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Gruen, Bob . LISTEN TO THESE PICTURES PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOHN LENNON. ISBN 0-688-04707-6
NY 1985 Morrow. ISBN 0-688-04707-6. Text by Bob Gruen and Stanley Mieses. Foreword by Yoko Ono. Fine in Fine DJ (unopened in original publisher plasticine seal). Makes an excellent gift . (a16126)
$60.00Blum, Richard. UTOPIATES, THE USE AND USERS OF LSD 25
NY 1965 Atherton. Foreward by Nevitt Sanford. A publication of the Institute for the Study of Human Problems, Stanford University. 8vo., 303pp., index, hardcover. Good in Good DJ. (a1712)
$23.00 Presley, Elvis . RETURN TO SENDER (SHEET MUSIC)
1962. Words and music by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott. 4to., 5pp., full page photo of Elvis (green tint) on front wrap. Original printing, not a reprint. VG. (a17208)
$25.00 Snyder, Gary . FOUR CHANGES
Hendersonville 1970. In The Mother Earth News, Volume 1 Number 1, January 1970, at pp. 2-4. 4to., whole issue comprises 62pp., wraps. Good, soiled. (a26981a)
$35.00 (mother earth news) . MOTHER EARTH NEWS A NEW BEGINNING
Hendersonville 1970. The Mother Earth News, Volume 1 Number 1, Jamuary1970. 4to., 62pp., wraps. Good, soiled. (a26981b)
$35.00 Kohout, Pavel . AUS DEM TAGEBUCH EINES KONTER-REVOLUTIONARS
Luzern und Frankfurt 1969 Bucher. Mit Graphiken von Pravoslav Sovak. Lg.8vo., 289pp. VG plus, very light wear on board edges in VG DJ. (a27599)
$39.00 Gabel, Peter (editor) . BOGUS - A HARVARD LITERARY REVIEW - VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1
Cambridge 1968. Vol. 1 Number 1. Octavo, 90pp., wraps. 6 articles, including: Albert Gelpi "Edgar Allen Poe"; Poems by Frank Bidart and John L'Heureux; "Rhetoric in Bleak House" by Jacob Egan; "Legacy of Heartbreak House" by Stephen de Young; "Ephraim Blueprint " by Peter Lubin. Near VG, light wear. (a33472)
$540.00 Velvel, Lawrence R. . UNDECLARED WAR AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE THE AMERICAN SYSTEM IN CRISIS
NY 1970 1st Dunellen. Foreword by Richard A. Falk. 8vo., 405pp. VG in Good DJ, some wear. (a36229)
$35.00 Campton, David . THE LUNATIC VIEW (A COMEDY OF MENACE )
Scarborough 1960 Studio Theatre Limited. Small octavo., 78pp., wraps. Good. Rare. (a39161)
$60.00Schuchat, Simon. BLUE SKIES
1973 Author. Poetry. 8vo., 26pp., wraps. VG. (a39665)
$25.00Hill, Carol; Bruce Davidson (photos). SUBSISTENCE U.S.A.
