1.
BALLARD, J.G.
News from the Sun.
London: Interzone, 1982.

First edition. [28 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 630 (of 750) numbered copies. First separate appearance of this short story, that appeared originally in Ambit 87.
$45

2.
[BASEBALL]. Grossinger, Richard. ed.
IO 10: Baseball Issue.
Cape Elizabeth: Io Publications (1971).

First edition. 232 pp. Light reading crease to spine, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Known for presenting Stephen King’s poem, “Brooklyn August,” this issue also has work by Spicer, Olson, Blackburn, Dorn, Meltzer, Duncan, and many others.
$125

3.
BAUDELAIRE, Charles translated by Jack Hibberd.
Le Vin des Amants: Poems from Baudelaire.
Melbourne: Gryphon Books, 1977.

First edition. 60 pp. Square 12mo. Very near fine in full cloth with pasted-on cover and spine labels. Very near fine decorated slipcase. Hibberd’s English translations of 37 Baudelaire poems, illustrated with eight monoprints by David Fitts. One of 580 (of 600) numbered copies SIGNED by Hibberd and Fitts.
$150

4.
BECKETT, Samuel.
As the Story Was Told: Uncollected and Late Prose.
London & NY: Calder/Riverrun (1990).

First edition. 134 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Ten short works.
$35

5.
BERNHARD, Thomas.
Wittgenstein’s Nephew: A Friendship.
London: Quartet (1986).

First UK edition. 120 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear to the rear flap fold. Translated from the original German by Ewald Osers. Bernhard’s friendship with Paul Wittgenstein.
$35

6.
BERRY, Wendell.
There is Singing Around Me.
Austin: Cold Mountain Press, 1976.

First edition. 8 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Berry. A collection of eight poems.
$125

7.
[BOND, James Bond]. Connolly, Cyril.
Bond Strikes Camp.
London: [Cyril Connolly], 1963.

First edition. 16 pp. Near fine in sewn wrappers and integral dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. Printed at the Shenval Press. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Connolly, who added text below the frontis illustration (by Ernst). A notable Bond parody which appeared first in the April 1963 issue of The London Magazine. An uncommon item of Bondiana, with OCLC locating 10 of the 50 copies.
$2000

8.
BRANDT, Bill.
Early Photographs 1930–1942.
[London]: Arts Council of Great Britain [1975].

First edition. [16 pp]. Covers toned, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Thirteen photographs (including the cover image).
$25

9.
BRODSKY, Joseph.
To a Tyrant.
[St. Paul]: Bookslinger Editions (nd).

First edition. 10 ¼ x 14 ¼ inch broadside, printed in two colors. Small bend to one upper corner, else fine. One of 90 numbered copies SIGNED by Brodsky.
$200

10.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Going Modern [Oro Madre No. 10].
Fremont: Ruddy Duck Press [1984].

First edition, suppressed. [24 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Prints six pieces by Bukowski, along with reproductions of photographs and drawings. Suppressed by Bukowski, the bulk of the edition destroyed. Krumhansl 92.
$25

11.
[BUKOWSKI, Charles]. Camp, Jim. ed.
4 Poets.
Tempe: Synaesthesia Press (1995).

First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 243 numbered copies. Poems by Denis Johnson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Steve Fisher, and Charles Bukowski. Cover and four internal drawings by Bukowski.
$40

12.
BURROUGHS, William S.
Port of Saints.
London: John Calder (1983).

First printing of this edition. 174 pp. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Published previously by the Covent Garden Press (UK) in 1975, and by Blue Wind Press (US) in 1980.
$55

13.
BURROUGHS, William S. and Brion Gysin.
The Spoken Word: William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin.
London: British Library (2012).

First edition. Fine cd in original jewel case. A 42 minute recording of Burroughs reading live in Liverpool in 1982, plus performances by Gysin of his ‘permutated poems,’ and a previously unrealeased home recording made by them both in Paris in 1970.
$25

14.
BUTLER, Bill.
Savonarola’s Drum: Four Poems.
Brighton: Lon. Cheney Magazine/Claude Raines Bks. (1971).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Introduction by Eric Mottram. One of 25 numbered copies SIGNED by Butler.
$50

15.
COHEN, Ira. ed.
Gnaoua.
Tangier: Ira Cohen 1964.

First edition. 103 pp. Very good only in illustrated wrappers that are soiled, sunned along the spine, and with some dampstains and a chip to last leaf. The expat of expat journals, presenting the work of Burroughs, Gysin, Norse, Ginsberg, McClure, Jack Smith (five photographs on glossy paper), and others.
$200

16.
[CONCRETE POETRY].
Born to Concrete: Visual Poetry from the Collections of Heide Museum of Modern Art and The University of Queensland.
Bulleen & Queensland: Heide Museum of Modern Art/UQ Art Museum (2013).

First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Essays by Anne Kirker and Alex Selenitsch. Sixteen pages of color reproductions plus a checklist of the exhibition.
$25

17.
[CORACLE PRESS].
The Coracle: Coracle Press Gallery 1975–1987.
London: Coracle 1989.

First edition. 12mo. 131 pp. Fine in wrappers and near fine integral glossy illustrated dust jacket. Catalogue for an exhibition at the Yale Centre for British Art from 7 November 1989 to 14 January 1990. The color and b&w photographs of the Gallery come pretty close to the ideal bookshop in my head. Contributions by Winkfield, Duncalf, Williams, Cutts, Mills, Bann, Sackett, and others.
$35

18.
[CORACLE PRESS]. Bevis, John.
The Suburban Fauvist.
Clonmel: Coracle (2014).

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Essay by John Bevis on Stephen Duncalf’s paintings. Six full-color reproductions. Little Critic No. 20.
$15

19.
[CORACLE PRESS]. Clark, Thomas A.
A Ruskin Sketchbook.
London: Coracle, 1979.

First edition. 16mo. [76 pp]. Fine in full cloth with pasted-on cover label. One of 500 numbered copies. Poems.
$55

20.
[CORACLE PRESS]. Coleman, Les.
Dirt & Other Works.
Clonmel: Coracle, 2009.

First edition. 94 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Fully-illustrated with color reproductions and a critical overview by David Briers. Forty years of objects, sculptures, and installations. Good stuff.
$20

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