e-catalog #124
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1.
ADNAN, Etel.
In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country.
San Francisco: City Lights Books (2005).
First edition. 116 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Adnan on the title page, “dear Laura, [heart], Etel.” A prose memoir by the poet.
$125
2.
ADNAN, Etel.
Journey to Mount Tamalpais: An Essay.
Sausalito: Post-Apollo Press (1986).
First edition. 63 pp. Sunning to spine, else very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal drawings by Adnan.
$50
3.
ALGREN, Nelson.
A Walk on the Wild Side.
NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1956).
First edition. 346 pp. Corner crease to 5th and 6th leaves, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light soiling and two short tears to the rear panel, and light wear to crown. INSCRIBED by Algren on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes / from / Nelson Algren.”
$150
4.
AMIS, Martin.
London Fields.
London: London Limited Editions (1989).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 470 pp. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards. Tiny tear to the top edge of the rear panel, else fine unprinted tissue dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Amis.
$250
5.
BARTHELME, Donald.
Come Back, Dr. Caligari.
Boston: Little, Brown (1964).
First edition. 183 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a wrinkle to crown and a short tear to the top edge of the real panel. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Fourteen inimitable stories. Barthelme’s first book.
$75
6.
BEAUMONT, Charles.
The Hunger and Other Stories.
NY: Putnam’s (1957).
First edition. 234 pp. Light foxing to page edges, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear along the top edge. First book by author of many classic “The Twilight Zone” episodes.
$100
7.
[BORGES, Jorge Luis].
Centenary Commemorative Coin.
[Buenos Aires]: Banco Central De La Republica Argentina (1999).
First edition. Commemorative two peso coin in a 4 ⅜ x 4 ¼ inch folder. Very near fine. The coin features Borges’ profile backed by an image of a labyrinth. Folder text in Spanish and English translation, summarizing the life and accomplishments of Borges. The back of the folder is stamped No. 1022 from an unstated limitation. There were a million of these coins minted, but perhaps as few as 9999 in this format as the space for the limitation on the rear cover is constrained to four digits.
$100
8.
BOWLES, Paul.
A Little Stone.
London: John Lehmann (1950).
First edition. 222 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Cover art by Keith Vaughan. Bowles’ third book, following THE SHELTERING SKY and 1933’s TWO POEMS. Miller A3.
$350
9.
BOWLES, Paul.
Things Gone and Things Still Here.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 89 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles. A collection of nine short stories.
$125
10.
[BRATBY, John]. Lowbury, Edward.
Masada Byzantium Celle: Apocryphal Letters.
Bristol: Sceptre Press Limited, 1985.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 61 pp. Fine in full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Fifteen full page b&w illustrations by Bratby. One of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by Lowbury and Bratby.
$200
11.
[BUKOWSKI, Charles]. Friedman, Joseph J. et al, eds.
Venture. Vol. 4, No. 1.
NY: Venture Publications (1961).
First edition. 111 pp. Covers a bit rubbed, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Prints Bukowski’s poem, “Serligev.” Also work by Alden Nowlan, William Corrington, George Jackson, and a personal memoir of Hart Crane by Peggy Baird.
$50
12.
[BURROUGHS, William S.]. Schleifer, Marc. ed.
Kulchur 3.
NY: Kulchur Press 1961.
101 pp. Fine illustrated wrappers. This issue features WSB’s “In Search of Yage.” Wrok also by Kerouac, George Brecht, Snyder, Di Prima, Kupferberg, Ginsberg, Bowles, LeRoi Jones, Huncke, and many others. Photographs by Leroy McLucas. Maynard & Miles C36.
–SOLD–
13.
BUTLER, Bill.
The Gertrude Stein Cookbook.
Brighton & Seattle: Unicorn Bookshop (1969).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [18 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Entire text reproduced from the calligraphy of Steve Harold. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Butler.
$50
14.
CONNOR, Julia.
A Canto for the Birds.
Sacramento: Tule Press/Sacramento Poetry Center, 1995.
First trade edition. [48 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 600 (of 750) copies. INSCRIBED by Connor, “for Lou Harrison / where we meet / on the grounds / of Robert Duncan / Julia Connor / Cal Arts 7/99”.
$35
15.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
The Rova Improvisations.
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon, 1994.
First edition. 199 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Dated (4 vii 94) and INSCRIBED to the Meltzers, “For David + Tina — / more music! / with love always / Clark.”
$75
16.
CREELEY, Robert.
Thirty Things.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1974.
First trade paperback printing. 71 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Illustrated with monoprints by Bobbie Creeley. Review slip laid in. Morrow & Cooney 185a.
$35
17.
CUMMINGS, E.E.
Viva.
NY: Liveright (1979).
First printing of this typescript edition. Small 4to. [80 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover design by John Harmer. Edited by George James Firmage, with his afterword.
$50
18.
DAMON, Maria and mIEKAL aND.
pleasure TEXT possession: InterWriting 1996–2001.
La Laguna: Zasterle, 2005.
First edition. 62 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. One of 300 copies. Dated (7.22.05) and SIGNED by Damon and aND.
$45
19.
DAVIS, Lydia.
The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories aka Living Hand 5.
NY: Living Hand (1976).
First edition. 81 pp. Light sunning to spine, two small spots on front free endpaper near spine, else near fine in printed wrappers. One of 500 numbered copies. Davis’ first book, a collection of twenty-five stories.
$450
20.
DAWSON, Fielding.
Thread.
Woolrich: Ferry Press, 1964.
First edition. Oblong 8vo. 19 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. One of 600 copies. A prose work by Dawson, who also contributed the cover art. Dated (10/18/64) and INSCRIBED by Dawson on the half-title page, “for LeRoi — young + old at the same time, / from Fielding, the same, / with love.”
$75