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2012ref. UACKCOM00LRAmherst University 2012. Fine. Acker Jennifer editor. The Common #4. Amherst Massachusetts: Amherst University 2012. 215pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. Amherst University paperback books
1983ref. 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
1991ref. 539568New York: Semiotexte / Columbia University 1991. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. Small octavo. 148pp. Fine in perfectbound wrapppers. A collection of smaller previously published stories and essays. Semiotext(e) / Columbia University hardcover books
1978ref. 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
ref. 5422761983. Unbound. Very Good. Manuscript. Four lined octavo sheets holograph rectos only. Very good with creases from being mailed small stain on the first page and typical ragged edge from being removed from a spiral bound notebook. Signed and date on the last page along with a word count: "Kathy Acker 1983. app. 950 words." Accompanied by the mailing envelope and a one-page Autograph Note Signed to editor Malcolm Imrie apologizing for her handwriting and how she is looking forward to seeing him. An essay about embracing nihilism as a means of escape - along with a move to London - ending with a sexually brutal metaphor that takes place inside the hallway of a tenement building in New York. Not for the weary though typical stuff for Acker. A short work intended for an unstated English literary magazine which we could not identify suggesting this is possibly unpublished. unknown books
1981ref. 410380San Francisco California: Third Man 1981. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. Perfectbound. Modest rubbing near fine. Contributors include Alan Bernheimer Stephen Rodefer Barrett Watten Carla Harryman Michael Palmer Kathy Acker Kit Robinson and Lyn Hejinian. Third Man unknown books
1982ref. 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
ref. 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 books
1976ref. 539626New York: Kathy Acker / TVRT 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Complete in six volumes. Octavos. Stapled printed wrappers with owner stamp of poet Ron Silliman on the first page of parts five and six; Silliman was a friend of Acker during the 1970s in New York. Slight age-toning else fine. The third of Acker's three six-volume novels written in parts and issued separately in very limited numbers and consequently very difficult to find complete and in original form. Very scarce. Kathy Acker / TVRT unknown books
1972ref. 539752San Francisco or Berkeley: Papyrus Press 1972. Softcover. Near Fine. Photocopy. Octavo sheets printed rectos only. 62pp. Uneven sheets side stapled. Light wear still fine. Accompanied by original mailing envelope stamped with The Black Tarantula return address and hand addressed by Acker to Robert Bertholf the influential poetry professor and former curator of The Poetry Collection at Buffalo along with a Autograph Note on the rear flap: "As promised. Please excuse lousy quality of xerox. Love." A photocopy of the pages of Acker's first solely authored work sent to Bertholf in lieu of an original copy; the mailing cancel date read "May 16 1974" two years after the book's publication. Interestingly the first page of the photocopy shows not the all-black front cover which would been impossible to reproduce but the title page showing Acker's note "Myself A" likely indicating the copy was made using her own personal copy. While not an original copy a unique artifact produced by the author using her own copy of her rare first book and sent by her through the mail like several of her earliest works. Papyrus Press unknown books
1982ref. 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
1987ref. 313186San Francisco: Alternate Pub 1987. 100p. includes covers 8.5x11 inch magazine with explicit b&w photos and art of SM Bondage and Rough Trade/Leathermen in very good condition. Western Sandwich 1949 illustration and story by Blade. Leather Notebook by Larry Townsend. Leathermen's Guide to Texas. Alternate Pub unknown books
1975ref. 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
ref. 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 books
1980ref. 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
1978ref. 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
1942ref. 123365Colorado: The Junior class 1942. Very Good. First edition. Very good minus. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper cloth covers are lightly spotted and soiled clean text minor discoloring on endpapers and panels. The Junior class unknown books
1996ref. 127696New York: Grove Press 1996. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers. Paperback. Book is fine except for remainder mark. Nice clean copy. Grove Press unknown books
1928ref. 49758Edouard Verbeke 1928. VAN ACKER Andre. MOMENTS OF ECSTASY BEFORE MEMLINC. Bruges Belgium: Edouard Verbeke 1928. 12mo. printed wraps. First Edition. Very Good little edgewear pencil notations inside front cover. $10.00. Edouard Verbeke unknown books
1980ref. 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
1973ref. 72238San Francisco: Empty Elevator Shaft Press c. 1973. 63 pp. A few light spots to front cover else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Three prose poems by Acker along with work by Eigner Gitin Potts Mariah Voelcker and many others. The first and only issue. San Francisco: Empty Elevator Shaft Press unknown books
1996ref. 583461New York: Grove Press 1996. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Slight edgewear else near fine. Grove Press unknown books
1990ref. 583457New York: Grove Weidenfeld 1990. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Fine. Grove Weidenfeld unknown books
1973ref. 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 books
1982ref. 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