1.
ACKERLEY, J.R.
My Dog Tulip.
London: Secker & Warburg 1956.

First edition. 164 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Ackerley’s “life with an Alsatian,” his beloved Tulip (pseud. for Queenie) who, by most contemporary accounts, was not very pleasant.
$225

2.
ADDAMS, Chas.
Favorite Haunts.
NY: Simon & Schuster (1976).

First edition. 4to. 96 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Addams on the half-title page.
$300

3.
[ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN]. Radice, Barbara. ed
Terrazzo: Architecture & Design 1–7 (of 10).
NY: Rizzoli (1988–1992).

First editions. Tall 4to. Seven volumes, all near fine or better in printed wrappers. One of the best, though short-lived, magazines of its type. The last three issues are unaccountably uncommon. For the first seven:
$550

4.
[ARTISTS’ BOOKS]. Namikawa, Emiko. ed.
Artists’ Books 1983.
Tokoyo: Gallery Lunami (1983).

First edition. 4to. 58 pp. Fine in wrappers and near fine integral printed dust jacket. Introductory essays, in English and Japanese, by Namikawa, Tim Guest, and Yusuke Nakahara. B&w photographs and descriptions of work by an international selection of artists from Baldessari to Broodthaers, Carrion to Ruscha, as well as nine Japanese practitioners of the form.
$50

5.
AUDEN, W.H.
Three Unpublished Poems.
NY: New York Public Library, 1986.

First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Introduction by Edward Meldelsohn. One of 222 copies on Arches paper. Tipped-on facsimiles of Auden’s original holograph manuscripts, preceded by versions in print.
$200

6.
AUSTER, Paul.
Facing the Music.
Barrytown: Station Hill (1980).

First edition. [16 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 957 (of 1000) copies.
$45

7.
[AUSTRALIAN GRAFFITI]. Ellis, Rennie and Ian Turner.
Australian Graffiti.
Melbourne: Sun Books (1975).

Later printing. Small 4to. [96 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Turner and Ellis separately introduce this collection of b&w photographs of text-based graffiti.
$25

8.
BALLARD, J.G.
J.G. Ballard: Quotes.
San Francisco: RE/Search Publications (2004).

First edition. 414 pp w/index. Fine in glossy illustrated flexible boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Quotations from Ballard’s oeuvre, selected by V. Vale and Mike Ryan. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Ballard.
$125

9.
BALLARD, J.G.
Vermilion Sands.
London: Cape (1971).

First edition. 208 pp. Very near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A collection of nine short stories set in Vermilion Sands, a decaying “desert-resort” once for the idle rich, now for the forgotten and those who live off them.
$500

10.
BERLIN, Lucia.
So Long: Stories 1987–1992.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1993.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 214 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Berlin.
$150

11.
BOWLES, Paul.
Collected Stories 1939–1976.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1979.

First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 417 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Introduction by Gore Vidal. One of 60 numbered copies SIGNED by Vidal and Bowles.
$550

12.
BOWLES, Paul translates Mohammed Mrabet.
The Big Mirror.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977.

First edition. 77 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Taped and translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles and Mrabet. Morrow & Cooney 264c.
$125

13.
BOWLES, Paul translates Mohammed Mrabet.
Marriage with Papers.
Bolinas: Tombouctou Books (1986).

First edition, signed hardcover issue. 79 pp. Fine in full black cloth with gold stamping to front cover and spine. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 100 copies SIGNED by Bowles and Mrabet.
$150

14.
BRANDT, Bill.
Photographs.
London: Arts Council fo Great Britain, 1970.

First edition. [16 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Catalogue designed by Herbert Spencer. Foreword by Robin Campbell. Twelve reproductions, one of which did not appear in the exhibition. Introduction, “The shadowy world of Bill Brandt,” by Aaron Scharf.
$20

15.
BRETON, André.
The Lost Steps / Les Pas perdus.
Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press (1996).

First US edition. xxi + 133 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Mark Polizzotti. Polemical essays composed between 1917 and 1923. Review slip accompanies.
$45

16.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Crucifix in a Death Hand.
New Orleans: Loujon Press [1965].

First edition. 4to. Fine in wrappers with the original wrap-around band. One of 3100 copies. Dated 3–10–65 and SIGNED by Bukowski. An early copy off the press, in uncommonly nice shape. Krumhansl 15.
$750

17.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
It Catches My Heart in its Hands.
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963.

First edition. Small 4to. Touch of foxing to the top edges of the endpapers, else a fine copy of this letterpress extravaganza. One of 777 copies. Dated 5–19–63 and SIGNED by Bukowski. An early copy off the press, as the colophon states printing was done in June – September (?). Krumhansl 12.
$1500

18.
[BUKOWSKI, Charles]. Montfort, Michael.
Bukowski: Photographs 1977–1987.
[Hollywood: Michael Montfort, 1987].

First edition. [38 pp]. One tiny flaw to base of spine, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Introduction and one poem, “Click, Click...” by Bukowski. One of 26 lettered copies, the entire hardbound edition, SIGNED by Bukowski (here he has added a small drawing) and Montfort. Krumhansl 104b.
$1250

19.
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Soft Machine.
NY: Grove (1966).

First US edition. 182 pp. Very near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED by Burroughs on the title page. Maynard & Miles A5b.
$350

20.
CARVER, Raymond.
My Father’s Life.
Derry & Ridgewood: Babcock & Koontz (1987).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. Title page wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec. Designed by Allan Kornblum and printed by Kent Aldrich of Coffee House Press. One of 200 numbered copies on Masa paper SIGNED by Carver.
$200

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