Toronto: Ediciones Oasis, 1976. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait drawing of the poet by Hans Bellmer. Translated into English by Ray Ellenwood. Near fine with some fading to the wraps. More about L'oiseau est un défi et autres textes. The bird is a challenge and other texts
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1961. First edition. 8vo. wraps. Inscribed by McClure to fellow poet and musician Dan Lauffer in San Francisco in 1963. First edition, one of 725 copies printed. Scarce with an early signature. Front panel of wraps creased at fore edge, with a couple light spots of... More about Dark Brown
New York: Totem Press, 1959. First edition. 8vo, 8 pp, unbound, folded sheets laid into illustrated card covers. Published as Blue Plate #2. Signed by McClure at the title page. Pages and wraps toned at extremites. Near fine. More about For Artaud
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1963. First edition. Inscribed by McClure to his fellow poet, artist, and musican Dan Lauffer. Wraps a bit creased, with some foxing and toning to the edges of the text block, but very good or better. More about Meat Science Essays
New York: Grove Press, 1961. First edition. 8vo, illustrated wraps. Signed by McClure beneath the first poem in San Francisco, and dated 1963. Scarce with an early signature. Fine. More about The New Book / A Book of Torture
Santa Cruz: Blue Press, 2009. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps illustrated with a drawing by John Altoon. One of 250 copies. Association copy, inscribed bt McNaughton to fellow poet Gerrit Lansing. Fine. More about Altoon's Frog
London: Novello, 1964. First edition. 4to, 36 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Signed by Robert Duncan at the title page. The opening phrase of the prologue to the piece is based upon Robert Duncan's line "Often I am permitted to return to a meadow," taken from The Opening of the Field. A.... More about The Happy Meadow: Cantata for Speaker, Children's Voices, Recorder Consort, Glockenspiel,...
Minneapolis and Tucson: Granary Books and Chax Press, 1987. First edition. Narrow 4to, wraps, unprinted dust jacket of handmade paper by Mary Beaton. One of 236 numbered copies in wraps, out of a total edition of edition of 272. Illustrated by Cynthia Miller. Signed by Metcalf at the title page... More about Firebird
Minneapolis and Tucson: Granary Books and Chax Press, 1987. First edition. Narrow 4to, wraps, unprinted dust jacket of handmade paper by Mary Beaton. One of 236 numbered copies in wraps, out of a total edition of edition of 272. Illustrated by Cynthia Miller. Signed by Metcalf at the title page... More about Firebird
Vermont: Finial Press, 1973. First edition. Square 8vo, saddle-stitched wraps housed in an unprinted slate blue jacket with a small die cut hole to cover (perhaps as issued?). One of a limited edition of 200 copies signed by the poet at the colophon. Illustrated with three drawings by Michael Carol... More about O Nathan: Excerpts from The Book of Jonathan
New York: Sam Hooker Press, 1965. First edition. 8vo, printed wraps. Inscribed to Dan [Lauffer] and signed by Micheline in the year of publication. An early collection of short fiction by the "outlaw" poet, painter, and important early member of the beat generation. Wraps lightly toned, else fine. More about In the Bronx and Other Stories
Austin: Sal Volatile Press, 1995. First edition. Narrow 8vo, 50 pp, printed wraps. With the numerals 51 and 52 whited out, likely as issued (given that the colophon was accidentally including in the pagination). Association copy, inscribed by Middleton to his friend and collaborator R. B. Kitaj, and dated in... More about Floating Miniatures. 21 Poems & 3 Collages
Knotting, Bedfordshire: The Sceptre Press, 1974. First edition. 8vo, saddle stapled wraps with integral card dust jacket. One of a limited edition of 150 numbered copies. Association copy, beautifully inscribed to his collaborator, the artist R. B. Kitaj; "For you, R. B. Kitaj / love from your old pal /... More about Fractions for Another Telemachus
New York: W. W. Norton, 1965. First edition. Signed by Middleton at the first blank, in Austin, Texas, and dated in 1987. Very good in a very good dustjacket. More about Nonsequences: Selfpoems
London: Fulcrum Press, 1969. First edition. Limited edition, one of one hundred signed and numbered copies. 8vo, 109 pp, bound in grey linen titled in gilt at spine. Unprinted glassine jacket. One of Middleton's strongest collections. Cloth faded at extremities and spine, but near fine. The unprinted glassine jacket is... More about Our Flowers & Nice Bones
Austin, TX: Privately Printed, 1999. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stitched wraps. One of a limited edition of 100 copies. Association copy, inscribed to R. B. Kitaj in the year of publication; "For Kitaj with love from his neighbor and friend." Fine. More about The Redbird Hexagon
London: Oasis, 1985. First edition. 8vo, printed wraps. Association copy, inscribed to R. B. Kitaj in the year of publication on Mayday: "For Ron love from Christopher May 1 1985." A note in Peter Howard's hand notes that the "Ron" is Kitaj. A superb association copy of Middleton's amazing, "lost"... More about Serpentine
New York: National Poetry Magazine of the Lower East Side, 1992. 4to, side-stapled in illustrated covers. Special swimsuit issue of the longrunning poetry magazine, with contributions from Hal Sirowitz, Hersch Silverman, Les bridges, Mike Topp, Arthur Nersesian, Richard Russo, Mike Zuccaro et al. Very good with some light toning and... More about National Poetry Magazine of the Lower East Side Vol. 7 No. 3 Issue 25. The Swimsuit Issue
New York: National Poetry Magazine of the Lower East Side, 1993. 4to, side-stapled in illustrated covers. Special issue of the longrunning poetry magazine, with contributions from Jill Rapaport, Hersch Silverman, Eve Pacler, Hal Sirowitz, Adriana Scopino, Erika Knerr, Mike Zuccaro, Tom Savage, Rebecca Wright, Bob Holman, Gwen Sprinkle, Matty Jankowski... More about National Poetry Magazine of the Lower East Side Vol. 8 No. 1 Issue 26. Rectification of the...
Lawrence, KS: Tansy, 1971. First edition. 4to, 76 pp, illustrated wraps. Fourth issue of this superb little magazine out of the Kansas scene, one of the best little mags of the decade. The magazine was notable for being one of the first little mags to publish the young Frank Stanford... More about Tansy 4
New York: The Vanishing Rotating Triangle Press, 1973. First edition. 4to, perfect bound in wraps. Translated into English by Frances LeFevre. An excellent collection of poems by the poet best known for his association with the Dyn group, and a scarce book from Leandro Katz and Ted Castle's excellent press... More about Amour a Mort
Los Angeles: Illuminati Press, 1984. First edition. Narrow 8vo, bound in card wraps with printed dust jacket. One of a limited edition of 225 copies. Near fine with a bump and small resulting tear to the head of spine. More about Afghanistan
New York: Theo Publications, 1963. First edition. 8vo, [32] pp., mimeographed and saddle-stapled into printed wraps. Association copy, inscribed in the year following publication inside the front cover to Joan Jonas by George Montgomery, a contributor to this issue. Montgomery is also thanked by the editors for making the issue... More about Theo Vol. 1 No. 1
Madras & New York: Hanuman Books, 1987. First edition. 32mo, wraps, gilt-stamped illustrated dust jacket. An early Hanuman title. Near fine, with some minor page toning, in a near fine jacket that is toned, especially at the spine, and lightly rubbed at extremities. More about Bread & Water
Los Angeles: Semiotexte, 2014. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a series of booklets produced during the Whitney Biennal. Fine. More about Street Retreat