New Arrivals
TRAVELING SALESWOMEN
Los Angeles: Echelon Book Publishers, Inc., 1970. Wraps. Mass market paperback. Pink wraps with photo illustration on front cover. Minor edgewear; faintest rubbing to back cover. 160 pages. Near fine. "Imagine Lady Chatterly saleswomen deploying any aberration to male buyers for orders!" A standout among the many anxiety-driven Erotic Businesslady titles.....
THE HARDER THEY COME
n.p. Continental Classics, 1968. Wraps. Mass market paperback. Black printed wraps. Moderate edgewear and rubbing to covers; some creasing to spine and corners. Very good minus. Late '60s pulp erotica, with a typically fanciful introduction to this "tale of far-out sex," which in 1968 encompassed voyeurism, cross-dressing, and kleptomania. With.....
STRAITS: Newsletter of the Detroit River Press - Vol. 1 No. 1 - June 1982
(Highland Park, MI): (Detroit River Press), 1982. First Edition. 4to. Four leaves stapled once at corner. Near fine. Very light yellowing to pages here and there. Else crisp, clean and bright. Newsletter of this Detroit-area poetry press. Features critical and poetic prose from George Tysh, Jim Wanless, James Atkinson, a......
DIVERSION - Number 1 - June 1973
Brooklyn: (Diversion), 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Copper metallic paper wraps. Very good. Significant scratching to surface of wraps. Interior clean, bright, and unmarked throughout. 55pp. Periodical whose design was modeled after the INTERNATIONALE SITUATIONNISTE journal. Edited by a member of the American section of the Situationist International. Article titles.....
REICH: How to Use
(Berkeley): (Bureau of Public Secrets), (1973). First English language edition. 8vo. Single sheet folding out into five panels, printed recto/verso. Near fine. Trace of erased pencil marks; light handling wear to one panel; else clean, bright, and sharp. Originally published as REICH: Mode d'emploi, by Editions Champ Libre (Paris, 1971).....
TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE UNIVERSITY [Cover Title] / OF STUDENT POVERTY: Considered in its Economic, Political, Psychological, Sexual and, Particularly Intellectual Aspects, and a Modest Proposal for its Remedy [Title Page]
(London): (BCM/Situationist International), [ca. early '70s]. Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Pictorial card wraps. Very good. Light wear, soil externally. Interior clean and bright throughout. 29pp. One of many editions of this key situationist text, among which many were unauthorized; but this edition published by the official British wing of the Situationist.....
THE DECLINE & THE FALL OF THE "SPECTACULAR" COMMODITY-ECONOMY: The Watts Insurrection August, 1965
New York: Situationist International [Frontier Press?], [ca. 1970s?]. Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled pamphlet. Very good plus. "#10" in marker to upper-right corner of front wrapper. Else clean, bright, sharp inside and out. 10pp. Text by Debord first published in INTERNATIONALE SITUATIONNISTE #10 (though uncredited to his name), offering a situationist.....
THE BEGINNING OF AN EPOCH
(New York): (Create Situations), [1971?]. Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled photographic wraps. Very good plus. Light surface rubbing to wraps; moderate handling wear, but clean and unmarked. 60pp. Translation of a text published in INTERNATIONALE SITUATIONNISTE, No. 12, September 1969, originally uncredited, but likely authored by Debord; also includes additional documents.....
THE ANGOLITE: March - April, 1977
Angola, LA: Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Photo illustrated stapled wraps. Mild handling wear and toning. Dampstaining to front cover and lower edges throughout. Very good minus. 48pp. An early issue of the prisoner-produced newsmagazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Respected among his fellow inmates.....
DOONES Volume 1 / Number 4
Bowling Green, OH: Doones, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Square 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Near fine with hints of toning to spine edge. Interior clean and bright. 64pp. Cover design by Stephen Shrader. Contributors to this poetry mag include Simon Schuchat, Tom Raworth, Peter Schjeldahl, Larry Fagin and many others.
SHADE
College Park, MD: Sun & Moon, 1978. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. Original side-stapled wraps. Heavy toning and wear to spine. Sound but worn. As is. Reading copy. Noted Language poet's third collection. One of 500 numbered copies, this #148. First title from this publisher. Sun and Moon Contemporary Literature.....
AN ADVENTURE OF THE THOUGHT POLICE
London: Ferry Press, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Square 8vo. Publisher's plain wraps in printed dust jacket. Very good with some light toning and rubbing. Limited edition of 300. Cover illustration by Joe Brainard. Schjeldahl wrote criticism throughout his poetry career in the '60s and '70s and went on to become.....
