1.
ACKERLEY, J.R.
Micheldever & Other Poems.
London: Ian McKelvie, 1972.

First edition. 29 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket. Francis King introduces this collection of five poems. Tipped-on frontis portrait of Ackerley by Don Bachardy. One of 350 numbered copies.
$50

2.
BACHELARD, Gaston.
The Poetics of Reverie.
NY: Orion Press (1969).

First US edition. 212 pp. Upper corners bumped, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear to extrems. Translated from the original French by Daniel Russell. Bachelard’s last major work.
$75

3.
BANHAM, Reyner.
The New Brutalism: Ethic or Aesthetic?
NY: Reinhold (1966).

First US edition. 4to. 196 pp w/index of names & photographers. Very near fine in very good plus dust jacket with some faint damp staining to front cover and foxing along flap folds. Fully-illustrated.
$250

4.
BANVILLE, John.
Athena.
London: Secker & Warburg (1995).

First edition. 232 pp. Page edges toned, else fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Banville on the title page.
$50

5.
BANVILLE, John.
Shroud.
London: Picador (2002).

First edition. 407 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Banville on the title page.
$50

6.
BANVILLE, John writing as “Benjamin Black.”
The Silver Swan.
London: Picador (2007).

First edition. 344 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Banville as Black on the title page.
$45

7.
BARAKA, Amiri.
Reggae or Not! Poems.
NY: Contact II Publications (1981).

First edition. 22 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Teresa Berasi. Published as a supplement to Contact II. Three poems.
$25

8.
BARAKA, Imamu Amiri (LeRoi Jones).
Raise Race Rays Raze: Essays Since 1965.
NY: Random House (1971).

First edition. 169 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Uncommonly nice copy.
$50

9.
BERKSON, Bill.
A Copy of the Catalogue.
Vienna: Labyrinth (1999).

First edition. 19 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies, the entire edition. Produced on the occasion of a Berkson reading at the Salon in Vienna. Fourteen poems.
$50

10.
BERKSON, Bill.
25 Grand View.
San Francisco: Colophleur Press, 2002.

First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. One of 100 copies SIGNED by Berkson. Undated notebook entries with Berkson’s short afterword. The product of Marie C. Dern’s letterpress class at the San Francisco Center for the Book.
$100

11.
BOWLES, Paul.
Unwelcome Words: Seven Stories.
Bolinas: Tombouctou, 1988.

First edition, limited & signed issue. 86 pp. Fine in full black cloth with gilt stamping. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 100 copies SIGNED by Bowles.
$100

12.
BOWLES, Paul and Ned Rorem.
Dear Paul Dear Ned: The Correspondence of Paul Bowles and Ned Rorem.
[North Pomfret]: Elysium Press, 1997.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. x + 141 pp. Fine in full blue cloth with inset cover and spine labels. Fine publisher’s clamshell case in matching cloth. Introduction by Gavin Lambert. Illustrated with four tipped-in photographs. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Bowles, Rorem, and Lambert. Upon the box endpapers are reproduced the first printings of original music by each of the two correspondents. A substantial and attractive book. Original prospectus accompanies.
$750

13.
BRAKHAGE, Stan.
Brakhage Scrapbook: Collected Writings.
NY: Documentex (1982).

First trade paperback printing. Small 4to. x + 262 pp w/filmography & index. Bump to crown of spine, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Edited by Robert A. Haller, with his introduction.
$75

14.
BROUGHTON, James.
True & False Unicorn.
NY: Grove (1957).

First edition. [68 pp]. Fine in boards and publisher’s very near fine slipcase. One of 85 numbered copies. Frontis portrait of Broughton by Harry Redl. Designed by Jonathan Williams.
$150

15.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
There’s No Business.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 17 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine clear acetate dust jacket. A short story by Bukowski, with seven illustrations by R. Crumb. One of 400 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski and Crumb. Krumhansl 87c.
$450

16.
BURROUGHS, William S.
Doctor Benway: A Passage from THE NAKED LUNCH.
Santa Barbara: Bradford Morrow, 1979.

Advance reading copy. 41 pp. Fine in plain light blue wrappers. Stamped “ADVANCE READING COPY” on the front cover. Frontispiece drawing by K. Anders. Designed and printed letterpress by Patrick Reagh. Burroughs contributes a new introduction to this publication, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the original appearance of Burroughs’ infamous novel.
$150

17.
BURROUGHS, William S.
Exterminator! A Novel.
NY: Richard Seaver/Viking (1973).

First edition. 168 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Maynard & Miles A23.
$35

18.
BUTTS, Mary.
Ashe of Rings.
London: Wishart & Co., 1933.

First UK edition. 313 pp. Faint foxing to title page and prelims, else fine in very near fine dust jacket. Cover art by Gabriel Atkin. Published first in Paris in 1925, and here slightly revised. Her first novel.
$250

19.
[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. Contributors include Frank Kuenstler, Barbara Holland, George Bowering, Kathleen Fraser, C.H. Henjinian, Russell Edson, and many others. For the run:
$150

20.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Zavrian, Suzanne and Joachim Neugroschel. eds.
Extensions 1–8 (complete).
NY: Extensions (1968–1974).

Seven issues in eight (5/6 a double number). Small ink marks to the cover of two issues, corner creases to the last few leaves and rear cover of #8 (as well as a sticker shadow). In all, a solid near fine to fine assembling. Acconci, Kaplan, Schneeman, Weiner, Heliczer, Pélieu, Dubuffet, Ashbery, Abish, Arakawa, and many others. For the run:
$450

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