the poet's work. (6932) $150.00

3 4 10) Campbell, Roy. ADAMASTOR. London: Faber & Faber, First edition, first state dust jacket. 8vo. 108 pp. Light foxing to free endpapers only, boards bowed, blue topstain bright; very good or better in complete, spine-toned, worn at edges, very good, dust jacket. Nice copy in the very scarce first issue jacket (reportedly only 150 done) which repeats the author's name on the spine. (6987) $ ) Carter, Elliott; Hart Crane. VOYAGE III. S. Hadley/Northampton: Mount Holyoke/Smith College, First edition. 7 pp. Large Quarto, sheet music; gray printed stapled wrappers. Crane's poem with the famous last line "Permit me voyage, love, into your hands..." set to music by Carter, with a full page of notes by him on the poem. Creasing and toning to the extremities, about very good. (6943) $ ) Collins, Billy. QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS. New York: William Morrow, First edition. 105 pp. Uncorrected proof of the poet's fourth book published in The National Poetry series. A book that went into multiple printings, and first established him as one of the preeminent (and certainly most popular) poets of his generation. Fine unmarked copy in beige printed wrappers. Quite scarce. (6888) $ (see also item 3 signed) 13) Cowley, Malcolm, Norman Cabot, Grant Code, Jack Merten, Joel T. Rogers, R. Cameron Rogers, Royall Snow, and John Brooks Wheelwright (contr.). EIGHT MORE HARVARD POETS. New York: Brentano's, First edition. 130pp. With an introduction by Dorian Abbott. Eleven poems by Malcolm Cowley, published in the same year as his first book, six years before his first regularly published book Blue Juniata. Contributions from Norman Cabot, Grant Code, Jack Merten, Joel T. Rogers, R. Cameron Rogers, Royall Snow, and John Brooks Wheelwright. Touch of scuffing to edges, else very close to fine in a toned else very good only lightly worn dust jacket, which is a trifle short. Excellent copy in the scarce dust jacket. (6947) $75.00 Robert Duncan s copy 14) Dickinson, Emily. LETTERS OF EMILY DICKINSON Vol 2 [only]. Boston: Roberts Bros., First edition. 454 pp. Light green cloth, gilt. Robert Duncan's copy of volume II of this important two volume edition edited by Mabel Loomis Todd. Duncan's name, with Dickinson's words "These behaviors of the year hurt almost like music, shifting when they ease us most.

4 5 November 1942" in (presumably) Duncan's early hand on the ffep. A good or better copy, front hinge cracked, trace foxing to end papers, spine darkened and gilt rubbed, bookseller ticket (Brentanos) on rep. The date of 1942 is interesting, as Duncan was only 23, a year after being discharged from military service for declaring himself homosexual, and five years before his first book publication. In a published letter from 1960 to Denise Levertov he mentions going back to Emily's letters, so they evidently meant something to him as a beginning writer, as well as at a time when he was a major figure in the literary world. (6874) $ ) Eberhart, Richard. AN HERB BASKET. Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, First edition. [8 pp.] Stitched signature in stapled illustrated wrappers. One of 155 copies; collaboration of Wightman Williams and Harry Duncan. Staples rusty, front cover with 1" tear, erasure mark, minor creasing and wear, uneven toning mostly to back panel, interior except for some staining from staples clean, thus good or better. Scarce chapbook of poems from one of the most important fine presses, many in institutions, few remaining. (6963) $ ) Eigner, Larry. COUNTRY/HARBOR/QUIET/ACT/AROUND Selected Prose. n.p. {Kensington] : THIS PRESS, First edition. 159 pp. Tan cloth; One of 26 copies lettered A- Z (this is copy Z) signed by the poet printed, of which 200 were casebound. Light soiling, else fine (issued without a dust jacket). (6966) $ ) Eliot, T. S. THE THREE VOICES OF POETRY. New York: Cambridge University Press, First edition. 39 pp. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Shelfwear, lightly bumped tips, title page just starting, else about fine, in a fragile dust jacket with wear at the corners and an inch-long closed tear, spine-toned, else bright and at least very good. One of only 3000 printed, and the only hardcover, as the UK edition was in softcovers. Gallup A63b. (6925) $ ) Eliot, T. S. THE USE OF POETRY. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, First US edition. 149 pp. Red cloth stamped in gilt; t.e.g. Previously owned by Norman Foerster a prominent professor of English at Iowa and Duke among other places with his name, Iowa City and 1933 (and a few markings ) in pencil. Spine and spine gilt faded, endpapers toned, with offsetting to fep; corners moderately worn, over all bright and very good lacking the dust jacket. (6964) $ ) Espada, Martin. CRUCIFIXION IN THE PLAZA DE ARMAS. Middlesbrough, UK: Smoke Stack Books, First edition. 71pp. A trade paperback original in a format unavailable in the US (though the poems were all previously published here by Norton). Fine unread copy, signed by the poet, and quite scarce as such. (6863) $25.00

