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318. WALKER, Alice. Banned. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books (1996). Two previously published stories and an excerpt from The Color Purple form the basis for this little-known book that examines, in a long introduction by Patricia Holt and in 38 pages of appendices, Walker's battles with the forces of censorship. Signed by Walker. Fine in a fine dust jacket with an "Autographed Copy" sticker on the front panel.
319. WALLACE, David Foster. Infinite Jest. Boston: Little, Brown (1996). The advance reading copy of most recent novel, published to the kind of practically awestruck reviews that greeted Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow a generation ago: a huge book (nearly 1100 pages) that impressed many critics and readers with its scope and its satirical critique of popular culture as well as with the author's erudition. Fine in wrappers and signed by the author. There were reportedly 1000 copies of this advance issue sent out for promotional purposes.
320. WELTY, Eudora. John Rood. Exhibition of Recent Sculpture. NY: Contemporaries, 1958. An exhibition catalogue with text by Welty. A scarce "A" item, not listed in the bibliography, and consisting of text (two pages) entirely by Welty. Small corner crease to upper front cover; a near fine copy in stapled wrappers.
321. WHITE, Bailey. Quite a Year for Plums. NY: Knopf, 1998. The advance reading copy of the second book, first novel, by the well-known NPR commentator. Fine in wrappers.
WHITE, Bailey. See Broadsides, at end of Catalog.
322. WHITE, E.B. The Wild Flag. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. A collection of White's political editorials from The New Yorker, written, anonymously, during the war years. Near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket.
E. B. White's Most Famous Book, Inscribed
323. WHITE, E.B. Charlotte's Web. NY: Harper & Brothers (1952). The second of his children's books and White's most famous book, a classic that has stayed in print continuously for nearly a half-century and was also the basis for a highly successful animated film. White was a poet and humorist before beginning a decades-long career as an essayist at The New Yorker, helping to give that magazine its reputation for clarity, urbanity and fine writing. His children's books are the only fiction that he wrote, and they have been much-loved over the years by children and adults alike, for their sensitive characterizations and their depictions of the bittersweet pain of life and loss. Charlotte's Web tells the story of a child's pet pig and its close friend, the spider, Charlotte, and in so doing explores the nature of friendship and the value of a life well-lived, in service of others, however truncated. This copy is inscribed by the author to a fellow New Yorker writer on the front flyleaf: "For Mollie/ with love/ Andy." Slight foxing and soiling to page edges, one small spot to cloth; near fine in a very good, spine tanned dust jacket with several small chips and an internally tape-mended edge tear. Signed copies of White's most famous book are rare; significant association copies virtually unheard of.
324. WHITE, Randy Wayne. North of Havana. NY: Putnam (1997). The latest of White's popular and highly praised Doc Ford mystery novels, set in south Florida. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author. Carl Hiaasen blurb.
325. WIDEMAN, John Edgar. Reuben. NY: Holt (1987). A novel, his first work of fiction since Sent For You Yesterday, which won the PEN Faulkner Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
326. WIDEMAN, John Edgar. Philadelphia Fire. NY: Holt (1990). A novel based on the Philadelphia Police Department's bombing of the radical African-American group MOVE's headquarters in a bloody standoff that leveled a city block. Winner of the PEN Faulkner Award, the second of Wideman's books to receive that award. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
327. WIDEMAN, John Edgar. The Stories of John Edgar Wideman. NY: Pantheon (1992). A collection of his previously published stories, as well as ten new stories, previously unpublished. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
328. WIDEMAN, John Edgar. The Cattle Killing. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. A review copy. Signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket.
329. WOZENCRAFT, Kim. Notes from the Country Club. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. A novel by the author of Rush. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
330. (YATES, Richard). Richard Yates. An American Writer. NY: Seymour Lawrence, 1993. A collection of memorial essays, with contributions by Kurt Vonnegut, Gina Berriault, Andre Dubus, Brian Moore, Jayne Anne Phillips, and others. Clothbound; fine without dust jacket, as issued. A scarce volume, never issued for sale, and containing pieces by a number of important writers that have not been published elsewhere.
BROADSIDES
331. (Broadsides). Unicorn Folio, Series Two, No. 4. (n.p.): (Unicorn Press) (1968). A collection of attractive broadsides of various sizes, issued in an edition of 350 sets, of which this is number 34. Contributors include Charles Simic, Walter Lowenfels, Teo Savory, Jack Hirschman, James Laughlin, Anne Beresford, Vassar Miller, and others. The folio wrapper has a few spots of soiling; there is a slight corner turn on the Miller piece; and the matted window on the Laughlin piece has come unglued from its background, but is present. This is otherwise a fine set of these attractive and fragile pieces, printed by Noel Young and with artwork by Janeen Vanden Berg and cover art by Wolfgang Roth.
