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1998réf. 13430Trans>Arts.Cultures.Media and Thread Waxing Space 1998. First Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Paperback exhibition catalog for a show of videos started at Thread Waxing Space in NY travelled to the Museum of Contemporary Art in No Miami and concluded at University of Colorado at Boulder. There is a library stamp on the front and edge/surface wear on the cover and spine paperclip bend on first page press release clipped to page is included. Upper right corner is bent through the whole book. 79 pages color plates in the front black and white illustrations in text.SPECTACULAR OPTICAL is a book published by TRANS> arts.cultures.media to accompany the exhibition bt the same name held at Thread Waxing Space. The book takes as a point of departure the cultural fascination with violence atrocity mutation and the ways that they are depicted some would say gentrified as entertainment. The essays examine the ways in which opticality has become so spectacular how this bedazzlement with entertainment is engineered in the larger sphere of cultural production. From feminism to fetishism from simulation to stimulation the book takes as an example David Cronenberg's work which deals with corporeality aggravated biology technology spectacle media and violence. All orders packed with care most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve independent bookseller since 2011 Trans>Arts.Cultures.Media and Thread Waxing Space paperback
1978réf. 3543New York City: TVRT Press & Printed Matter 1978. Paperback. VG. Softcover 8vo 201 pages. Very Good condition just light wear to covers. Cover design by Laurie Jewell Wegman and drawings by William Wegman. TVRT Press & Printed Matter paperback
1978réf. 13838New York: TVRT Press & Printed Matter 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16mo. Pp. 201. Illustrated wraps. Cover design by Laurie Jewell Wegman and drawings by William Wegman. Some rubbing to wraps sticker shadow over price on rear cover. Experimental novel first published in six parts in 1975. A well preserved copy. TVRT Press & Printed Matter unknown
1978réf. 3117555New York: Tvrt Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0931106214 . First complete commercial edition. issued first in 6 separate stapled parts privately by the author in 1975 Close to fine in pictorial perfect-bound printed wrappers. 201 4 1/2" X 6 1/2" 2 mild corner creases at bottom edge of text. Neat sticker ghost on rear cover. Uncommon. ; 4 1/2" X 6 1/2"; 201 pages . Tvrt Press paperback
réf. 160809010No place: Self published 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. A complete set in six parts: "The Case of the Murdered Twerp" "Longing for Better Things" "Stop It Ted I Screamed" "How Love Can Lead Youngsters to Murder" "The Future" and "The Life of Johnny Rocco." Very good on average with wraps showing toning light smudging and general handling. Volume IV has previous owner name inside front cover and light creasing. A postmodern cut-up novel in the vein of William S. Burroughs Brion Gysin and the Situationists. Early works by Acker in complete runs are scarce as they were often issued in parts either handed out to friends or sold by subscription. [Self published] paperback
1978réf. AKEeACKE74New York: TVRT Press 1978. 1978. 16mo. pp. 1 p.l. 201. wrs. Compiles all seven chapters. [New York: TVRT Press, 1978]. unknown
1978réf. 3542New York City: TVRT Press & Printed Matter 1978. Paperback. VG. Very Good condition 8vo in wrappers 152 pages just light light rubbing to covers. Cover design by Leandro Katz. Now uncommon. TVRT Press & Printed Matter paperback
1973réf. 568755San Diego California: Community Congress Press 1973. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Complete in six volumes. Octavos. Stapled printed and unprinted wrappers. Overall near fine with some light spine toning a bit of light edgewear and a small indentation and some discoloration on rear wrap of Part #5. The first of Acker's three six-volume novels preceded only by her poetry collection Politics written in parts and issued separately in very limited numbers and consequently very difficult to find complete and in original form. A wonderful copy. Community Congress Press) unknown
réf. 539637San Diego California: Community Congress Press 1973. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Complete in six volumes. Octavos. Stapled printed and unprinted wrappers. One issue with splash mark on the cover and another with small stain on the rear wrap but overall fine with bright white wrappers typically found toned. Laid into the first volume is a Autograph Note Signed by Acker as The Black Tarantula along with a small drawing of a spider: "Fielding Dawson said you might be interested being put on my mailing list - Love The Black Tarantula." Accompanied by five original mailing envelopes stamped with The Black Tarantula return address and addressed in Acker's hand to Robert Bertholf the influential poetry professor and former curator of The Poetry Collection at Buffalo. The first of Acker's three six-volume novels preceded only by her poetry collection Politics written in parts and issued separately in very limited numbers and consequently very difficult to find complete and in original form. A wonderful copy in remarkable condition with an handwritten note by Acker and the rarely found original mailing envelopes. Community Congress Press) unknown
1981réf. 86209Buffalo NY: Top Stories 1981. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's illustrated stiff card wraps. 24pp. Light wear to extremities a couple of small scratches to the front panel; internally clean ink stamp of "Top Stories" NYC address to copyright page. A very good clean copy. An early piece of searing Acker prose dealing with themes of abuse crime and sexuality illustrated with photographs by Anne Turyn. Originally published in "Crawl Out Your Window" journal a year prior. "Top Stories" was created by Turyn and distributed by Hallwalls a small indie gallery space and publishing house in Buffalo. Top Stories unknown
