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  • Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall; Existencilism; Cut It Out. ART, BANKSY, COUNTERCULTURE.
    [ART] [COUNTERCULTURE] BANKSY

    Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall; Existencilism; Cut It Out

    Three volumes. 12mo. 14.5cm. Publisher's black stiff card covers. Unpaginated. Clean and strong; slight scratching to the laminate of "Cut It Out", price stickers to the rear panels of two vols; internally clean and fresh; A bright, strong, near fine set. A mixed set with "Banging Your Head Against a......

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  • Tarantula. Bob DYLAN.
    DYLAN, Bob

    Tarantula

    Quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets (printed recto and verso), side-stapled, with crudely-illustrated front cover; [ii],54pp. Light wear, dust-soil, and a few faint creases to front wrapper extremities, with lower stapled starting to come loose; contents clean and complete, with the print bold and unfaded; Very Good+. An early edition of Dylan's.....

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  • The Marijuana Review - Vol.1, No.2 (Jan-March, 1969. DRUGS, Michael ALDRICH, Ed Sanders.
    [DRUGS] ALDRICH, Michael and Ed Sanders (editors)

    The Marijuana Review - Vol.1, No.2 (Jan-March, 1969)

    Slim quarto (28cm); original pictorial wrappers; 24pp; illus. Subtle tanning to text edges, a few tiny tears at right edge of front wrapper and a few preliminary leaves; Near Fine. Early issue of one of the first magazines solely dedicated to cannabis and its uses in the United States. The.....

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  • Krider's Sporting Anecdotes, Illustrative of The Habits of Certain Varieties of American Game. SPORTS, Milnor KLAPP, Ed., John KRIDER.
    [SPORTS] KLAPP, Milnor [Ed.] [KRIDER, John]

    Krider's Sporting Anecdotes, Illustrative of The Habits of Certain Varieties of American Game

    Octavo. 22cm. Publishe's original dark brown heavily embossed cloth, titled in gilt to spine. 286pp.; [1] engraved advertising plate; 6pp ads to rear. Strong, bright and straight, sunning to spine and a little incidental bumping and scuffing to extremities; internally almost uncannily clean and bright, printed upon excellent paper stock.....

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  • Black Magic: Sabotage - Target Study - Black Art. Collected Poetry 1961-1967. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, LITERATURE, aka Amiri Baraka.
    [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] JONES, LeRoi (aka Amiri Baraka)

    Black Magic: Sabotage - Target Study - Black Art. Collected Poetry 1961-1967

    First printing. Cloth issue (simultaneously issued in wrappers). Octavo ( 21cm). Patterned white cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 225pp. Tight, internally clean copy, with foxing to binding on spine and front cover; Very Good. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap), lightly rubbed at folds and spine ends.....

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  • Big Stony. SPORT, Howard T. WALDEN.
    [SPORT] WALDEN, Howard T.

    Big Stony

    Octavo. 18cm. #487 of 550 copies only. Pubisher's black rexine bookcloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board with an applied decorative medallion to the front board. 401pp. Straight andhansome, some very light wear to extremities and spine ends, a little darkening of the gilt in places;.....

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  • Catwings. Ursula K. LE GUIN, S D. Schindler, story, illustrations.
    LE GUIN, Ursula K. (story); S.D. Schindler (illustrations)

    Catwings

    First Printing. Octavo (18.5cm); green cloth spine over white paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and blind embossed with decorations on front cover; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-39,[1]pp; illus. A Richard Jackson Book. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $10.95), with trivial surface wear and light shelf-soil; Near Fine. An.....

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  • Rouge et Noir: The Academicians of 1823; or The Greeks of The Palais Royal, and the Clubs of St. GAMBLING, Charles PERSIUS, Pseud: Dunne Charles.
    [GAMBLING] PERSIUS, Charles [Pseud: Dunne Charles]

    Rouge et Noir: The Academicians of 1823; or The Greeks of The Palais Royal, and the Clubs of St. James

    Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's original blue linen spine, over pasteboard, with a paper title label to spine. 456pp. [pages 311-438, excised due to libellous content]. Bumping to corners, most noticeable to the lower front, some sunning of the spine cloth, soiling, and a small cosmetic split to the tail of the.....

