Acker, Kathy. Group of 6 First and Early Paperback Editions, including: The Childlike Life of The Black Tarantula (1978, first trade edition of the author?s first novel, written as ?The Black Tarantula, minor rubbing, else fine.) And: The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulous Lautrec (1978, SIGNED by Acker in 1986 on the first blank, first edition, minor rubbing, else fine.) And: Top Stories #9 (1981, SIGNED by Acker on p. 1, first edition of this short story collection, minor rubbing, else fine.) And: Algeria (1984, first U. K. edition, minor rubbing, else fine.) And: Implosion (1983, SIGNED, first Wedge Press edition, minor rubbing, soiling, else fine.) And: Hello, I?m Erica Jong (1988, third edition, minor marginal sunning, else fine.) Acker was an experimental postmodern novelist and poet; the Acker Award was named in her honor, for New York and San Francisco avant-garde artists and writers.