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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
1980réf. 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
1974réf. 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
1976réf. 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
1975réf. 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
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 books
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 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
1904réf. 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
1942réf. 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
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
réf. B269340-1Leiden E.J. Brill 1954. Vol. I. lxii 414pp. 4to. Cloth. Leiden (E.J. Brill), 1954. hardcover books
1977réf. 47916Vancouver: Periodics 1977. First edition. Very good minus. First issue of this Canadian literary magazine "devoted to prose" with contributors including Kathy Acker Michael Ondaatje Barry Gifford Larry Eigner Penny Chalmers and more. 7'' x 8.5''. Original pictorial black and yellow wrappers by Michael Corr. 66 2 pages. Some scuffing and toning light soil to front cover. (Periodics) unknown books
1987réf. 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
2003réf. 291205Washington DC: Lambda Rising 2003. Magazine. 44p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches news articles reviews ads very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Started as a newsletter then became Lambda Rising Book Report a tabloid for volume one. Lambda Rising 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
2002réf. 342145Altadena CA: The Review 2002. Newspaper. Twenty-one issue broken run various pagination folded tabloid newspaper/journals articles poetry book reviews ads services and resources mild toning at folds else very good on newsprint. Issue numbers include 1:2 & 3 3:2-4 3:1-3 4:1 2 & 4 5:1-4 6:1& 3 7:3 & 4 8:1 & 2. The Review unknown books
1995réf. 276853Altadena CA: The Review 1995. Newspaper. Five issue run various pagination folded tabloid newspaper/journals articles poetry book reviews ads services and resources mild toning at folds else very good on newsprint. Issue numbers include 1:1-4 & 2:1 Autumn 1994-Autumn 1995. First five issues. The Review unknown books
1996réf. 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
1983réf. 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
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
1977réf. 93148Ware MA: Self-published by the author as The Four Zoas Press 1977. Pamphlet. 24p 6.5x10 inches lightly-soiled first edition poetry chapbook one of 225 copies hand-set and printed by the poet woodcuts by Bonnie Acker lightly-stained sewn white wraps personal inscription signed on colophon. Grier A. Includes "On the double execution of Ethel Rosenberg" "In Amerika there are no safe houses. My own home is an armed camp my bed a battleground." -from the title poem. Self-published by the author as The Four Zoas Press unknown books
1978réf. 17673Arlington: CSA Printing New England School of Astrology 1978. Staplebound. Very Good. First two early printings others firsts. About Near Fine. Covers with some bumps and toning. Firmly bound with two staples bookstore stamps clean otherwise. CSA Printing | New England School of Astrology unknown books
1977réf. 17664New York: Harper and Row Publishers 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket unclipped $12.50 lightly bumped and rubbed toned at the flaps. Black cloth a thin strip of fading at the top edge. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Sakoian and Acker's important work about the influence of transiting planets. Harper and Row, Publishers hardcover 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
