1.
ACKERLEY, J.R.
My Father and Myself.
NY: Coward-McCann (1969).

First US edition. 219 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Wrap around band printing an endorsement by Truman Capote present. Chronicle of Ackerley’s discovery of his father’s secret life, in turn an examination of his own. Young 9* [UK edition].
$75

2.
ARMITAGE, Merle.
A Rendezvous with the Book.
Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, 1949.

First edition. 30 pp. Near fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrated. Armitage indicates the character of pictured books from an exhibition of his work.
$25

3.
[ARTISTS’ BOOKS].
Beyond Words: Artists’ Books.
Sewanee: University Art Gallery (2006).

First edition. 63 pp. Some light soiling to unprinted front cover, else very near fine in wrappers. One of 500 copies. A profusely color-illustrated exhibition catalogue.
$40

4.
[ARTISTS’ BOOKS]. Whitfield, Tony and Buzz Spector. eds.
The Flue. Vol 3, No. 1.
NY: Franklin Furnace (1982).

Small 4to. 31 pp. Small corner crease to rear cover, else near fine in stapled wrappers with a split sticker closure to fore-edge. Special issue on artists’ books, archives, and collections.
$35

5.
[BALDESSARI, John]. Davies, Hugh M. and Andrea Halas. eds.
John Baldessari: National City.
San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art (1996).

First edition. 112 pp w/selected biography & bibliography. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Essays by David Antin, Dave Hickey, the editors, and others. In addition to a wealth of plates, one a fold-out, there is the text of an interview with Baldessari.
$45

6.
BARNEY, Natalie Clifford.
Nouvelles Pensées de l’Amazone.
Paris: Mercvre de France, 1939.

First edition. 214 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies. Unopened. A follow-up to PENSÉES D’UNE AMAZONE, a collection of aphorisms, epigrams, poems, and brief sketches on political, cultural, and sexual subjects.
$250

7.
BERRY, Wendell.
Horses: A Poem.
Monterey: Larkspur Press (1975).

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 949 copies. A single poem, printed letterpress in two colors. Surprisingly uncommon, given the large limitation.
$75

8.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Antin, David.
Code of Flag Behavior.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition. A five inch two-track monaural reel-to-reel tape of Antin reading his work. Recorded May 1968 in Brooklyn. Fine in near fine original box with printed labels pasted to cover and spine (foxing to the front panel). One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Antin on the underside of the lid, as issued. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 33 (note).
$150

9.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Elmslie, Kenward and Joe Brainard.
The Champ.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition. Five inch two-track monaural tape (7 ½ i.p.s.) recorded in April 1968 in NYC. Housed in a decorated two-part box (near fine). Elmslie reads “The Champ” and Brainard reads “Alice.” One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Elmslie and Brainard on a label inside the top lid. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 31 (note).
$650

10.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Kelly, Robert.
Robert Kelly Reading Poems from FINDING THE MEASURE.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1967.

First edition. Five inch, two track monaural tape recorded July 1967 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fine in publisher’s very near fine printed paper-covered box with cover label, and two pasted-in sheets. There is some light scattered foxing. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Kelly. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 22 (note).
$150

11.
BOWLES, Paul.
Next To Nothing: Collected Poems 1926–1977.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 73 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles. Miller A39c.
$150

12.
BRADBURY, Ray.
The Martian Chronicles.
NY: Avon Books (1997).

First printing of this edition. xiv + 268 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bradbury contributes a new introduction. This text has been “updated and revised.” Dated (Jan / 4 / 06) and SIGNED by Bradbury on the title page in heavy black marker.
$100

13.
BRAINARD, Joe.
Bolinas Journal 1971.
Bolinas: Big Sky Books (1971).

First edition. 4to. [50 pp]. Fine in side-stapled and taped wrappers. Cover art and illustrations throughout by Brainard. One of 300 copies. Despite the large limitation, uncommon in trade.
$200

14.
BRETON, André with René Char and Paul Éluard.
Ralentir Travaux.
Cambridge: Exact Change, 1990.

First US edition. 52 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Translations by Keith Waldrop. Poems written in collaboration while the three were in Avignon in 1930.
$45

15.
BREUNIG, L.C. ed.
The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology.
Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press (1995).

