1.
AUSTER, Paul with Arthur A. Cohen.
ex libris 1 & 2.
NY: Ex Libris [1974 & 1975].

First editions. 94 + 112 pp w/index. Both volumes near fine in printed wrappers. Auster worked with Arthur A. Cohen for two years, and is credited with contributing to both catalogues. Drenttel B2 & B3. For the pair:
$75

2.
[BARELA, Patrocinio]. Crews, Mildred with Wendell Anderson and Judson Crews.
Taos Wood Carver.
Taos: Taos Recordings and Publications (1962).

First edition. 4to. 80 pp. Fine in comb-bound wrappers with two broken teeth. Introduction and photographs by Mildred Crews (as per stamp inside the front cover). B&W photographs of Barela’s work, with facing poems.
$35

3.
BERKSON, Bill.
Enigma Variations.
Bolinas: Big Sky (1975).

First edition. [46 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems by Berkson with cover art and fifteen internal drawings by Philip Guston.
$75

4.
BERLIN, Lucia.
Angels Laundromat: Short Stories.
Berkeley: Turtle Island Foundation, 1981.

First trade paperback printing. 86 pp. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal illustrations by Michael Shannon Moore. Rear cover endorsement by Ed Dorn. Ownership signature and address of poet-scholar Joyce Benson inked to front free endpaper. Dated (May, 1984) and INSCRIBED by Berlin, “Joyce- / I hope this / begins a new / friendship — / all best — / Lucia.”
$350

5.
BERRY, Wendell.
The Mad Farmer Poems.
[Berkeley]: Counterpoint (2008).

First edition. 4to. xiii + 26 pp. Fine in illustrated paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Forward by Ed McClanahan, introduction by James Baker Hall, afterword by William Kloefkorn. Illustrated with engravings by Abigail Rorer. SIGNED by Berry on the title page, and somewhat uncommon thus.
$100

6.
[BLAINE, Nell]. Griffin, Howard.
Four Poems.
NY & North Brookfield: Eudora Press, 1976.

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers with printed cover label. Griffin’s poems illustrated with two original etchings by Nell Blaine, each numbered and SIGNED by Blaine. One of 40 (of 80) numbered copies on Arches BFK paper.
$400

7.
BLANCHOT, Maurice.
When the Time Comes.
Barrytown: Station Hill (1985).

First edition. 74 pp. Upper corners lightly tapped, else fine in full cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Translated from the original French by Lydia Davis. A work of fiction.
$45

8.
BOLANO, Roberto. et al.
Tres Manifiestos Infrarrealistas.
Cuernavaca: La Ratona Cartonera (2011).

First edition. 4to. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn cardboard covers with a few small collage elements. One of 50 copies (the entire edition). Collects Roberto Bolano’s original 1976 manifesto, together with work by Infrarrealist co-founder Mario Santiago and José Vincente Anaya.
$75

9.
[BUKOWSKI, Charles].
Sparrow 49–60.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977.

First edition, signed issue. [200 pp]. Fine in full cloth with printed cover label. Near fine clear acetate dust jacket. Collects Bukowski’s MAYBE TOMORROW (Sparrow 54). One of 50 copies SIGNED by Bukowski, Fielding Dawson, Diane Wakoski, Cid Corman, Carl Rakosi, Robert Kelly, Theodore Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Wanda Coleman, and Ekbert Faas. Morrow & Cooney 280.
$350

10.
[CODY’S BOOKS]. Cody, Fred.
A Guide to the Real Berkeley with Illustrations.
Berkeley: Cody’s Books (1971).

First edition. 4to. [40 pp]. Small crease to one lower corner, else very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. One of a number of books by Fred Cody pairing found 19th century engravings with contemporary captions, here commenting on the Telegraph Ave/Berkeley scene.
$45

11.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Rosset, Barney and Donald Allen (issues 1–6). eds.
The Evergreen Review 1–98 (complete run).
NY: Grove Press (1957–1

1:1–7:31 8vo, 8:32–15–94 4to, 95 & 96 12mo, 97 tabloid folio, 98 8vo. All issues near fine or better in illustrated wrappers. The first issue featured Jean Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, Henri Michaux, and James Purdy. The last issue featured work by Samuel Beckett, Marguerite Duras, Kathy Acker, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Terry Southern. In between, almost everyone of note in the world of contemporary letters. Pictured is the first issue of each format as it transformed over time. For the run:
$2500

12.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Cornillon, John and Susan Koppelman. eds.
Gooseberry 1 & 2.
Point Pleasant: Gooseberry, 1964–1965.