New York 1973 first edition Holt Rinehart. Hardcover. Oblong octavo, 186pp., photo illustrations by Bruce Davidson, cloth. Near Fine, faint foxing on fore-edges, in VG DJ, slightly toned, almost no wear on dj, no chips, no tears. No owner marks. (a40442)
$24.00 (radical) . EXCERPTS FROM THE PORT HURON STATEMENT STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATRIC SOCIETY
Lawrence 1966 Third Printing. A fossil from the 60's. 8vo., 13pp., wraps. VG, light wear. (a42403)
$35.00Perreault, John. LUCK
NY 1969 1st Kulchur Press. 4to., 199pp., wraps. VG, spine faded. (a45150)
$23.00 Lauridsen, Inger Thorup and Per Dalgard . THE BEAT GENERATION AND THE RUSSIAN NEW WAVE
Ann Arbor 1990 1st Ardis. 8vo., 156pp., illustrations, hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracked, no DJ. (a45496)
$24.00 (new republic) . AMERICA TOMORROW CREATING THE GREAT SOCIETY
NY 1964. 50th Anniversary issue. The 60s agenda. 4to., 114pp., illustrations by Osborn, wraps. Address label on front. Good, light soiling and wear, leaves browned but not brittle. (a48230)
$35.00 Miles, Josephine (editor) . BERKELEY STREET POEMS MAY 1969 BY STUDENTS AND OTHER CITIZENS OF BERKELEY
Berkeley 1969. An Other Ways Book. 8vo., about 16pp., wraps. VG. (a48704)
$40.00 Ian & Sylvia . LUVIN' SOUND
NY n.d. (c.1968). Music and lyrics. 4to., 32pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a50115)
$25.00 Hillside Singers . I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING
NY n.d. (c.1968). Music and lyrics. 4to., 47pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good, some creasing on rear wrap. (a50116)
$30.00 Pyros, J. (editor) . DRAMATIKA 4
1969 Lincoln University. Avant garde theatre. Entries by: Aram Boyajian, Black Panther Party, Hugh Fox, Vito Acconci, John Perreault, Jackson Mac Low, others. 4to., stapled wraps. VG small bit of ink scribble on front cover. (a51960)
$35.00 Bunting, Basil . COLLECTED POEMS
London 1968 1st Fulcrum. 8vo., 160pp., hardcover. VG plus, lower front cover corner a bit bumped, in VG DJ, light wear. (a52190)
$43.00 Mitchell, Adrian . POEMS
London 1964 1st Jonathan Cape. Sixties poetry. Sm.8vo., 61pp., hardcover. Some rust residue and wrinkling from paperclip on initial pages top margin. VG in VG DJ, light wrinkling on top edge. (a54397)
$35.00 Perreault, John . LUCK
NY 1969 Kulchur. Poetry. 4to., 199pp., plain wraps. Good plus. light wear, light soiling. (a56899)
$35.00 Johnson, Foster Macy . CRIME AMONG MY FRIENDS (signed)
Meriden 1968 1st Bayberry Hill Press. About crime, LSD and drug use in Connecticut. Copy No. 86 of 100 printed. Hardcover. 8vo., 52pp., original printed cloth. **Signed presentation copy from Johnson ('Fos'). VG, light soiling, no DJ. (a57959)
$95.00 Moser, Norman (editor) . ILLUMINATIONS 4
San Francisco Winter 1968-69 Illuminations Press. Beatnik journal. This issue is dedicated to Dave Sandberg, Charles Foster and Frank Sears. This issue has work by Clint Boode, G de Vries, Theodore Kitaif, Artie Cuelho Jr, David Meltzer, Judson Crews, Peter Wild, William Pillin, John Knoll. Has broadside insert with printed poetry by Janice Hays Loonie, Hadassah, Norman Moser and Joe Sandoval 4to., 32pp., original wraps. Good plus, small bit of wear head ofm spine. Scarce. (a62533)
$95.00Bly, Robert. FOUR NEW POEMS - in one complete issue of LATITUDES, summer 1967
Houston, Texas 1967. first edition. Latitudes Press. First appearance of these poems by Bly, in Latitudes, Summer 1967. Vol 1 No. 2. 4to., original wraps with photo illustration by John Scarborough of man sitting cross legged in chair. Several additional articles and poems by other artists in this issue. VG plus. Scarce. Issue also contains poems by Louis Ginsberg and Tracy Thompson; interview with JohnbHoward Griffin II, story vy Lionel Garcia and more. (a62536)