5 6 20) Espada, Martin. THE REPUBLIC OF POETRY. New York: Norton, First edition. Signed copy of the poet's eighth major collection. A volume that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (6864) $ ) Fearing, Kenneth. ANGEL ARMS. New York: Coward McCann, First edition. 12 mo. 64 pp. Poet's first book; in the Songs of Today Series. Blue stripe patterned boards in matching cream paper dust jacket printed in dark blue. Edges a bit faded, trace foxing, else fine in a lightly worn (two small chips), rubbed and spine-toned complete dust jacket. Lovely copy, quite scarce in this condition. An underrated poet best known for his mysteries including the thrice filmed The Big Clock. (6917) $ ) Fearing, Kenneth. POEMS. New York: Dynamo, pp. Intro. by Edward Dahlberg. One of 1000 numbered hardcover copies, of the poet's second book. This book was the first in a series of "mature social poetry". Red cloth a bit soiled, else very good or better, in a toned and lightly worn at extremities dust jacket, with a few short tears. Bookseller (Acres of Books) stamp and previous owner's name on pastedown. Still overall a very good copy. (6916) $ ) Fearing, Kenneth. STRANGER AT CONEY ISLAND And Other Poems. New York: Harcourt Brace, First printing. 41 pp. The sixth volume of poems by this under appreciated writer; arguably the finest of the depression era/social realist poets. Previous owner's name in ink on pastedown (hidden by the flap), else a fine copy in black cloth with a complete dust jacket lightly worn and rubbed at edges, with a few short closed tears, else about fine. (6919) $75.00 Two books by Robert Frost inscribed to a close friend 24) Frost, Robert. A FURTHER RANGE. New York: Henry Holt and Co., BOMC edition. Cloth. 102 pp. Inscribed by Frost in his distinctive hand "Robert Victor and Louise together at Ripton, August 15 62". No signature. Dr. Victor Reichert was the Rabbi of Cincinnati's Rockdale Temple, and responsible for one of the scarcer Frost A items when he recorded and published without Frost's authorization "A Sermon", when the poet visiting his friend Dr. Reichert addressed the Rabbi's congregation in A rather poignant inscription as Reichert and his wife Louise had known Frost since moving to the Ripton, VT/Breadloaf area in 1938; Reichert retired in 1962, Frost died in 1963, only months after this meeting with the Reicherts. Spine quite faded, extremities less so, else about very good copy; lacking the dust jacket. (6887) $250.00

6 7 25) Frost, Robert. NORTH OF BOSTON. New York: Henry Holt and Co., Second edition, first American edition, May 1917 reprint. Dark Green cloth. 137 pp. Inscribed by Frost in his distinctive hand "Robert Victor and Louise in the same place and at the same time as recorded in their copy of A Further Range [two illegible words in parentheses]". No signature although the inscription runs a full four lines on the ffep. This copy inscribed (based on the copy of A Further Range) at Breadloaf in An about very good copy, Reichert's full name embossed (small, neatly) on two pages, paper lightly and evenly toned; lacking the dust jacket. (6886) $ ) Frost, Robert]. [PHOTOGRAPH] Robert Frost and Friends. [n.p., but likely Ripton, VT]: [n.p.], [circa 1950]. Silver print, approximately 5X7 inches. Fine. Original photograph of Frost with nine others. Likely taken at the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference in Ripton, VT. Kathleen Morrison, Helen Hartness Flanders, Donald Davidson, Marguerite Olney, Daniel Dragon, Lena Fish, Myra Daniels and Elmer George. An interesting group: Flanders was the wife of VT Senator Ralph Flanders, herself a poet, the ballads and folk songs she collected are housed in the Flanders Ballad Collection at Middlebury