First edition. xxviii + 326 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated. The mix of poets and painters in Paris. “Every writer had his painter,” said Blaise Cendrars. Albert-Birot, Apollinaire, Cocteau, Delaunay, Huidobro, Jacob, Radiguet, and many others get chapters.
$45

16.
BRODEY, Jim.
Heart of the Breath: Poems 1979–1992.
West Stockbridge: Hard Press, Inc., 1996.

First edition. 381 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edited by Clark Coolidge. Preface by John Godfrey.
$75

17.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Gold in Your Eye.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1986.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski. The single title poem, issued as a New Year’s greeting by the Press. Krumhansl 98b.
$200

18.
BURROUGHS, William S.
Ghost of Chance.
London & NY: Serpent’s Tail (1995).

First trade edition. 58 pp. Faint sunning to spine, else fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Prose with b&w reproductions of paintings by WSB.
$25

19.
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Letters of William S. Burroughs: 1945–1959.
NY: Viking (1993).

First edition. xl + 472 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine and a bit of crimping to crown. Edited by Oliver Harris, with his introduction.
$35

20.
BURROUGHS, William S. and Jack Kerouac.
And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks: A Novel.
NY: Grove Press (2008).

First edition. 214 pp. Pages toned (cheap paper), else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a droplet mark to the front panel and a short tear to base of spine. Afterword by James W. Grauerholz. First publication of this legendary novel, composed originally in the mid-1940s.
$35

TO ORDER: please email maser@detritus.com or phone 510-524-8830.

1.
ACKERLEY, J.R.
My Father and Myself.
NY: Coward-McCann (1969).

First US edition. 219 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Wrap around band printing an endorsement by Truman Capote present. Chronicle of Ackerley’s discovery of his father’s secret life, in turn an examination of his own. Young 9* [UK edition].
$75

2.
ARMITAGE, Merle.
A Rendezvous with the Book.
Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, 1949.

First edition. 30 pp. Near fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrated. Armitage indicates the character of pictured books from an exhibition of his work.
$25

3.
[ARTISTS’ BOOKS].
Beyond Words: Artists’ Books.
Sewanee: University Art Gallery (2006).

First edition. 63 pp. Some light soiling to unprinted front cover, else very near fine in wrappers. One of 500 copies. A profusely color-illustrated exhibition catalogue.
$40

4.
[ARTISTS’ BOOKS]. Whitfield, Tony and Buzz Spector. eds.
The Flue. Vol 3, No. 1.
NY: Franklin Furnace (1982).

Small 4to. 31 pp. Small corner crease to rear cover, else near fine in stapled wrappers with a split sticker closure to fore-edge. Special issue on artists’ books, archives, and collections.
$35

5.
[BALDESSARI, John]. Davies, Hugh M. and Andrea Halas. eds.
John Baldessari: National City.
San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art (1996).

First edition. 112 pp w/selected biography & bibliography. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Essays by David Antin, Dave Hickey, the editors, and others. In addition to a wealth of plates, one a fold-out, there is the text of an interview with Baldessari.
$45

6.
BARNEY, Natalie Clifford.
Nouvelles Pensées de l’Amazone.
Paris: Mercvre de France, 1939.

First edition. 214 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies. Unopened. A follow-up to PENSÉES D’UNE AMAZONE, a collection of aphorisms, epigrams, poems, and brief sketches on political, cultural, and sexual subjects.
$250

7.
BERRY, Wendell.
Horses: A Poem.
Monterey: Larkspur Press (1975).

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 949 copies. A single poem, printed letterpress in two colors. Surprisingly uncommon, given the large limitation.
$75

8.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Antin, David.
Code of Flag Behavior.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition. A five inch two-track monaural reel-to-reel tape of Antin reading his work. Recorded May 1968 in Brooklyn. Fine in near fine original box with printed labels pasted to cover and spine (foxing to the front panel). One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Antin on the underside of the lid, as issued. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 33 (note).
$150

9.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Elmslie, Kenward and Joe Brainard.
The Champ.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition. Five inch two-track monaural tape (7 ½ i.p.s.) recorded in April 1968 in NYC. Housed in a decorated two-part box (near fine). Elmslie reads “The Champ” and Brainard reads “Alice.” One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Elmslie and Brainard on a label inside the top lid. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 31 (note).
$650

10.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Kelly, Robert.
Robert Kelly Reading Poems from FINDING THE MEASURE.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1967.