1988réf. 003350Northampton England: Tripping Yarns 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Northampton England: Tripping Yarns 1988. 48pp; b&w illus. 4to. Saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps. Better than very good with short tear and crease at bottom front corner. Second issue of this fanzine focused primarily on music and underground comics. This issue notable for containing a four-page interview with experimental writer Kathy Acker by English comic book writer and novelist Alan Moore. Other contents include interviews with alt-rock bands Killdozer Butthole Surfers and Kray Cherubs; an interview with comics artist Edwin Pouncey aka Savage Pencil who supplied the cover illustration; an interview with Tony Bennet of underground comic publisher Knockabout Comics; a one-page critical summa of Clause 28 of the 1987 Local Government Bill which limited LGBTQ rights in England; record and zine reviews; comix; etc. Copiously illustrated throughout in black-and-white. Co-editor Alistair Fruish a school student at the time would go on to pursue his own career as a novelist and is credited as one of four editors of Alan Moore's 2016 novel Jerusalem. Tripping Yarns paperback
réf. 9786588301005CROCODILO EDICOES. new. Primeiro livro de Kathy AckerA vida infantil da tarntula negra por Tarntula Negra� uma experincia liter�ria na qual o processo de apropriao e colagem � central para a busca de identidade da narradora. Acker cria uma narradora de dezesseis anos Tarntula Negra que explora identidades alternativas como assassina e prostituta copia trechos de livros pornogr�ficos em que se imagina a protagonista e participa de atos sexuais pblicos.A autora faz uma colagem na qual suas pr�prias palavras se somam s de Marqus de Sade sobre Justine CROCODILO EDICOES unknown
1984réf. 85393London: Aloes Books 1984. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's original pink decorated card wraps. 29pp. Some minor creasing and scuffing to the edges and extremities a touch of sunning around the spine area; internally clean. A very good copy. A short piece originally published as a short form story entitled "Girl Gangs Take Over The World." Published immediately prior to "Blood and Guts in High School" often cited as Acker's breakthrough publication "Algeria" is an intense introduction to Acker's speeding lush weird writing style where every event is bitter ammunition for an assault on comfort complacency and the things we hold taboo. Aloes Books unknown books
1989réf. 54284New York: Grove Press / Evergreen 1989. Second Evergreen Edition. Octavo 23.25cm; photo-illustrated card wrappers; ii67-1657pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities else Fine. A sharp copy of Acker's best-known novel written in the 1970's and first published by Pan Books in London in 1984. Grove Press / Evergreen unknown books
1986réf. 555470New York: Grove Press 1986. Softcover. Fine. First Evergreen edition. Octavo. 207pp. A touch of edgwear else fine. Inscribed by the author. Grove Press unknown books
1986réf. 539575New York: Grove Press 1986. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof first issue. Octavo. 207pp. Near fine in printed blue wrappers with tiny spot and light spine-sunning. This first issue with a crudely laid out summary of the book and pair of blurbs Esquire and Vogue only on the first page as well a lack of publisher's notation or stamp on the front cover. Signed by Acker. Grove Press unknown books
1986réf. 539571New York: Grove Press 1986. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof second issue. Octavo. 207pp. Fine in printed blue wrappers. This second issue with a ready for publication typeset summary of the book and series of blurb Esquire Vogue and Metro on the first page as well as a notation about a clothbound edition crossed out on the cover along with the publisher's date stamp "OCT 31 1986" and ink price "$7.95". Grove Press unknown books
1988réf. 215024New York: Grove Press 1988. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 227 pages. Review copy with laid in publisher sheet. A novel from this well regarded writer who sadly died at the age of only fifty. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some minor wear and in a near fine dust jacket. Grove Press unknown books
1988réf. 555473New York: Grove Press 1988. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Octavo. 227pp. Fine without publisher's stamp or price notation on front wrap. Grove Press unknown books
1988réf. 539570New York: Grove Press 1988. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Uncorrected proof with publisher's stamp date and ink price notation. Octavo. 227pp. Touch of spine sunning else fine. With publisher's slip laid in. Grove Press unknown books
réf. 539612Providence Rhode Island: Diana's Bimonthly Press 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 18pp. Stapled self-wrappers printed in orange. Tiny scattered stains paint to the edges of both wrappers else near fine. Poetry. Publication information supplied on back wrap with rubberstamp which matches the OCLC information. Exceptionally scarce. OCLC locates six copies. Diana's Bimonthly Press unknown books
1983réf. 50895New York: Grove Press 1983. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket. First edition of Acker's rewriting and reinterpretation of Charles Dickens's famed coming-of-age novel. Told with Acker's typical sense of experimentation appropriation and brutal honesty. Oddly uncommon and a beautiful copy. 8'' x 5''. Publisher's quarter black cloth over black boards. In original unclipped $14.95 color pictorial jacket designed by Roy Colmer after art by Sue Coe. 128 pages. Bright and sharp overall. Grove Press unknown books
1982réf. 555458San Francisco: Re/Search 1982. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition paperback original. Octavo. 128pp. Near fine with black marker over price on rear cover crease to one corner and a couple light spots of soiling. Re/Search unknown books
1982réf. 539576San Francisco: Re/Search 1982. Softcover. Fine. First edition paperback original. Octavo. 128pp. Fine. Re/Search unknown books
1982réf. 400035San Francisco: Re/Search 1982. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Paperback original. Probably identical to the first edition but stamped "Advance Proof Copy" on the title page. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Scarce. Re/Search unknown books
