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1.
BATES, H.E.
Colonel Julian and other stories.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown (1952).
First US edition. 240 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Fifteen stories published shortly after THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE AIR, which he wrote under the pseudonym “Flying Officer X.”
$75
88301
2.
BAXTER, Glen and Clark Coolidge.
Speech with Humans.

Todmorden: Arc Publications (2008).
First edition. 69 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Baxter and Coolidge on the half-title page. Baxter contributes an introduction to this collaborative work combining Coolidge’s text with Baxter’s drawings.
$150
88308
3.
BENN, Gottfried.
Primal Vision: Selected Writings of Gottfried Benn.

NY: New Directions [c. 1958].
First US edition. xxvi + 291 pp w/bibliography. Upper corners lightly tapped, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Edited by E.B. Ashton, with his introduction. Prose and poetry by the German innovator.
$35
88333
4.
BERLIN, Lucia.
Angels Laundromat: Short Stories.

Berkeley: Turtle Island Foundation, 1981.
First trade paperback printing. 86 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Six short stories with illustrations by Michael Shannon Moore.
$125
88326
5.
BERRIGAN, Ted and Ron Padgett.
Bean Spasms.

NY: Kulchur (1967).
First edition. Small 4to. 202 pp w/credits. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with a small UK price sticker on a blank corner of the front panel. Cover art and illustrations throughout by Joe Brainard. One of the best collaborative titles from the NY via Tulsa scene.
$400
88305
6.
BOWLES, Paul.
Next to Nothing.

Kathmandu: Bardo Matrix, 1976.
First edition. [26 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover art by Maya. Frontis collage by Dana Young. One of 500 numbered copies. A long poem by Bowles, issued as Starstreams 5. Miller A31.
$125
88371
7.
[BROODTHAERS, Marcel]. Buchloh, Benjamin H.D. ed.
October 42: Broodthaers.

Cambridge: MIT Press (1987).
Fall. 210 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Writings, interviews, photographs, many essays, and a useful bibliography.
$75
88302
8.
BUKOWSKI, Charles with R. Crumb.
Bring Me Your Love.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1983.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 14 pp. Fine in illustrated paper-covered boards with printed label. Fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. Bukowski’s story with five illustrations by Crumb. One of 350 numbered copies SIGNED by Crumb and Bukowski, who has added “Thank you / for illustrating / these, Mr. / Crumb” and a small drawing. Krumhansl 79b.
$750
88303
9.
BUKOWSKI, Charles with R. Crumb.
There’s No Business.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 17 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine clear acetate dust jacket. A short story by Bukowski, with seven illustrations by R. Crumb. One of 400 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski and Crumb. Folded promotional flyer for this book accompanies. Krumhansl 87c.
$450
88372
10.
[BURROUGHS, William S.]. Vale, V. and Andrea Juno. eds.
RE/SEARCH #4/5: Special Book Issue — William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Throbbing Gristle.

San Francisco: Re/search Publications 1982.
First trade edition. 96 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. A wealth of images of, work by, and interviews with Burroughs, ,Throbbing Gristle, and Brion Gysin.
$50
88040
11.
CAGE, John.
Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued Part Three (1967).

NY: Something Else Press (1967).
First edition. 14 pp. Light toning to spine, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Text printed in a variety of colors. A Great Bear Pamphlet, listing 10 titles on the rear cover. From the library of Robert Duncan and Jess, with their bookplate affixed to the rear cover.
$75
88245
12.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Amichai, Yehuda.
Selected Poems.

London: Cape Goliard (1968).
First trade hardcover edition. [30 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Poems translated from the original Hebrew by Assia Gutmann. Amichai’s first book to appear in the UK. Uncommon.
$250
88241
13.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Dorn, Edward and Gordon Brotherson. trans.
Our Word: Guerrilla Poems from Latin America.

London: Cape Goliard, 1968.
First edition. [62 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket with one tiny edge tear. Original Spanish poems with facing English translations by Dorn and Brotherson, with their introduction. Work by Guevara, Trujillo, Luis Nieto, Javier Heraud, Otto René Castillo, and others.
$150
24811
14.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Mackmin, Michael.
The Play of Rainbow.

London: Cape Goliard, 1970.
First trade hardcover edition. [62 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art and internal drawings by Mali Morris. Mackmin’s first book, and the first unsolicited manuscript accepted for publication by Cape Goliard.
$25
88242
15.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Mitchell, Adrian.
Out Loud.

London: Cape Goliard, 1968.
First trade hardcover edition. [80 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrations by Carol Annand. One of 900 copies.
$50
84041
16.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Paz, Octavio.
Marcel Duchamp or The Castle of Purity.

London: Cape Goliard, 1970.
First UK edition. [52 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original Spanish by Donald Gardner. Title page Duchamp silhouette self-portrait without flaw. Includes a color reproduction of The Bride stripped bare by her bachelors, even, and on the rear cover, Fluttering hearts.
$200
88313
17.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Raworth, Tom.
Moving.

London: Cape Goliard (1971).
First trade hardcover edition. [68 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art and internal illustrations by Joe Bainard.
$55
88244
18.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Raworth, Tom.
The Relation Ship.

London: Cape Goliard, 1969.
Second hardcover edition. [52 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Back cover photograph of Raworth by Helen Cassidy. Three two-color internal illustrations by Barry Hall.
$45
88243
19.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Tarn, Nathaniel. ed.
Con Cuba: An Anthology of Cuban Poetry of the Last Sixty Years.

London: Cape Goliard (1969).
First edition. 143 pp w/sources. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art by Barry Hall. Tarn introduces this substantial collection, inspired by his visit to the country. Poems by Alcides, Escobar, Padilla, Suardiaz, Rivera, and many more. Translators include Elinor Randall, Margaret Randall, Tarn, Stephen Schwartz, Tim Reynolds, Lionel Kerns, and others.
$75
88240
20.
[CAPE GOLIARD]. Turnbull, Gael.
A Trampoline: Poems 1952–1964.

London: Cape Goliard, 1968.
First trade hardcover edition. [96 pp]. Very near fine in full white cloth with silver stamping to front panel and spine. Very near fine unprinted tissue dust jacket.
$35