7 8 College; Olney curated the Flander's collection; Davidson, best known as a member of The Fugitive group of poets had a long association with Bread Loaf; Morrison was probably Frost's closest friend after his wife's death; Dragon, Fish, Daniels and George (Daniels' brother - he died in 1951, which helps date the picture) were folk singers. (6857) $ ) Frost, Robert. THE PROPHETS REALLY PROPHESY AS MYSTICS THE COMMENTATORS MERELY BY STATISTICS. New York: Spiral Press, First Separate Edition. Christmas card. One of 21 imprints printed by the Spiral Press. This copy printed for use by Frost's publisher Holt, Rinehart. Fine. Crane B34.. (6900) $ ) Frost, Robert. THE WOOD-PILE. New York: Spiral Press, First Separate Edition. Printed by the Spiral Press for Christmas Greetings, one of 21 imprints, this printed for Robert Frost himself. Thomas Nason illustrations. Plain back cover offset, else fine in stapled selfwrappers. Crane B33. (6899) $ ) Gallant, Mavis. GREEN WATER GREEN SKY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, First edition. Green cloth in dust jacket. Fine copy of the author's first novel, in a worn at edges still very good (no chips) price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition. (6956) $ ) Graves, Robert. COLLECTED POEMS London: Cassell, First edition. 240 pp. Dark green cloth in dust jacket. A near fine copy, moderate wear to botom edges, in a toned, worn dust jacket with several mostly closed tears. Nicer than usual copy. (6955) $75.00 Copy Number 1 Inscribed to the author s sisters. 31) Helz-Belz. O. (Lloyd Liebes). A WOLUME OF WORSE An Intensive Study of the Characteristics of Women, Their Care and Prevention. Princeton: Privately published (printed at The University of Princeton Press), Limited and numbered. Black paper-covered boards, printed and decorated paper labels on spine front. This is copy Number 1 (so printed), with an inscription to Liebes' sisters: "To Ruth and Marjorie/With/ Advice on Marriage/ Never be a Dunce,/ Don't Soften/ Never marry Once/ But Often./ Hopefully," and signed with his full name and pseudonym; dated January 31, Edges and labels substantially worn, minor foxing and soiling; overall a bit better than good. The Liebes were a prominent San Francisco family. Probably the most desirable copy of this surprisingly amusing (very) light verse; quite scarce. (6918) $ ) Hilles, Rick. A VISIONARY'S COMPANY. Madison, WI: Parallel press, First edition. 23 pp. Poet's first book a chapbook published six years before his first regularly published book. Hilles who teaches at Vanderbilt is one of our finest younger poets: winner of many awards including a Stegner fellowship and a 2008 Whiting Award. Residue of small price sticker on the

8 9 front and inventory sticker on the back covers, else very good in jacketed stapled wrappers. Quite uncommon. (6877) $ ) Horan, Robert (W. H. Auden). A BEGINNING. New Haven: Yale University Press, First edition. 87 pp. Chosen and with a forward by W. H. Auden. Poet's first book. Gray papercovered boards lightly toned at extremities, small address label on rep, else close to fine, in a bright about very good dust jacket with a closed tear at crown and some chipping at edges. Old cello tape reinforcement (three short strips) on verso of DJ. (6866) $ ) Hughes, Ted. THE BURNING OF THE BROTHEL. London: Turret Books, First edition. Large sewn pamphlet in dark blue thin printed dust wrapper. One of 300 copies printed (75 of which were numbered and signed). This copy about fine, with faint wrinkling of the wrappers. (Sagar & Tabor A9). An attractive edition. (The bibliographer notes copies in red and purple, we have seen copies in two distinct shades of blue). (6906) $ ) Hughes, Ted. SCAPEGOATS AND RABIES. London: Poet & Printer, First edition. Small stapled pamphlet in maroon printed dust jacket. One of slightly more than 400 copies printed. This copy about fine, with faint residue of post-it note on the front cover, and one crease. (Sagar & Tabor A11). (6905) $ ) Hughes, Ted. A SOLSTICE. Knotting: Sceptre Press, First edition. [12 pp.] One of 250 of 350 total. Marked Hors commerce, presumably one of ten copies retained according to the bibliographers by publisher Martin Booth. Very good in stapled mustard wrappers. Sagar & Tabor A55. Paperback. (6914) $ ) Hughes, Ted; Thom Gunn; Kathleen Raine; Charles Causley et al. THE MANUSCRIPT SERIES. Devonshire: Richard Gilbertson, [16 pp.] Pink stapled wrappers. Prospectus for limited editions by several poets, including copies bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. This contains poems reproduced from manuscript by Raine, Hughes, Gunn and Causeley. Minor foxing, creasing along spine, date stamped on cover; very good. Scarce, some of the books impossible, a few likely ghosts. (6962) $ ) Jarrell, Randall. A SAD HEART AT THE SUPER MARKET Essays and Fables. New York: Atheneum, First edition. 211 pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Light edgewear, bookseller ticket, else fine, in a moderately worn at extremities else about fine dust jacket. Overall near fine, and much better than usual; no remainder mark; red lettering and top stain still bright. Book and dust jacket designed by the foremost US editor of poetry in the 20 C, Harry Ford. (6912) $150.00

