41.
PEREC, George and the Oulipo.
Winter Journeys.
London: Atlas Press (2001).

First edition. 159 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 947 (of 999) numbered copies. Translations by Ian Monk, Harry Mathews, and John Sturrock of work by Bens, Caradec, Grangaud, Haugure, Jouet, Le Tellier, Mathews, Monk, Perec, and Roubaud. Atlas Anti-Classic 11.
$35

42.
PEREC, George and the Oulipo.
Winter Journeys.
London: Atlas Press (2013).

First printing of this edition. 343 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Introduction by Alastair Brotchie. An expanded edition of this title, adding several previously uncollected “Journeys.” Atlas Anti-Classics 18.
$35

43.
PSYCHIC T.V. & THE TEMPLE OV PSYCHICK YOUTH.
Roman P. b/w Neurology.
Rouen: Sordide Sentimental (1984).

First edition. 7” single together with a twelve page illustrated booklet and the Rouen gig flyer, housed in an illustrated folder. All elements fine, but for light bumps to the bottom corners of the folder. One of 3003 numbered copies in the original printed Sordide Sentimental clear plastic bag. Genesis P. Orridge carries on post-Throbbing Gristle.
$75

44.
[PUNK ROCK]. Bessey, Claude and Philomena. eds.
Slash. Volume 1, Number 1.
Los Angeles: Slash (1977).

19 pp. Newsprint tabloid. Fine. First issue of this West Coast periodical, one of the first to devote itself to the nascent punk scene. Dave Vanian of the Damned graces the front cover, and his band is interviewed. Also articles on the local sound, The Screamers, reviews of singles, albums, and concerts, all illustrated with b&w photographs. Other early issues available.
$250

45.
QUENEAU, Raymond.
Entretiens avec Georges Charbonnier.
Paris: Gallimard (1962).

First edition. 154 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Review copy, designated ‘SP’ in perforated letters to rear cover and last four leaves. INSCRIBED by Queneau, “... et bien amical homage / Queneau.”
$150

46.
[R.E.M]. Logan, Jack.
Lil Tee Comics Presents Pete Buck.
Loganville: Mile 9 [c. early 1980s].

First edition. Tall 4to. [16 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Comic featuring R.E.M. guitarist Pete Buck as a superhero. We also encounter his band members Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, Bob Stinson from The Replacements, and “Roy Orb Bassoon.”
$45

47.
RIDDELL, John.
A Game of Cards.
Toronto: Underwhich Edition, 1985.

First edition. Horizontal 8vo. [22 pp]. Fine in plastic strip-bound wrappers. “The following cards are taken from the ‘Situations’ & ‘Collage’ decks, two of the four decks of my four-decker novel A GAME OF CARDS.”
$25

48.
SALINGER, J.D.
Franny and Zooey.
Boston: Little Brown (1961).

First edition. 201 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a small wrinkle on the rear panel near the crown. No fading to the spine at all. Salinger’s third book, very hard to fine in such condition.
$1250

49.
SALINGER, J.D.
The Complete Uncollected Short Stories of J.D. Salinger Volumes 1 & 2.
[Berkeley]: (np) [c. 1974].

First editions. 87 + 105 pp. Pale stain to rear cover of the first volume, else near fine in stapled wrappers. The second volume is fine in glossy printed wrappers. Twenty-two Salinger early Salinger short stories. These piracies were the subject of a lawsuit, and quickly suppressed.
$750

50.
[SAN FRANCISCO].
San Francisco News [#5].
San Francisco: (np) 1975.

4to. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. High production values for this photo-heavy round up of goings-on in San Francisco. The funeral of Popeye Jackson, Jane Fonda at the National Hookers Convention, picketing the Iranian consulate, Ant Farm Collective smashing televisions, Network Against Psychiatric Assault (NAPA) protesting at St. Mary’s Hospital, Gay Freedom Day parade, and the Rolling Stones at the Cow Palace covered. The fifth and apparently last issue of this short-lived periodical.
$50

51.
[SLA].
The San Francisco Phoenix #38.
San Francisco: San Francisco Phoenix (1974).