$95.00 Hey, Richard . WEH DEM, DER NICHT LUGT, KOMODIE
Berlin 1962 Kiepenheuer & Witsch. Collection theater 8. In German. Drama. 12mo., 24pp., original wraps. VG. (a63121)
$35.00 Pagoon . THE LANDLORD AND HIS GOOD TENANTS A PLAY BY PAGOON
NY 1964 1st Transpacific Press. Small octavo, 66pp., original wraps. Inscribed and signed by Pagoon. Good, light wear and soiling. (a63929)
$75.00 Creeley, Robert . THE CHARM, EARLY AND UNCOLLECTED POEMS
San Francisco 1969 1st Four Seasons. Octavo, 97pp., original illustrated wraps. VG, very light cover wear. (a64579)
$90.00 Cotton, John; John Minton, Rigby Graham, Patrick Bridgwater, Margaret McCord , others . ENIGMA 1 (I)
Leicester 1969 1st Cog Press. Limited to 60 copies. Two Original Screen-prints in color by Margrey McCord; T. E Lawrence and the Seizin Press of Robert Graves by Rigby Graham; Three Drawings by John Minton; Two typograms by Patrick Bridgwater; etc. Square sm.4to, black cloth hardcover with colorful marbled end paper. Near Fine, very slight bumping of corner, in later protective glassine jacket. (a66723)
$220.00Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. ONE THOUSAND FEARFUL WORDS FOR FIDEL CASTRO (signed by Ferlinghetti)
San Francisco 1961 (February, 2nd edition) City Lights. One long printed sheet folded into 6 sections. **Signed by Ferlinghetti (To Tony). VG, light wear, light browning. Pictures available on request. (a68257)
$75.00 Hill, Roy . 49 POEMS
Manhattan 1968 1st Press. Octavo, 71pp., hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a69490)
$25.00 Weber, Clarence A. . ROOTS OF REBELLION
St. Louisi 1971 1st. Warren Green. Octavo, 132pp., hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a69988)
$27.00(hudson review). THE HUDSON REVIEW 20TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
1968. Single issue of Hudson Review. Writers in issue: Isaiah Berlin, Anthony Burgess, Carruth, Cioran, Herbert Gold, Anthony Hecht, Richmond Lattimore, Anne Sexton, John Simon, I .B. Singer, and many more. Octavo, 240pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a74486)
$29.00 Burroughs, William, J P Donleavy, Robert Doisneau others . OLYMPIA A MONTHLY REVIEW FROM PARIS NUMBER 1
Paris 1961. In English. Contents: The Paris Scene by Sanche de Gramont; Ten Episodes from the Soft Machine by William Burroughs; One Suppressed Chapter from the Ginger Man by J. .P Donleavy and much more including photographs by Robert Doisneau. Sm.4to., 80pp., wraps. in red lettering with male hobo sitting in tiny wagon on front cover. VG light cover toning and wear. (a74552)
$35.00 Boulton, James E. . STARLIGHT ON THE LILAC CROWN
Milwaukee 1960 Basement House. Poetry. Copy No. 35. Octavo, color frontis, illustration by Albert Stergar inside rear cover, wraps. Signed by Boulton. VG. Scarce, (a74838)
$100.00Arendt, Hannah, Sidney Hook, Irving, Howe, Robert Lowell, Mary McCarthy and others. THE COLD WAR AND THE WEST: A SYMPOSIUM - special issue of PARTISAN REVIEW, Winter 1962
NY 1962. Article at pp. 9-89 in single issue of Partisan Review. Included in a complete issue of this journal with additional articles by Bernard Malamud, Robert Lowell, Evgeny Evtushenko and Leslie Fiedler. Octavo, original wraps. Good plus, light cover soiling. (a76947)
$29.00Wainstock, Dennis. THE TURNING POINT: THE 1968 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Jefferson 1988 first edition. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-365-9. Hardcover. Octavo, 218pp., cloth. very Near Fine, no jacket issued. no owner marks. (a77554)
$35.00 Hoetis, Themistocles (editor) . ZERO A REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND ART - VOLUME 2 NO 7 AND NO 8 - 1956 - 1957 (BOUND IN ONE HARDCOVER VOLUME)