9 10 39) Jarrell, Randall. SEVEN-LEAGUE CRUTCHES. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., First edition. 8vo, 94 pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. An attractive copy, bottom tip lightly bumped, faintly and evenly toned paper, in a price-clipped, toned at extremities, but still bright dj, with only light wear along the bottom edge. Near fine in very good plus (pc) dust jacket. Wright A4. Hardcover. (6909) $ ) Jolas, Eugene (ed.)(james Joyce; Marcel Duchamp; Randall Jarrell) et al. TRANSITION No. 26. New York: Jolas, Winter First edition. 208 pp.; plus ads. A superior copy of an important (and next to last) issue of one of the great modernist periodicals. Includes a fragment of Joyce's "Work-in-Progress", which would become FINNEGAN'S WAKE. The cover illustration is by Marcel Duchamp with the cover line: "3 ou 4 gouttes de hauteur n'ont rien ê voir avec la sauvagerie". Other contributors include: Aaron Copeland, Edward Weston, James Agee, Man Ray, Randall Jarrell, Jolas (the final portion of his translation - the first into English - of Kafka's Metamorphoses), and other modernist greats it is embarrassing not to mention. The oversize yapped covers are folded, with resulting creases, but otherwise about as fine a copy as one could imagine, covers and interior bright and fine. (6853) $ ) Kenney, Richard, Leonard Gontarek, Elaine Segal, Leanne Ponder, Kathryn Ungerer, and Leland Kinsey. HAND SET/ A PORTFOLIO (with the "The Easter Celebration") A Selection of Works from Writers of the Artists-in-the-Schools Program. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Council on the Arts, First edition. Broadsides designed, typeset and printed by the authors at a workshop conducted by the Perennial Press Company. A limited edition of 400. Eleven broadsides of varying sizes, paper and ink. All letterpress, some w/ deckled edges. Folder approx 10 1/2" x 15 1/2". Each broadside with a single poem. Two broadsides each from Leonard Gontarek, Elaine Segal, Leanne Ponder, Kathryn Ungerer, Leland Kinsey, and one by Richard Kenney. Broadsides in at least very good condition, Three including the Kenney with a five inch crease along one side reaching to the text, some very minor creasing, light fading along the top edge, most fine. Folder creased, faded along the spine and with a few water spots. Kinney's broadside "The Easter Celebration", precedes his first book, in the Yale Younger Poet series, by six years. It is the largest of the group about 10" x 15", with red lettering on white deckle edged paper. (6848) $ ) Kim, Suji Kwock. NOTES FROM THE DIVIDED COUNTRY. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, First edition. Inscribed to poet Bruce Weigl: "With deepest admiration, for a poet whose work moves me beyond words". With two stapled sheets with a printed poem and a note in the poet's hand that the poem "St. Rage" (to be added to future printings, and being revised with poet Frank Bidart's help), is "in a very rough state". Includes errata sheet which is laid in. An important first book of poems; winner of the 2002 Walt Whitman Award, Nation/Discovery and others. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Issued simultaneously in paper, the hardcover somewhat difficult to obtain, especially signed. (6898) $75.00

10 11 Signed by Billy Collins, Sharon Olds, Kim Addonzio and Jack Grapes 43) Kowit, Steve (ed.); Billy Collins; Sharon Olds; Kim Addonizio et al. THE MAVERICK POETS An Anthology. Santee, CA: Gorilla, First edition. 146 pp. Cloth issue, signed by the editor and at their contributions (usually of three or more poems) by four poets: Billy Collins, Kim Addonizio, Sharon Olds and Jack Grapes. Olds has dated hers 2004 at Big Sur, Hot Springs and made one small change in ink to a poem. Numerous illustrations throughout, many by Charles Bukowski who also did the cover art. Other contributors include: Bidart, Bukowski, Carver, Corso, di Prima, Dobyns, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Kyger, Laux, Lopate, Norse, and Snyder. Biography of each of the thirty-nine poets. Eclectic group of poets, who "share a common resistance to the pervasive style of late 20th century verse, with its debilitating preference for the tepid, mannered and opaque" (from the back cover copy). Very near fine in like dust jacket. Uncommon. (6920) $ ) Kryss, T. L. A TRIBUTE TO JIM LOWELL. Cleveland: Ghost Press, First edition. 8 1/2" x 11" mimeographed sheets, with inserted art work saddle stitched; pasted-on cover art, back cover photo of Lowell. Jim Lowell was the owner of Asphodel Bookshop, whose shop was raided by police in Dec. 1966; he was arrested, six cartons of poetry books were taken, some confiscated were by d. a. levy. An important book in the history of the mimeograph revolution and history of censorship in this country. Among the contributors of tributes and pieces (some long some short) on censorship were: Robert Lowell, Charles Bukowski, Walter Lowenfels, bp Nichol, Charles Olson, Denise Levertov, Hubert Selby Jr., Jonathan Williams, the Mayor and Superintendent of Schools of Cleveland, and of course d. a. levy. Some offsetting from the art work (and glue), a few page corners turned, light creasing, at least very good. 6944) $ ) Kunitz, Stanley. PASSPORT TO THE WAR. New York: Henry Holt and Co., First edition. 60 pp. Red cloth in dj. Fine copy in a good price-clipped, torn and worn at edges dust jacket. Poet's second collection. Uncommon in dust jacket. (6868) $75.00