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  • Shigaraki; Potter's Valley. Louise Allison CORT.
    CORT, Louise Allison

    Shigaraki; Potter's Valley

    Folio. 30cm. Publisher's burgunbdy cloth titled in orange to spine. Dustjacket & Publisher's Slipcase. [xi]; 428pp. Very light incidental wear to the cloth, sharp and bright; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout; in a clean strong pictorial dustjacket, and the publisher's buff card printed slipcase with some minor bumping and.....

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  • Some Recent Snowflakes. VISUAL, CONCRETE POETRY.
    [VISUAL & CONCRETE POETRY] HIGGINS, Dick

    Some Recent Snowflakes

    Deluxe issue, no.12 of 50 signed, cloth-bound copies, from a total edition of 750. Fine, apparently unread copy, signed by Higgins on half-title. In original unprinted parchment wrapper, also Fine. a new-appearing copy. A collection of experimental and concrete poems by the founder of the Fluxus movement, utilizing the singular.....

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  • A Cultural Study of the Burmese Era: Being an Enquiry into the Nature and Career of the Era of. Dr. R. L. SONI, the Rt. Hon'ble U. Nu, text, foreword.
    SONI, Dr. R. L. (text); the Rt. Hon'ble U Nu (foreword)

    A Cultural Study of the Burmese Era: Being an Enquiry into the Nature and Career of the Era of Burma...

    Octavo (25cm); black boards with titling stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [xxvi],[1],2-200,[4]pp; illustrations and diagrams throughout, with one fold-out chart. Modest shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Dustwrapper crinkled, with modest shelf-wear and -soil, and light creases to extremities; Good. Explores social history of Burma, with focus.....

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  • From Flushing to Calvary [Presentation Copy to Evelyn Scott. Edward DAHLBERG.
    DAHLBERG, Edward

    From Flushing to Calvary [Presentation Copy to Evelyn Scott]

    First Printing. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Evelyn Scott whose reaction to my little book I most sincerely appreciate," signed in full, datemarked aboard the S.S. Bremen, Mar 28, 1933. Octavo (20.5cm); tan cloth, with titling and rule stamped in black on spine and front panel; green topstain; dustjacket;.....

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  • An Archive of Manuscripts, Printed Materials and Ephemera Concerning the Pro-Fascist Anti-War. WW2, Ernest H. BEHRENS, AMERICAN FAR-RIGHT POPULISM.
    [WW2] [ AMERICAN FAR-RIGHT POPULISM] BEHRENS, Ernest H

    An Archive of Manuscripts, Printed Materials and Ephemera Concerning the Pro-Fascist Anti-War Movement in The United States

    58+ individual pieces of manuscript material by one Ernest H. Behrens, written on a variety of sheets of paper, notes, and envelopes, many running to a number of pages; comprising short letters to publications, letters to Congressmen and Administration Representatives, speeches and addresses, quotations from relevant figures and notes on.....

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  • An Excerpt From A Code. Franciszka and Stefan THEMERSON.
    THEMERSON, Franciszka and Stefan

    An Excerpt From A Code

    One of 500 copies, this being copy no.327. An elaborate folding object, resembling a narrow chapbook while closed (measuring 23.5cm x 11.5cm), with the upper half opening into a line drawing of a cryptic figure by Franciszka Themerson, and the lower half opening into a concrete poem ("Shooting at doves.....

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  • Arshile Gorky. Arshile GORKY, Julien Levy, text.
    GORKY, Arshile; Julien Levy (text)

    Arshile Gorky

    Quarto (27.5cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; acetate dustjacket; 235pp; 208 plates of illustrations, including 40 colorful illustrations, with tissue laid in at plates 105 and 135. Very occasional soil to text, with some illustrations becoming less adhered, but all.....

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  • Louise; Roman Musical en Quatre Actes et Cinq Tableaux. Gustave CHARPENTIER.
    CHARPENTIER, Gustave

    Louise; Roman Musical en Quatre Actes et Cinq Tableaux

    Quarto. 28.5cm. Twentieth century red half morocco over marbled boards titled and decorated in gilt to spine. 408pp. Light bumping and scuffing to corners, otherwise strong, tight and clean; internally clean and fresh, edges speckled black, inscription to verso of last blank preceding musical score, very light spotting mainly confined.....

