Kathy Acker, Signed (32 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1989. Octavo. Soft cover. Inscribed by Acker on the half-title page. Second printing of the Grove Weidenfeld paperback edition. Mild wear to the covers. Very good. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Inscribed by Acker on the front endpaper. A nice, solid copy. ; 8vo; 227 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition copy of Acker's fifth book in equally fine jacket. Binding is tight, square and clean. Jacket has no creases or tears of any kind and has not been price clipped. Inscribed by the author on the ffep - "Thanks for a great interview. Yours, Acker". A lovely copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

** SIGNED PAPERBACK FIRST EVERGREEN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING ** Octavo. Near Fine condition. Black pictorial wrappers are clean and bright, with only the slightest hint of edgewear at the extremities; spine square and uncreased. Text block clean, pages creamy and unmarked. Full number line present, indicating first printing. Flat signed by Kathy Acker in black ink on the title page. No remainder marks, ownership inscriptions, or annotations. A sharp, collectible copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition Thus. Presentation copy: "For Peter especially who'll notice his name rather often in the book, Kathy Acker." (Signed at the top of the title page). Black-and-white illustrations. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. The front cover has some surface stains and a crease at the bottom corner. Good + condition. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Black-and-white drawings; 8vo.; 128 pages; Signed by Author.

Synopsis "In Memoriam to Identity is a weird, violent, searing, angry work, full of pain, dislocation, desire, hate and the raging drive of resistant creation. . . . Kathy Acker has invented a form of secret historiography, a language of shock and sensation that provides a vivid, disruptive, unsettling readout on the psychosocial trauma of our time."--Tim Clark, Los Angeles Times Book Review. Reviews Acker, known for her scatological excursions into the demimonde of post-modernism, is above all a literalist, and a literary one at that. If her concern is the alienation wrought by industrialization, she literally appropriates Dickens's Pip, as she did in her first novel (sassily titled Great Expectations ), and thrusts him into the complexities of her time. In this new book, Acker mourns the childhood innocence (mostly sexual) lost to socialization. She invokes the writings of Rimbaud and Faulkner, blending them with modern angst and not a little political posturing--about AIDS, Thatcherism, etc. The book's four interlocking stories detail Rimbaud's doomed relationships with his mother and the poet Verlaine, Quentin Compson's deluded engagement with his unfolding fate and the tragic exploitation (again, mostly sexual) of several other characters. The tie that binds these narratives is the frenetic struggle to escape from the limitations of the social self. Acker writes with the coldest beauty and the most perfervid excess; she will find the audience that wants nothing in between. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Acker's is not polite fiction, nor is it naturalistic. It is, however, challenging, certainly in its style and form but even more in its smart, articulated anger and willingness to affront its audience. Appropriating the lives and works of Rimbaud and Faulkner, this novel continues the challenge. The novel's first three sections introduce its three story lines: Rimbaud and his complex, miserable affair with the older poet Verlaine; Airplane, a young woman working in a sex show, whose story concerns innocence and wildness and public and private acts; and Capitol, the lover of Faulkner's Quentin Compson, a girl struggling free of her parents' influence. As Acker's title warns, memory and identity are linked. Themes recur and change, joining the novel's separate parts until the individual stories themselves become joined and their characters interact. There is much to praise in this difficult novel, not least of which is Acker's confident manipulation of narrative technique. - Kevin Ray, Washington Univ., St. Louis Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this compiled trio of novels. Signed with generic inscription to ffep, "Thanks for the books and the signing love, K Acker", so a possible minor association. Book is as new without even a trace of wear. Jacket has a small amount of adhesive from a price sticker under mylar, but is pretty inconsequential give the pristine quality of the book itself. Acker was known for having a raw experimental approach to her literature and despite passing at only 50, she has secured her place in the postmodern canon. Octavo, 410 pages, grey paper boards with yellow cloth backed spine in pictorial jacket.Satisfaction guaranteed. Photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Signed by Author(s).

McClard, Michael (illustrator). ** INSCRIBED LOVE, ACKER, 1ST EDITION, 1ST Acker, Kathy. Hello, I'M Erica Jong. Contact Il Publications, New York: 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Wraps, signed by Acker, a Near Fine copy, slight rubbing and toning on extremities, slightly rubbing on top right corner board and end pages. Text is bright, bold, and clean. Sharp page corners. Protected in a removable plastic covering. Enjoy!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stiff wrappers, VG, bit soiled and worn, INSCRIBED to me, "For Harry, Love Acker" prob. the only book INSCRIBED by Kathy to an Acker award winner. Memories of wild nights in the East Village long ago. (H5-2). Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author, editor, illustrator, and six contributors. Publisher's original pictorial boards, in the Alix Cox illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is a little dusty to the rear panel and spine. Issued in a limited edition of 50 copies, this example numbered 36 and signed by Alasdair Gray, Alan Warner, Rebecca Camu, Duncan Mclean, Rane Roberts, Robin Robertson, M. Lollopit and Alix Cox on the limitation page. The literary magazine's first and only issue, featuring short fiction and poetry. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Newsletter. (6)pp. Sheets printed both sides and attached with a staple. Folded for mailing (but unmailed), as issued. Soiling and some erosion on small holes, particularly on the final leaf, good. A newsletter that sums up the goings on at The Poetry Projects as well as other artistic endeavors around New York. This issue features a poem by Peter Orlovsky, as well as mentioning (among other things) an upcoming performance with Kathy Acker, and the release of her book *The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula.* Inscribed on the final leaf where his poem appears by Peter Orlovsky (with "love & tickles") at Naropa, and dated by him about six weeks after the date of this issue.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Self published book by San Diego poet Melvyn Freilicher, presumably his first book, which comes with a typed note to fellow poet Armand Schwerner stating "Kathy Acker suggested I send you this book, I hope you like it." Acker was a link between NY and San Diego at the time. The book is signed by Freilicher in black pen as well. Aprox 40pg of poems and illustrations, possibly by Mel, possibly by cover artist Wilhelmina Korevaar. Bound in wraps with black binding tape. Binding solid, with one small corner of tape a bit peeled back but hardly. Bumped at the bottom right corner of the cover and the duration of the book, but most felt at the cover. Besides the signature, all contents inside clean and without damage. Glossy covers clean as well, with some scratching and soiling to the back cover especially at the upper corner there is a small coffee stain. Indented in the back cover, only seen under bright light, is the formner address of Armand Schwerner, possibly left after Freileicher wrote his address on the original package in which this was contained. Now in mylar. Alongside the note, an interesting document of a poet who alongside his own work was involved with many fascinating poets and artists of the time, and who went on to a long career as an educator and writer in San Diego. Signed by Author(s).

