1.
[BEAT GENERATION]. Natsoulas, John and Vanessa Bolden.
Beat Generation and Beyond: A Visual History Volume 1.
Davis: John Natsoulas Gallery, 2003.

First edition. 4to. 64 pp. Tiny bend to spine, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Fifty-six illustrations, most in color. Duncan, Neri, Berman, Jess, Conner, Hedrick, Herms, Okamura, Wiley, and many others appear.
$25

2.
BEEKMAN, E.M.
Totem: Poems.
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1984.

First edition. 62 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed spine label. Illustrated with two wood engravings by Barry Moser. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Beekman and Moser. One of two poetry collections by Beekman, who also translated the 17th Century naturalist Georgius E. Rumphius’ The Ambonese Herbal, published by Yale in six volumes in 2011.
$150

3.
BERRIGAN, Ted.
In the Early Morning Rain.
London & NY: Cape Goliard/Grossman (1970).

First US trade paperback printing. Small 4to. [108 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal illustrations by George Schneeman. INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the third leaf to Keith Abbott, “for Keith, / 3/5 of my / best book of / all / time, / Love, / Ted Berrigan.” Abbott wrote a slightly negative review of this collection, in which he posited that some of the poems could have been dropped.
$200

4.
BOWLES, Paul.
Scenes.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 10 pp. Tiny bend to first leaf, else fine in sewn wrappers. Title page woodcut by Henry Shire. Designed and printed by Saul and Lillian Marks. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles. Nine poems, dated 1934–1940. Miller 18a.
$200

5.
[BUKOWSKI, Charles]. Grenoble, Penelope. ed.
Los Angeles Free Press #590.
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises (1975).

Volume 12, Number 45. 28 pp. Original price on front cover obscured, else fine. An installment of Bukowski’s long-running “Notes of a Dirty Old Man,” along with a small drawing.
$40

6.
[BUKOWSKI, Charles]. Brewton, Johnny. ed
X-Ray Number Seven.
San Francisco: X-Ray Book Co., 1998.

Fall. 8vo. [6o pp w/inserts]. Fine in strip-bound wrappers and original plastic bag. One of 200 numbered copies. Contributions by George Albon, artnoose, Charles Bukowski, Billy Childish, Jason Davis, Mark Faigenbaum, Bern Porter, Hubert Selby Jr., and many others. Presents Bukowski’s poem, “The Word” as a letterpress broadside. See Krumhansl 157.
$250

7.
[BUKOWSKI, Charles]. Juillard, André.
Buk.
Paris: Gentiane (1985).

First edition. Eight 11 x 14 ¼ inch sheets, plus title and colophon sheets, housed in the publisher’s decorated portfolio and die-cut slipcase. All elements fine. One of 900 numbered copies SIGNED by Juillard on one of the sheets. Full-color images drawn from Bukowski’s work.
$450

8.
CHILDISH, Billy writing as “Chyldish.”
Bombs, Buggery & Buddhism or Diaries of a Mock Human Being.
Clerkenwell: L-13 (2010).

First edition. 83 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 500 copies. The first of three parts.
$45

9.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Caetani, Marguerite. ed.
Botteghe Oscure 1–25 + index (complete).
Rome: Botteghe Oscure (1948–1952).

Twenty-five issues, all very good plus or better, with most being near fine in original jackets or wrap-around bands when issued thus. A multi-lingual effort, with international contributors including Aiken, Auden, Bataille, Blanchot, Brecht, Calvino, Camus, Capote, Char, Chester, Cummings, and that’s just a start. For the run:
$1000

10.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Koch, Peter. ed.
Montana Gothic 1–6 (complete).
Missoula: Montana Gothic/Black Stone Press (1974–1977).

Six issues. Light tanning to spine of the first two issues, else all near fine in illustrated wrappers. The last issue has two fold-out plates. Poems with found cuts and illustrations. Contributors include Adam Cornford, Robert Bly, Ira Cohen, Dana Young, Charles Henri Ford, Claude Pelieu, Tess Gallagher, Charles Plymell, William Pillan, Joyce Mansour, and many others. For the run:
$250

11.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Gizzi, Peter and Connell McGrath. eds.
Oblek: A Journal of Language Arts 1–12 (complete).
NY & Stockbridge: Garlic Press/Oblek Editions (1987–1993).

