1.
ASHBERY, John and Joe Brainard.
The Vermont Notebook.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1975.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 101 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Ashbery and Brainard with an original dated and signed ink drawing (of a scarecrow) by Brainard tipped in after the title page.
$950 –SOLD–

2.
[BAUHAUS]. Marzona, Egidio. ed.
Bauhaus: Drucksachen, Typografie, Reklame.
Düsseldorf: Edition Marzona (1984).

First edition. 359 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Text in German. Reproductions on almost every page. Errata slip present.
$250

3.
BERRIGAN, Ted.
The Morning Line.
Santa Barbara: Am Here Books/Immediate Editions (1982).

First trade edition. 4to. [54 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with a few light marks near staples. Cover art by Tom Clark. One of 250 copies. Poems.
$35

4.
BIGUS, Richard.
Echo from water, etchings of skies: Poems.
[Santa Cruz]: Richard Bigus (1974).

First edition. 4to. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 78 numbered copies on Strathmore Artlaid paper SIGNED by Bigus. A book of poems, designed and printed by Bigus with M. Cary on the Cowell Press at the University of Santa Cruz.
$125

5.
BISHOP, Elizabeth.
Poem.
NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1973.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and near fine integral dust jacket with short tears to base and crown of spine. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Bishop. No. 16 in the Phoenix Book Shop Oblong Octavo Series. MacMahon A11.
$1250 –SOLD–

6.
BRAINARD, Joe.
New Work.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1973.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 67 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Brainard with an original signed and dated ink drawing (of a stone wall) housed in an envelope inside the front cover.
–SOLD– $850

7.
BRANDI, John.
A Partial Exploration of Palo Flechado Canyon.
[Monterey]: Nail Press, 1973.

First edition. 4to. [36 pp]. Small gift inscription inside front cover, else very near fine in wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 153 copies. Illustrated with Brandi’s drawings, all hand-colored.
$75 –SOLD–

8.
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace.
San Francisco: Communication Company (1967).

First edition. [36 pp]. Light band of discoloration to rear cover and last few leaves, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 1500 copies.
–SOLD– $350

9.
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962–1970.
NY: Simon & Schuster (1971).

First edition, second issue. 174 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny corner crease to the front flap. Top-edge unstained. A collection of sixty-two short stories.
$100 –SOLD–

10.
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt.
NY: Delacorte (1970).

First edition. 85 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Poems.
–SOLD– $150

11.
[BURROUGHS, William S.]. Aaron, Richard.
Am Here Books Catalogue 5.
Santa Barbara: Am Here Books (1981).

First edition. 4to. 146 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. 2102 item rare books catalogue featuring post-modern poetry books, manuscripts, & letters. Several writers were called upon to comment on their contemporaries. Tom Clark, Dennis Cooper, Robert Creeley, Ed Dorn, Amy Gerstler, Charles Plymell and others contribute. There is also printed the text of a William S. Burroughs piece, “The Last Words of Hassan-i-Sabbah.” As if that were not enough, a 7 inch 45 rpm recording of Burroughs reading the piece accompanies. Both the catalogue and record fine. An excellent reference and read.
$75

12.
[CAGE, John]. Dunn, Robert. ed.
John Cage: Edition Peters.
NY: Henmar Press (1962).

First edition. 75 pp w/index. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cage provides a foreword to this catalogue of his works published by Edition Peters. Includes bibliographies, excerpts from reviews, a few facsimilies, and a great sequence of photographs on the rear cover.
–SOLD– $75

13.
CARTER, Angela.
The Sadeian Women: An Exercise in Cultural History.
London: Virago (1979).

First edition. 154 pp w/postscript & bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket.
$125

14.
CHATWIN, Bruce.
The Attractions of France.
London: Colophon Press, 1993.

First edition, numbered issue. 17 pp. Near fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 175 numbered copies on Vélin Arches mould-made paper. A short story, found amongst Chatwin’s papers after his death.
$75

15.
CLARK, Tom with Rod Padgett and Ted Berrigan.
Back in Boston Again.
NY & Philadelphia: Telegraph Books (1972).

First edition. 48 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover photograph by Rudy Burckhardt. Aram Saroyan contributes a foreword to this collection of poems and prose.
$50 –SOLD–

16.
CLARK, Tom. ed.
ICE: A one shot magazine.
Brightlingsea: Tom Clark [c. 1966-7].

Vol. 1, No. 1. Tall 4to. [38 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. A terrific issue in Clark’s series of one shot, one syllable title magazines. Berrigan, Ginsberg, Mayer, Kyger, Dawson, Di Prima, Kerouac, Saroyan, and more contribute.
–SOLD– $125

17.
COHEN, Leonard.
Beautiful Losers.
NY: Viking (1966).

First edition. 243 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket with just a suggestion of edgewear. A sharp copy of Cohen’s second novel.
$350

18.
[COMPLETE RUN].
Sparrow 1–72 (complete).
[Martin, John. ed.].
Los Angeles & Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow (1972–1978).

First editions. Some light foxing and toning to top edges, else all near fine or better in stapled wrappers. Kelly (5), Eshleman (3), Wakoski (5), Bromige (3), Bukowski (4), Creeley (3), Grossinger, Antin, Jaffe (2), Oates (3), Palmer, Dawson (3), Eigner, Hawkins, McClure, Clark (3), Malanga (4), Artaud (3), Rothenberg, Enslin (2), Watterlond, Tarn (2), Corman (3), Stepanchev (2), Mrabet (translated by Bowles), Loewinsohn, Olson, Sorrentino, Reznikoff, Rakosi, Goodman, Coleman, Faas, Davidson, Shelnutt, Everson, Roditi, Vallejo. For the run:
$1500

19.
[COMPLETE RUN].
Things 1–3 (complete).
Jarrett, Emmett and Ron Schreiber. eds.
NY: Jarrett & Schreiber, 1964–1966.

Three issues, all near fine or better in stapled wrappers. Jacob Leed, Denise Levertov, Ben Shahn, Tom Clark, Philip Whalen, Diane Wakoski, Muriel Rukeyser, and many others. The cover for #3 is an original signed serigraph by David Van Hoorn. For the run:
$75 –SOLD–

20.
[COMPLETE RUN].
Titmouse Review 1–7 (complete).
DeCarlo, Yvonne. ed.
Vancover: Titmouse (1972–c. 1976).

Seven issues, all very near fine in stapled wrappers. Poems and illustrations by Keith Abbott, Barrry Gifford, Douglas Blazek, John Bennett, Charles Potts, Andrei Codrescu, Joel Deutsch, Opal L. Nations, P. Inman, Kirk Robertson, and many others. For the run:
–SOLD– $75

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