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1974réf. 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
réf. B269340-1Leiden E.J. Brill 1954. Vol. I. lxii 414pp. 4to. Cloth. Leiden (E.J. Brill), 1954. hardcover 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. 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
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
1978réf. 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
1978réf. 414309Del Mar California: Melvyn Freilicher 1978. Softcover. Fine. Quarto. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Three issues of this San Diego-area experimental prose magazine. Most notable for contributions by Kathy Acker Including The Rebel in No. 2; and For the Ladies Who Sing: Three Stories in No. 3. Issue No. 2 is Inscribed by co-editor Paul Dresman probably to the poet Michael Lally which amounts to a full-page letter. Issue No. 4 is signed "Hello Jane" with a drawing of lips. Melvyn Freilicher 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
1992réf. 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
1982réf. 539576San Francisco: Re/Search 1982. Softcover. Fine. First edition paperback original. Octavo. 128pp. Fine. Re/Search unknown books
1988réf. 555464New York: Grove Press 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. 410pp. Fine in else fine dust jacket with a touch of sunning on the spine. Signed by the author. Grove Press hardcover books
1982réf. 7774Mill Valley CA: Splendid Press 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by authors. Fifty stamps each with a state bird and flower. Spine sunned else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards blue faux leather spine printed paper sleeve hand painted illustrations on covers blue endpapers deckled edge gilt lettering on spine. 67x70mm. 38pp. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 22 of 70. Splendid Press hardcover books
1990réf. 555471New York: Grove Weidenfeld 1990. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Octavo. 265pp. Fine in red wrappers with hand written price and part of title black out by hand on cover the title page as issued. Grove Weidenfeld unknown books
1990réf. 583457New York: Grove Weidenfeld 1990. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Fine. Grove Weidenfeld unknown books
1983réf. 573344Providence Rhode Island: Tom Ahern / Diana's Monthly Press 1983. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Gail Porter. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Light wear very near fine. Features "Museum of Modern Rat" by Stephen Spera; "Translations of the Diaries of Laura the Schoolgirl" by Kathy Acker; "Losing the Form in Darkness from the Waterfront Journals" by David Wojnarowicz; "The Ill-Tempered Caviller & The Flinstones Variations" by Peter Cherches; "Bibi-la-Bibiste" by Raymonde Linossier translated and with an introduction by Keith Waldrop; "Species of Intoxication" by Michael Gizzi; and "American Transmissions & See Atoms Lifeless" by "I Adult Strong." According to the title page this book constitutes Volume IX of Diana's Monthly. Tom Ahern / Diana's Monthly 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
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 books
1975réf. 401194New York: St. Mark's Church 1975. Softcover. Good. Newsletter. 6pp. Sheets printed both sides and attached with a staple. Folded for mailing but unmailed as issued. Soiling and some erosion on small holes particularly on the final leaf good. A newsletter that sums up the goings on at The Poetry Projects as well as other artistic endeavors around New York. This issue features a poem by Peter Orlovsky as well as mentioning among other things an upcoming performance with Kathy Acker and the release of her book The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula. Inscribed on the final leaf where his poem appears by Peter Orlovsky with "love & tickles" at Naropa and dated by him about six weeks after the date of this issue. St. Mark's Church unknown books
1980réf. 414310Del Mar California: Melvyn Freilicher 1980. Softcover. Near Fine. Two issues. Quartos. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Two issues of this San Diego-area experimental prose magazine. Most notable for the contribution by Kathy Acker For the Ladies Who Sing: Three Stories in No. 3. Melvyn Freilicher unknown books
1974réf. 90135Oakland: Strange Faeces 1974. First Edition. Quarto 28cm. Side-stapled sheets pictorial card covers and pictorial dustjacket; unpaginated 150pp; illus. Light rubbing to wrapper edges else Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper creased at wallet edges torn at upper spine panel but complete; Very Good. A generous double-sized issue of this noted mimeo poetry journal which appeared between 1971 and 1975 featuring much of the best underground writing of the period. Includes a very early Kathy Acker appearance "Poem of Murder by Rip-Off Red." Other contributors include Jack Hirschman Andrei Codrescu Keith Abbot Tom Veitch Bernadette Mayer and others. Artwork by Frank Ferguson aka Sir Quaxalot Britton Wilkie Norman Mustill and others. Strange Faeces unknown books
1964réf. 161870N.p.: Juniper Productions 1964. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. An obscure 1960s sexploitation film from director and screenwriter Jai Hais. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Juniper Productions unknown books
1975réf. 17672Arlington: CSA Printing New England School of Astrology 1975. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Ten volumes. Very Good. Covers lightly toned a few stray spots of soiling and rubbing. Firmly bound with two staples many with bookstore stamps or stickers on the title and copyright pages clean otherwise. CSA Printing | New England School of Astrology unknown books
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
