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UPDIKE, John. Bech is Back. NY: Knopf, 1982. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. SKB-10550	$45
UPTON, Charles. Panic Grass. [SF]: City Lights, [1968]. 18mo. Pamphlet. Second printing. Number 24 in the Pocket Poets Series. Fine. SKB-4324	$10
URQUHART, Jane. The Underpainter. [Toronto]: McClelland & Stewart, [1997]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. As new. SKB-5659	$45
[PHOTOGRAPHY] VADUKUL, Max. Photographs by Max Vadukul. NY: Callaway, 2000. Folio. Softbound (no cloth issued). First edition. As new in publisher's printed cardboard wrapper. JB-10479	$75
[BEATS] VAN DOREN, Maime. Color lobby card from the 1959 Beat exploitation film, The Beat Generation starring Maime Van Doren. n.p.:n.p., [1959]. Shows a scene from the film with beatniks playing bongos and guitars in a Beat coffee house. Fine (slight ripple to bottom). SKB-1834	$25
[AFRICAN-AMERICAN] VAN VECHTEN, Carl & WELDON, JOHNSON, James. God's Trombones. NY: United Artists, 1959. LP record in fold-out jacket. Liner notes by Carl Van Vechten. Johnson's poems interpreted by Harold Scott backed by The Montclair Gospel Chorale. Inscribed by Carl Van Vechten and signed by Harold Scott on the front cover (also inscribed by an unidentified person involved with the production). Fine. SKB-12442	$100
VANGELISTI, Paul. For Sandro Martini. n.p.: Kala Institute, 1987. Broadside poem. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. SKB-9397	$25
VASSI, Marco. The Saline Solution. [NY]: Olympia Press, [1971]. First edition of this Paperback Original. An erotic novel. As new (tiny remainder stamp to bottom edge). SKB-185	$20
[ROCK] VEGA, Suzanne. Suxanne Vega World Tour '87. n.p.:n.p., [1987]. Tour book for Vega's first major tour. Illustrated with photographs. Fine. SKB-10356	$25
[ROCK] VEGA, Suzanne. The Passionate Eye: The Collected Writings of Suzanne Vega. [NY]: Avon, [1999]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Vega. As new. SKB-5987	$45
[PHOTOGRAPHY] VENZAGO, Alberto. Voodoo: Mounted by the Gods. Munich: Prestel, [2003]. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Introduction by Wim Wenders. Fabulous behind-the-scenes photos of voodoo ceremonies and practitioners. As new. JB-12743	$55
VIETNAM. Flyer announcing a "March Against Death" to take place in Washington, D.C. n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Cover photo of graves with rifles as grave markers. Describes the "fall offensive to end the war in Vietnam." Issued by the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1969. Fine (old vertical center crease). SKB-7267	$15
VIETNAM. Flyer announcing a march against the war in Vietnam to take place in N.Y.C. n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Issued by the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1969. Fine. SKB-7266	$15
VIETNAM. Flyer announcing a march against the war in Vietnam to take place in N.Y.C. n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Cover photo of an American soldier carrying a wounded child. Issued by the Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee, 1969. Old center crease, else fine. SKB-7269	$15
VIETNAM. Handbill titled: "What Five Military Leaders Say About Vietnam." Issued by Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, ca. 1968. n.p.:n.p., [1968]. Prints antiwar quotes by various Generals. Stapled to this handbill is another handbill proclaiming: "Bishop Sheen Calls For Peace." Fine. The pair: SKB-7066	$25
VIETNAM. In South Vietnam: U. S. Biggest Operation Foiled. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1967. Pamphlet. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13757	$25
VIETNAM. Napalm: Made in U.S.A. NY: Citizen's Campaign Against Napalm, 1966. Pamphlet. First edition. A scathing critique of Dow chemical calling for a boycott of their products. Old center crease, else fine. SKB-7270	$30
VIETNAM. Poster announcing a demonstration in Golden Gate Park: "U.S. Out Of S.E. Asia Now, March And Rally Against The War...'' n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Issued by the Northern California Peace Action Coalition in San Francisco, ca. 1969. Printed in yellow, red, and green with an illustration of a dove. Fine (22" x 17"). SKB-310	$25
VIETNAM. Poster announcing a rally in Los Angeles: "Stop the Bombing! Out Now!'' n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Issued in L.A. by the Student Mobilization Committe to End the War. Illustration of a plane dropping bombs. Printed in black and red on green stock. Some slight rippling from moisture, else fine (13" x 10"). SKB-10187	$35
VIETNAM. Programme of Action of the Neo Lao Haksat. n.p.: Editions of the Neo Lao Haksat, ca. 1965. Softbound. First edition. A history of the Laotian people's struggle against U. S. imperialism. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Illustrated with photos. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13756	$25