166pp. A novel. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper ('for Skye, Happy Birthday & all love, Kathy.') 4 x 6" b/w photo of Acker laid in. Trade paperback. SIGNED and inscribed. Light shelfwear; tiny ding to cover, top corner gently thumbed. Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo, stapled wrappers, 1st Ediition, Fine, INSCRIBED (H6-2). Signed by Author(s).

12mo. Very fine crease to spine, otherwise very fine. Signed by the author ÈYours with love, Toulouse Lautrec?.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 400pp. Tight, clean, unmarked copy of Acker omnibus including Kathy Goes to Haiti, My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Florida. Book square and tight, dust jacket crisp and vivid and unclipped. Signed by Acker in blue ink on FFEP. 1988 reissue of three of Acker's earlier novels, in a single volume. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Evergreen edition. Octavo. 207pp. A touch of edgwear, else fine. Inscribed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. cloth hard cover.large 8vo.265 pages.Signed by the Author on top right of front endpaper.fine copy in fine DUST JACKET original price present. scarce. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 268pp. Orange boards, gilt titles on spine. Spine straight, binding tight, corners square, pages clean and umarked. Unclipped dust jacket is a vivid red and presents very well in a mylar sleeve. Signed by Acker on the title page. Acker bases My Mother: Demonology loosely on the relationship between George Bataille and Colette Peignot. Acker's reputation has grown since her 1997 death. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 128pp. Squre, clean, unmarked copy of Acker's slim novel, in a crisp, unclipped jacket. Signed, "To Al, Yours, Kathy Acker" in black on FFEP. Call it literary appropriation or pastiche or whatever you like, an Acker original, signed and inscribed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Drawings, 8.5 x 7, stapled wraps, unpag, vg, FIRST ED, SIGNED BY ACKER.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Robert Kushner. Large octavo. Stiff brown stapled wrappers with gilt lettering and decoration. Near fine with some light edgewear. Signed by Acker on the first page.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large 8vo, decorated, stapled wrapprs, 1st Edition, Fine, illus by Kushner, INSCRIBED by Acker (H6-2). Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First British edition. A trade-size paperback original. SIGNED by Kathy Acker on the front endpaper. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (207) (5 1/4" X 7 3/4") (Mild trace of toning to cheap grade of paper in text wherein several pages have faded while still barely readable. ) Uncommon signed. ; 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"; 207 pages.

wrappers. Condition: Very Good. 1st editions. Manroot. Complete run Nos. 1-12. San Francisco, 1969 - 1981. Gay literary periodical edited by Paul Mariah and Richard Tagett. Softcovers, sizes vary: 22.5 x 17 cm/ 21 x 13 cm, 84 pp/ 192 pp. Laid into vol. 1 is a type-written poem by James Hietter, (On Going To Bed With Duncan) dated Dec 26, 1968. Vol 4 has a 'Dear Subscriber' note signed by Paul Mariah. Original illustrated wrappers, some spines mildly faded, generally a very good set. Contributions (mostly poetry) by Kathy Acker, Jack Spicer, Paul Eluard, Jean Cocteau, Frank O'Hara, Robert Desnos, James Broughton, Denise Levertov, Andre Breton, Jean Genet, Arthur Rimbaud, Allen Ginsberg et al. Illustrations by Marie Wilson, Martin Izquierdo, Robert Berner, José Laffitte, Diego Rivera. No.8 themed 'Manroot Womanhood', No.10 is a special 'Jack Spicer' issue. No.12 features 'The complete Poems of Jean Genet', No.6/7 is a double issue. (total 11).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. [20]pp. Stapled black wrappers. Bumped at one corner, else fine. Signed by the author: "Love, Acker.".

12mo. First edition. Signed ÈLove Kathy Acker? on title page. Illustrated wrappers. Some very light rubbing to edges and tiny scuff to front panel near bottom spine. Illustrated throughout in black and white.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Uncorrected proof, first issue. Octavo. 207pp. Near fine in printed blue wrappers with tiny spot and light spine-sunning. This first issue with a crudely laid out summary of the book and pair of blurbs (*Esquire* and *Vogue* only) on the first page, as well a lack of publisher's notation or stamp on the front cover. Signed by Acker.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Octavo. 377pp. Near fine with tiny bump at corner and neat scrape. Signed by the author.

First edition. First edition. Illustrated, designed by Mark Magill, printed in two colors. 8vo. Signed by Acker on the first page. Printed side-stapled wraps. Some shelfwear, near fine Illustrated, designed by Mark Magill, printed in two colors. 8vo.