11 12 47) Larkin, Philip. THE LESS DECEIVED. New York: St Martin's Press, First US edition. 45 pp. Red cloth with silver and gold dec. and titling, in dust jacket. Poet's first US publication. Bump to the middle of front edges affecting both boards and DJ, otherwise shelfwear, but about fine in a sunned and moderately worn at extremities dust jacket with one closed tear. Overall an about very good copy of an important mid-century volume. (6952) $ ) Lawrence, D. H. LOVE POEMS AND OTHERS. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, First US edition (first published in the UK in 1913). 89 pp. Purple cloth. Poet's first volume of poetry, fifth book. Spine faded, top edge soiled, edges rubbed, bookplate on fep; very good, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Hardcover. (6985) $ ) Lawrence, D. H. MY SKIRMISH WITH JOLLY ROGER. New York: Random House, First edition thus. 11 pp. Tan boards with printed paper label; colored patterned end papers. One of 600 copies printed by Pynson Printers; apologia/errata slip laid in. Originally written as an introduction for an inexpensive edition published earlier in the year in Paris which Lawrence hoped would stem the flow of pirated editions of Lady Chatterly's Lover. This copy with minor soiling two small stains, the spine head and tail bruised, about very good. An attractive item published when Random House was still more of a fine press publisher/distributor than a popular one. (6951) $ ) Lewis, Oscar [ Albert M. Bender]. A.. M. B. Aspects of His Life'... San Francisco: Grabhorn, Large quarto, 14 pp. Cloth-backed decorated boards, spine label. Tipped in photo and halftone illus. Somewhat whimsical piece created for Bender's 75th birthday, but he died before printing was completed. Limited to 250 copies distributed to friends. Wonderful production as one would expect from this great press. Included is a Book Club of California folded sheet on Bender, as well as a color print: Albert Bender and other benders", which smacks of the racist humor of the time. Spine is darkened and soiled, boards warped and sunned at edges; some offsetting, and a thick ink used for an inscription, else very good. The scarce print about fine. (6997) $ ) Lindsay, Vachel [Witter Bynner]. THE CHINESE NIGHTINGALE And Other Poems. New York: Macmillan, First edition. 127 pp. ; ads. Presentation copy to Witter Bynner: "Dear Witter: -- Here is mine and thank you indeed for yours. Very sincerely Nicholas Vachel Lindsay - Springfield Illinois. October 27, And I never forget how you welcomed The Tramp's Excuse and The Village Magazine". With Bynner's attractive bookplate, pencil notes and markings. Light offset from bookplate. Spine faded, else very clean and, excepting minor wear at the edges, fine. Excellent association copy as both were significant literary figures when this book was signed,though clearly based on the inscription Bynner had "welcomed" (possibly when he was atmcclures) Lindsay when both were virtually unknown. (6893) $350.00

12 13 Two books inscribed by Jackson Mac Low to Bernadette Mayer 52) Mac Low, Jackson. ASYMMETRIES New York: Printed editions, First edition. Inscribed to poet Bernadette Mayer: "Happy 1981 & After/Bernadette/ Jackson/NY 1/7/81". A very good copy, and a very nice association printed. 257 pages with a brief bibliography of the poet's work. (6859) $ ) Mac Low, Jackson. FROM PEARL HARBOR DAY TO FDR'S BIRTHDAY. College Park, MD: Sun & Moon, First edition, trade paper issue. 68 pp. Inscribed by Mac Low to poets Bernadette Mayer and Lewis Warsh: "With love and best wishes". Nice association, and uncommon book. Marginal staining, a few pages turned, covers lightly creased, back panel quite rubbed. Better than good in illustrated wrappers. (6860) $ ) MacLeish, Archibald. NOBODADDY A Play. Cambridge: Dunster House, First edition. Black cloth printed in blue. One of 750 copies. Printed by Pynson Printers on handmade paper; title-page design (repeated on cover) by W. A. Dwiggins. Original prospectus w/ WAD design laid in. Fourth book by the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes (poetry, play). Fine copy many pages unopened, in moderately chipped, presumed original glassine. Scarce in glassine and especially with the prospectus. (6954) $ ) Miles, Josephine. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, First edition, scarce issue in paper-covered boards, in dust jacket. Spine ends a bit crumpled, several short mostly closed tears along the top edge (one about an inch), still a bright at least very good copy. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Probably 500 copies published in boards, but they are quite uncommon in any condition. (6942) $75.00 Moore s first hardcover publication, quite scarce in collectible condition 54) Moore, Marianne. OBSERVATIONS. New York: The Dial Press, First edition. 120 pp. 8vo. Black paper over boards, with black calico cloth covering the spine and corners. Paper label on spine, without dust jacket as issued (a second edition published the following year did have a jacket). Ms. Moore's first book in hardcover, and first full selection published in the US; "a reprint of POEMS, published in London in 1921 by The Egoist Press", "With additions". The additions comprise over half the book, with some thirty more poems than the twenty-four in her first book (her Complete Poems contained only 120 poems, mostly heavily revised selections), and includes extensive notes and an index. This is a very scarce book; although a handful of copies have recently appeared for sale, the most recent auction record I can find is Certainly rarer than her first book which was published in the UK. This copy is at least very good, top edge dusty, a couple of tips barely frayed, small hole in rear gutter, otherwise quite lovely. The end papers and paper spine label toned as one would expect. The rear pastedown paper has a fine extra paper spine label