VIETNAM. Second Conference of the International Trade Union Committee for Solidarity with the Workers and People of Vietnam Against the U. S. Imperialist Aggressors. Hanoi: Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions, 1965. Softbound. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Illustrated with photographs. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13754	$30
VIETNAM. South Vietnam: Initial Failure of the U. S. Limited War. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1967. Softbound. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Includes a fold-out map. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13753	$25
VIETNAM. The U. S. War of Agression in Vietnam: A Crime Against the Vietnamese People Against Peace and Humanity. Hanoi: Commission for Investigation of War Crimes, 1966. Pamphlet. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13764	$25
VIETNAM. U. S. Imperialists Burn All Destroy All Kill All Policy in Vietnam. Hanoi: Giai Phong (Liberation) Editions, 1967. Pamphlet. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Sunning to covers, else near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13760	$25
VIETNAM. Vietnam. [Berkeley: Vietnam Day Committee, 1966]. Pamphlet. First printing. A garthering of articles reprinted from various sources providing a history and critique of the war in Vietnam. Prints Carl Oglesby's "Trapped in the System" among others. Fine. SKB-6052	$25
VIETNAM. Worthy Daughters and Sons of Lao People. n.p.: Neo Lao Haksat Publications, 1966. Softbound. First edition. A history of the Laotian people's struggle against U. S. imperialism. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Illustrated with photos. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13766	$25
[ROCK] VLIET, Don Van (a.k.a. Captain Beefheart). Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh. NY: Artist Ink, 2003. First edition. One of 1500 numbered copies with an original signed print of a self-portrait by Van Vliet. Also present are two clothbound books, one devoted to color reproductions of Van Vliet's paintings and drawings, the other to lyrics, photos, and items from his personal archive including snapshots, clippings, and sketches. In addition, the set includes a CD featuring a collection of 11 song fragments and poems, recited, whistled, and sung by Don, and a DVD of a short film on him by Anton Corbijn titled Some Yo Yo Stuff. An elaborate production with the items housed in the publisher's clamshell box and slipcase. Includes much material never seen before, a must-have for Captain Beefheart fans. As new in the original mailing carton. SKB-13381	$1250
VOLLMANN, William T. An Afghanistan Picture Show. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. The author's first nonfiction book. Very fine. SKB-9043	$15
VOLLMANN, William T. Butterfly Stories. [London]: Andre Deutsch, [1993]. First edition of this Paperback Original (the correct first trade edition of this title). As new. SKB-1821	$10
VOLLMANN, William T. The Ice-Shirt. [London]: Andre Deutsch, [1990]. Hardbound in dust jacket. The correct first edition of the author's third book. Only 1250 copies printed. Volume 1 of the septology, Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes. Inscribed by Vollmann. Very fine. SKB-1811	$60
VOLLMANN, William T. The Rifles. NY: Viking, 1994. Hardbound in dust jacket. The correct first edition. Volume 6 of Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes. Signed by the author. As new. SKB-1871	$22.5
VOLLMANN, William T. Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs. [London]: Andre Deutsch, [1991]. Hardbound in dust jacket. The correct first edition. Only 1000 copies printed. As new. SKB-1736	$40
VOLLMANN, William T. Whores for Gloria. NY: Pantheon, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Some foxing to page edges, else fine. SKB-9042	$5
VOLLMANN, William T. You Bright and Risen Angels. [London]: Andre Deutsch, [1987]. Hardbound in dust jacket. The correct first edition of the author's first book. Signed with a drawing by Vollmann. Very fine. SKB-1830	$100
VOLLMANN, Willliam T. The Rainbow Stories. [London]: Andre Deutsch, [1989]. Hardbound in dust jacket. The correct first edition of the author's second book. Only 1250 copies printed. Very fine. SKB-9041	$50
VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Slapstick. London: Jonathan Cape, [1976]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition. Fine. SKB-10483	$40
[VIETNAM] VY, Ton et al. South Vietnam 1954-1965. Hanoi: n.p., 1966. Softbound. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Number 8 in the "Vietnam Studies" series. Illustrated with photos, includes a fold-out map. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13755	$25
[VIETNAM] VY, Ton et al. Vietnam: Fundamental Problems. Hanoi: n.p., 1966. Softbound. First edition. English-language anti-American propaganda published in Hanoi during the Vietnam war. Number 12 in the "Vietnam Studies" series. Illustrated with photos, includes a fold-out map. Near fine (bookstore stamp to back cover). SKB-13752	$25
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