e-catalog #118
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88586
21.
[DADA]. Lieussou, Yves. ed.
DADA Ausstellung zum 50 jährigen Jubiläum Exposition Commémorativedu Cinquantenaire.

Zürich & Paris: Kunsthaus Zürich/Musée National d’Art Moderne 1966–1967.
First edition. 109 + 24 pp. Both very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Texts in French and German. Fully-illustrated, with several color plates. For the pair:
$75
88588
22.
DRUCKER, Johanna.
Nothing Like a Little.

[Berkeley]: Chased Press, 1977.
First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. A few small spots of foxing, largely on the verso, else very near fine.
$75
88425
23.
[DRUGS]. Sammon, Thomas and Boyd Hornor.
Hark, Hark, The Narc: California Narcotics Laws and Criminal Procedure.

Goleta: Unicorn Book Shop (1967).
First edition. 32 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Chuck Miller. Text produced at the request of the Publisher and distributed as a public service. Unicorn Pamphlet Number 2.
$75
88613
24.
[DRUGS]. Taussig, Michael.
Ayahuasca and Shamanism.

Brooklyn: Exit 18 (2002).
First edition. [24 pp]. Small light dampstain to base of spine, else fine in stapled wrappers. A fascinating conversation, transcribed. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, with his note on the title page, “Tarn / from PL Wilson / 11.02.”
$125
15359
25.
DUNCAN, Robert.
Tribunals: Passages 31–35.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 24 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Includes, as called for, the supplementary pamphlet printing a facsimile of the holograph notebook and final typescript of “The Feast: Passages 34” in an envelope mounted inside rear board. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Duncan. Morrow & Cooney 95c. Original prospectus accompanies.
$75
88362
26.
DURCKHEIM, Karlfried Graf von.
The Japanese Cult of Tranquility.

London: Rider & Company (1960).
First UK edition. 102 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original German by Eda O’Shiel. In addition to Durckheim’s own thoughts on the subject, he includes three translations of important Japanese texts on spear-fighting, swordsmanship, and archery.
$75
88616
27.
DYLAN, Bob.
Tarantula.

Hibbing: Wimp Press [1970].
First printing of this edition. 4to. 54 pp. Small stain to front panel near spine, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. “Author’s royalties from the sale of this book are being donated to the Caladan Free School. Publisher’s profits will contribute to the furtherance of Woodstock Nation.” One of a number of pirate editions that preceded the trade publication in 1971.
$350
88552
28.
EIGNER, Larry.
The breath of once Live Things In the field with Poe.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.
First edition. Small 4to. 8 pp. Near fine in sewn wrappers and integral printed dust jacket. Designed and printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Eigner. Morrow & Cooney 41a.
$75
88603
29.
FANTE, John.
Ask the Dust.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1980.
First trade paperback printing. 165 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Three page preface by Charles Bukowski. “Compliments of the Publisher” slip laid in. First published in 1939, this new edition from Black Sparrow was prompted by Bukowski’s enthusiasm for Fante’s work.
$125
88608
30.
FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence. ed.
Interim Pad No 1.

San Francisco: City Lights, 1967.
First edition. 4to. 46 pp. Corners lightly bumped, else very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies, printed by mimeograph. Only issue of this City Lights-based mag. Contributions by Carl Solomon, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Ferlinghetti, Claude Pelieu and Mary Beach, and others. Cook 65.
$125
88619
31.
[FRANCIS, Sam]. Lyotard, Jean-Francois.
Lessons of Darkness...like the paintings of a blind man...

Venice: Lapis Press (1993).
First edition. Folio. [94 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issue. Text by Lyotard, translated from the original French by Geoffrey Bennington, amongst color paintings by Francis. Seven fold-out plates. SIGNED by Francis on the second leaf.
$150
88441
32.
FUKUOKA, Masanobu.
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming.

Emmaus: Rodale Press, 1978.
First edition. xxviii + 181 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Preface by Wendell Berry. Edited by Larry Korn, with his introduction. Fukuoka chronicles his embrace and modification of traditional farming methods to further the health of land and self.
$75
88583
33.
FULLER, Roy.
A Lost Season.

London: Hogarth Press (1944).
First edition. 60 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Fuller’s third collection of poems, most composed while with the Fleet Air Arm in East Africa. The New Hogarth Library Vol. XIV.
$25
88594
34.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Original holograph postcard.

San Francisco, 1978.
3 ½ x 5 ½ inch postcard. Droplet mark on return address (c/o City Lights Books) else fine. Eighty-five word holograph postcard dated April 20, 78, addressed to a friend, outlining activities in SF, criticizing a line of the recipient’s poetry, and concluding with two lines quoted from Auden, signed, “Oh love — Allen Ginsberg.”
$200
88598
35.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Wales — A Visitation July 29th 1967.

London: Cape Goliard (1968).
First edition, numbered & signed issue [28 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket and fine semi-opaque tissue dust jacket. Ginsberg’s poem with photographs by Tom Maschler. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Ginsberg. 7” record present in envelope inside rear cover. Morgan A13b1.
$450
88615
36.
[GINSBERG, Allen]. Selerie, G.R. ed.
The Riverside Interviews 1. Allen Ginsberg.

London: Binnacle Press, 1980.
First edition. 4to. v + 51 pp w/selective bibliography. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 600 copies. A terrific collection of photographs and interviews, concluded by a selective bibliography.
$75
88599
37.
HARWOOD, Lee.
The Man with Blue Eyes.

NY: Angel Hair Books (1966).
First edition. [48 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Cover by Joe Brainard. Dated (28.XI.66) and INSCRIBED by Harwood, “for Nat Tarn / with thanks for your / kind words / Lee Harwood.”
$100
88421
38.
JOHNSON, Ronald.
RadiOs.

Berkeley: Sand Dollar, 1977.
First edition. [114 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Introductory note and dedicaton by Johnson. Eleven page afterword by Guy Davenport.
$75
88591
39.
JONES, David.
The Kensington Mass.

London: Agenda Editions, 1975.
First edition. 19 pp w/14 facsimile plates. Near fine in glossy printed wrappers. Lacks unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. The unfinished draft of Jones’ last poem presented in facsimile, and transcribed.
$35
88628
40.
[JOYCE, James]. Kenner, Hugh.
Dublin’s Joyce.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1956.
First US edition. xi + 372 pp. Bottom board edges lightly rubbed, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket. “The first book to make extensive use of the large collection of Joyce letters, manuscripts, and biographical data assembled by John Jermain Slocum...”
$85