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1983ref. 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
1976ref. 17656Weston: ACA Inc 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. About Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped faded a few shades at the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean lightly bumped pages clean internally. ACA, Inc paperback books
1981ref. 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
ref. 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
1975ref. 17657Weston: Sakoian and Acker 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Foreword by J.H. Nelson. Errata slip tipped-in inside the front cover. Very Good. Wraps soiled throughout faded at the spine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Sakoian and Acker paperback books
1975ref. 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
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
1906ref. 47063Boston: The P.R. Warren Co. Printers 1906. Edition not stated. Octavo 21.5cm; dark green cloth stamped in black; 303pp. Boards worn with scuffs and small gouges extremities chapped; patches of material bleaching on rear; interior toning to margins; first signature somewhat loosened from rest of textblock else pages are clean and tight. Period ads throughout. Very Good. This cookbook was offered through The Acker Merrall & Condit Company which is primarily known today as a wine auctioning service. However they once provided general provisions under the brand name "Amcehat" through a mail order service and also operated several retail stories in the Mid-Atlantic area. As described in a 1908 issue of Good Housekeeping this cookbook "contains many recipes for home and hostess cookery not to be found in the average volume of the kind". Featuring recipes for meats vegetables desserts and a section titled "Forty Recipes from the Four-Hundred" referring to a list of New York's gilded age society elite. The P.R. Warren Co. Printers unknown books
2002ref. 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
1995ref. 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
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
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
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
1975ref. 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
1976ref. 17670New York: Harper and Row Publishers 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Good dust jacket unclipped $10.95 lightly toned bumped and with some creases and short tears moisture stains on the back panel. Black cloth with purple gilt letterings on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound some rippling to the final fifty pages but no stains. Harper and Row, Publishers hardcover 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
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
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
1975ref. 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
1994ref. 170907San Luis Obispo CA: Garden Street Press 1994. First edition. Softcover. A paperback original collection of poems. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Acker to poet Marie Ponsot on the title page. A nice association copy. Garden Street Press 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
ref. B269340-1Leiden E.J. Brill 1954. Vol. I. lxii 414pp. 4to. Cloth. Leiden (E.J. Brill), 1954. hardcover books
1996ref. 199481New York: Grove Press 1996. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 277 pages. A grrrl pirate story loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island." A tight near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Grove 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
1996ref. 539562New York: Grove Press 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by S. Clay Wilson. Octavo. 277pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Acker would collaborated with British band The Mekons for an album of the same name with Wilson cover art and her narration. Grove Press hardcover books
