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  • 50 SELECTED POEMS: 1970-1976. by Caputo, Thomas Head.
    Caputo, Thomas Head.
    50 SELECTED POEMS: 1970-1976.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    n.p. [Berkeley, CA]: Thorp Springs Press, (1977). SIGNED first edition - An association copy, INSCRIBED on the title page to a fellow poet, and dated in 1978. Unpaginated.

    Condition: Fine in printed cream wrappers.

    Book ID: 54636
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  • WE ARE PIRATES. by Handler, Daniel.
    Handler, Daniel.
    WE ARE PIRATES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2015). SIGNED first edition - A very different novel from the author best known as "Lemony Snicket" - a dark comedy, featuring a ragtag crew of pirates. " A boat has gone missing. Goods have been stolen. There is blood in the water. It is the twenty-first century and a crew of pirates is terrorizing the San Francisco Bay" SIGNED on the title page and dated in Oct 2014, before publication. 269 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 63481
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  • THE BEAT GENERATION GALLERIES AND BEYOND. by Howard, Seymour; John Natsoulas, Rebecca Solnit, Michael McClure, Bruce Nixon, John Allen Ryan and Jack Foley.
    Howard, Seymour; John Natsoulas, Rebecca Solnit, Michael McClure, Bruce Nixon, John Allen Ryan and Jack Foley.
    THE BEAT GENERATION GALLERIES AND BEYOND.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.

    Davis, California: John Natsoulas Press, (1996). First edition - Comprehensive survey of the Beat and avant-garde galleries of Northern California in the '50s and '60s including the King Ubu Gallery, the "6" Gallery, Batman Gallery, Spatsa, and others. Includes biographies (and "Sidebars") of the artists whose work appeared in these galleries, ranging from Miriam Hoffman, Roy De Forest, Fred Martin, Art Grant, and many others. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Includes poetry By Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsburg, Bob Kaufman, Bill Margolis, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen. Epilogue by Seymour Howard. Includes several chronologies, a selected bibliography and index. A definitive reference for this period. Large format. 227 pp. ISBN: 1-881572889.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name inside front cover)

    Book ID: 89576
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  • THE GUNNYSACK CASTLE. by Silva, Julian (1927-2017)
    Silva, Julian (1927-2017)
    THE GUNNYSACK CASTLE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Stonehenge Books, (1981). SIGNED first edition - True first edition of the author's first novel, the "story of Vince Woods, an Anglicized Portuguese who rises from the ashes of his childhood dreams to become one of San Oriel's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. The dynasty he longs to found ends in bitterness with his own demise.. . . Julian Silva's family roots run deep in the San Francisco Bay area, having first been transplanted there from the Azores in the 1870s. He was born some four generations later in San Lorenzo, which has served loosely as the model for the fictional San Oriel." INSCRIBED on the title page. 285 pp. Laid in is a 1982 newspaper review and an interview with the author. ISBN: 0-937050040.

    Condition: Very good,

    Book ID: 86239
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