1.
ANTIN, David.
Code of Flag Behavior.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition, publisher’s copy. Small 4to. 67 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed cover and spine labels. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Antin.
$225

2.
BALLARD, J.G.
Hello America.
London: Jonathan Cape (1981).

First edition. 224 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Ballard. A spooky dystopian novel, that does not seem all that far-fetched!
$250

3.
BARAKA, Imamu Amiri (LeRoi Jones).
Jello.
Chicago: Third World Press (1970).

First edition. 38 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. A play featuring Jack Benny and Rochester. Dated (97) and SIGNED by Baraka.
$75

4.
BARAKA, Amina & Amiri.
5 Boptrees.
(np): (np) (nd).

First edition. 14 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Amiri Baraka inside the front cover, “For Jim / Unity + Struggle / Amiri Baraka / 97.”
$45

5.
BERLIN, Lucia.
Safe & Sound.
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988.

First edition. 101 pp. Fine in full cloth with gilt and colored stamping to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Twelve short stories, with four tipped-on illustrations by Frances Butler. Only five of these stories were included in her recently published selected stories.
$450

6.
BERSSENBRUGGE, Mei.
Fish Souls.
San Francisco: Lucy Dines at the Greenwood Press (1972).

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Poems, printed in two colors. One of 100 numbered copies. Berssenbrugge’s first collection.
$750

7.
BIALY, Harvey.
The Broken Pot.
Berkeley: Sand Dollar, 1975.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. One of 26 lettered copies on Wookey Hole mould made paper SIGNED by Bialy. Sand Dollar / 15.
$45

8.
[BOWLES, Paul]. trans. Rey Rosa, Rodrigo.
The Pelcari Project.
Tiburon: Cadmus Editions (1997).

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 117 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the Spanish by Paul Bowles. Cover art by Leon Golub. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Rey Rosa, Bowles, and Golub.
$250

9.
BRANCA, Glenn.
Branca Ensemble Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 LIVE.
NY: The Kitchen [1995].

18 x 13 inch poster. Near fine, with a touch of edgewear and some trivial soiling and toning to the verso. SIGNED by Branca. This performance was filmed and realeased on dvd by Atavistic Records in 2003.
$125

10.
BRONK, William.
The Choice of Words.
New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1995.

First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 50 copies printed at the Kelly-Winterton Press. Four poems.
$50

11.
BRONK, William.
Lines and Smudges.
New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1999.

First edition. [16 pp]. Horizontal 16mo. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 50 copies. Six poems. Laid into this copy is a small typed note from the publisher presenting this volume.
$50

12.
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Seven Deadly Sins.
NY: Lococo Mulder (1991).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. [40 pp]. Fine in full leather with pasted-on inset “shotgun painting” by Burroughs. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Burroughs. Original shipping carton accompanies.
$750

13.
BYRNE, David.
Strange Ritual.
NY: Cristinerose Gallery, 1995.

First edition. 24 mo. 11 pp. Tiny stray pen mark to cover, else fine in stapled wrappers. Essay by Dave Hickey. Four full-color reproductions.
$25

14.
[CANYON CINEMA].
Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number One
San Francisco: CCC (1966).

First edition. 4to. 16 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Descriptions and rental rates for films by Rudy Burckhardt, Larry Jordan, the Kuchars, and many others. The current Canyon catalogue boasts over 3500 films.
$45

15.
CARTER, Charlotte.
Sheltered Life.
NY: Angel Hair Books (1975).

First edition. 4to. 63 pp. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art a painting of Carter by Raphael Soyer. One of 350 copies. The first book—an underground smash—by this African American writer, author of the Nanette Hayes Mystery series.
$125

16.
CARVER, Raymond.
Elephant.
Fairfax: Jungle Garden Press, 1988.

First edition. [38 pp]. Fine in wrappers and near fine textured paper dust jacket that is sunned along the spine. Printed cover label. Carver’s short story, with illustrations by Carl Dern, one of which is tipped-on to the title page. One of 200 copies SIGNED by Carver and Dern.
$150

17.
CHILDISH, Billy.
Monks without God.
Rochester: Hangman Books, 1986.

First edition. 34 pp. One lower corner bumped, else very near fine in wrappers. Poems, illustrated with prints and drawings by Childish.
$85

18.
COOPER, Dennis.
My Mark.
Los Angeles: Sherwood Press, 1982.

First edition. [24 pp]. Small scuff along spine, else very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Cover photograph by Sheree Levin. One of 474 (of 500) copies. A short story.
$35

19.
[CORACLE PRESS]. Rogers, Martin.
Construction Storage Despatch.
Clonmel: Coracle, 2015.

First edition. 73 pp. Fine in green boards with black letting to front cover. One of 400 copies, designed by Colin Sackett. Introduction by Simon Cutts, texts by John Bevis, and a complete inventory of RGAP books, editions, collaborations, and events (1991–2013).
$25

20.
CREELEY, Robert and Arthur Okamura.
For the Graduation: Bolinas School, June 11, 1971.
1971.

First edition. Folding card, 8 ½ x 5 ½ inch broadside, tipped into a decorated folder. Fine. A single poem with cover art by Okamura. SIGNED by Creely and Okamura. Creeley has penned “7” above his name (this is the first copy I’ve encountered thus).
$100

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