51. Rich, Adrienne / [Jane Cooper].

The School Among the Ruins – Poems 2000-2004. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Co. 2004. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 113 pages. Original Hardcover in original Dustjacket. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to poet Jane Cooper as well as her full signature on the title page. Minimal signs of wear on the dustjacket only.

52. Rich, Adrienne / [Jane Cooper].

Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Pittsburg, Motheroot Publications, 1977. 14 x 22 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 20 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Stapled. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s heartfelt inscription to poet Jane Cooper on the title page: “For Jane – with always growing love and admiration – from Adrienne”. Clean and tight copy with some fading near the spine. Also included an advertising flyer on Adrienne Rich’s “Women and Honor – Some Notes on Lying”.

53. Roditi, Edouard.

New Hieroglyphic Tales. Prose Poems by Edouard Roditi. With four drawings by Modesto Roldan.

First Edition. San Fransisco, Kayak, 1968. 16,5 x 22,5 cm. 40 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. Very good+ condition. With a signed dedication by the author on the coloured front free end paper. Minor staining on the cover and slight fading near the spine.

54. [Schneemann, Carolee] Eshleman, Clayton.

The Gull Wall. [Annotated Association Copy] –

Los Angeles, Sparrow Press, 1975. 22.7cm x 14.6cm. (5) 111 pages. Original illustrated softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With Carolee Schneemann’s ownership-stamp on endpaper. Inscribed by Clayton Eshleman to Carolee Schneemann. Schneemann has annotated and commented on several poems inside the publication.

55. [Schneemann, Carolee] Fraser, Kathleen.

Something (even human voices) in the foreground, a lake. [Association Copy] –

Berkeley, Kelsey St. Press, 1984. 22.9cm x 17.8cm. (10) 34 (4) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Cover stained. Otherwise very good. From the library of Carolee Schneemann, with her ownership – stamp to the endpaper (New Paltz – New York) / Inscribed by the author to Carolee Schneemann: “for Carolee – twenty years later – wonder/full to have survived all this and to live, still, in the imagining moment – love – Kathleen – San Francisco – 11.15.84”.

56. Schweik, Susan.

A Gulf So Deeply Cut. American Women Poets and the Second World War.

Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. 15 x 23 cm. 385 pages. Paperback. With an emotional inscription/dedication from the author to american poet, Jane Cooper. Very good condition with only minor signs of usage.

57. Simic, Charles.

Night Picnic. Poems.

First Edition. New York, Harcourt Inc., 2001. 14 x 21 cm. 86 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. With the author’s dedication and full signature on the half title.

58. Starbuck,George.

Talking B.A. Blues; the Life and a Couple of Deaths of Ed Teashack; or, How I Discovered B.U., Met God, and became and International Figure. A rhyming fiction in seven chapters by George Starbuck.

First Edition. Roslindale, Pym-Randall, 1980. 15 x 22 cm. 45 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. One of only 50 hardbound, signed copies. With the author’s signature on the edition page. Minimal signs of staining on the cover.

59. Strand, Mark.

The Sargeantville Notebook.

First Edition. Providence, Burning Deck, 1973. 16 x 24 pages. Unpaginated. Approximately 40 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. In protective Mylar. Ver good+ condition. Signed by the author on the title page. Number 288 of 400 printed copies.

60. Swain, Elaine.

Shadows of Thought. Illustrations by R.B.Swain.

Napa (California), Napa Metaphysical Book Publishers, 1982. 8°. 43 pages. Original, illustrated wrappers. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully inscribed and signed by Elaine Swain (full page, personal inscription from 1986). Very rare, metaphysical poetry from a poet with a very moving and interesting biography.

61. Tapscott, Stephen.

Penobscot.

First Edition. Roslindale, Pym-Randall, 1983. 12,5 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 20 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. Very good+ condition. One of only 500 printed copies with the author’s signature on the edition page. Near fine.

62. Thompson, James Westfall.

The Lost Oracles. A Masque.

Chicago, Walter M. Hill, 1921. 16.3 cm x 24.9 cm. XI, 143 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Moderate foxing to front and rear hardcover. Slight tear to upper spine. Corners frayed. Foxing throughout, markedly on half-title page. Deckled and discoloured edges. A few notes in pencil at upper right of front pastedown This edition consists of five hundred numbered and signed copies, of which this is number 57. Signed by the author. Includes Vilhelm Meyer’s blindstamp and blue ink inscription on front enpaper. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen Translator, Erik Haugaard.

63. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

Growing Darkness, Growing Light. [Association Copy] –

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1997. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 65 pages. Original softcover. Near fine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane Cooper with much love over a lifetime of listening together – Jean – January 18th 1997”.

64. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

Home Deep Blue: New and Selected Poems. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, No date (1988). 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 81 pages. Original softcover. Near fine. Inscribed by the author Jean Valentine to fellow poet Jane Cooper.

65. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

The River at Wolf. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, 1992. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 60 pages. Original softcover. Near fine condition. Contains a dedication by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane – with lifelong admiration & love from Jeanie – November 4th – Clinton Day ! 1992”.

66. Viereck, George Sylvester.

Rise up My Songs [Selected Poems].

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Poetry Magazine, 1958. 15 cm x 24,5 cm. 16 pages. Original red softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Wisconsin Poetry Magazine].

67. Villanueva, Tino.

Scene from the movie Giant.

First Edition. Willimantic, Curbstone Press, 1993. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 58 pages. Original softcover. Fine. Inscribed by the author.

68. Wakoski, Diane.

Greed. Parts one and two.

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1968. 16 x 24 cm. 23 pages. Original Softcover in paper wrapper. Very good+ condition. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. Number 206 of 300 printed copies. Minor edge wear on the wrapper.

69. Wakoski, Diane.

The Rings of Saturn.

First Edition. Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1986. 16 x 24 cm. 122 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Additional handwritten and signed manuscript poem by the author on the front free endpaper. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. Number 40 of 0nly 50 copies printed. Near fine.

70. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Cap of Darkness – Including Looking for the King of Spain & Pachebel’s Canon. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1980. 16 x 24 cm. 117 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “To Clayton & Caryl – “if the moon is not spoken, then there is no speech. Neither man nor woman invented it; speech is what is left, like the footprint after the body is gone…” the celebration of eating, drinking, reading”. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. This is number 166 of 250. Near fine.

71. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 16 x 24 cm. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – pip pip pip pip pip pip white flesh white flesh white flesh. It is no watermelon.”. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. Number 219 of 300 copies. Near fine.

72. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Roses. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Montclair, Caliban Press, 1987. 16 x 24 cm. 19 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For Clayton & Caryl – in friendship”. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. One of 100 printed copies. This is number 2.

73. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Smudging: To Smoke or to Protect Against Frost (as an Orchard) by Means of Smudge. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 16 x 24 cm. 153 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condtion. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: ″ For my good friends Caryl & Clayton – the poems are the life/ the life is the poem – you have always embodied the Duende/ the spirit of the poem for me”. Signed by the author, both on the title page and on the edition page. Number 172 of 250 copies printed. Near fine.

74. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Collected Greed. Parts 1-13. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1984. 16 x 24 cm. 248 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – who know the meaning of friendship, who permit my greedy need for it, acceptionally, and to whom I turn for exceptional listening”. Number 164 of 200 copies numbered by the author. Near fine.

75. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Magellanic Clouds. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 16 x 24 cm. 150 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – friends in this galaxy”. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. This is number 238 of 250. Minor discolorations on the cover.

76. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Trilogy – Coins & Coffins. Discrepancies and Apparitions. The George Wahington Poems. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1974. 14 x 21 cm. 166 pages. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the autor’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – the moon obviously resided in her face. The Tissues were obviously saturated with milk. The feeling of polished stone established itself against her ears, and her cheek was rewound with metal tape. Living in the caves of her throat were pictures, not words. Her hand dound clay to squeeze into bowls. An object as white and soft as pork. An object as silent as pillows. She was as still as wet paper. The moon obviously resided in her face. And walked noiselessly to the sky each night.” Minimal discolorations on the dustjacket.

77. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands – New Poems by Diane Wakoski. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1975. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 85 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – It is precision that defines beauty. Beauty is either contrast or subtleties, the unexpected or the inevitable.” Minor signs of rubbing on the dustjacket.

78. Waldrop, Keith.

A Windmill Near Calvary.

First Edition. Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1968. 14,5 x 22 cm. 56 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the half title. Price clipped. Minor discolorations.

79. Wright, Charles / McLellan, Leigh.

Dead Color. Poems.

San Francisco, The Meadow Press, 1980. Oblong Quarto. 16 pages. Original green wrappers (Softcover). First edition. One of an edition of only 285. Signed by Charles Wright and Leigh McLellan in pencil. French-folded pages, With four woodcut illustrations by Leigh McLellan. Fine.

80. Zukofsky, Louis / Stevens, Wallace.

Origin. Second Series: Response. Featuring The Noh of Zeami by Yashima.

One of only 300 copies printed. San Francisco, Genichido Press, 1961. 15 x 21 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Minimal signs of staining on the cover only.