ALBERT, DR. E.

Naughty Verses

Pullman, WA, Kamiaken Distributors, Inc. 1990, First Edition. Paperback. [1st printing](1990) Digest-sized, stapled wraps; 34pps. Cover and interiors by Clint Keller. An ephemeral item.A little stress; minor creasing and soiling; slight rubbing. Very Good+.

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N° du livre: PN774

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Poetry Humor Poetry

ANONYMOUS (COPYRIGHT BY JULIUS D. ICHENHAUSER)

Illustrated Catalogue of the Historical and World-Renowned Collection of Torture Instruments, Etc. From the Royal Castle of Nuremberg, . . Lent for Exhibition by the Right Honorable the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot

Astor Place, NY, J. J. Little & Co. 1893, First Edition. Paperback. [1st printing](1893). Stapled wraps; 68pps. Exhibition catalog; illustrated. Covers loose with tears and losses; spine covering gone; stains. pages are clean with minor creasing and dealer's marks in pencil; exhibition vistor's marks to contents in pencil. A scarce original item. Fair.

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N° du livre: QA66

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Museum Torture Devices Iron Maiden Religion

THE FLOATING BEAR (BILL BERKSON)

The Floating Bear, a Newsletter; Issue #7, March, Mar. 3, 1961 (3/3/61)

NY, Diane Di Prima & LeRoi Jones. 1961. Stapled Pages. Issue #7. Six pages, heavy paper stock with single staple at upper corner. Edited by Diane Di Prima and LeRoi Jones. Creasing; mild toning. Very Good.

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N° du livre: QA56

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Beat Hippie Beatnik Counter Culture Poetry Counter Culture

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.

In Memory of William S. Burroughs (February 5, 1914 - St. Louis, Mo - August 2, 1997 - Lawrence, Kan. )(Memorial Program and Card)

1997. Card. Memorial service card and program sheet given to attendees. Small stains to card which is diagonally creased; program sheet is a little creased. Scarce. Very Good-.

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N° du livre: QA68

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Memorial Funeral Poet Poetry Counter Culture

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.

Port of Saints

Berkeley, Blue Wind Press. 1980. (ISBN: 0912652659). Paperback. Review Copy, [First printing] 1980. Cover collage by George Mattingly. Review copy with stamp and pricing written in red pen, also laid in photo of Burroughs with publishing information; Minor wear and ink smudges. Very Good+ to Near Fine.

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N° du livre: RBL41

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Fiction Modern Counter Culture Counter Culture 0912652659

BAG PERSON PRESS COLLECTIVE (EDITORS)(ELEANOR ARNASON, RUTH BERMAN, C. M. DECARNIN, TERRY A. GAREY, AND LAUREL WINTER)

Raw Sacks

Minneapolis, Bag Person Press. 1991, First Edition. [1st printing]. Poems by Eleanor Arnason, Ruth Berman, C. M. Decarnin, Terry A. Garey, and Laurel Winter, printed on 15 paper bags and collected into larger paper bag. An unusual format. Scarce. Fine.

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N° du livre: TR11

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Science Fiction Poetry Poetry

DOUGLAS, LORD AFRED

The Collected Satires

London, The Fortune Press. 1926, First Edition. Unbound Pages. [1st printing] 1926. Unbound pages for the limited edition. This copy is unbound, unsigned and unumbered; likely a printer's copy. Pages tanned; dealer's marks/notes on first page/cover in pencil; small stain to rear penetrates to following page. Good.

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N° du livre: QA65

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Fiction

DOWSON, JOHN MD

Reed's Illustrated Guide to Whitby, and Visitor's Handbook of the Town and Neighborhood. Contatining a History of the Abby and Town, and a Full Description of the Rides and Walks in the Environs, with a Map of the Neighborhood and an Essay on Sea Bathing.

Whitby, Old Market Place, Sylvester Reed. 1951, First Edition. Paperback. [1st printing] 1851. Orange wraps; 88pps + endpage; map attached at ffep verso; illustrated. Stains to front; creased with fairly heavy wear; tanning; loss at lower fforedge corner of ffep; other smaller corner losses; lean; pages tanning; one section of map fold separated. A scarce ephemeral item. Good-.