332. (Broadsides). The Palaemon Broadside Folio 1982. (n.p.): Palaemon (1982). A collection of 22 signed broadsides of various sizes and by various authors, each one of 100 numbered copies of a total edition of 126. Included are: John Updike's "Styles of Bloom," Wendell Berry's "The Wheel," Fred Chappell's "The Gift" and "The Valley" (one broadside), and Erskine Caldwell's "In Defense of Myself," a piercing and heartfelt defense of himself and his characters that originally appeared in 1929 after The Bastard was banned in Cumberland County, Maine. Other contributors include Kelly Cherry, Jesse Stuart, Miller Williams, Dara Wier, David Slavitt, Marion Montgomery, Vassar Williams, and others. Each broadside is signed by its author. A fine set, in 11" x 20" folding chemise.
333. BARAKA, Amiri. Heathens. Louisville: White Fields Press, 1994. Broadside poem by this African-American author who was one of the key figures of the renaissance in Black writing during the 1960s. 22" x 10". One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine.
334. -. Same title. One of 44 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine.
335. BERRY, Wendell. The Wheel. (n.p.): Palaemon Press, 1980. A broadside. Of a total edition of 126 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies, signed by the author. Approximately 7" x 14". Fine.
336. -. Same title. One of 100 numbered copies, also signed by the author. Fine.
337. BERRY, Wendell. "What can turn us from this deserted future..." (n.p.): Okeanos Press, 1983. Broadside prose excerpt, measuring approximately 7 1/2" x 13", produced to honor the legacy of North Point Press, 1980-1991. A fine copy of this attractive item. Matted and framed to 9 3/4" x 16 1/2".
338. BERRY, Wendell. The Peace of Wild Things. Berkeley: Black Oak Books/Okeanos Press, 1991. An attractive broadside, and a thoughtful and touching sentiment, excerpted from Berry's writings. Approximately 12 3/4" by 9 3/4". Printed by Okeanos Press on the occasion of a reading by the author at Black Oak Books. Signed by the author. Framed; fine.
339. BERRY, Wendell. St. Vith, December 21, 1944. Lexington: Black Swan Books, 1994. A broadside excerpt from Sabbaths 1987-90. Approximately 9" x 18". One of 175 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine.
340. BERRY, Wendell. The Storm. Berkeley: Okeanos Press, 1994. Again, an attractively printed broadside, measuring approximately 6 3/4" x 11". One of 350 copies, signed by the author. Matted and framed to 9 1/2" x 14". Fine.
341. BERRY, Wendell. Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front. Louisville: White Fields Press, 1994. Broadside. Approximately 15" x 35". One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Rolled; else fine.
342. -. Same title, this being one of 63 numbered copies signed by the author. Rolled; else fine.
343. BUKOWSKI, Charles. "A Man Who Can Beat the Horses Can Do Anything He Makes Up His Mind To Do." Sudbury: Water Row Press (1986). A broadside, illustrated with an R. Crumb portrait of Bukowski. Of a total edition of 300 copies, this is one of 50 numbered copies signed by Bukowski and Crumb. 12" x 18". Evenly sunned, apparently from having once been framed, with a couple of blended spots; near fine.
344. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). Coffin 1. Eureka: Hearse Press (n.d.) [1964]. One of 150 copies of this collection of 41 pamphlets and broadsides, four of which are Bukowski's: "His Wife, the Painter," "The Old Man on the Corner," "Waste Basket," and "The Paper on the Floor." "His Wife, the Painter" was Bukowski's first separately published work, preceding his first book by several months. This broadside was printed in 1960 in an edition of 201 copies, 50 of which, deckle edged, with a small blindstamp and slightly larger than this 5" x 11" size, were privately distributed to friends of Bukowski and the publisher in 1960, and the "remaining 150 kept for inclusion in Coffin 1." [Dorbin B1]. Slight creasing to a few of the corners of the 41 pieces and light top edge sunning; still fine in publisher's portfolio. Also includes Henry Miller's watercolor reproduction "Dream of Fredericksburg." A very scarce, early Bukowski item, seldom found complete.
345. BURROUGHS, William S. Remembering Jack Kerouac. Louisville: White Fields Press (n.d.). Broadside, approximately 10" x 22", printing the poem "Remembering Jack Kerouac" along with a photo of Burroughs. This is one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine.
346. -. Another copy. Corner bumped; near fine.
