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Halifax: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1974. First edition. 338 pp., narrow 4to. Copublished with New York University Press. With a significant new introduction to this second printing, following the original introduction. Sewn signatures bound into photo-illustrated wrappers, in dust-jacket reproducing the design of the cover. Minuscule crease to bottom corner of cover; essentially as new, in a very good jacket with slight rubbing to front panel and soiling to back.

New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press, 1978. First Edition. Wrappers. Very good. 75 pp., small 8vo. Foreword by Richard Hugo; this book was his first selection for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Signed and dated in the year of publication, and with an autograph letter (c. 87 words) to author Jack Gantos, asking Gantos to sign a copy of his book Rotten Ralph, and discussing Ramke's own book signing event (his first) at the Grolier Book Shop some months before (evidently where Gantos had gotten this copy of Ramke's book). Wrappers lightly rubbed, and with a mild crease to the lower corner of the back cover, otherwise very good.

Northampton, MA: Propolis Press, 2009. First printing. 4.5 x 15.5 inches, letterpress broadside. Edition size unstated but small. Primary text in black, with graphic elements from wood type in blue and blind. An excerpt from The Extruded Gilgamesh, printed by the author/publisher for a reading at the Poetry Project in NYC on March 23, 2009. As new.

Oakland, CA: Sombre Reptiles, n.d.. First printing. 17 x 23 inches, letterpress broadside printed in three colors on Somerset paper, with deckle on three sides, signed by the designer/printer, MaryAnn Hayden. Two tiny pinholes in top corners from hanging, otherwise essentially as new. In this design by the inimitable MaryAnn Hayden, the title quotation is dwarfed by the bold, architectonic illustration, created from linear material arranged in the bed of the press. An artist's proof, so designated, from a tiny edition of only a handful of copies.

Brooklyn, NY: diwan, 1990. First Edition. Wrappers. 77 pp., 6 x 9 inches. First and only edition. Sewn signatures in printed wrappers. Frontispiece portrait of the author by Basil King; cover calligraphy by Suzanne Moore. Issued in a paperback trade edition of a thousand copies; in addition, there were a hundred numbered and signed copies bound in full cloth. New, direct from the publisher. David Rattray, who died in 1993 at the age of 56, was widely known for his translations from Antonin Artaud, René Crevel, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, and many others. This collection is the only accessible edition of his own stunning poems.

Brooklyn, NY: diwan, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. 77 pp., 6 x 9 inches. Frontispiece portrait of the author by Basil King. One of one hundred numbered copies signed by the author, specially bound in full cloth with blind-embossed cover and spine. Issued without dustjacket. As new. David Rattray, who died in 1993 at the age of 56, was widely known for his translations from Antonin Artaud, René Crevel, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, and many others. This collection is the only accessible edition of his own stunning poems. The trade edition consisted of 1000 copies in wrappers, and the projected deluxe edition of twenty-six lettered copies was never completed, leaving this as the only limited edition.

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, Rattray has developed a steadily growing audience for his remarkable poems (collected in the book Opening the Eyelid), essays, and miscellaneous translations from myriad languages since his untimely death in 1993. First published in 1992, and now back in print in a greatly expanded edition (almost a hundred pages of new material), and with a marvelous biographical introduction by Robert Dewhurst.

New York: Roof Books, 1996. First printing. 106 pp., 8vo. Perfect-bound in printed wrappers. Very mild bump to one corner, and light edgewear, otherwise fine. Warmly inscribed, “with love, and thanks,” to composer and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and his wife, vocalist Irene Aebi. Lacy set to music texts of many poet friends (including Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, Brion Gysin, and others), which he performed and recorded with Irene; in fact, the endpapers of this volume reproduce the score of Lacy's setting of Raworth's poem “Absence” (thus the “thanks” of the inscription) — which composer and poet jointly dedicate to Franco Beltrametti. In addition, Raworth has made corrections to the copyright page (the spelling of Lacy's name, among other things), to the contents page, and to the text of one poem. A terrific association.

N.p.: N.p.. Folded broadside. No place or date. Mimeograph Christmas greeting. Narrow 8vo. One poem printed on a single sheet folded once, with color plate laid down on front. Elder Olson's copy. A bit sunned and edgeworn.

London: Poet & Printer, 1966. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. Small 8vo, 15 pp. Stapled into printed wrappers. A visionary and satirical call-and-response between a minister and congregation, first broadcast on BBC TV and later on radio, and first published here. Wrappers lightly soiled and with sticker abrasion on back; internally very good.

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.

Woodford Green, Essex, UK: Poet & Printer, 1972. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. Small 8vo, 23 pp. Stapled into printed wrappers. Contents: The Son of My Skin; Beyond the Eyelids; The Jesus Apparition (Easter Cantata). Light soiling to wrappers, and sticker abrasion to back cover; internally fine.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. First Printing, Wraps Issue. 200 pp. Wrappers sunned, handled, edgeworn. 8vo.

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Wrappers. Paperback issue. Price inked out on front wrap, and faint crease to corner, otherwise very good. With errata slip laid in; uncommon thus. 8vo.

London: Caligula Books, 1975. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. 15 pp. Illustrations by S. Wheatley. An early title. Very good in lightly soiled wrappers. Small 8vo.

Cologne: Edition Fundamental, 1986. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. (36) pp., square 8vo. Edition of 70 copies, numbered and signed by the designer/printer K. Richard Müller, and handbound in cloth by Siegfried Köhler. A translation of Reinhardt's "Thirteen Rules toward a Code of Ethics for Fine Artists," printed letterpress in a striking three-color design echoed on the front cover. Though this is admittedly an ex-library copy, it is much less flawed than typically the case: an abrasion to the top outer corner of the front flyleaf, a library stamp to the bottom of the colophon page, a small, discreet address label on the inside bottom corner of the rear pastedown, and some rubbing to extremities of the cloth. Nonetheless a very good copy of a scarce early book from the press, priced to reflect the imperfections.

n.p.: Violet Press, 1977. First printing. (111) pp., 11 x 11 inches. Sewn signatures glued into printed card covers. With a preface by Mark Power ("Iowa in Ohio") and an introduction by the photographer. Reproduces 70 photographs made with a Diana plastic toy camera over a period of six years. Light edgewear and sunning to spine, otherwise about fine.

New York: Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. Wrappers. First Edition in Wraps (of 388 copies). Unpaginated. Mild bend along spine, otherwise Fine. 12mo.

Cambridge, MA: Pym-Randall, 1964. One of 425 copies (no. 167). 35 pp. Author's second book. Wrappers lightly sunned and edgeworn. 8vo.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. 58 pp., 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Cloth over boards in printed dust-jacket. Author's first book; poems. Very good in very good jacket.