Kraus reprint of 1973 of original 1956-57 issues. Bound in one volume. Authors whose work is included are: Ivy Compton-Burnett, Otto Friedrich, Paul Bowles, Wallace Stevens, Gore Vidal, Asa Benveniste, Sartre, Colin Wilson, Marianne Moore, Samuel Beckett, Federico Garcia Lorca, Leon Kelly, Henri Calet, Samual French Morse and others. Octavo, 104pp., 239pp., green cloth. VG plus, very slight cover wear. (a78494)
$44.00 Swerling, Anthony . LE TIMBRE-POSTE CONCENTRATIONNAIRE PIECE EN UN ACTE; LA POINCONNEUSE APOCALYPTIQUE PIECE ONIRIQUE EN UN ACTE - DEUX SATIRES CONTE L'AVANT GARDE
Cambridge 1969 1st Trinity Lane Press. In French. Octavo, 43pp., yellow wraps with lamenated illustrated green jacket. Fine in VG DJ. (a79274)
$49.00 Corrington, John William . THE ANATOMY OF LOVE & OTHER POEMS
Fort Lauderdale 1964 1st Roman Books. Introduction by Richard Whittington. Hardcover. Octavo, 86pp., white paper covered boards with red cloth spine. **Signed by both Corrington and Whittington. Near Good, spine lettering rubbed off, white paper on boards is streaked with red ink lines, light stains and rubbed areas. Internally VG, text is clean and binding is secure. (a81047)
$100.00 Wittner, Lawrence S. . REBELS AGAINST WAR THE AMERICAN PEACE MOVEMENT, 1941 - 1960
New York 1969 first edition Columbia University. Hardcover. Octavo, 339pp., cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a83226)
$42.00 Howe, Irving . DISSENT - THE ACADEMY, A SPECIAL ISSUE, WINTER 1964
1964. One complete issue of this journal. Articles include: Universities and Intellectuals by Howe; The College as Rat-Race by Robert Paul Wolff; Paul Goodman's Community of Scholars by Michael Walzer; Southern Negro Students by Staughton Lynd and Roberta Yancy; Some Reflections on Academic Freedom Today by Lewis Coser, and many more. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good, light toning on cover, slight soiling. Text clean, no ownership marks. (a84236)
$35.00 Winans, A. D. (editor) . SECOND COMING VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3
San Francisco 1972 first edition Second Coming Press. Poetry journal with poems by James Tate, Joyce Mason, S L Poulter, Maria Berl lee, Paul Foreman, Ben Haitt, Peter Olds, Art Cuelho, Gerald Locklin, Sylvia Plath, others. Cover is arresting photo image closeup of a man face with large eyes. 4to., 60p., photo illustrations, original wraps. VG, light wear. No ownership marks. (a86184)
$50.00 Marshall, Ray and Virgil L. Christian, Jr (editors) . EMPLOYMENT OF BLACKS IN THE SOUTH - A PERSPECTIVE ON THE 1960s
Austin 1978 University of Texas. Hardcover. Octavo, 247p., cloth. Ex-unioversity library. VG, no DJ. (a87337)
$25.00 Rosenberg, H. M. (editor) . CONTACT AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY
San Francisco 1967 first edition Idlewild Publishing. Hardcover. Octavo, 240p., cloth. Poems by over 100 poets. VG plus in Good DJ, photo of San Francisco Bridge by Chris Sutton on front. (a87861)
$27.00McGrath, Eugenia and Tom (eds). CRAZY HORSE 2
New York 1962 first edition. Single issue of this literary journal. Bright red illustration on front cover panel. 36p. Contains work by Robert Bly, Don Gordan, Curtis Zahn, Richard Lyons, Christopher Lyons, Stanley Schwartz and Aude Howard. Text quite toned, extreme tips of pages and some margins have small tears or chips. Binding secure; no ownership marks. Fair. Rare. (a90085)
$35.00 Willis, Paul J (ed) . ANUBIS VOL I, NO 2. SPRING, 1967
Arlington, Virginia 1967. first edition. Golden Goblin Press. 4to wraps. Cover illustration by R. Edwards Jennings. 60p. Fantasy/Sci-Fi journal. VG. no ownership marks. (a90939)
$29.00 Appel, Mark (Editor) . SPECTRE - NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1967, vol 1 no. 16
Belleville, Illinois. 1967. first edition. 4to wraps. Cover illustration of scene from Dracula by Brian Pugh. staple binding. 12p. Fine. Sci-Fi journal. (a91069)
