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21.
CELAN, Paul.
Wolfsbohne / Wolf’s Bean.

Birmingham & NY: Delos Press/William Drenttel (1997).

First edition. [22 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and marbled-paper dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. One of 200 (of 250) numbered copies on Zerkall mould-made paper. The original poem in German with Michael Hamburger’s English translation, preceded by his introduction.
$50

22.
COHEN, Leonard.
The Spice-Box of Earth.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart (1961).

First edition. 99 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two tiny taps to die-cut window in front cover, and a miniscule closed tear to base of front flap. Poems with drawings by Frank Newfeld. A really sharp copy of Cohen’s second book of poems.
$850

23.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Spiegelman, Art and Bill Griffith, eds.
Arcade: The Comics Revue 1-7 (complete).

Berkeley: Print Mint, 1975-1976.

Seven issues, all fine in illustrated wrappers. A who’s-who of the underground comics scene, with contributions by the editors, R. Crumb, Spain, Deitch, Robert Williams, Aline Kominsky, and S. Clay Wilson, as well as Krassner, Bukowski, George Kuchar, William S. Burroughs, and others. For the run:
$350

24.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Thomas, Ev. ed.
Bombay Duck 1-5 w/supplement (complete).

San Francisco & Oakland: Bombay Duck (1975-1977).

Five issues. Light wear to verso of the first volume along the spine, two small dents to the cover of the second, else all fine in illustrated wrappers together with the Black Sun supplement (devoted to photographs by Ev Thomas) to issue #5 (fine). A journal of photography with the occasional prose work, interview, or poem. Contributions by Alan Kornblatt, Bill Burke, John Bennett, Richard Misrach (sic), Al Masarik, Charles Gatewood, Lyn Lifshin, Steve Richmond, and others. All supplements and inserts present. For the run:
$300

25.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Ingalls, Hunter and Michael O’Brien, eds.
The Eventorium Muse 1-5 (complete).

NY: Eventorium Press (1964-1967).

Five issues, all near fine or better in stapled wrappers (spine of #4 a bit tanned). Contributors include Frank Kuenstler, Barbara Holland, George Bowering, Kathleen Fraser, C.H. Henjinian, Russell Edson, and many others. For the run:
$55

26.
CONNER, Bruce.
Untitled Lithograph.

[San Francisco: Bruce Conner, nd].

First edition. 4 ½ x 3 1 8 inch lithograph, printed on heavy stock and mounted to a backing board with pasted-on colophon. Numbered and SIGNED by Conner on the verso of the print. Housed in a thin clear plastic box, as issued. Fine.
$450

27.
CONNER, Bruce.
Drawings 1955-1972.

Los Angeles: Otis Art Gallery, 1975.

First edition. 18 ½ x 14 inch poster. Light foxing along lower edge, else near fine. Poster for this exhibition, featuring a b&w photograph of Conner’s decorated globe.
$125

28.
COOLIDGE, Clark.
Fun with a Finger.

[New Orleans]: Fell Swoop, 2012.

First edition. 14 x 11 inch illustrated broadside, printed letterpress. Fine. Though not called for, SIGNED by Coolidge.
$40

29.
[DAILY STRIKE COLLECTIVE].
The Daily Strike.

[Berkley]: Friday Daily Strike Collective [1972].

First edition. 4to. 4pp. Very good plus, stapled upper left. Nine photographs and reports from actions in Santa Cruz and People’s Park, concluding with a list of upcoming events: Commonwealth Club (San Francisco), March against the War (Embarcadero Plaza), Children’s Anti-Imperialist March (San Lorenzo Park), Armed Forces Day march, etc all in one week in May.
$35

30.
DEVO.
Devo Be Stiff.

London: Stiff Records (1978).

Fine vinyl LP in very near fine sleeve with a small nick to edge of spine. UK issue of DEVO’s first ep, unleashing Jocko Homo, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Be Stiff, Mongoloid, Sloppy (I saw my baby getting), and Social Fools.
$50

31.
DINE, Jim.
Diary of a Non-Deflector: Selected Poems.

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1987.

First edition, deluxe limited issue. 78 pp. Fine in full cloth; no dust jacket, as issued. One of 120 copies on Rives paper. Tipped-on opposite the title page is an original self-portrait etching by Dine, SIGNED by Dine in pencil below the image.
$400

32.
DiPALMA, Ray.
dreizehn arbeiten (13 works).

Berlin: ed vogelsang, 1982.

First edition. Horizontal 4to. [30 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies. Visual poems “restamped” by Fritz Balthaus.
$50

33.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton with Ian Gardner.
from ‘An Inland Garden.’

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press [1971].

First edition. 16mo. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Finlay. Murray 3.43.
$125

34.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton with Ian Gardner.
The Weed Boat Masters Ticket: Preliminary Test (Part Two).

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press [1971].

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and very near fine printed dust jacket. Murray 3.45.
$100

35.
[FRANCIS, Sam]. Selz, Peter.
Sam Francis: Revised Edition.

NY: Abrams (1982).

First printing of this revised second edition. Horizontal 4to. 296 pp w/biographical outline, selected bibliography, & index. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. Essays on the prints by Susan Einstein and Jan Butterfield. 217 illustrations including 82 in full color. INSCRIBED by Francis on the half-title page to his friend and editor at Francis’ Lapis Press, “For Robert Shapazian / amitiés de /Sam Francis.”
$750

36.
GARRUBA, Nancy J.
Not Altogether True Not Altogether False.

Bethesda: Nancy Garruba (1983).

First edition. [27 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 300 copies produced at the Writer’s Center. Designed in the form of a checkbook. Each completed check, along with notes reproduced from holograph on the verso of each, combine to form an autobiography.
$45

37.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Photographs.

Santa Fe: Twelvetrees Press, 1990.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. Folio. [106 pp]. Fine in full gray cloth in fine publisher’s slipcase. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Ginsberg with his customary circled “AH.” Reproductions of 91 photographs, with notes on the subjects of the photos and transcriptions of Ginsberg’s annotations.
$1000

38.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Resume.

NY: Allen Ginsberg [c. 1954].

First edition. Single 11 x 8 ½ inch mimeographed sheet. Fine.
$200

39.
GOREY, Edward.
Cat.

(np): Toy Works, 1978.

First edition. Stuffed cat. Fine. Stands about 7 inches tall. The original issue, one of at least three variants.
$150

40.
[GRAFFITI]. Lunn, Matthew.
Street Art Uncut.

Fishermans Bend: Craftsman House (2006).

First edition. 143 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. Melbourne, with its CBD laneways, has long been a center of graffiti culture. A well-illustrated survey, all in color.
$35

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