THE EXAMPLE OF HEAVEN
(St. Paul, MN): (Minnesota Writers Publishing House), (1980). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Very good. A bit of toning to wraps' edges. Clean throughout if a trifle tinted. Unpaginated. Slim collection of verse by the Midwest poet.
SMILE
Berkeley: Tuumba Press, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Very good with touches of sunning and wear to edges. Else bright and sharp overall. Limited to an edition of 475, this 349. Tuumba 31, from the landmark series of chapbooks devoted (primarily) to the Language Poets, all letter-pressed.....
THE WORLD #35 (Translations Issue)
New York: The Poetry Project, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side stapled in publisher's original wraps. Wraps toned and rubbed at rear. Minor wear to edges. Interior clean and bright. Very good. 108pp. Translations issue of the Poetry Project lit mag, with contributions from Bernadette Mayer, Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan.....
SUN AND MOON: A Journal of Literature and Art No. 11, Spring 1981
College Park, MD: Sun and Moon, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's illustrated wraps. Minor edgewear and touches of soil to wraps. Interior clean and bright. Very good.166 pp. Literary magazine featuring contributions from Paul Bowles, Kathy Acker, Laurie Simmons, Larry Eigner, Jackson Mac Low, and many others.
GINGER BREAD MAMA (Broadside No. 32)
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1969. First Edition. 8vo. Broadside printed recto/verso, folded once vertically to make [4] pp., 8.5" by 5.5" approx. when folded. Very good plus. Very light touches of soil. Else clean, sharp. Handsomely printed broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall beginning in the mid-60s and.....
HANK KETCHAM'S COMPLETE DENNIS THE MENACE 1951-1952
(Seattle): (Fantagraphics Books), (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pictorial boards in dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Trace dust to boards and jacket, but clean and sharp overall. 589pp. First volume in a series collecting all Dennis the Menace comics.
THE GIRLFRIENDS: An In-Depth Study of Love Between Woman and Woman!
Las Vegas: M-T Publishers, Inc, 1969. First Edition. Wraps. Mass market paperback. Yellow-brown wraps. Minor edgewear. Near fine. Sleaze erotica; an "important and relevant study" of lesbian swinging, framed with classic '60s faux-psychiatric pontifications to circumvent obscenity laws. From the conclusion: "Lesbian swinging need not be debilitating. I can conceive.....
SEMI-COLON Vol. 2 No. 1
New York: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, nd [ca. 1954]. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. 8.5" x 11". Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Mild wear, small chip. Very good. Fifth issue of this "poets' newsletter" edited by Myers and published by his gallery, Tibor De Nagy. Tibor De Nagy.....
THE PLANISPHERE
Providence: Burning Deck, (1974). First Edition. Wraps. Tall 8vo. Plain mint-green wraps, in matching printed dust jacket. Mild edgewear. Near fine overall. Unpaginated. No. 93 of 350 copies. Printed by Rosmarie Waldrop with a cover by Keith Waldrop. Collects poems previously published in journals such as BIG SKY, THE ANT'S.....
THE LIGHT AMERICAN
Washington DC: Jawbone, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in original wraps. Wraps toned around spine at at rear. Interior bright and clean. Very good. Limited to 200 copies, with a cover drawing by Jim Mullen. An early work from the DC language poet. Scarce.
THE SOUTH ORANGE SONNETS
(Washington, D.C.): (Some of Us Press), (1972). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled photographic wraps. Very good plus to near fine. Pages show light hint of darkening, otherwise clean throughout. Good and sound. [25] pp. Twenty sonnets by Lally dealing with his childhood in South Orange, New Jersey.
SILICON VALLEY: Paradise or Paradox? The Impact of High Technology Industry on Santa Clara County
Pacific Studies Center, 1977. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Blue saddle-stapled wraps. Touches of staple rust, minimal shelfwear. 62pp. Near fine. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Pamphlet prepared for the Pacific Studies Center by Alan Bernstein, Bob DeGrasse, Rachel Grossman, Chris Paine, and Lenny Siegel that lucidly presented and historically.....
UNLESS
Washington DC: Jawbone, (1977). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. side-stapled in publisher's glossy wraps. Very good plus to near fine. Mild toning, wear. Interior bright and clean. Sharp overall. Unpaginated. Published in an edition of 200 by DC poet Doug Lang. A collection of poems from the third generation New York.....