347. -. Same title. The limitation of this issue was to have been 100 copies, like others produced in this series, but production problems caused there to be only 49 copies remaining for numbering; therefore, one of 49 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine. A very small limitation for a Burroughs item.
348. CARROLL, Jim. From NYC Variations. (n.p.): Yanagi (n.d.). A broadside, printing a poem by Carroll about drugs and poverty. With an illustration by Marc Blane that has a New York City and basketball theme -- both central to Carroll's writings. One of 300 numbered copies. Approximately 17" x 11". The broadside bears about a half dozen small puncture wounds, only one penetrating the paper. There is also some edge creasing. The text and photo are unaffected; the flaws would fade with framing. An uncommon Jim Carroll piece; we have never had another copy.
349. CARVER, Raymond. Distress Sale. (n.p.): Lord John Press, 1981. Carver's first broadside, measuring 11" x 16" and printed on a heavy textured stock in black with a red title. Illustrated by James R. Silke. A heartrending account of a family's tag sale, imbued with Carver's intense perception of, and empathy for, others' pain and suffering. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and the artist. Fine, and framed.
350. CARVER, Raymond. Batavia. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). A large broadside, 20" x 15¾", on heavy white paper, originally issued together with a portfolio of photographs by Joel Gardner, son of John Gardner, the late novelist and a former teacher of Carver's. There were only 60 sets of the photographs prepared -- 50 numbered sets and 10 lettered -- and an unknown, presumably small, number of copies of the broadside over and above those 60. The portfolio sold for $1500, and was published by Shadow Editions in Vermont, in 1986. This is the broadside alone. Attractively typeset, and signed by Carver. Framed. Fine.
351. DELILLO, Don. Mansei. Berkeley: Black Oak/Okeanos Press, 1991. An attractive broadside printing an excerpt from Mao II and issued on the occasion of a reading by the author at Black Oak Books. 7 1/2" x 13". Matted. Fine.
352. DUFRESNE, John. "Fluellen." (n.p.): Hungry Mind/Midnight Paper Sales, 1997. A broadside, "Fluellen Fontana's job was making bottle trees..." Printed on the occasion of a reading by the author. One of 70 copies signed by the author. 11" x 15". Fine.
353. DUFRESNE, John. Love Like Ours. Candia: John LeBow, 1998. A broadside excerpt from Love Warps the Mind a Little. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. 12 1/2" x 16". Fine.
354. FRIEDMAN, Kinky. Epilogue. (n.p.): Ambleside Press, 1994. A broadside excerpt from Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. 12 1/2" x 19". Rolled; else fine.
355. GALEANO, Eduardo. In Defense of the Word. Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1988. An excerpt from an essay published in Days and Nights of Love and War. Approximately 8 1/2" x 14". Matted. Fine.
356. GARDNER, John. The Motorcycle Riders. [Washington]: Folger Library, 1976. A broadside, 8½" x 14", printing a facsimile of the manuscript of Gardner's poem on the occasion of a reading by Gardner at the Folger Library on December 1, 1975. One of the scarcest of Gardner's "A" items (Howell A.XVII). A fine copy of an elusive piece. Matted and framed.
357. GINSBERG, Allen. Consulting I Ching Smoking Pot Listening to the Fugs Sing Blake. Pleasant Valley: Sri Ram Ashrama, 1967. A broadside measuring 13" x 18" with Ginsberg's poem and a woodcut illustration of flowers and a smoking hookah. One of 100 numbered copies, making it one of Ginsberg's scarcer productions from that period. Two light corner creases; else fine.
358. GINSBERG, Allen. Like Other Guys. [Great Barrington: The Figures, 1995]. A broadside poem, printed as part of an edition of 26 copies of a portfolio of writings in honor of poet Bernadette Mayer. There were four extra copies printed, otherwise none were available outside of the portfolio, copies of which went only to the contributors. This is one of the four. A touching poem, and easily one of the scarcest Ginsberg items of the last decade or more. Quarto sheet, 8 1/2" x 11", fine, and signed by the author.
359. HARRISON, Jim. Sergei Yesenin 1895-1925. (n.p.): Sumac Press (n.d.) (c. 1971). Cardstock broadside poem, 6" x 9", memorializing Yesenin. This is the first poem in Harrison's collection Letters to Yesenin. One of 33 copies only, signed by the author. One of the rarest Harrison "A" items. Fine.
360. HARRISON, Jim. Kobun. NY: Dim Gray Bar (1992). Broadside poem, approximately 10" x 13", attractively printed in blue, black and red. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. A very nice production.
361. HAUSMAN, Gerald. Wild Geese Again. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). Approximately 9 3/4" x 12 3/4". Matted. Fine.
