1.
ACCONCI, Vito Hannibal and Bernadette Mayer, eds.
0 to 9 Number Four.
NY: Acconci & Mayer, 1968.

4to. 114 pp. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. The covers for this issue were created by Acconci and Mayer by stripping the dust jackets from their books at home, and affixing them to this issue of the mag. On Poetry and Poets by T.S. Eliot employed here. Contributions by Coolidge, Harry Mathews, Emmett Williams, Mayer, Acconci, Jackson Mac Low, Dick Higgins, Bern Porter, Sol LeWitt, John Perreault, Phil Corner, and many others.
$1000

2.
ANDREWS, Wayne writing as “Montague O’Reilly.”
Pianos of Sympathy.
Norfolk: New Directions, 1936.

First edition. 16mo. [16 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. The first book of the press, issued as “New Directions Pamphlets, Number One.” In his introductory note the publisher, James Laughlin, names the author, “the first American surrealist writer.” More than half a century later, in his afterword to Andrews’ posthumous The Surrealist Parade (New Directions, 1990), Laughlin recalled that “Wayne became my friend at Harvard...about 1935” and “the original ‘Pianos’ was...printed in an edition of 300 copies by the Vermont country printer who did the Harvard Advocate. But its unusual aroma quickly pervaded Harvard Square, and it was necessary to rush out a second printing.” WITH: the second printing of this work, bound in red wrappers as issued, adding the subtitle, “A Surrealist Shortstory,” and with the rear cover entirely re-set with new text. Near fine. For the pair:
$650

3.
[ASSEMBLAGE ART]. Starr, Sandra Leonard.
Lost and Found in California: Four Decades of Assemblage Art.
Santa Monica: James Corcoran Gallery, 1988.

First edition. 4to. 119 pp. A few spots of rubbing to front cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. One hundred and thirty photographs pepper this exhibition catalogue and chronological “collective memoir 1940-1969.” A useful reference, especially when considering the work and influence of Wallace Berman.
$50

4.
[AUDIO VISUAL GROUP].
New Music.
[NY]: Audio Visual Group, 1960.

First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch flyer, printed in three colors. Small spot to upper left corner, else near fine. A stellar program, including works by Dick Higgins, La Monte Young, and Ray Johnson.
$450

5.
[AVANT-GARDE PERFORMANCE].
Midsummer.
NY: (np) (nd).

First edition. 14 x 11 inch illustrated poster. Two old folds, one short tear to left edge at fold; in all, very good plus. Great image of a double moon, with a list of performances happening August 25-September 2 on the reverse. Max Neuhaus performing work by Stockhausen, Feldman, and Cage. Twyla Tharp performing with Sara Rudner, Theresa Dickinson and Margery Tupling. Films by Tony Conrad and Robert Breer. Terry Riley presents “Poppy Nogood.”
$150

6.
[BASEBALL].
Constitution and Rules of the Victorian Baseball League.
[Melbourne]: Victorian Baseball League (1913).

First edition. 32mo. 12 pp. A few light marks to the covers, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Detailed notes on the structure of the Victorian Baseball League itself (as opposed to rules of the game). First recorded organized games of baseball date from 1857 in Ballarat, and the great game continues to be popular in Australia.
$50

7.
BERMAN, Wallace.
Loveweed.
(np): (np) [1963].

First edition. 14 ½ x 10 inch offset poster. Tiny closed tear to bottom edge, else fine. Support the Revolution, pg 174.
$1500

8.
BERMAN, Wallace.
Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974.
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1974.

First edition. Thirteen 12 x 12 inch two-color mounted lithographs (photographed from the original verifax collages) housed in publisher’s decorated slipcase. All elements fine. One of 50 numbered sets SIGNED by Berman on the contents/colophon card. This is copy #1.
$10,000

9.
[BERMAN, Wallace]. Di Prima, Diane. ed.
Floating Bear #37.
NY: Diane Di Prima, 1969.

First edition. 4to. [22 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Wallace Berman cover art. Contributions also by Kandel, LeRoi Jones, Kirby Doyle, Gary Snyder, Victor Hernandez Cruz, McClure, Di Prima, and others.
$75

10.
[BERMAN, Wallace]. Duncan, Michael and Kristine McKenna.
Semina Culture: Wallace Berman and his Circle.
NY & Santa Monica: DAP/Santa Monica Museum of Art (2005).

First edition. 4to. 383 pp w/index. Light taps to upper corners, else near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. An indispensible reference, fully-illustrated with all manner of ephemera, photographs, artworks, and the complete contents of each issue of SEMINA.
$350

11.
BLAZEK, Douglas.
Aperture Mirror.
[Easthampton]: Edition Muta (2012).

First trade edition. 71 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. A new collection of poems by Blazek, with his collage cover art and internal illustrations by Rick Myers. Muta 01. New, at publication price:
$15

12.
BLAZEK, Douglas.
Gutting Cats In Search of Fiddles.
[Easthampton]: Edition Muta (2012)

First trade edition. 84 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover a full-color reproduction of a collage by Blazek. Poems. Muta 02.
$15

13.
BLAZEK, Douglas.
The Song That Ends Ends Our Singing.
Philadelphia: 48th Street Press (2012).

First edition. 12 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. A collection of four poems, with a full-color reproduction of a Blazek collage for the front cover art. One of 200 copies. Though not called for, SIGNED by Blazek.
$10

14.
[BLOOMSBURY]. Woolmer, J. Howard.
A Checklist of the Hogarth Press 1917-1946.
Revere: Woolmer/Brotherson, 1986.

Second edition. xxxiv + 250 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated. The best single reference work on the press.
$45

15.
BRAINARD, Joe.
New Work.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1973.

First edition, limited & signed issue. 66 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Brainard. A terrific collection of short works.
$150

16.
BROWN, Geoffrey.
Tending Bar at the Fillmore Auditorium on Artists Liberation Front Benefit Night.
San Francisco: Dave Haselwood Books, 1967.

First edition. Single large sheet of handmade paper, folded once (as issued, 11 x 8 ¾ when closed). Fine. Printed in three colors. A single poem by Brown. Uncommon, OCLC locates three copies.
$200

17.
BROWNSTEIN, Michael.
When Nobody’s Looking.
Boulder: Rocky Ledge Cottage Editions (1981).

First edition. 4to. [26 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. One of 300 copies. Cover art by George Schneeman. Fifteen short prose works.
$20

18.
BURKE, Clifford.
A Landscape with Cows In It.
Newark: Janus Press (1987).

First edition. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. The text is printed on a long accordion fold-out with additional leaves bound to the end. A long poem with a parallel linoleum cut by Ruth E. Fine. One of 150 copies SIGNED by Burke and Fine.
$125

19.
BURKE, Clifford and Virginia Mudd.
Desert Songs.
Galisteo: Desert Rose Press [1994].

First edition. Single sheet accordion-folded and bound between two boards with printed cover label. Fine. One of [75] copies. Four collaborative poems.
$35

20.
CARRAHER, Ronald G.
Artists in Spite of Art.
NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold (1970).

First edition. Horizontal 4to. 112 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with one tiny edgetear. “A compendium of naive, primitive, vernacular, anonymous, spontaneous, popular, grassroots, folk, serv-ur-self art.” A wonderful collection, fully-illustrated.
$25

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