13 14 tipped on as issued. Contemporary gift inscription on ffep. Overall an excellent copy of the author's first hardcover book. Abbott A3.1. (6901) $2, Virtually forgotten comic novel about the evils of Wall Street 55) Norwood, Thomas M(anson). PLUTOCRACY: Or, American White Slavery. New York: Metropolitan Pub. Co., First edition. 431 pp. Brown cloth, stamped in black, gilt spine lettering; no ads. The author was a Democratic member of the U.S. Congress when this book was published, and earlier had served a term in the Senate. Although the book suffers from racism (not surprising from an ex-confederate soldier and lifetime politician/jurist from near Savannah, Georgia), many overextended metaphors, and an obsession with tariffs, it also makes a legitimate if didactic case against an unregulated Wall Street. Tips and spine ends turned and lightly worn, faint front panel stains, overall about very good. "It seems likely that Plutocracy has disappeared from history largely due to cultural and political factors that are neither necessarily surprising nor difficult to understand, which may in part be indicated by the novel s full title: Plutocracy; Or, American White Slavery. The complete disappearance of a major American work of the imagination by a U.S. statesman from not only literature and literary history but also from nearly all historical record likely indicates that there are considerably deeper social and cultural forces and prejudices than, for example, the entrenched racism and sexism operating in the United States. Though racism and sexism are of course powerful forms of chauvinism, institutionalized and otherwise, that have contributed to the burial of highly accomplished African-American literary works - such as Zora Neale Hurston s Their Eyes Were Watching God - and works by women generally - including Kate Chopin s The Awakening - it seems that even more fundamental forces such as economic chauvinism, or some combination of economic and class prejudice, along with American (U.S.) nationalism have acted to essentially blank Plutocracy from history.[2] [Tony Christini - weblog: A Practical Policy] (6890) $ ) Notley, Alice. WHEN I WAS ALIVE. New York: Vehicle Editions, First edition. One of 500 copies printed. Alex Katz designed cover. Inscribed by Notley "To Jayne/with love/alice/nov 9, 1980/ (my junk)". Back cover wear and abrasion, spine toned, else very good in illustrated wrappers. (6858) $ ) Prokosch, Frederic. CHOSEN POEMS. London: Chatto and Windus, First edition. 1 pp. Quarter cloth, gilt stamped over plain boards. Inscribed "Fritz" in Rome in 1952: "For Matt/ With my friendship and esteem". American-born writer better known as a novelist and forger of his own "butterfly books", than as a poet. This was a selection of previous works; but for a wartime book, quite well done. Boards bowed, a bit soiled and worn at tips; about very good, lacking the dust jacket. (6991) $35.00

14 15 58) Rakosi, Carl. SELECTED POEMS. New York: New Directions, First edition. Scarce hardcover issue of the poet's first collection after the now rare chapbook Two Poems published nearly a decade earlier. In the Poet of the Month series; Lustig cover. Wear at corners, and spine toned, endpapers offset as usual, else easily very good in a spine toned, soiled dust jacket with two small chips and small loss at corners. Overall close to very good. Hard covers in this wonderful series are becoming scarce. (1330) $ ) Ransom, John Crowe. POEMS ABOUT GOD. New York: Henry Holt and Co., First edition. Original brown paper-covered boards, paper labels. Signed in full on ffep: " with all good wishes/ May 2/63". Poet's first book, scarce signed. Light wear to boards, crown a bit frayed, area of small dark spots on front boards, one roughly opened page, else about fine and very clean. (6894) $1, ) Ransom, John Crowe. SELECTED POEMS. New York: Knopf, First edition. 75 pp. Black cloth gilt titling in dj. Inscribed on ffep to an unnamed recipient by the poet "With Best Wishes", and dated July 12, Previous owner's (Richard Crider) inscription on verso, residue of small old bookseller ticket. Endpapers a bit toned, the edges more than usual, else near fine, the gilt quite bright, in a fragile at least very good dust jacket that is price-clipped, with a few shallow chips along the tender edges. The dust jacket is slightly misaligned, the verso a bit tanned, but with no tears or toning, and quite a bit nicer than usual. Of the 42 poems included here, The Library of America chose to include 13 of them in their anthology of 20th C poetry. His meager output belies the quality of the poems, and his importance to mid-century poets like James Wright and Robert Lowell, and of course his fellow Fugitives. (6876) $ ) (Ransom, John Crowe); David D. Long and Michael R. Burr (eds.). JOHN CROWE RANSOM, GENTLEMAN, TEACHER, POET, EDITOR, FOUNDER OF THE KENYON REVIEW A Tribute from the Community of Letters. Gambier, OH: The Kenyon Collegian, First edition. Quarto. White wrappers stamped in gold, staple bound. Photos, including a tippedon one of Ransom. A stellar group of contributors: Lowell, Auden, Burke, with some of the more significant work. Lightly soiled and rubbed; yapped edges lightly creased; covers a bit lose. A handsome piece for a great man of letters. Very good. (6945) $35.00