362. HAWKINS, Bobbie Louise. Why Does Anyone... (n.p.): Black Mesa Press, 1983. An attractive broadside, measuring 9½" x 9", folded and stitched at one corner, and printed in red and black on grey laid paper. One of 200 copies signed by the author. A short, touching prose poem about writing. Matted; fine.
363. HEANEY, Seamus. The Fire Gaze. (n.p.): Friends of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 1989. Broadside poem, approximately 9" x 12". Printed in two colors, with a wood engraving by Helmuth Weissenborn. Reportedly, one of 60 copies only. Near fine.
364. HUGHES, Langston. Let America Be America Again. Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1990. Broadside, measuring 11" x 15", reprinting a poem first published in 1938. Printed at Okeanos Press by Black Oak Books in an edition of 200 copies to benefit the library at the African American Resource Center of Howard University. Framed; fine.
365. HUGHES, Ted. "I said goodbye to Earth." (n.p.): (n.p.), 1969. An 18" x 23" broadside with text by Hughes and artwork by G. Robbins. One of 75 numbered copies, signed by both Hughes and Robbins. Four color; mounted to foam board and framed as such; else fine.
366. KEROUAC, Jack. "Someday you'll be lying there in a nice trance..." Pleasant Valley: Kriya Press, 1967. Attractive broadside, approximately 12" x 17 1/2", issued by the Kriya Press of Sri Ram Ashrama in upstate New York. Four stanzas, with a black and white illustration. One of 100 copies, and one of the scarcest Kerouac items produced in his lifetime. Only the deluxe editions of the Grove Press titles, Dr. Sax and Mexico City Blues, were issued in smaller numbers. A year before this broadside was done, a broadside was issued of A Pun for Al Gelpi in an edition of 100 copies, which is one of the legendarily scarce Kerouac items. Framed, fine.
367. KIDDER, Tracy. "The problem is fundamental." Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1989. Several excerpts from the book Among Schoolchildren. Approximately 8" x 13". Matted. Fine.
368. KING, Stephen. "The work of horror really is a dance..." San Francisco: Okeanos, 1990. An attractive broadside excerpt from Danse Macabre, printed in honor of The Tenth Annual Friends of The San Francisco Public Library Literary Events. A prose excerpt which succinctly addresses the question "Is horror art?" Approximately 7" x 14½". Printed in red and black on a heavy, off-white stock, and illustrated with a medieval-appearing line drawing of a skeleton shooting a bow and arrow. Matted. Fine.
369. KINGSOLVER, Barbara. Watershed. (n.p.): Bella Luna Books, 1995. A broadside poem, in Spanish and in English, taken from Another America. One of 250 copies signed by the author. Approximately 13 1/2" x 11". Fine.
370. LOPEZ, Barry. "The image I carry of Cortés..." Berkeley: Black Oak/Okeanos Press, 1990. A broadside excerpt from Crossing Open Ground. One of 250 copies. 15" x 11", matted and framed to 13 3/4" x 17 3/4". A fine copy of this attractive piece, printed to benefit the Earth Island Institute.
371. LOWELL, Robert. The March. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). A broadside poem, dedicated to Dwight Macdonald, reportedly one of 100 copies, although the limitation is not stated. Approximately 9" x 18 1/2", this copy has been mounted to foam and is bubbling off a bit; there is also a stain, faint but large; overall only a good copy. Signed by Dwight Macdonald. A scarce Lowell item, and a good association copy.
372. MATTHIESSEN, Peter. "The poorest of the poor -- by far -- are the Indian people..." Berkeley: Black Oak/Okeanos Press, 1992. A broadside excerpt from In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, measuring 8" x 17", and printed in an edition of 150 copies, to benefit the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. Fine.
373. McCORD, Howard. Making the Beat Come Out Even. Approximately 7 1/4" x 14 1/2". Matted. Fine.
374. MITCHELL, Stephen. Pascal's Vision. (n.p.): Black Oak Books, 1990. Broadside excerpt from Parables and Portraits, attractively printed by Okeanos Press. Approximately 11 1/2" x 9". Matted; fine.
375. O'BRIEN, Tim. From How to Tell a True War Story. (n.p.): Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1987. A broadside excerpt from The Things They Carried, beginning: "You can tell a true war story by the questions you ask." (There was another broadside done in 1992 called "A True War Story" with different text.) One of 150 numbered copies, signed by the author. 10 1/2" x 11". Fine.
376. O'DALY, Bill. The Legacy. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). Approximately 7 1/2" x 13". Matted. Fine.
