[Two Items] a BOOK of STONES & SOME OTHER TALKING ROCKS & TRAIL DUCKS ILLUSTRATED AS a REDUNDANCY on SEMANTICS & GEOLOGICAL TIME [Together With] a ROCK in TIME

A BOOK OF STONES Place published, in manuscript on copyright page: "San Francisco, Marin, Mono, Alpine, Tuolumne, Riverside, Counties of California and Pacific & Indian Oceans": By the author, [1986]. 3rd printing, #6 of 10 [so stated in manuscript ink]. 64 pp. , xeroxed typescript; 4to; in brad bound blue 'report' folder with clear plastic front. Cover sheet illustrated and hand colored by the author. Moderate stain on blue back cover, otherwise very clean. Near fine condition thus. Inscribed by the author: "For Lew Ellingham with thanks for looking East . . ." Also laid is in short note from the author: "Lew - Thanks for Letting me use your poem in this. Hope to have it published this year. Kenyon Review is looking at it. Best, John. " A ROCK IN TIME. San Francisco: Privately Printed, [1983]. 26 pp. , xerox; 12" x 9.5"; bound in Oxford Stock No. 152, green folder with white plastic slide on spine; printed cover illustrated by Terry Druckrey, on mounted white sheet. Signed by the author on title page, simply "John". Leading edge of rear cover extends a half-inch beyond that of front, so it's creased with a little browning; slender area of scuff [3" x 1"] to rear cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Ryan was a co-founder of the Six Gallery in San Francisco in 1954, along with Deborah Remington, Jacke Spicer, and others.…