e-catalog #108
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1.
AIKEN, Joan.
Give Yourself a Fright: Thirteen Stories of the Supernatural.
NY: Delacorte (1989).
First edition. 180 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
$45
2.
ALLEN, Paula Gunn.
Star Child: Poems.
Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1981.
First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Allen’s third collection of poems.
$35
3.
[ALLEN, Paula Gunn]. Milton, John R. ed.
Four Indian Poets.
Vermillion: Dakota Press, 1974.
First edition. 67 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems by John Barsness, Paula Gunn Allen, Todd Haycock, and Jeff Saunders. Allen’s first appearance in a book.
$45
4.
ALTA.
Burn this and Memorize Yourself: Poems for Women.
NY: Times Change Press (1971).
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems illustrated with photographs by Ellen Shumsky. One of several early poetry collections by Alta published in 1971, preceded by her early editorial efforts via her Shameless Hussy Press.
$75
5.
AUDEN, W.H.
Thank You, Fog: Last Poems.
London: Faber & Faber (1974).
First edition. 57 pp. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Auden’s last personally-selected and titled group of poems, with the addition of his last work for the stage, THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE SENSES.
$25
6.
BANKS, Russell.
Spirit of the River.
Las Vegas: Rainmaker Editions, 2002.
First edition. 53 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed cover and spine labels. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine publisher’s slipcase. Fiction by Banks illustrated with three engravings by Barry Moser. One of 399 numbered copies on Magnani paper SIGNED by Banks and Moser.
$600
7.
BARTH, John.
Browsing.
Chestertown: Literary House Press, 2005.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 29 pp w/notes. Tiny bump to base of spine, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Barth’s text with linoleum cut illustrations by Mary Rhinelander. One of 160 numbered copies on Hahnemuhle Bugra paper. Dated (8/3/05) and INSCRIBED by Barth on the half-title page, “For Bob & Kathy / Thanks + all, / John.” Barth’s address on the magic and usefulness of libraries.
$75
8.
BATAILLE, Georges.
Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927–1939.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota (1985).
First US edition. xxv + 271 pp w/index. Fine in full black cloth with purple lettering to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Allan Stoekel with his introduction. Translated from the original French by Stoekel, with Carl R. Lovitt and Donald M. Leslie, Jr.
$125
9.
BECKETT, Samuel.
From an Abandoned Work.
London: Faber and Faber (1958).
First edition. 22 pp. Near fine in stiff wrappers and near fine integral dust jacket that is lightly toned along the spine. This text first broadcast on the B.B.C. on 14 December 1957, spoken by Patrick Magee. Federman & Fletcher 33.2.
$45
10.
BECKETT, Samuel.
Ill Seen Ill Said.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 45 pp. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped leather spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Designed and printed by Henry Morries, bound by Bela Blau. One of 299 numbered copies on mouldmade Bugrabutten paper SIGNED by Beckett. A short novel, translated by Beckett from the original French.
$1000
11.
BERKSON, Bill.
Invisible Oligarchs: Russia Notebook January–June 2006 & After.
Brooklyn: Ugly Duckling Presse (2016).
First edition. 71 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Includes several facsimile pages.
$12.50
12.
BERRYMAN, John.
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet: A Poem with Pictures by Ben Shahn.
NY: Farrar Straus & Cudahy (1956).
First edition. 57 pp w/notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Berryman’s first book with Farrar Straus, with whom he would publish for the rest of his life. SIGNED by Berryman on the front free endpaper. Stefanik A7.i.a.
$850
13.
BERSSENBRUGGE, Mei.
Summits Move with the Tide.
Greenfield Center: Greenfield Review Press (1974).
First edition. 50 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Her second book. INSCRIBED by Berssenbrugge (but not signed), “Remember the faculty club!” with a small drawing of a Christmas tree. A signed postcard from Berssenbrugge presenting this copy accompanies.
$75
14.
BRANDI, John.
The India Journals I–III.
Rio Arriba & El Rito: John Brandi/Tooth of Time Books (2007–2010).
First editions. 64 + 90 + 80 pp. Three volumes, all very near fine in side-stapled and taped wrappers. Each volume limited to 22 copies. Brandi’s illustrated account of his travels in India. Each volume is warmly INSCRIBED by Brandi to a friend. For the three:
$150
15.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
The Curtains are Waving and People Walk Through the Afternoon Here and in Berlin and in New York City and in Mexico.
[Los Angeles]: Black Sparrow (1967).
First edition. [8 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. Printed by Graham Mackintosh. One of 122 (of 125) numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski. Krumhansl 26.
$2000
16.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Horses Don’t Bet On People & Neither Do I: Wormwood Review 95.
Stockton: Wormwood Review Press (1984).
Volume 24, number 3. [44 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 630 (of 700) numbered copies. Entire issue comprised of Bukowski’s poems. Cover art by Bukowski. Krumhansl 91.
$125
17.
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Streets of Chance.
NY: Red Ozier Press (1981).
First edition. 20 pp. Fine in full decorated buckram. Cover serigraph artwork and internal drawings by Howard Buchwald. One of 160 numbered copies on Frankfurt paper SIGNED by Burroughs and Buchwald. A complete story found in the 1968 version of THE SOFT MACHINE, and here presented separately.
$1250
18.
BURROUGHS, William S. and Daniel Odier.
The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs.
NY: Grove Press (1970).
First US edition. 189 pp. Two small marks on the top edge, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a short closed tear to the rear panel. Revised and enlarged from the 1969 edition in French. Maynard & Miles A16a. Young 545*.
$75
19.
CHESTER, Alfred.
Jamie is My Heart’s Desire: A Novel.
London: Andre Deutsch (1956).
Uncorrected proof. 254 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Designated “file copy” on the front cover, along with the publication date. Author’s name and title inked to spine. Chester’s second novel (first under his own name), detailing the life of a Brooklyn undertaker and his interest in the deceased young man of the title. Young 650.
$250
20.
CLARK, Tom.
When Things Get Tough on Easy Street: Selected Poems 1963–1978.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1978.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 179 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Clark with an original drawing. Morrow & Cooney 310c.
$75