Twelve issues in thirteen volumes, #12 being issued in two volumes. All near fine or better in wrappers with most being fine. Cover art by Norman Bluhm, Trevor Winkfield, Brian Schorn, Win Knowlton, and Jess among others. A high production value journal of contemporary letters presenting work by Coolidge, Jabes, Michael Palmer, Charles Bernstein, Charles Simic, Creeley, Mac Low, Hejinian, Berrigan, Ashbery, Spicer, Duncan and many others. #9 is a Burning Deck 30th anniversary tribute issue. For the run:
$450

12.
COOPER, Dennis.
The Tenderness of the Wolves.
Trumansburg: Crossing Press (1982).

First edition. xi + 76 pp. Fine in full brown leatherette with gold stamping to spine. Edmund White introduces this collection of poems and short stories. Uncommon in hardcover.
$200

13.
CREELEY, Robert.
The Finger.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition, publisher’s copy. Small 4to. [24 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. A poem with an original collage SIGNED by Bobbie Creeley tipped-in after the title page. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Robert Creeley. Additionally, this copy is INSCRIBED by Robert, “For John Martin / with many thanks indeed / Bob Creeley” and Bobbie, “Dear John — Such a pleasure to have /it in hand. It was so lovely to do it / with you — / love / Bobbie.”
$750

14.
CULBERT, Bill.
51 Drawings.
Clonmel: Coracle/Christchurch Art Gallery, 2013.

First edition. Small 4to. [72 pp]. Fine in full decorated light blue cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 300 numbered copies. Drawings made over thirty years with Parker 51 reservoir fountain pens.
$75

15.
CUTTS, Simon.
A watercolour glass for Marie Bourget.
[Clonmel]: Coracle, 2013.

First edition. Small drinking glass, 4 ½ inches tall, 2 ½ inches in diameter, housed in a two-part printed box. Illustrated colophon leaf pasted inside the box. One of 36 numbered copies. Cutts’ poem printed in black on the side of the glass.
$75

16.
DEPEW, Wally.
Datura.
(np): Wally Depew (nd).

First edition. Horizontal 64mo. [68 pp w/bibliography]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. The word “DATURA” rubber stamped on thirteen leaves in blue ink, followed by an appendix, then stamped an additional thirteen times in different color variations on sheets that have an added flap upon which is printed the title flower. “An edition of 10 realized by Wally Depew.” Printed dedication, “For Don.”
$150

17.
DRUCKER, Johanna.
Jane Goes Out W’ The Scouts.
[Oakland]: Drucker (1980).

First edition. Narrow 4to. [8 pp]. Bit of discoloration to front panel, else near fine in sewn wrappers. A relatively early artist’s book by Drucker. One of 46 numbered copies.
$150

18.
[DUCHAMP, Marcel]. Hamilton, Richard.
NOT SEEN and/or LESS SEEN of/by MARCEL DUCHAMP/RROSE SELAVY 1904–64.
NY: Cordier & Ekstrom, 1965.

First trade edition. 4to. [84 pp]. Gentle bumps to top outer corners of covers, else fine in illustrated wrappers. Richard Hamilton contributed a foreword and the text of the catalogue. A fully-illustrated description of the Mary Sisler collection, with three tipped-on color plates. Uncommon in condition.
$350

19.
DURAN DURAN
[San Francisco]: I-Beam (1981).

First edition. 17 x 11 inch illustrated flyer, printed in black on pale blue paper. Fine. Duran Duran’s only show in SF during their first US tour, enabled by MTV and the success of their “Girls on Film” video.
$125

20.
ELMSLIE, Kenward and Joe Brainard.
The Champ.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition. A 5” two-track monaural tape (7 ½ i.p.s.) recorded in April 1968 in NYC. Housed in a decorated two-part box. Elmslie reads “The Champ” and Brainard reads “Alice.” One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Elmslie and Brainard on a label inside the top lid. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 31 (note).
$750

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