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N° du livre: QA15

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Tour Guide Visitor's Antique

HACKER, MARILYN

The Terrible Children

NY, Samuel R. Delany. 1967, First Edition. Stapled Pages. 28 pages, including prelims amd cover, stapled. rear cover duplicates front. National Book Award winng author's first book. Hacker was also Samuel R. Delany's wife at the time. Tanning; minor creasing, soiling and wear. Very Good+ to Near Fine.

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N° du livre: QA57

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Beat Hippie Beatnik Counter Culture Poetry Counter Culture

HOLT, WILLIAM L. MD

The Venereal Peril; a Popular Treatise on Venereal Diseases: Their Nature, Course, Symptoms and Prevention

NY, Eugenics Publishing Co. 1933, First Edition. Paperback. [1st printing] 1933. Stapled wraps; 56pps + ads. Short tear with small loss at spine heel; a little creasing and stress; edgewear; minor soiling; tanning. Very Good.

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N° du livre: QA32

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Sex Disease Diseases Medical Medicine STDs Science Health & Wellness

JONES, HETTIE

Having Been Her (Special Un-Numbered Issue of #Magazine, January, Jan. 1981)

NY, #Magazine. 1981. Pamphlet. Stapled waps. Cover art by Robin Tewes. Inscibed on first page. Foredge bumped with light cover crease. Very Good+. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: QA35

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Poetry Magazine Poetry

KANDEL, LENORE

The Love Book

San Francisco, Stolen Paper Review Editions. 1966, First Edition. Paperback. [1st printing, 1966] Dark brown printing on wraps; olive green endpages, with publisher's name, but no address, printed in verso of rear endpage; text printed sideways on rectos. Of historical as well as poetical interst. Seized by police November 15, 1966, this book of poetry (with "To F ck with Love"), was part of famous 1967 censorship trial, wherein it was deemed obscene and defendants found guilty. In 1971 the verdict was overturned. Rear cover has patches of soiling (food likely) and picking at soiling has caused scars (see scan); corner wear; minor creasing. Good+ to Very Good-.

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N° du livre: QA11

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Fiction Poetry Counter Culture

ABBOTT, KEITH & SOWL, MICHAEL

2x

Monterey, CA, Blue Suede Shoes X. 1971, First Edition. Stapled Pages. 24 pages stapled, including covers. Two short stories, 175 copies printed. "The Day I Left the Middle Class" and "Burning Bright (for Ethan)". Tanning at edges (see scan); old price in pen on cover; minor creasig and corner wear. Good to Very Good-.

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N° du livre: QA64

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Beat Hippie Beatnik Folk Hippie Counter Culture Counter Culture

SMYTHE, B. E, F.R.G.S.

Nestorian Monuments and Similar Problems (Reprinted from the Asiatic Review, July 1, 1925)

London, East and West Ltd. 1926, First Edition. Paperback. [1st printing](about 1926). Stitched orange wraps; 16pps. Tanning; edgewear; bends, folds and creases; stress with end bumps and short tear at head; note on reprinting in pen inside cover and correction to front cover title in same; sticker ghost on front. "Curious and rare.". Good.

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N° du livre: QA08

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Archeology Geography Religion

THE FLOATING BEAR (DIANE DI PRIMA & LEROI JONES, EDITORS)(WILLIAM BURROUGHS; PHILIP WHALEN)

The Floating Bear, a Newsletter; Issue #9, (June) 1961 ("the System of Dante's Hell": "Roosevelt After Inauguration")

NY, Diane Di Prima & LeRoi Jones. 1961. Stapled Pages. Issue #9. Six pages, heavy paper stock with single staple at upper corner. Includes "From "The System of Dante's Hell: The Eighth Ditch is Drama (Your Tongues Are Fire and Your Strategies Hell Itself)" by LeRoi Jones; "Roosevelt After Inauguration" (subject of a famous obscenity trial) by William Burroughs; "Itchy" (poetry) by Philip Whalen. Folded for mailing with staple removed from lower end in order for newsletter to be read by recipient; address label and stamp bits remain at upper front; date scribbled out from postal stamp in pencil at same; tanning, particularly at edges and fold; a little soiling; creasing; minor edge nicks and tears. An original and ephemeral item. Good+.

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N° du livre: QA17

Catalogue: Curious and Rare

Mots-clés: Beat Hippie Beatnik Counter Culture Poetry Counter Culture