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  • Etidorhpa or the End of the Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a. UTOPIAN FICTION, John Uri LLOYD, Augustus Knapp.
    [UTOPIAN FICTION] LLOYD, John Uri; Augustus Knapp (illus)

    Etidorhpa or the End of the Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable...

    Large octavo (23.5cm). Privately printed edition limited to 500 copies. Publisher's original heavy pebble grained black leather titled and embellished in gilt and silver to spine and front board, professionally respined using the original materials. [xiii]; 376pp. Light rubbing to extremities, strong, tight and very handsome; internally clean and fresh.....

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  • The American Shooter's Manual; Comprising, such plain and simple rules, as are necessary to. SPORTS, "A Gentleman of Philadelphia County", Jesse Y. Attrib: Kester.
    [SPORTS] "A Gentleman of Philadelphia County" [Attrib: Kester, Jesse Y.]

    The American Shooter's Manual; Comprising, such plain and simple rules, as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a full...

    Octavo. 18cm. Second issue of the text with "ribbon" spelled correctly on p.235. Bound in contemporary full brown calf with a black leather and gilt title label. [x-xii]; 240pp.; [1]; errata; [5] ads to rear. Some bumping to corners, a few old scrapes and scuffs to the leather and some.....

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  • Vort - Nos.1-8 [Nathaniel Tarn's Copies. Barry ALPERT.
    ALPERT, Barry (editor)

    Vort - Nos.1-8 [Nathaniel Tarn's Copies]

    Eight quarto issues (28cm); mimeographed and offset-printed sheets, alternately saddle-stiched, stapled, and prefectbound into decorative card wrappers. This set is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his penciled name appearing on the contents leaf of No.1, and a few issues bearing his light.....

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  • The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems. George STERLING.
    STERLING, George

    The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems

    First printing. 12mo. Black publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; fore- and bottom edges uncut; 142pp. Minor thumb-soil to prelims; spine gilt perished, cover gilt slightly dulled; a Very Good copy. First published book by the San Francisco bohemian poet and playwright; Sterling.....

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  • Le Principe Espérance: Tome I-III [Three Volumes. Ernst BLOCH, Francoise Wuilmart, text, translation.
    BLOCH, Ernst (text); Francoise Wuilmart (translation)

    Le Principe Espérance: Tome I-III [Three Volumes]

    Three volumes, all softcovers. Three Octavos (22.5cm); white paper wrappers; 535pp; 578pp; 563pp. Text in French. All three volumes from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his embossed pictorial bookplate to half-title page of vol. 3. Vol. 1 has light shelf-wear, with soil to.....

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  • The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka [Signed. Wole SOYINKA.
    SOYINKA, Wole

    The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka [Signed]

    First Impression. Octavo (23.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-315,[5]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Spine ends gently nudged, with the barest hint of foxing to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £3.50 net), edgeworn, with several tiny tears, some.....

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  • Foyers D'Incendie. RADICAL LITERATURE - SURREALISM, Nicolas CALAS, aka Nikolas Kalamaris.
    [RADICAL LITERATURE - SURREALISM] CALAS, Nicolas (aka Nikolas Kalamaris)

    Foyers D'Incendie

    First printing. Octavo (23cm). Printed paper wrappers; 261pp. Text mostly unopened. Fading to spine, with scuffing to publisher's price-sticker; expected toning to text; still a tight, lightly worn copy, Very Good. Text entirely in French. There was no numbered issue. Quite presentable copy of Calas' first surrealist work, written shortly.....

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  • Yuman Tribes of The Gila River. ANTHROPOLOGY, Leslie SPIER, AMETICANA.
    [ANTHROPOLOGY][AMETICANA] SPIER, Leslie

    Yuman Tribes of The Gila River

    Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's deep maroon cloth titled in gilt to spine. Lacking dustjacket. [xviii]; 433pp. Light wear to spine ends, clean and bright; internally clean and fresh, with bookplate of Nathaniel Tarn to front pastedown and Spier's signature to the front flyleaf, booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. A near fine.....

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