e-catalog #116
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1.
BECKETT, Samuel.
The Complete Dramatic Works.
London: Faber and Faber (1986).
First edition. 476 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. From WAITING FOR GODOT (1952) to WHAT WHERE (1983). The first time all works for stage, radio, and television published together in a single volume in English. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, with his bookplate.
$150
2.
BECKETT, Samuel.
Echo’s Bones and Other Precipitates.
Paris: Europa Press, 1935.
First edition, numbered issue. [36 pp]. Some uneven offsetting to rear cover, else very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 250 numbered copies (this is copy #7). Though not called for in this state, SIGNED by Beckett on the title page. Federman & Fletcher 22.
$4000
3.
BERLIN, Lucia.
Safe & Sound.
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988.
First edition. 101 pp. Fine in full cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Twelve short stories, with four tipped-on illustrations by Frances Butler. Only five of these stories were included in her widely celebrated selected stories (FSG 2015).
$450
4.
BERNHARD, Thomas.
Concrete.
NY: Knopf, 1984.
First US edition. 155 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to spine. Translated from the original German by David McLintock. From the collection of Nathaniel Tarn, with his embossed stamp on the first blank leaf.
$50
5.
BERNHARD, Thomas.
Woodcutters.
NY: Knopf, 1987.
First US edition. 181 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original German by David McLintock.
$75
6.
BERRIGAN, Ted and Ron Padgett.
Noh.
[NY: Lines, 1965].
First edition. 13 x 8 inch broadside, printed in red on buff laid paper. Very near fine. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Berrigan and Padgett. Issued as LINESHEET 1, but destined to be the only one. Uncommon in commerce, OCLC shows half the print run in libraries.
$450
7.
BISHOP, Elizabeth.
The Complete Poems.
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1969).
First edition. 216 pp w/indexes of titles & first lines. Fine in near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to spine.“National Book Award 1970” sticker on front panel. MacMahon A9.
$250
8.
BLOK, Aleksandr.
The Journey to Italy.
Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press (1973).
First US edition. xix + 279 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Includes English translations of the Poems and Prose Sketches on Italy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, with his bookplate.
$35
9.
BRETON, André.
Ode to Charles Fourier.
London & NY: Cape Goliard Press/Grossman, 1970.
First US edition. Small 4to. [64 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two tiny edge tears. Breton’s original French text with facing English translation by Kenneth White, who also contributed an introduction. Nathaniel Tarn’s copy, with his occasional pencil marginalia.
$150
10.
BROCH, Hermann.
Geist and Zeitgeist: The Spirit in an Unspiritual Age.
NY: Counterpoint (2003).
First US ediion. xiv + 210 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited and translated by John Hargraves, with his introduction. Six essays, all previously unpublished. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, with his bookplate.
$40
11.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Another Academy.
[Los Angeles]: Black Sparrow [1970].
First edition. Small broadside folded into fourths and tipped-in to printed wrappers. Fine. One of 250 numbered copies for friends of the press SIGNED by Bukowski. Krumhansl 35.
$250
12.
CAGE, John.
Themes & Variations.
Barrytown: Station Hill (1982).
First trade paperback printing. 4to. [108 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Illustrated with photographs by Robert Mahon. A collection of mesostics published on the occasion of Cage’s 70th birthday.
$50
13.
[CAGE, John]. Kostelanetz, Richard. ed.
John Cage.
NY: Praeger (1970).
First edition. xvi + 237 pp w/index. Light foxing on top edge, else near fine in very near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Over sixty illustrations. Introduction and an interview with Cage by Kostelanetz. A generous selection of writings by Cage, with concluding catalogue of compositions, recordings, and writings. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, with his bookplate.
$100
14.
CALVINO, Italo.
Cosmicomics.
London: Jonathan Cape (1969).
First UK edition. 153 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two tiny nicks to the top edge. Translated from the original Italian by William Weaver.
$150
15.
CAMUS, Albert.
Le Malentendu: pièce en troi actes / Caligula: pièce en quatre actes.
Paris: Gallimard (1944).
First edition. 214 pp. Very slight lean to spine, else near fine in illustrated boards. Cover design by Mario Prassinos. One of 960 numbered copies.
$250
16.
CELAN, Paul.
Collected Prose.
Manchester: PN Review/Carcanet (1986).
First UK edition. 67 pp w/sources. Lower corners lightly tapped, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Translated from the original German by Rosmarie Waldrop. Nathaniel Tarn’s copy, with his bookplate, and pencil marginalia (largely small arrows).
$50
17.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Kimbeley, Nick. ed.
Big Venus 1–4 (complete run).
London: Big Venus (1969–1970).
Four issues, all near fine in wrappers with light wear to yapped edges. Volume four is titled “Queen Camel sister to BIG VENUS.” A terrific UK mag with contributions by a global cast: Richard Brautigan, Bill Butler, Claude Pelieu, George Dowden, Bob Cobbing, Tom Raworth, and others. Number three, “Big Big Big Venus,” deserves special mention for the center-spread “notation” by Gerard Malanga of a conversation during the filming of “Empire,” which includes Henry “X”, Jonas Mekas, John Palmer, Andy Warhol, and Marie Desert. For the run:
$250
18.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Weiss, Mark. ed.
Broadway Boogie 1–3 (complete).
NY: Mark Weiss (1973–1975).
Three issues, each near fine in oblong glossy illustrated wrappers. Issues subtitled “Chaotic Breakfast,” “Ploughing on Sunday,” and “Private Parts,” respectively. Work by Philip Lopate, Bill Zavatsky, Paul Metcalf, Toby Olson, Rochelle Owens, Armand Schwerner, Fielding Dawson, Joel Oppenheimer, Frank Kuenstler, Gerard Malanga, and many others. For the run:
$75
19.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Antin, David and Jerome Rothenberg. eds.
Some/Thing 1–4/5 (complete).
NY: David Antin & Jerome Rothenberg (1965–1968).
Five numbers in four issues (the last being 4–5). UK price sticker on cover of #1, tiny stain to base of front cover of #3, two pale dampstains to cover of #4–5, else all very near fine in illustrated wrappers. The Warhol cover (#3) is completely intact and free of the following leaf. A stellar batch of contributors, including Blackburn, Mac Low, George Brecht, Ted Berrigan, Carolee Schneeman, Ginsberg, Bukowski, Jess, Edson, Malanga, Wakoski, and many others. For the run:
$1500
20.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Economou, George with Joan and Robert Kelly. eds.
Trobar 1–5 (complete).
NY: Robert Kelly, 1960–1964.
Five issues, all near fine or better with the only significant flaw being a ½ x 3 inch strip being excised from an unprinted portion of the first leaf in issue #1. A major venue for the “deep image” poets. Contributors include Antin, Duncan, Kuenstler, Creeley, Snyder, Dorn, Eshleman, Rothenberg, Zukofsky, Lamantia, Mac Low, Olson, Wieners, and many others. Secret Location pp 130–131. For the run:
$500