81.
PRINCE, Richard
130 Nurses.
[NY: Karma 2017].

First edition. [44 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Full color reproductions of 130 Nurse Paintings, arranged alphabetically by title and described. One of 200 copies.
$250

82.
RODGERS, Bruce.
The Queens’ Vernacular: A Gay Lexicon.
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books (1972).

First edition. 265 pp w/index & bibliography. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Foreword by Douglas Mount. Over 12,000 entries. The first serious dictionary of gay slang.
$125

83.
[SARTRE, Jean-Paul]. Contat, Michel and Michel Rybalka.
The Writings of Jean-Paul Sartre. Volume 1: A Bibliographical Life & Volume 2: Selected Prose.
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1974.

First US edition. xx + 654 pp w/index of titles & xi + 252 pp. Two volumes, both fine in full cloth with silver stamping to spine and front panel. Translated from the original French by Richard C. McCleary. Updated and corrected from the first French edition of 1970. A complete accounting of Sartre’s publishing life, framed by a biographical chronology. For the pair:
$45

84.
[SASSY MAGAZINE].
The Sassy/Sire Sampler I & II.
Sire Records (1991 & 1992).

First editions. Two cassettes in the original packaging. From it’s 1988 Australian roots to its disappearance, Sassy dominated the hip teens market. These two cassettes were promo only. Depeche Mode, Ride, Morrisey, Ice-T, Throwing Muses, Replacements, Ramones, Primal Scream, Erasure, and more. For the pair:
$25

85.
SCHMIDT, Joel.
Hadrian: A Novel.
San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press (1984).

First edition, numbered & issue. 190 pp. Two lower corners lightly tapped, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. The colophon calls for ten hardcover copies numbered and signed by Schmidt. This copy is numbered (9/10) but not signed. A novelization of the Roman emperor’s life.
$150

86.
SEGALEN, Victor.
Essay on Exoticism: An Aesthetics of Diversity.
Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2002.

First US edition. xx + 88 pp w/notes. Fine in full cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Foreword by Harry Harootunian. Translated from the original French and edited by Yaël Rachel Schlick.
$75

87.
SHAW, George Bernard.
Nine Answers.
Lewisburg: Press of the Appletree Alley (1988).

First printing of this edition. 47 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped cloth spine. Reproduction of the 1923 privately printed 62 copy limited edition commissioned by Jerome Kern, with an introduction by Christopher Morley and a frontispiece after Max Beerbohm. Introduction for this edition by Mary Chenoweth, with bibliographical notes. One of 150 numbered copies on Arches Laid Text.
$125

88.
[SHAW, George Bernard]. Stratton, Mary Chenoweth. ed.
Shaw on Women.
Lewisburg: Bucknell University & The Press of the Appletree Alley, 1992.

First edition. 68 pp. Fine in full decorated cloth with gilt-stamped leather spine label. Foreword by Margot Peters. Wood engravings by Linda Holmes. One of 150 numbered copies on Arches laid text paper.
$125

89.
SHEPARD, Sam and Ed Ruscha.
New Mexico.
Galisteo: Lawless Media (2020).

First edition. Oblong 8vo. 105 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Preface by David Krakauer. Shepard’s prose with b&w photographs by Ruscha. One of 2000 numbered copies.
$50

90.
[SNYDER, Gary]. Andre, Michael. ed.
Unmuzzled Ox 15.
NY: Unmuzzled Ox (1977).

Vol. IV, No. 3. 135 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Contributions by John Cage, John Ashbery, Djuna Barnes, Philip Glass, and others. Jack Boozer and Bob Yaeger interview Gary Snyder. SIGNED by Snyder.
$35

91.
[SPARKS]. Berman, Tosh.
Sparks-Tastic: Twenty-One Nights with Sparks in London.
NY & London: Barnacle Book/Rare Bird Books (2013).

First edition. 219 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Berman on the title page, and additionally dated (Sept 29, 2013) and INSCRIBED to friends.
$35

92.
[TARASQUE PRESS]. Bann, Stephen. et al.
Metaphor and Motif: Tarasque Press Exhibition 1972.
Nottingham: Midland Group Gallery 1972.

First edition. [28 pp]. Near fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. Cover art by Ian Gardner, “Bath Mat: A Constructivist Flag.” In addition to an essay by Stephen Bann, and a poem by him, are contributions by Robert Kennedy, Stuart Mills, Simon Cutts, and Ian Hamilton Finlay.
$50

93.
[THOMPSON, Hunter S.]. Steadman, Ralph.
The Joke’s Over. Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter Thompson and Me.
London: William Heinemann (2006).

First edition. xviii + 396 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut. Dated (2006/14/10) and SIGNED by Steadman on the title page.
$200

94.
WALDMAN, Anne.
Battery: Live at Naropa 1974–2002.
(np): (np) (2003).

First edition. CD in original jewel case. Fine in original shrink wrap. Additional spoken word by Allen Ginsberg. Musical accompaniment by Steven Taylor, Don Cherry, Elliot Greenspan, Steve Lacy, Mark Miller, and Stephan Smith.
$20

95.
WALLIS, Brian and Phil Mariani. eds.
Wedge: An Aesthetic Inquiry.
NY: Wedge (1982).

Summer. 71 pp. Very good plus in printed wrappers. Contributors include Acker, Jenny Holzer, Robert Longo, Jon Hendricks, and several others, including an interview with Joseph Beuys by Art Papier. Ten copies of the GAAG multiple by Henricks and Toche are present in the internal pasted-on envelope.
$75

96.
[WARHOL, Andy].
Original Photograph of Dotson Rader, Ruth Ford, and Andy Warhol.
[from the archive of Ruth Ford]. (1972).

6 ¹ ⁄ 8 x 4 ½ inch color print. Fine. Annotated on the verso in an unidentified hand, “Dotson Rader, Ruth Ford, Andy Warhol taken by Henry J. Heinz at a party at Drue & Jacks for Lady Hartwell Nov. 6, 1972 at 450 E. 52.”
$350

97.
[WARHOL, Andy]. Mantegna, Gianfranco.
Candid b&w photograph of Andy Warhol.
(np): Gianfranco Mantegna (1981).

7 x 4 ¾ inch b&w photograph of a seated Warhol, looking over his left shoulder, interrupted while flipping through papers. Mantegna’s copyright stamp on the verso. Dated (February 1981) and SIGNED by Mantegna.
$200

98.
[WARHOL, Andy]. Mantegna, Gianfranco.
Candid b&w photograph of Andy Warhol.
(np): Gianfranco Mantegna (1981).

7 x 4 ¾ inchdramatic b&w photograph of Warhol, looking directly at the camera. Mantegna’s copyright stamp on the verso. Dated (February 1981) and SIGNED by Mantegna.
$200

99.
WILCOX, John. ed.
Other Scenes.
Tokyo: Other Scenes/Manga Q (1968).

First edition. 108 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of a number of issues of Other Scenes issues edited by Wilcox while traveling. This issue includes his article “Other Scenes in Kyoto” and “Other Scenes,” an excerpt from Boye de Mente’s “Girl Watchers Guide to the Far East,” and an “Ennumeration of erotic postures.” The bulk of the issue is taken up with manga, erotic photographs, and ads.
$45

100.
WINTERSON, Jeanette.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
London: Jonathan Cape (2011).

First edition. 230 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Winterson on the title page.
$45

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