41 + 46 pp. Light sunning along spine of #1, else both are very near fine in stapled wrappers. Joel Deutsch, Blazek, Robert Lowry, Kent Taylor, levy, Adelaide Simon, and many others contribute. Issue #2 has a full-page illustration by R. Crumb. Laid into the second issue is a 1966 holograph card (170 words) from Susan Cornillon detailing John’s attempts to avoid the draft, and informing the recipient that GB3 was entirely ready for the printers, but lack of money and time left unrealized. For the pair:
$250

13.
[COMPLETE RUNS]. Webb, Jon Edgar and Louise “Gypsy Lou,” eds.
The Outsider 1–4/5 (complete).
New Orleans & Tucson: Loujon Press (1961–1968/9).

Four volumes. First three numbers very near fine in illustrated wrappers, the fourth issue fine in boards and fine fragile dust jacket (in the original shipping carton!). A terrific little mag, with contributions from all the bright lights: Bukowski, Burroughs, Lamantia, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Henry Miller, Patchen, Dick Higgins, Levertov, d.a. levy, Tom Kryss, and many others. Volume three features Bukowski as “The Outsider of the Year.” Volume 4 & 5 features a 46 pp “Homage to Kenneth Patchen.” The best set I’ve encountered:
$1250

14.
CRUMB, R.
The Complete Fritz the Cat.
NY: Belier Press (1978).

First edition. Small 4to. 128 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with a touch of edgwear. All the Fritz stories, plus previously unpublished drawings and unfinished strips. Concludes with an illustrated selected Crumb bibliography.
$125

15.
DAHLBERG, Edward.
Kentucky Blue Grass Henry Smith.
Cleveland: White Horse Press, 1932.

First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. While this copy is not numbered, it does have all the tipped-on illustrations by Augustus Peck, which are often missing. INSCRIBED by Peck on the front free endpaper, “Augustus Peck / for Porter Welch /Have you read / any good books lately.” Dahlberg’s third book.
$500

16.
DENNER, Rychard. ed.
Berkeley Daze: Profiles of Poets in Berkeley in the ‘60s.
Sebastopol: dPress, 2008.

First edition. Small 4to. xi + 494 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Edited and with a preface by Rychard Denner. Forward by J. Poet. Introduction by Gail Chiarello. A terrific examination of the Berkeley poetry scene and participants, with a focus on the little-known. Illustrated.
$75

17.
DICK, Philip K.
The Zap Gun.
NY: Pyramid (1967).

First edition. 176 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. First separate appearance of this novel, which appeared originally in two issues of Worlds of Tomorrow.
$40

18.
EGGLESTON, William.
William Eggleston’s Guide.
NY: Museum of Modern Art (1976).

First edition. 110 pp. Fine in full leatherette with inset cover illustration. No dust jacket, as issued. Introductory essay by John Szarkowski. Forty-eight color reproductions. The first one-man show of color photographs ever presented by the Museum of Modern Art. A Roth 101 title.
$450

19.
[FARINA, Richard].
An Autograph Party for Richard Farina.
San Francisco: Discovery Bookshop [1966].

First edition. 15 ⁷ ⁄ 8 x 11 ¾ inch broadside, printed letterpress. Fine. On 30 April Farina signed books at the Thunderbird, a Carmel Valley bookstore. Later that day, he was killed while a passenger on motorcycle. Been Down So Long It Looks Like up to Me, his first book, was published two days earlier.
$300

20.
FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence.
Poetry as Insurgent Art.
NY: New Directions (2007).

First edition. 16mo. 90 pp w/bibliographical note. Fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. INSCRIBED by Ferlinghetti on the half-title page, “for Erik / con affetto / Lawrence / (Ferlinghetti).
$45

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