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1992Best.-Nr. 400032New York: Pantheon Books 1992. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Fine. A collection of Acker's three multipart novels: The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula I Dreamt I Became a Nymphomaniac!: Imagining and The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec. The proof is uncommon. Pantheon Books unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 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
1988Best.-Nr. 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
1988Best.-Nr. 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
1982Best.-Nr. 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
1978Best.-Nr. 541274Toronto: Rumour Publications 1978. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Drawings by Robert Kushner. Square octavo. 145pp. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine with some light edgewear and tiny owner initials. Acker is considered a feminist icon and punk poet whose prose combined transitive fiction appropriation and cut-up technique among other experimental styles. Rumour Publications unknown books
Best.-Nr. B269340-1Leiden E.J. Brill 1954. Vol. I. lxii 414pp. 4to. Cloth. Leiden (E.J. Brill), 1954. hardcover books
1948Best.-Nr. 27263Paris: Éditions surréalistes 1948. First edition. 13 p. 17 cm. Wrappers fine. One of 30 numbered copies on Marais paper. Fine. An anti-clerical tract signed in type by Adolphe Acker Sarane Alexandrian Maurice Baskine Jean-Louis Bédouin Hans Bellmer Jean Bergstrasser Roger Bergstrasser Maurice Blanchard Joë Bousquet Francis Bouvet Victor Brauner André Breton Jean Brun Pierre Cuvillier Pierre Demarne Charles Duits Jean Ferry André Frédérique Guy Gillequin Arthur Harfaux Jindrich Heisler Georges Henein Maurice Henry Jacques Hérold Véra Hérold Marcel Jean Alain Jouffroy Nadine Kraïnik Jerzy Kujawski Pierre Lé Stan Lélio Pierre Mabille Jehan Mayoux Francis Meunier Nora Mitrani Henri Parisot Henri Pastoureau Benjamin Péret Gaston Puel Louis Quesnel Jean-Dominique Rey Claude Richard Jean Schuster Iaroslav Serpan Seigle Hansrudy Stauffacher Claude Tarnaud Toyen Clovis Trouille Robert Valançay Jean Vidal Patrick Waldberg. Éditions surréalistes unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 85928San Francisco: Tales of San Francisco; Dykes 1974. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Original white paper wraps. 25pp. pagination runs 167-192 contiguous with previous parts. Strong and clean with some toning to the spine area and some areas of soiling to the white covers light edgewear; internally clean and fresh. A very good copy. The sixth and final instalment of Acker's second novel published by Acker under the pseudonym "The Black Tarantula" and issued in parts before having a single volume publication in 1980. Scarce and ephemeral issued in very small numbers and mailed to their recipients and very characteristically part novel part aggressively stated expression of existence. Tales of San Francisco; Dykes unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 400037New York: Michael Sappol 1975. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. Stapled wrappers featuring an image of Sonny Liston. A touch of age-toning very near fine. Literary magazine that includes: "Tales of San Francisco Coke!" an early excerpt from Kathy Acker's I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac!: Imagining. Other contributions from Michael Sappol Andrei Codrescu Vincent Beniquez Tina Darragh Lynne Dreyer Judith Ghinger Peter Inman Charles North and Bob Rosenthal. Michael Sappol unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 1300Complete run in seven fascicles 666384808391198 pp. - final issue is a double number of the literary magazine published by Paul De Barros and Daphne Marlatt. Chiefly text. Oblong 8vo. Very good. Perfect bound and stab-stapled illus. wrappers. 1300 A scarce complete set of the important and influential journal of postmodern experimental prose notable for early publications of Acker's Blood and Guts in High School and the beginning of Great Expectations. Sets of Periodics are rare in the marketplace and uncommon among physical holdings though many North American institutions have access to an online version offered by Reveal Digital's Independent Voices. Periodics includes contributions by Kathy Acker Michael Ondaatje George Bowering Larry Eigner Penny Chalmers Michael Rumaker Barry Gifford David Young Michael Palmer David McFadden Ann Ireland Douglas Barbour David Benedetti Lyn Hejinian David Young Penny Kemp bpNichol Charles Bernstein Fred Wah Duncan McNaughton Gladys Hindmarch James Sherry Laura Chester John Brandi Margaret Randall Douglas Messerli Michael Andre Jean Trelease Day Gerry Gilbert Tom Whalen and numerous others. Periodics books
1983Best.-Nr. 372835New York: Wedge Press Inc 1983. First edition. Illustrated designed by Mark Magill printed in two colors. 8vo. Printed side-stapled wraps. Some shelfwear near fine. First edition. Illustrated designed by Mark Magill printed in two colors. 8vo. Signed by Acker on the first page. Wedge Press, Inc unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 1410998Toronto Ontario Canada: Rumour Publications 1978. First Edition First Printing. Softcover. Octavo 145 pages. In Very Good condition. Encased in protective mylar covering. Spine black with tan lettering. Mild discoloration on top of front cover. Mild general shelf wear. Previous owner sticker on title page. Signed by Acker on title page. Shelved in Case 6. 1410998. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Rumour Publications unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 539598New York: Bozeau of London Press 1980. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Robert Kushner. Large octavo. Stiff brown stapled wrappers with gilt lettering and decoration. Near fine with some light edgewear. Signed by Acker on the first page. Bozeau of London Press unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 541269New York: TVRT Press 1975. Softcover. Very Good. First one volume edition preceded by an edition issued in six parts. Octavo. 91pp. Photographically illustrated wrappers. Very good with creasing to and along the spine some toning and a touch of wear at the corners. Advance Review Copy with two-page publisher's slip laid in along with a letter from the poet and Manroot Books founder Paul Mariah explaining this copy was sent upon request from Acker who suggested Mariah would be interested in writing a review. An interesting association. TVRT Press unknown books