First edition. Five inch, two track monaural tape recorded July 1967 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fine in publisher’s very near fine printed paper-covered box with cover label, and two pasted-in sheets. There is some light scattered foxing. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Kelly. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 22 (note).
$150

11.
BOWLES, Paul.
Next To Nothing: Collected Poems 1926–1977.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 73 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles. Miller A39c.
$150

12.
BRADBURY, Ray.
The Martian Chronicles.
NY: Avon Books (1997).

First printing of this edition. xiv + 268 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bradbury contributes a new introduction. This text has been “updated and revised.” Dated (Jan / 4 / 06) and SIGNED by Bradbury on the title page in heavy black marker.
$100

13.
BRAINARD, Joe.
Bolinas Journal 1971.
Bolinas: Big Sky Books (1971).

First edition. 4to. [50 pp]. Fine in side-stapled and taped wrappers. Cover art and illustrations throughout by Brainard. One of 300 copies. Despite the large limitation, uncommon in trade.
$200

14.
BRETON, André with René Char and Paul Éluard.
Ralentir Travaux.
Cambridge: Exact Change, 1990.

First US edition. 52 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Translations by Keith Waldrop. Poems written in collaboration while the three were in Avignon in 1930.
$45

15.
BREUNIG, L.C. ed.
The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology.
Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press (1995).

First edition. xxviii + 326 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated. The mix of poets and painters in Paris. “Every writer had his painter,” said Blaise Cendrars. Albert-Birot, Apollinaire, Cocteau, Delaunay, Huidobro, Jacob, Radiguet, and many others get chapters.
$45

16.
BRODEY, Jim.
Heart of the Breath: Poems 1979–1992.
West Stockbridge: Hard Press, Inc., 1996.

First edition. 381 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edited by Clark Coolidge. Preface by John Godfrey.
$75

17.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Gold in Your Eye.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1986.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski. The single title poem, issued as a New Year’s greeting by the Press. Krumhansl 98b.
$200

18.
BURROUGHS, William S.
Ghost of Chance.
London & NY: Serpent’s Tail (1995).

First trade edition. 58 pp. Faint sunning to spine, else fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Prose with b&w reproductions of paintings by WSB.
$25

19.
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Letters of William S. Burroughs: 1945–1959.
NY: Viking (1993).

First edition. xl + 472 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine and a bit of crimping to crown. Edited by Oliver Harris, with his introduction.
$35

20.
BURROUGHS, William S. and Jack Kerouac.
And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks: A Novel.
NY: Grove Press (2008).

First edition. 214 pp. Pages toned (cheap paper), else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a droplet mark to the front panel and a short tear to base of spine. Afterword by James W. Grauerholz. First publication of this legendary novel, composed originally in the mid-1940s.
$35

TO ORDER: please email maser@detritus.com or phone 510-524-8830.

1.
ACKERLEY, J.R.
My Father and Myself.
NY: Coward-McCann (1969).

First US edition. 219 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Wrap around band printing an endorsement by Truman Capote present. Chronicle of Ackerley’s discovery of his father’s secret life, in turn an examination of his own. Young 9* [UK edition].
$75

2.
ARMITAGE, Merle.
A Rendezvous with the Book.
Brooklyn: George McKibbin & Son, 1949.

First edition. 30 pp. Near fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrated. Armitage indicates the character of pictured books from an exhibition of his work.
$25

3.
[ARTISTS’ BOOKS].
Beyond Words: Artists’ Books.
Sewanee: University Art Gallery (2006).

First edition. 63 pp. Some light soiling to unprinted front cover, else very near fine in wrappers. One of 500 copies. A profusely color-illustrated exhibition catalogue.
$40

4.
[ARTISTS’ BOOKS]. Whitfield, Tony and Buzz Spector. eds.
The Flue. Vol 3, No. 1.
NY: Franklin Furnace (1982).

Small 4to. 31 pp. Small corner crease to rear cover, else near fine in stapled wrappers with a split sticker closure to fore-edge. Special issue on artists’ books, archives, and collections.
$35

5.
[BALDESSARI, John]. Davies, Hugh M. and Andrea Halas. eds.
John Baldessari: National City.
San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art (1996).

