Lowell, MA: Bootstrap Press, 2010. First printing. 158 pp., 5.5 x 8.75 inches. Limited edition of 258 numbered copies, bound in decorated cloth, with five pieces of ephemera laid in, as issued. Edited by James Dunn, and with an introduction by the editor and publishers. As new. A New Book.....
Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2019. First edition thus. 423 pp., 5.25 x 8 inches. Perfect-bound in printed wrappers. Edited by Chris Kraus; expanded and with an introduction by Robert Dewhurst; afterword by Rachel Kushner. Essays by poet, translator, and polymath David Rattray. Initially best known for his translations of Antonin Artaud.....
Brunswick, ME: Coyote Books, 2006. First printing. (24) pp., small 8vo. Stapled into plain wrappers, in printed dust-jacket. As new. A delightful visual diary in poems and drawings, reproduced from the author/artist’s handwritten ms. First published as an issue of the magazine Gate in 1982, and reissued by James Koller.....
Tucson, AZ: Querencia Books, 1994. First printing. Paperback. 108 pp. 8vo, sewn binding in wrappers.
Coach House Press, 1967. Later printing. Wraps. 8vo, 77 pp. Signed by the author. Tiny nicks to head and heel of spine, top of fore-edge lightly bumped.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. First Printing, Wraps Issue. 200 pp. Wrappers sunned, handled, edgeworn. 8vo.
London: Trigram Books, 1972. First Edition. Cloth. With ten photographs by Pip Benveniste. 1/100 numbered copies signed by the poet and the photographer, of a total edition of 300. About fine in dustjacket. 4to.
N.p. (Canada): McClelland and Stewart, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to, 62 pp. With handwritten "Compliments of the author" card laid in. Binding a little loose between signatures at center, and light bumps to corner and crown of spine, otherwise very good in printed cloth over boards, in a slightly.....
New York: Viking, 1966. First Edition. Boards. Faint corner bumps and light edgewear, otherwise very good in a good plus, price-clipped dustjacket with small closed tears and creases at edges and a very small loss at top of spine fold. 8vo.
Bournemouth, England: Hapt, 1970. First Edition. Mimeographed sheets. 1/250 copies, illustrated. Four 13.5" x 17" sheets folded once to make a 16-page unbound pamphlet ("Hapt free-print"). Poems from "Earth Incantations (Homage to Ezra Pound)": the title poem (in two parts) and "Victory! The Dancers." With an explanatory epilogue to the.....
Chicago: ad hoc press, 1977. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. 1/200 copies; poems. Warmly inscribed by the author to poet Ted Berrigan, "whose book this partly is." Edges of wrappers sunned, and some small spots on front cover, otherwise very good. 12mo.
N.p. Prensa de Lagar/Wine Press, 1967. First Edition. Stapled wrappers in dustjacket. Second printing of the poet's scarce first book. A fine copy in very good dustjacket with small closed tear at crown of spine. Small 8vo.
Buenos Aires: Ediciones del Mediodia, 1969. First Thus. Wrappers. 109 pp., Spanish text. Poems from Empty Mirrors (sic), Howl, Kaddish, Reality Sandwiches, and Planet News, selected, translated, and prefaced by Covian. Edgewear, small bookseller's label inside front cover, and slight offsetting to back cover, otherwise a very good, unread copy.....
San Lorenzo, CA: Shameless Hussy Press, 1974. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. First printing of the author's third book and first book of prose, consisting of six short stories. Signed on the title page. Trace of sticker removal to front cover, otherwise very good in lightly soiled wrappers. 8vo.
Oakland/Berkeley: Mama's Press/Black Widow Publications, 1973. First Edition. Stapled sheets. 57 pp., illustrated. A near fine copy of the author's second book of poems, with just slight rubbing and creasing of wrappers near staples. 8vo.
San Lorenzo, CA: Shameless Hussy Press, 1971. Later Printing. Stapled sheets. Second printing (1973) of the author's first book of poems; signed on the title page. Trace of sticker removal to front cover, and very small tear at top of spine, otherwise very good in lightly soiled wrappers. 8vo.
Muscatine, IA: Prairie Press, 1941. First Edition. Sewn in wrappers. 1/250 copies.Cheever 40. Gratefully inscribed by the author to the printer/publisher, Carroll Coleman; about the nicest association possible for this title. Light creasing and sunning to oversized wrappers, otherwise very good. 8vo.
Buffalo, NY: University Press at Buffalo, 1970. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. 1/1000 copies. Beau Fleuve Series Number One (edited by Allen DeLoach). Slight rust to staples, not affecting pages, otherwise about fine. Small 8vo.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. First Edition. Boards. 268 pp. Very light bumps to corners and faint foxing to top edge, barely noticeable spine slant, otherwise very good in a very good, bright dustjacket. 8vo.
London: Ferry Press, 1977. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. A short essay, dedicated to Robert Duncan, published on the occasion of Dawson's first visit to England. Signed by the author. Near fine in very lightly soiled wrappers. 8vo.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. University of Texas Press Poetry Series No. 3. A collection of short poems in sonnet form, "variations on orange." Very fine in a near fine dustjacket. Small square 8vo.
New York: Grossman, 1973. First Edition. 53 pp., 4.5 x 7.25 inches. Paper over boards in printed dust-jacket. A fine copy in very good jacket save for a very short tear and the trace of a sticker removal on front panel.
Berlin: Literarisches Colloquium, 1969. First Thus. Wrappers. Translated and annotated by Klaus Reichert, with cover photograph by Gerard Malanga. Light edgewear, otherwise very good. Square 16mo.
London: Gollancz, 1971. First U.K. edition. Boards. Inscribed by the author, who has also supplied a photocopy of a manuscript page inadvertently left out of the printed text. The photocopy is folded twice and laid in between pages 96 and 97; the author has written "See missing page" at the.....
Toronto: The Women's Press, 1988. First English language edition. Paperback. 163 pp., 8vo. Author's first book of essays, published as La Letter aerienne in 1985; here translated into English by Marlene Wildeman. Inscribed in French by the author. Light shelfwear and slight darkening to wrappers.
