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1.
AKUTAGAWA, Ryunosuke.
A Fool’s Life.

NY: Mushinsha/Grossman (1970).
First US edition. 131 pp. Two leaves corner-creased (production flaw) else very near fine in like dust jacket. Near fine publisher’s cardstock slipcase (one small stain). Translated from the original Japanese by Will Petersen. Illustrated color reproductions of twelve etchings by Tanaka Ryoheim, that are tipped-on.
$150
83679
2.
[ALCATRAZ OCCUPATION].
Poetry Reading to Benefit the Indians on Alcatraz.

San Francisco: Glide Memorial Church, 1969.
First edition. 13 ¼ x 8 ⅛ inch broadside. Fine. Printed letterpress by Andrew Hoyem.
$125
83659
3.
AUSTER, Paul.
Paul Auster’s New York.

NY: Henry Holt (1997).
First edition. 97 pp. Some faint foxing to top edge, else fine in decorated boards with ribbon place maker. No dust jacket, as issued. Preface by Luc Sante. Photographs by Frieder Blickle. INSCRIBED by Auster on the half-title page, “For Jack — / in Chicago / of all places! / with love— / Paul.”
$200
83687
4.
[BALLARD, J.G.]. McGrath, Rick. ed.
Deep Ends: The J. G. Ballard Anthology 2014.

Toronto: Terminal Press, 2014.
First edition. Small 4to. 198 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrated. Contributions by Bea Ballard, David Pringle, J.G. Ballard, Iain Sinclair, Paul Green, and many others. The volume concludes with a J.G. Ballard secondary bibliography.
$45
63326
5.
BERKSON, Bill and Anne Waldman.
Young Manhattan.

[Boulder]: Smokeproof Press/Erudite Fangs Editions (1999).
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and very near fine dust jacket. Cover art by George Schneeman. One of 474 (of 500) copies. SIGNED by Waldman and Berkson on the title page.
$55
83655
6.
BERKSON, Bill and John Zurier.
Repeat After Me.

San Francisco: Gallery Paule Anglim (2011).
First edition. 46 pp. Scratch to the first leaf, else fine in printed wrappers. Poems by Berkson with sixteen color reproductions of work by Zurier. SIGNED by Berkson and Zurier on the title page.
$40
83633
7.
[BOLINAS]. Saroyan, Aram. ed.
[The Bolinas Magazine #1].

[Bolinas]: (np) (1973).
First edition. Folio. [64 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Arthur Okamura.“Cowboy Comic” by Terry Bell. INSCRIBED (but not signed) by Joanne Kyger, “for Wesley” on the title page. Contributions by Ebbe Borregard, Berkson, Tom Clark, Creeley, Darrell de Vore, Ferlinghetti, Gailyn Saroyan, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Larry Kearney, Kyger, Magda, Malanga, Aram Saroyan, and several others.
$200
32889
8.
BOWLES, Jane.
Out in the World: Selected Letters of Jane Bowles 1935–1970.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1985.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 319 pp w/index of names. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited, with an introduction by Millicent Dillon. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Dillon.
$75
83630
9.
BRAINARD, Joe.
Twelve Postcards.

Calais: Z Press (1975).
First trade edition. Twelve 4 x 6 inch postcards, all fine, each featuring a Brainard illustration. Housed in the original printed mailing envelope that is a bit toned along the top edge, but is otherwise near fine.
$250
83530
10.
BRAKHAGE, Stan.
Film Biographies.

Berkeley: Turtle Island (1977).
First trade paperback printing. 295 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Essays by Brakhage with individual introductions by Robert Creeley (Melies, Griffith, Dreyer, Eisenstein), Edward Dorn (Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, Keaton, Vigo), and Guy Davenport (Dr. Caligari, Lang, Murnau, Dovzhenko).
$75
83684
11.
BRANDI, John.
Poems from the Green Parade: Haiku from a Journey to Nepal & Thailand.

Corrales: Tooth of Time Books (1990).
First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 222 numbered copies SIGNED by Brandi.
$25
83646
12.
BRECHT, George and Stefan Wewerka.
Letters and Jazz: For Richard Hamilton, Lester Young, Charlie “Yardbird” Parker.

Köln: Edition Hundertmark. (1983).
First edition. [16 pp]. Near fine in printed wrappers. Brecht and Wewerka collaborate via a torn up copy of Hamilton’s artrubberprint “Five Tires” while listing to music.
$35
83614
13.
BURROUGHS, William S.
Photos and Remembering Jack Kerouac.

Louisville: White Fields Press [1994].
First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 250 copies. Two short works on Kerouac, together with eight b&w photographs of WSB.
$50
83643
14.
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Coldspring News.

[Flint]: Fenian Head Centre Press 1964.
First edition, later issue. 7 ⅛ x 12 ½ inches. Three horizontal folds, else near fine. Issued originally with The Spero magazine (vol 1, no 1), this is the broadside alone. Date and copyright information penned along the bottom edge. Maynard & Miles C124c.
$150
74375
15.
CAMERON, Ian. ed.
The Book of Film Noir.

NY: Continuum, 1993.
First US edition. 288 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Articles on all aspects of the genre. Illustrated.
$35
83394
16.
CATHER, Willa.
Not Under Forty.

NY: Knopf, 1936.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. v + 147 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with sunned spine and two short edge tears. Very near fine publisher’s slipcase. One of 333 numbered copies on Nihon Japanese Vellum SIGNED by Cather. Six essays, targeted to readers not under forty years of age.
$500
83666
17.
CELAN, Paul.
Threadsuns.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 2000.
First printing of this edition. 272 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Original German poems with facing English translations by Pierre Joris, who also contributes an introduction. Five cycles consisting of 105 poems.
$35
83677
18.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Hale, Terrel. ed.
Screens and Tasted Parallels 1 & 2 (all published).

Palo Alto: Terrel Hale (1989–1990).
200 + 239 pp. Two issues, both 4to, both fine in illustrated wrappers. All published. Ronald Johnson, Messerli, Bromige, Nathaniel Mackey, Lisa Jarnot, Gizzi, Perelman, Ganick, Scalapino, Johanna Drucker, and many others appear. INSCRIBED by contributor Scalapino in the first volume. For the pair:
$100
83699
19.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
88 Sonnets.

Albany: Fence Books (2012).
First edition. 96 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Coolidge, “For David + Julie— / all Love, / Clark / Petaluma / — 21I13.”
$45
74882
20.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
Solution Passage: Poems 1978–1981.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon (1986).
Firs trade edition. 389 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine. INSCRIBED by Coolidge, “For David + Tina / Love always, Clark / 19 VIII 86.”
$125