California Virtual Book Fair, March 4-6, 2021
Le Bookiniste is exhbiting at the California Virtual Book Fair, March 4-6, 2021, at www.abaa.org/vbf with 250+ other dealers. Our list is here.
Renegade: The West Coast Review of Unlimited American Literature and Art
Berkeley, California: Crosscut Saw Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 218 x 140 mm), 111, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg, with his East 12th Street, New York, address and phone number on the verso of the front wrapper. At..... More
Titres et Pains Perdus [Lost Titles and Loaves]
Paris: Éditions Denoël, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. 16mo (6 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 175 x 190 mm); [128] pages, in plasticized illustrated boards issued without a dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Pierre Alechinsky on the title page to Jan Cox and Yvonne Van Ginneken: "à Jan..... More
Three Poetry Books
Three poetry chapbooks by John (Jack) Mueller (d. 2017), one of the founders of the Union of Street Poets in San Francisco. All three chapbooks are inscribed. --What Can I Say. Berkeley: Artaud's Elbow, 1981. Small Octavo, unpaginated, in stapled wrappers. Inscribed to Nathan May, the editor..... More
Altar Pieces
Barrytown, New York: Station Hill Press, 1982. Patricia Nedds. Single sheet of cardstock, intricately cut and folded to create a book of [12] panels, each measuring 8 3/4 x 6 inches (222 x 151 mm). SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by Jerome Rothenberg and inscribed..... More
A Treatise on the Ideal Treatment of Nervous Diseases and Exhaustion in Men by Absorption
New York: Marston Remedy Company, 1905. Revised Edition. 16mo (6 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 162 x 113 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers. Pamphlet from a company offering "medicated" suppositories and contraptions that purportedly treat men's sexual, nervous, and urinary disorders. One "treatment"..... More
Trying for the Ten Ring: Poems
Mt. Aukum, California: Mt. Aukum Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), 37, [1] pages in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Ann Menebroker on the title page. A collection of 26 poems by the Sacramento poet (1936-2016). It contains..... More
TAC: A Magazine of Theatre, Film, Radio, Music, Dance [May 1939]
New York: Theatre Arts Committee, 1939. First Edition. Quarto (11 3/4 inches x 8 3/4 inches; 292 x 220 mm), 31, [1] pages, in stapled pictorial wrappers. Scarce monthly magazine of the Theatre Arts Committee, a left-wing theatre group that was active in supporting victims of the Spanish..... More
Location [Vol. 1 No. 1]
New York: Longview Foundation, 1963. First Edition. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. 240 x 215 mm), 98 [2] pages, in heavy illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by artist Larry Rivers on the upper wrapper, the first issue of this art and literary magazine that was devoted to..... More
Karel Appel: Tentoonstelling t.g.v. zijn 60-ste verjaardag 2-31 mei 1981.
Den Haag: Galerie Nova Spectra, 1981. Oblong Octavo (8 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 220 x 165 mm), [16] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED on the front cover by Karel Appel, who has also drawn a bird on the cover. Rare catalogue of a solo exhibition..... More
Poems for a Reading at Bishop, California, Oct 5, 1986
[San Francisco]: A Midnight Special Edition, 1986. Jack Micheline. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 220 mm), unpaginated, comb-bound in white plastic. SIGNED by Jack Micheline (1929-1998) on the cover, the title page and at other points in the book. A limited-edition handmade book..... More
Switzerland
New York: Underwood and Underwood, ca. 1904. Case measuring 8 x 5-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches containing 100 stereoviews mounted on gray concave card stock. Gilt lettering to spine. A complete set of 100 stereoviews of Switzerland featuring black-and-white photos of the late 1890s and early 1900s. Each has..... More