377. (ONDAATJE, Michael). "Philoctetes, on the island..." in Unicorn Folio, Series Three, Number One. (n.p.): (Unicorn Press) (1969). Anthology of twelve broadsides by Canadian poets, limited to 375 numbered sets. Among the other contributors is Margaret Atwood (an attractive piece illustrated with a striking woodcut), an early publication for her as well. Ondaatje's piece is signed by the author.
378. -. Same title. Ondaatje's piece is unsigned. Fine.
379. PALEY, Grace. Living. (n.p.): Toothpaste/Bookslinger, 1979. Broadside measuring approximately 10" x 13", printing a prose excerpt from Enormous Changes at the Last Minute. Printed in black and brown on brown, textured paper. One of 125 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine.
380. PRICE, Reynolds. The Dream of a House. (n.p.): (Palaemon) (1977). A broadside. Of a total edition of 126 copies, this is one of 100 numbered copies. Although not called for, this copy is signed by the author. Approximately 10" x 15 1/2". Very slight corner bumping; else fine.
381. PROULX, E. Annie. "This place, she thought, this rock..." Berkeley: Black Oak/Okeanos Press, 1994. An attractively printed broadside excerpt from The Shipping News, issued on the occasion of the author's giving a reading at Black Oak Books. 6 1/2" x 11 1/2". Signed by the author. Matted and framed to 9 1/4" x 14 1/4". Fine.
382. RANDALL, Belle. At Spandau. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). Approximately 7 3/4" x 15". Signed by the author. Matted. Fine.
383. SAYLES, John. Prison. Berkeley: Black Oaks, 1991. An excerpt from Los Gusanos, printed on the occasion of a reading given by the author. Approximately 7 1/2" x 13 3/4". Matted. Fine.
384. SKELTON, Robin. The Hermit Shell. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 9 1/2" x 13". Fine.
385. SMILEY, Jane. "But then, leaving any bookstore is hard..." (n.p.): Okeanos Press/Northern California Independent Booksellers, 1994. A broadside, approximately 10 1/2" x 9", reprinting a quote of Smiley's from Victoria magazine. Attractively and incongruously illustrated with pears. Fine.
386. SNYDER, Gary. Sours of the Hills. (n.p.): (Samuel Charters) (1969). Portents 15. A broadside, folded once, measuring 15 3/4" x 14 1/2" unfolded. One of 300 copies, this copy having been signed by the author. Fine.
387. -. Another copy, unsigned. Fine.
388. ST. JOHN, Primus. Love and the Evil that is Victorious. (n.p.): Copperhead (n.d.). Approximately 8" x 10", with an integral title flap folded over the text. Fine.
389. ST. JOHN, Primus. Bedding Down. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 10" x 14 3/4". Fine.
390. STONE, Robert. "Carefully, he examined his imagined positions..." Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1992. A broadside excerpt from Outerbridge Reach, and the first published broadside of Stone's writings. Approximately 6 1/2" x 13 1/2", printed in two colors. A fine copy, matted and framed to 9 1/2" x 16".
391. -. Another copy, unframed. Fine.
392. -. Another copy. Matted, unframed. Fine.
393. SZERLIP, Barbara. Cafe. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 8" x 13". A poem. Fine.
394. UPDIKE, John. Scenic. San Francisco: Hoyem, 1976. A poem excerpted from The Carpentered Hen. One of 150 copies, one of the scarcer of Updike's many limited editions. 9" x 12", matted and framed to 11 3/4" x 14 3/4". Fine.
395. UPDIKE, John. Iowa. Portland: Press-22, 1980. An attractively printed and illustrated broadside poem. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. 22 1/2" x 15". Matted and framed to 29" x 21 1/2". Fine.
396. UPDIKE, John. Styles of Bloom. (n.p.): Palaemon, 1982. A broadside poem. One of 55 numbered copies of a total edition of 81 copies. Approximately 8 3/8" x 12", matted and framed to 11" x 14 3/4". Signed by the author. Fine. A very small limitation for an Updike "A" item.
397. VAN DYKE, Cheryl. Kuhn Spit. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 12 1/4" x 14 1/2". An attractively illustrated poem. Fine.
398. VONNEGUT, Kurt. Torture and Blubber. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). A broadside of an anti (Vietnam) war text reprinted from the New York Times of June 30, 1971. 8 1/2" x 14". Signed by the author. Matted. A broadside of another author is printed on the verso, and the text of that is visible. Fine. Not listed in the Klinkowitz bibliography. A scarce, ephemeral piece, which we have not seen, or heard of, previously.
399. WHITE, Bailey. Finding Myself. (n.p.): Ambleside Press, 1993. A broadside excerpt from Mama Makes Up Her Mind. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Approximately 12 1/4" x 19". Rolled, one small corner wrinkle; else fine.