First edition. 112 pp w/selected biography & bibliography. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Essays by David Antin, Dave Hickey, the editors, and others. In addition to a wealth of plates, one a fold-out, there is the text of an interview with Baldessari.
$45

6.
BARNEY, Natalie Clifford.
Nouvelles Pensées de l’Amazone.
Paris: Mercvre de France, 1939.

First edition. 214 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies. Unopened. A follow-up to PENSÉES D’UNE AMAZONE, a collection of aphorisms, epigrams, poems, and brief sketches on political, cultural, and sexual subjects.
$250

7.
BERRY, Wendell.
Horses: A Poem.
Monterey: Larkspur Press (1975).

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 949 copies. A single poem, printed letterpress in two colors. Surprisingly uncommon, given the large limitation.
$75

8.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Antin, David.
Code of Flag Behavior.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition. A five inch two-track monaural reel-to-reel tape of Antin reading his work. Recorded May 1968 in Brooklyn. Fine in near fine original box with printed labels pasted to cover and spine (foxing to the front panel). One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Antin on the underside of the lid, as issued. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 33 (note).
$150

9.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Elmslie, Kenward and Joe Brainard.
The Champ.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition. Five inch two-track monaural tape (7 ½ i.p.s.) recorded in April 1968 in NYC. Housed in a decorated two-part box (near fine). Elmslie reads “The Champ” and Brainard reads “Alice.” One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Elmslie and Brainard on a label inside the top lid. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 31 (note).
$650

10.
[BLACK SPARROW PRESS RECORDINGS]. Kelly, Robert.
Robert Kelly Reading Poems from FINDING THE MEASURE.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1967.

First edition. Five inch, two track monaural tape recorded July 1967 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fine in publisher’s very near fine printed paper-covered box with cover label, and two pasted-in sheets. There is some light scattered foxing. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Kelly. This is copy #1. Morrow & Cooney 22 (note).
$150

11.
BOWLES, Paul.
Next To Nothing: Collected Poems 1926–1977.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 73 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Bowles. Miller A39c.
$150

12.
BRADBURY, Ray.
The Martian Chronicles.
NY: Avon Books (1997).

First printing of this edition. xiv + 268 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bradbury contributes a new introduction. This text has been “updated and revised.” Dated (Jan / 4 / 06) and SIGNED by Bradbury on the title page in heavy black marker.
$100

13.
BRAINARD, Joe.
Bolinas Journal 1971.
Bolinas: Big Sky Books (1971).

First edition. 4to. [50 pp]. Fine in side-stapled and taped wrappers. Cover art and illustrations throughout by Brainard. One of 300 copies. Despite the large limitation, uncommon in trade.
$200

14.
BRETON, André with René Char and Paul Éluard.
Ralentir Travaux.
Cambridge: Exact Change, 1990.

First US edition. 52 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Translations by Keith Waldrop. Poems written in collaboration while the three were in Avignon in 1930.
$45

15.
BREUNIG, L.C. ed.
The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology.
Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press (1995).

First edition. xxviii + 326 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated. The mix of poets and painters in Paris. “Every writer had his painter,” said Blaise Cendrars. Albert-Birot, Apollinaire, Cocteau, Delaunay, Huidobro, Jacob, Radiguet, and many others get chapters.
$45

16.
BRODEY, Jim.
Heart of the Breath: Poems 1979–1992.
West Stockbridge: Hard Press, Inc., 1996.

First edition. 381 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edited by Clark Coolidge. Preface by John Godfrey.
$75

17.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Gold in Your Eye.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1986.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski. The single title poem, issued as a New Year’s greeting by the Press. Krumhansl 98b.
$200

18.
BURROUGHS, William S.
Ghost of Chance.
London & NY: Serpent’s Tail (1995).

First trade edition. 58 pp. Faint sunning to spine, else fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Prose with b&w reproductions of paintings by WSB.
$25

19.
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Letters of William S. Burroughs: 1945–1959.
NY: Viking (1993).

First edition. xl + 472 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine and a bit of crimping to crown. Edited by Oliver Harris, with his introduction.
$35

20.
BURROUGHS, William S. and Jack Kerouac.
And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks: A Novel.
NY: Grove Press (2008).

First edition. 214 pp. Pages toned (cheap paper), else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a droplet mark to the front panel and a short tear to base of spine. Afterword by James W. Grauerholz. First publication of this legendary novel, composed originally in the mid-1940s.
$35

TO ORDER: please email maser@detritus.com or phone 510-524-8830.