1904Best.-Nr. 006161Paris: Octave Beauchamp. Printer: G. de Malherbe 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth spines. Wood boards. Slipcase. Near Fine. Folio 33 by 26 cm. Unpaginated. With pieces on Victorien Sardou Sarah Bernhardt François Coppée Mme Edmond Adam Anatole France Mme la Duchesse D'Uzès Jules Lemaître Mme Réjane Jules Claretie Mme Segond-Weber Jean Richepin Marthe Brandès Coquelin Aîné Jeanne Granier Jules Massenet Aïno Ackté Mounet-Sully Jane Hading J-L.Gérôme Jane Hatto Antonin Mercié Marie Delna Luc-Olivier Merson Sibyl-Sanderson F.-A. Bartholdi Mme. Carrère-Xanrof Alfred Capus and la Reine Ranavalo. With each following a title page two pages of biography a portrait page and a note biographique page the former being more impressionistic seeking to convey something of the personages character charisma and basis for renown and the latter more a straightforward concise biography. Also on a glossy leaf is a photograph surrounded by chromolithographed Art Nouveau decoration and a facsimile holograph inscription and autograph. Without extra Cappiello caricatures. The boards are of wood with an inset medallions of Sarah Bernhardt in her role as "La Princesse Lointaine" after the illustration by Alphonse Mucha. With publisher's slipcase. Condition: Slipcase with moderate shelfwear. Octave Beauchamp. Printer: G. de Malherbe hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 539586Chicago: Quarterstick Records 1996. Unbound. Near Fine. Broadside. Illustrations by S. Clay Wilson. Measuring 17" x 22". Folded twice as issued. About near fine with light general wear and some color loss at the folds. A promotional poster for the Mekons album Pussy King of the Pirates produced in collaboration with Kathy Acker and her book of the same name. Quarterstick Records unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 539608New York: Contact II Editions 1982. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. 20pp. Stapled black wrappers. Bumped at one corner else fine. Signed by the author: "Love Acker. Contact II Editions unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 160523New York: Horizon Films 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Sandy McLeod shot by and credited at the right margin to Nan Goldin from the 1983 film. Shown is actress Sandy McLeod in seeming triplicate. Goldin also has a brief role in the film. A striking image. An aspiring writer takes a job as a ticket-taker at an adult film theatre in Times Square soon finding herself drawn into the seedy world of the theatre's customers. The film drew together a veritable who's who of New York underground regulars with a screenplay by Kathy Acker music by John Lurie cinematography by frequent Jarmusch collaborator Tom de Cillo and still photography by Nan Goldin. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Horizon Films unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 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
1988Best.-Nr. 555467New York: Grove Press 1988. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Octavo. 377pp. Near fine with tiny bump at corner and neat scrape. Signed by the author. Grove Press unknown books
1996Best.-Nr. 0297521996. A promotional poster for the annual Toronto literary festival which each year since 1980 has brought together some of the best writers of contemporary world literature. This poster is one of only a handful of copies signed by all or most of the year's participants approximately 70 signatures. Signed by: Nicholas Shakespeare William Gibson William Kotzwinkle Kathy Acker Sherman Alexie W.P. Kinsella Lynne Reid Banks Louis Begley Marie-Claire Blais Isabel Colegate William Gass Matt Cohen Maeve Binchy Hershel Parker Mavis Gallant Janette Turner Hospital Susan Sontag Tobias Wolff D.M. Thomas Kazuo Ishiguro Timothy Findley Lawrence Block Al Purdy Paul Quarrington Ruth Rendell Joan Mellon Nicholas Jose Oksana Zabuzhko Lorna Crozier and many others. From the collection of the promoter of the festival Greg Gatenby. Designed by Arnaldo Pomodoro. 17" x 24". Fine. No Binding. Fine. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 8000126PA: The Pennsylvania German Society 2020. Bound in stiff white boards in matching dust jackets. These two volumes are in "new" condition -- still both wrapped in the original cellophane wrappers. A collection of German birth and baptismal certificates Fraktur Art. 305 pp. / 309 pp. Illustrated throughout and indexed to assist in one's research. First Edition. Hard Cover. Mint/Mint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Pennsylvania German Society Hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 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
1974Best.-Nr. 539630San Francisco: Empty Elevator Shaft Poetry Press / musicmusic Corporation 1974. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Complete in six volumes. Octavos. Stapled printed wrappers except for the second volume where the wrappers are unprinted as issued. The third volume bears the author name "Peter Gordon" as issued. Issue one with sticker shadow creasing and subtle dampstain at one corner; issue two with small stain corner creased and rear corner badly torn; and the remaining volumes with only light sunning overall very good or better. The second of Acker's three six-volume novels; all written in parts issued separately in very limited numbers and consequently very difficult to find complete in original form. Empty Elevator Shaft Poetry Press / musicmusic Corporation unknown books