Volume 2, Number 11. 12 pp. Tabloid newsprint. Fine. Featured is John Bryan’s “An Exercise in ‘Armed Propaganda’” article positing that the Hearst kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army was the “most successful exercise in media warfare ever conduced in North America (if not the world).” Also Gerard Melanga’s (sic) article on Marilyn Chambers, a Review of Steve Reich, two full pages on Dylan, and more.
$40

52.
SNOW, Michael.
Cover to Cover.
Halifax & NY: Nova Scotia College of Art & Design/NYU, 1975.

First trade paperback edition. 8vo. [312 pp]. Hard bump to base of spine, else a solid very good plus copy with a few light reading creases to spine, and sticker with the publisher names affixed to the base. Entirely without text, each page a full-bleed b&w photograph of Snow’s journey from cover to cover. Paar & Badger II, pg. 156.
$450

53.
SNYDER, Gary.
Good Wild Sacred.
Madley: Five Seasons Press, 1984.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [32 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and near fine blind-stamped printed sleeve. One of 65 numbered copies on pure rag mouldmade Arches paper SIGNED by Snyder.
$350

54.
SOLNIT, Rebecca.
Secret Exhibition: Six California Artists of the Cold War Era.
San Francisco: City Lights (1990).

First edition. 145 pp w/notes, bibliography, & index. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with light sunning to spine. The six artists are Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Jess, Jay DeFeo, George Herms, and Wally Hedrick. Foreword by Bill Berkson. Fully illustrated.
$45

55.
[TRIGRAM PRESS].
Poetry from Trigram Press London.
London: Trigram Press [1966].

First edition. 15 x 10 inch broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. New books available by George Andrews, Asa Benveniste, and Jack Hirschman. Three works projected for 1967: an anthology of concrete poetry by Berjuhi Bowler, THE KING KONG ELEGIES by George Moore, and THE SOAP OPERA by Piero Heliczer with illustrations by Warhol, Jack Smith, Berman, Ferro, and Lebel.
$75

56.
VAN HORN, Erica.
A healthy rosemary plant...
[Clonmel]: Coracle (2013).

First edition. 7 ¹ ⁄ 8 x 4 ¾ inch illustrated plastic plaque housed in a printed envelope with a string-tie closure. Plaque is fine, envelope has one lightly bumped corner, else it too is fine. One of 21 numbered copies SIGNED by Van Horn on a label affixed to the verso of the plaque.
$45

57.
VEGA, Alan as “Alan Suicide.”
Art-Rite Special #13.
NY: Art-Rite (1977).

First edition. [20 pp]. Short edge-tear to each leaf, one corner crease to rear cover; in all, near fine in stapled wrappers. “We dedicate this issue to the average American in search of excitement.” Images of sex, rock ‘n’ roll, and horse racing, assembled by Vega, one ½ of the band Suicide.
$75

58.
[WHITE RABBIT PRESS]. Johnston, Alastair.
A Bibliography of the White Rabbit Press.
Berkeley: Poltroon Press/Anacapa Books, 1985.

First edition. 91 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 500 copies. A vital volume for anyone interested in SF Bay Area printing and publishing, Jack Spicer, Graham Mackintosh, Joe Dunn, and bibliographies that are as interesting to read as they are helpful to cite.
$30

59.
WILSON, Adrian.
The Design of Books.
NY & London: Reinhold/Studio Vista (1967).

First edition. 4to. 159 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A fully-illustrated guide to putting together a book, along with background on paper types, methods of type composition, and an outline of major reproduction processes. Also, layouts for The Nuremberg Chronicle reproduced here for the first time.
$40

60.
WRIGHT, James.
Entering The Kingdom of the Moray Eel & At Peace With The Ocean Off Misquamicut.
Huntington: A Poem A Month Club, 1978.

First edition. 17 x 11 ½ inch broadside. Very near fine. Numbered (167/500) and SIGNED by Wright.
$100

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