1.
ACKER, Kathy.
I DREAMT I BECAME A NYMPHOMANIAC! : IMAGINING.
San Francisco: Empty Elevator Shaft/Black Tarantula (1974).

First edition. 192 pp over six volumes. Toning to spines and fore-edge of #2, else each volume near fine in stapled wrappers. “The material in the six parts of this book has been copied from other books.” Acker’s second novel, uncommon complete.
$2500

2.
ARTAUD, Antonin.
The Theatre and Its Double: Essays.
London: Calder & Boyars (1970).

First UK edition. 104 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Victor Corti. Eleven essays including his first and second “Theatre of Cruelty” manifestos. Signature 4.
$85

3.
BALDESSARI, John.
Zorro.
Köln: Oktagon (1998).

First edition. Oblong 16mo. Fine in illustrated wrappers. A flip-book, subtitled, “Two Gestures and One Mark.” One of 800 numbered copies SIGNED by Baldessari inside the front cover. Three film sequences, Zorro sandwiched between Jean-Paul Belmondo and Humphrey Bogart, a swordsman and two smokers.
$100

4.
BALDWIN, James.
Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone: A Novel.
NY: Dial Press, 1968.

Uncorrected proof. 4to. 173 pp. Near fine in spiral-bound wrappers. Laid into this copy are two slightly different press releases from March and May 1968, placing the publication date at 3 June and 6 June respectively. Young 161.
$150

5.
BALLARD, J.G.
Super-Cannes.
London: Flamingo (2000).

First edition. 391 pp. Pages very lightly toned (cheap paper), else fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Ballard on the title page. A companion piece to COCAINE NIGHTS. If everything is so great, why is everyone so miserable?
$125

6.
BARNES, Julian.
Arthur & George.
London: Jonathan Cape (2005).

First edition. 360 pp. Fine in full decorated cloth with wrap-around band for the rear cover, as issued. SIGNED by Barnes on the title page. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
$45

7.
BECKETT, Samuel.
Collected Poems in English and French.
NY: Grove Press (1977).

First US edition. ix + 147 pp w/notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to the crown. In addition to his own verse, includes Beckett’s translation of works by Rimbaud, Eluard, Apollinaire, and Chamfort.
$40

8.
BECKETT, Samuel.
Lessness.
London: Calder & Boyars (1970).

First UK edition. 21 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. A prose work, in Beckett’s own translation from his original French. Signature 9.
$45

9.
[BERKELEY POETRY CONFERENCE]. Hawley, Robert. ed.
Checklists of Separate Publications of Poets at the First Berkeley Poetry Conference 1965.
Berkeley: Oyez/Cody’s (1965).

First edition. 12mo. [16 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies printed. Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Richard Duerden, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Leroi Jones, Joanne Kyger, Ron Loewinsohn, Charles Olson, Gary Snyder, Jack Spicer, George Stanley, Lew Welch, and John Wieners.
$12.50

10.
BERLIN, Lucia.
Legacy.
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1983.

First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 50 (of 100) copies; the entire hardbound edition. A short story, illustrated by Michael Bradley.
$450

11.
BERNHEIMER, Alan translates Valery Larbau
Le Hameau des Abeilles.
Cambridge: Whale Cloth Press, 1981.

First edition. 16mo. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine patterned paper dust jacket. One of 150 copies on Maidstone paper. Illustration by Thomas Mairs. Original French text with Bernheimer’s facing English translation, “The Hamlet of the Bees.”
$45

12.
BLACKBURN, Paul.
Three Dreams And An Old Poem.
Buffalo: University Press of Buffalo (1970).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Blackburn. Beau Fleuve Series Number One.
$45

13.
BLAINE, Julien.
Processus de deculturatisation un itineraire.
Paris: editions de la téte de feuilles/nouvelles editions polaires (1972).

First edition. [120 pp]. Covers lightly rubbed, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Found photos, maps, bold typography, actions.
$75

14.
BORGES, Jorge Luis.
Seven Nights.
NY: New Directions (1984).

First edition. 121 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket that is toned (common with this title). Translated from the original Spanish by Eliot Weinberger. Introduction by Alastair Reid. A series of lectures by Borges, delivered first in Buenos Aires in 1977.
$75

15.
[BRAUTIGAN, Richard]. Wah, Fred. ed.
Sum: A Newsletter of Current Workings #3.
Albuquerque: Fred Wah (1964).

33 pp. Tiny tear to edge of front cover, else near fine in printed wrappers with toning to extrems. First appearence of Brautigan’s “September California.” Work also by Duncan, Wieners, Levertov, Sanders, and many others.
$125

16.
[CAPRA PRESS]. Mytinger, Melissa. ed.
Capra Press: A Bibliographical Checklist 1969–1979.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press (1979).

First trade paperback printing. [32 pp] w/index. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Publisher Noel Young contributes a concluding note to this record of the first 120 titles published by Capra.
$15

17.
CAVAFY, C.P.
The Greek Poems of C.P. Cavafy.
New Rochelle: Aristide D. Caratzas (1989).

First editions. xiii + 187 & vii + 130 pp w/index. Two volumes, both fine in near fine dust jackets with some rubbing. English translations from the original Greek by Memas Kolaitis. Volume one presents The Canon, volume two The Unissued and “Repudiated” Poems. For the pair:
$150

18.
CELAN, Paul.
Breathturn.
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1995.

First edition. 261 pp w/notes. Tiny bump to one upper corner, else fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original German by Pierre Joris with his introduction.
$55

19.
CHAR, René.
Poems.
Rome: Botteghe Oscure X, 1952.

First edition. 39 pp. Very good plus in printed wrappers with a pale stain to lower portion of the front cover. Nineteen original French poems, with preceding English translations by Denis Devlin and Jackson Mathews. One of 350 numbered copies.
$75

20.
CLAMPITT, Amy.
Homage to John Keats.
NY: Sarabande Press (1984).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. Folio. 34 pp w/note. Fine in wrappers with gilt stamping to front cover and spine. Fine publisher’s cloth-covered slipcase. Printed letterpress in two colors. One of 250 copies on dampened Johannot paper SIGNED by Clampitt.
$150

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