$35.00 Appel, Mark (editor) . SPECTRE - 1967, vol 1 no. 17
Belleville, Illinois. 1967. first edition. 4to wraps. Cover illustration by G. R. Guy of Lon Chaney as Phantom of the Opera. staple binding. 10p. Near Fine. Sci-Fi journal. (a91070)
$33.00Macklin, Anthony. EASY RIDER: THE INITIATION OF DENNIS HOPPER (article in one issue of Film Heritage , Fall 1969)
Dayton, Ohio. 1969 first edition. University of Dayton. Original pictorial octavo wraps. Macklin article on pp. 1-12 fully illustrated with bw photos illus from the movie. Other articles in issue as well. VG plus. (a91221)
$25.00 O'Connell, richard . BRAZILIAN POEMS
Rio de Janeiro 1960 first edition. 12mo wraps. In English. 47p. Good, some cover wear. Text clean. Scarce. (a91545)
$35.00 Weigel, Tom . SONNETS (inscribed/signed)
1980 first edition. Accent Editions. Three metal staples, 4to, black and white illustration by Rochelle Kraut on front cover panel. 23p. Edition limited to 250 copies. ** Inscribed to Mark ("For Mark with Adoration and Fondest Regards") and signed by Tom Weigel (with additional short pencil note about Gary Indiana ("1:00 lunch with Gary Indiana"). VG plus, just slight cover wear. Text Fine and clean. (a91982)
$49.00 Weigel, Tom . PANIC HARDWARE (signed)
1979 first edition. Andria Doria Books. Three metal staples, 4to, black and white illustration by Doug Morrissey on front cover panel. About 30p. One of 26 copies signed by Weigel in a limited first edition of 300. This is copy #10. **Signed by Tom Weigel. VG , just slight cover wear, crease on rear panel. Text Fine and clean. (a91983)
$44.00 Scholnick, Michael and Tom Weigel . A HOT LITTLE NUMBER
New York 1979 first edition. Andria Doria Books. Three metal staples, 4to, black and white illustration by Rochelle Kraut on front cover panel. About 30p. Limited to 200 copies. VG , just light cover wear, Text Fine and clean. no ownership marks. (a91984)
$90.00 Weigel, Tom (editor) . TANGERINE 7 - A STUART PERSPECTIVES ISSUE
New York 1985 first edition. Andrea Doria Books. One issue of this avantgarde poetry and prose magazine. Contributors to this issue include: Rose Lesniak, Michael Scholnick, Angela Dryden, Gomati, Graham Greene. About 50 p. printed on rectos only. 4to. wraps. Yellow clear glassine cover (small chip on front cover repaired with clear tape). Staple binding. 4to. no ownership marks. Good plus. (a91985)
$35.00 Weigel, Tom (editor) . THE FULL DECK ANTHOLOGY - POETRY 1959 - 1981
New York 1982 first edition. Andrea Doria Books. 4to. Stapled wraps. 78p. VG light cover wear. no ownership marks. (a91986)
$35.00 Weigel, Tom (editor) . THE FULL DECK ANTHOLOGY - POETRY 1959 - 1985
New York 1985 second expanded printing of 1st edition. Andrea Doria Books. 4to. Stapled wraps. About 80p. VG original glassine cover is worn. no ownership marks. (a91987)
$35.00 Weigel, Tom (editor) . TANGERINE 3
New York 1982 first edition. Andrea Doria Books. One issue of this avantgarde poetry and prose magazine. Contributors to this issue include: Ted Greenwald, Maureen Owen, Lenny Goldstein, Leslea Newman, Michael Scholnick. About 50 p. printed on rectos only. 4to. wraps. staple binding. clear glassine cover. VG. no ownership marks; light cover wear. (a91988)
$55.00 Weigel, Tom . TWENTY FOUR HAIKU AFTER THE JAPANESE (signed)
New York 1982 first edition. Andrea Doria Books. Copy #14 of limited edition of 2 signed copies. 4to. staple binding with clear glassine cover. About 30 p. **Signed by Weigel . Includes drawings by Weigel. VG light cover wear; no ownership marks. Text clean and binding secure. (a91990)
$200.00 Packard, William . WHALES & TOMBS (signed)
Palo alto 1961 first edition. Drexel. Blue printed wraps. 12mo. staple binding. 8p. *Signed by Packard in presentation to Ron. VG light wear. (a92154)
$42.00