[THE BEATS]. A group of works by Barry Gifford, many SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, including:
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$200 -
$300
Sold for $750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[THE BEATS]. A group of works by Barry Gifford, many SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, including:
The Last Lunchcart Christmas. N.p., n.p., 1973. SIGNED. -- from Persimmons. Brunswick, ME: Blackberry, 1974. One of 200 copies. SIGNED. -- Letters to Proust. Buffalo, NY: White Pine, 1976. SIGNED. -- Persimmons. Berkeley: Shaman Drum, 1977. SIGNED. -- Horse hauling timber out of Hokkaido forest. Santa Barbara, CA: Christopher's Books, 1979. SIGNED. -- The Tunisian Notebook. Fort Bragg, CA: Ten Mile River Press, 1983. SIGNED. -- And 3 others. Together, 9 works in 9 volumes, all in original wrappers, condition generally fine.
[With:] 5 other works in 5 volumes, including works by Andy Clausen, Artie Gold, and Thomas Pynchon. Also including: City Lights Journal. Number One. San Francisco, 1963. SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG AND WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS. -- [Also with:] BURROUGHS, William S. A group of 4 postcards signed. Complete list available on request.
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