e-catalog #104
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1.
ADNAN, Etel.
From A to Z: a poem.
Sausalito: The Post-Apollo Press (1982).
First edition. [36 pp]. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
$45
2.
ALBERRO, Alexander and Blake Stimson.
Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology.
Cambridge & London: MIT Press (1999).
First edition. lii + 569 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Historical documents, recent memoirs by participants, and critical histories, together with previously unpublished essays and interviews.
$85
3.
ALTA.
Letters to Women.
Berkeley: Shameless Hussy Press (nd).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems with illustrations. One of 26 copies lettered and SIGNED by Alta inside the front cover. This is copy “A.”
$45
4.
[BALLARD, J.G.]. Goddard, James and David Pringle. eds.
J.G. Ballard: The First Twenty Years.
Hayes: Bran’s Head Books (1976).
First trade paperback printing. 76 + [24 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Illustrated by Carol Gregory. Contributions by Aldiss, Pringle, Moorcock, Watson, and Peter Linnett. The volume concludes with a bibliography by John Carnell, with an introduction by Ballard.
$35
5.
BARFIELD, Owen.
Unancestral Voices.
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press (1965).
First US edition. 163 pp. Near fine in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with a small snag and some sunning to spine. The second of Barfield’s Burgeon titles.
$45
6.
BASHO.
Basho.
San Francisco: Mudra, 1972.
First edition. Folio. [32 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Translations by Robert Bly. Twelve illustrations by Arthur Okamura. Printed by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press.
$125
7.
BERMAN, Wallace.
[Poster/Poem].
Los Angeles: John Martin [1967].
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 25 x 22 ¼ inch poster, lithographed in three colors. Very near fine. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Berman. Morrow & Cooney 12a.
$2500
8.
BERNHARD, Thomas.
Cutting Timber: An Irritation.
London: Quartet (1988).
First UK edition. 148 pp. Pages lightly toned, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original German by Ewald Osers.
$35
9.
[BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE]. Dawson, Fielding.
The Black Mountain Book: A New Edition.
Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press (1991).
First edition. 249 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Double the original version of Dawson’s book, adding documents from his years at Black Mountain: photographs, drawings, letters, poems, and class notes.
$40
10.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1996.
Uncorrected proof. 4to. 405 pp. Fine in comb-bound wrappers. Stamped ‘PROOF’ on the front cover in red ink. Review slip laid in. One of 13 numbered copies initialed by the book’s publisher, John Martin.
$150
11.
BUNTING, Basil.
What the Chairman Told Tom.
Cambridge: Pym-Randall Press (1967).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Bunting. A single poem from 1965. “I want to wash when I meet a poet.” Guedalla A8.
$125
12.
BURCKHARDT, Rudy.
New York Moments: Photographs and Films.
Basel: Kunstmuseum Basel/Scheidegger & Spiess (2005).
First edition in English. 143 pp w/bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket. Essays by Anita Haldemann and Hannes Schüpbach. Profusely illustrated with b&w images.
$75
13.
BURROUGHS, William S.
Exterminator!: A Novel.
NY: Richard Seaver/Viking (1973).
First edition. 168 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket that is lightly toned. Maynard & Miles A23a.
$75
14.
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script.
NY: Richard Seaver/Viking (1975).
First US edition. 115 pp w/list of illustrations. Fine in fine dust jacket.
$75
15.
CARPENTIER, Alejo.
Explosion in a Cathedral: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown (1963).
First US edition. 351 pp. Faint abrasion to first leaf, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with one tiny tear to the top edge. Translated by John Sturrock.
$150
16.
CARVER, Raymond.
If It Please You.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 19 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies on Mohawk Superfine paper SIGNED by Carver. A short story.
$250
17.
CLARK, Thomas A.
Some Particulars.
(np): Jargon Society, 1971.
First edition. [72 pp]. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with publisher’s small price sticker over the printed price on the front flap. Cover photograph from a print by Bart Parker. Jargon 75.
$40
18.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Griffith, E.V. ed.
Hearse 1–17 (complete).
Eureka: E.V. Griffith/Hearse Press [1957]–(1972).
Seventeen issues, all very good plus or better in printed wrappers, with seven having rusty staples. The unaccountably rare #4 is Larry Eigner’s copy, a bit rumpled as usual, with his pencil notes on the rear cover. #6 and #8 have foxing to covers, but the latter is SIGNED by Bukowski at his contribution. The first issue presents work by Joel Oppenheimer, Louis Dudek, Raymond Souster, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (artwork), James Boyar May, Jonathan Williams, Larry Eigner, Langston Hughes, and many others. Hearse would become a major vehicle for Charles Bukowski and other stalwarts of the mimeo scene. For the run:
$1250
19.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Mitchell, James. ed.
Sebastian Quill 1–3 (complete).
San Francisco: Hoddypoll Press, 1970–1972.
Three issues, all 4to, all fine in either side-stapled or sewn wrappers. Bruce Boone, Bob Rivera, Ginsberg, Giorno, Gunn, Schjeldahl, Robert Glück, and many others along with erotic artworks. For the run:
$500
20.
[CONNER, Bruce].
Six Exhibition Announcements.
Various (1990–2001).
Six exhibition announcements, the largest being 5 ⅛ x 7 ¾ inches, for exhibitions at Michael Kohn, Curt Marcus, Susan Inglett, and Smith Anderson. Two have been through the mail, else all are near fine or better. For the group:
$125