15 16 62) Rexroth, Kenneth. THE ART OF WORLDLY WISDOM. Santa Barbara: Bradford Morrow & Allan Covici, First edition, third issue. All three issues of the poet's fourth poetry collection are scarce if not rare. The first was printed by Decker Press of Prairie City in 1949; the publisher disappeared and the book was not distributed. The second published by Golden Goose Press in 1953, used the original sheets with a second preface and an errata sheet add. This copy is the third issue using the original sheets with an added a new afterward by the poet; the entire edition/issue of 50 numbered and 26 lettered copies were signed by Rexroth. An attractive book bound by Earle Gray, in printed dust jacket and slipcase. This is copy number 2, additionally inscribed by the poet to the publisher Allan Covici. The cloth spine only is spotted, else fine in a very lightly spine-toned, wear at crease, still close to fine dust jacket; fine slipcase. A desirable copy of an attractive book. (6904) $ ) Rexroth, Kenneth (ed.). NEW BRITISH POETS. [Norfolk] : New Directions, [1949]. First edition. 31pp. introduction by Rexroth covering the "schools" and "isms" in a wide-ranging selection of mostly (he makes an exception for Scottish) under 40 poets, including Levertov, MacDiarmid, Reed, Raine, Spender, Comfort, Thomas and Todd. Sunned at edges, lightly toned pages, in a lightly spine-toned price-clipped dust jacket with a few chips at the edges. About very good overall. (6995) $ ) Roethke, Theodore. THE FAR FIELD. Garden City: Doubleday, First edition. Two tone cloth in dust jacket. The poet's last collection, published posthumously; winner of The National Book Award. Tips and one edge bumped, top edge lightly foxed, else about fine, tight, in a spine-sunned, worn at edges (no chips or tears) dust jacket. (6961) $ ) Salter, James. CASSADA. Washington DC: Counterpoint, First edition. 208 pp. A substantially reworked version of his second novel THE ARM OF FLESH published originally in This copy inscribed by Salter to novelist Howard Norman. Although signed copies of this author's books are not at the moment uncommon, copies inscribed to other important writer's are. Very light shelfwear, still fine in like dust jacket. (1564) $95.00

16 17 66) Schwartz, Delmore. THE WORLD IS A WEDDING Stories. New York: New Directions, First edition.196 pp. Tan cloth in printed dust jacket. Very little wear to cloth or jacket. Cloth spine darkened, but jacket bright, rear panel lightly soiled. Name in ink on ffep, bookstore ticket on rear pastedown. Over all near fine. (6970) $ ) Sitwell, Osbert. THREE-QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MICHAEL ARLEN. London/New York: Heinemann/Doubleday, n.d.. Large quarto, [18] unnumbered pages in marbled cloth and blue cloth spine with gilt titling; t.e.g; in dust jacket. One of 520 numbered and signed copies, this number 131. Nicely printed and bound by The Windmill Press, Kingswood Surrey; lovely marbled cloth, large woodcut letter A in red beginning the poem. Poem with a preface by Sitwell about Michael J. Arlen best known as a chronicler in his fiction of the "smart set". One inch closed tear to foreedge of one page, offsetting to end papers, front boards a bit sunned, else fine with the very scarce dust jacket of printed blue-green paper which is toned and chipped at the extremities and has lost most of the spine, what little remains of the spine is covered with cello tape. Still an attractive copy of an uncommon book in a very scarce dust jacket. (6976) $ ) Smith, William Jay. POEMS. New York: Banyan, First edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Poet's first book, and a noteable small press. Linen-backed, patterned paper-covered boards. A very good copy with moderate wear to edges and some soiling. (6950) $ ) Smith, William Jay. TYPEWRITER BIRDS. New York: Caliban Press, First edition. [5 pp.] Small chapbook in sewn decorated covers w/ paper label. One of 300 signed and numbered copies. Whimsical poems with even more whimsical typewriter produced drawings. Pretty production, lightly toned, else fine. Scarce. (6949) $35.00 Scarce cloth issue of Gary Snyder s Pulitzer Prize-winning book 70) Snyder, Gary. TURTLE ISLAND. New York: New Directions, First edition. Green cloth, printed in black, in dust jacket. One of only 2000 hardcover copies printed. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. About fine copy in a very good dust jacket with one short closed tear, light edgewear and toning to the edges. Attractive copy of a scarce book. (6852) $ Fine copy of Frank Stanford s scrace first book 71) Stanford, Frank. THE SINGING KNIVES. Seattle: Mill Mountain Press, First edition. The scarce first book by the founder (with C. D. Wright) of Lost Roads Press. Stanford died in 1978, a suicide. Two of Lucinda Williams' (her father the poet Miller Williams taught at Arkansas, Stanford was a family friend) songs "Sweet Old World" and "Pineola" refer to his death. Not to be confused with the Lost Roads Press reissue (1979) published after his death, which is also uncommon. A very fine copy; exceedingly scarce in this condition. Trade paperback. (6889) $700.00

