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9 volumes. Illustrated wrappers.

Harold Norse created a body of work using the American idiom of everyday language and images. One of the expatriate artists of the Beat generation, Norse was widely published and anthologized. 

Includes:

• Belli, G.G. The Roman Sonnets of G.G. Belli. Translated by Harold Norse. Signed by Norse on the half title page. [London]: Perivale Press, [1974].
• Karma Circuit. Signed by Norse on title page. Originally published in a limited edition in 1966. First Edition thus. San Francisco:  Panjandrum Press, 1973.
• Hotel Nirvana; Selected Poems, 1953-1973. Signed by editor Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the title page. First Edition. San Francisco: City Lights, [1974].
• Beat Hotel. Previously from the Sausalito Public Library, with stamps, etc.  One of 1900 copies. First Edition. San Diego, CA: Atticus Press, 1982.
• Mysteries of Magritte. With fold out broadside. Signed by North on title page. First Edition San Diego: Atticus Press, 1984
• Memoirs of a Bastard Angel; a Fifty-Year Literary and Erotic Odyssey. Signed by Norse on the title page. Remainder mark to bottom edge. First Edition. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press 1989.
• Williams, William Carlos and Harold Norse. The American Idiom: A Correspondence. Signed by Norse on the title page. First Edition. San Francisco: Bright Tyger Press, [1990].
• In the Hub of the Fiery Force. Collected Poems of Harold Norse, 1934-2003. Signed by Norse on the title page. Remainder mark on bottom edge.  First Edition. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003.
• Bowles, Paul, Neeli Cherkovski et al. The End is the Beginning: Elegy for the Carnivorous Saint. A Memorial Collection for Harold Norse. Signed by contributing poet Jack Hirschman on rear wrapper. First Edition. San Francisco: [Todd Swindell], 2010.