17 18 72) Stevens, Wallace. THREE ACADEMIC PIECES. Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, First edition. 37 pp. One of 92 copies (of a total of 246 copies in three issues) in light blue paper-covered boards printed on Beauvais/Arches paper. Lacking the plain white paper dust jacket. Binding by Arno Werner; initial letters by Wightman Williams. First book publication of these poems. Lovely book from Harry Duncan's great press. Spine and edges faded, previous owner's name on ffep, else about fine. Edelstein A12. (6892) $ ) Tate, Allen. CHRIST AND THE UNICORN An address delivered on June the 23rd, 1954, at the Third International Congress for Peace and Christian Civilization held in Florence Italy under the auspices of the Mayor. West Branch, Iowa: Cummington Press, First edition, one of 125 copies (reportedly only 100 printed) sewn in blue wrappers and paper label. Few spots of foxing as usual with most on front edge of the rfep. Attractive copy of a simple production from one of the finest of small presses. (6968) $ ) Tate, Allen. FRAGMENT OF A MEDITATION. Cummington: Cummington Press, [8 pp.] Small chapbook sewn into gray paper wrappers with a printed red paper label. Christmas greetings from Caroline [Gordon] and Allen Tate, consisting of a poem from his Selected Poems of 1937, beginning "Not yet the thirtieth year...". Two small coffee ring stains, toning and wear to the edges, the string has broken with partial loss. Interior quite attractive. Good only, but of the several books printed for Tate by Harry Duncan and co. this seems among the most scarce. (6975) $ ) Thompson, Hunter. THE PROUD HIGHWAY. New York: Villard, First edition. With pasted on signed bookplate with the authors elaborate initials. These copies were distributed by the publisher in lieu of an author tour, the previous tours (as one would expect) somewhat difficult to manage. Very fine copy in like dust jacket. (6896) $ ) West, Jon and Annie. PRAIRIE. Marvin, SD: The Blue Cloudy Quarterly, First edition. Small poetry chapbook, a publication of the Benedictine Missionaries, Blue Cloud Abbey, who publish works by Native Americans. Staples lightly rusty, otherwise fine in stapled wrappers. (4112) $ ) Wilbur, Richard. THE BEAUTIFUL CHANGES. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, First edition. Original light green cloth w/ dark green lettering in dust jacket. The poet's first book, only 750 copies issued; reissued at a later date by Harcourt Brace, who bought Reynal in Top edge sunned with a few rust spots, previous owner's name on pastedown, else about fine, in a bright, complete dust jacket, with moderate wear at the edges, a few short tears, with considerable wear at the head and tail and along the back

18 19 panel of the spine area. Still overall at least very good, in a dust jacket seldom found in collectible condition. (6946) $ ) Williams, C. K. CREATURES. Haverford: Green Shade, First edition. One of 150 numbered copies printed by hand at The Grenfell Press in handmade paste-paper wrappers by Claudia Cohen. Signed at colophon by the poet. First book publication of these poems, later published in his Collected Poems. As new, at publication price. (6891) $ ) Williams, William Carlos. SPRING AND ALL. [np]: Frontier Press, First edition thus. Cheaply made reprint of 1923 Contact Press edition (which has become all but unobtainable). 98 pp. Spine moderately creased and toned, but still tight and very good in printed wrappers as issued. (6854) $ ) Williams, William Carlos. THE TEMPERS. London: Elkin Matthews, First edition. 12mo. 32 pp. Pale yellow paper boards lettered in gold, lacking the glassine dust jacket. The earliest book by the author one is likely to be able to own (the first was self-published, and few have survived; according to the author most were burned). Publication was arranged by Pound, but even so Williams paid Elkin Matthews $50 to have this book published. Spine-toned, edges rubbed, moderate wear, light ageing and foxing, an ink line in the margin, but overall still close to very good, the gilt still bright. An attractive copy of a fragile little book by one of the giants of 20th C literature. (Wallace A2.) (6850) $ (see also item 82) 81) Wilson, Edmund. POETS, FAREWELL! New York: Scribner, First edition. 78 pp. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Endpapers offset, ink name, place on pastedown partially erased, else at least very good; lacking dust jacket. (6998) $ ) Yvan Goll (trans. William Carlos Williams, et al). LANDLESS JOHN/ JEAN SANS TERRE. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, Large Folio. Marbled paper boards with a dark green cloth spine and paper label. One of 175 copies with a preface by Allen Tate; translated by Lionel Abel, William Carlos Williams, Clark Mills & John Gould Fletcher. A wonderful production by one of the centuries finest presses with French in red, translations in black, and two illustrations. Tips

19 20 bumped and worn through, corners rubbed. Trace foxing to edges. About very good, issued without a dust jacket. (6907) $ ) Zukofsky, Louis. A TEST OF POETRY. Brooklyn: The Objectivist Press, First edition. Burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt. 165 pp. Signed by the poet on the ffep. Lacking the dust jacket, otherwise about fine. Early book, uncommon signed. (6895) $250.00