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41.
GIFFORD, Barry.
The Giants are Going to Win the Pennant.

[Westport]: Madrugada [1971].

First edition. 7 x 10 inch broadside, printed in black on orangish paper. A poem about poet Jack Spicer as much as it is The Giants, or baseball.
$75

42.
GINSBERG, Allen. et al.
“First Thought Best Thought” in 8 from Naropa.

[Boulder]: Naropa, 1974.

First edition. Eight 11 x 8 ½ inch broadsides, housed in a die-cut and sewn stiff paper slipcase with two silver star rivets. Faint scratch to rear cover of portfolio, else all elements fine. One of 50 sets, numbered on the cover and on each broadside and SIGNED by the respective contributors Ginsberg, Fisher, Waldman, Goldfarb, Quasha, Arguellos, Fields, and Di Prima. The bibliography does not describe this numbered issue. Morgan AA24.
$1250

43.
[GRAHAM, Bill]. O’Reilly, Peaches.
Bill Graham Presents 1979.

[San Francisco: Bill Graham Presents, 1977].

First edition. [24 pp]. Very near fine spiral-bound calendar for 1979. Fully-illustrated with b&w photographs of notable events and locations in Bill Graham history, the dates of the year annotated with significant Graham events.
$27.50

44.
GRAHAM, Jorie.
All Things.

Iowa City: Empyrean Press, 2002.

First edition. 4to. 33 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with printed cover label. Twelve poems with artwork by Ronald Cohen. One of 300 copies on Rives Heavyweight SIGNED by Graham. New, at publication price:
$250

45.
HANNON, Michael.
Mortal Poems.

[Berkeley]: Tangram, 2013.

First edition. [14 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover art by William T. Wiley, created for this volume. One of 175 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper. Seven poems. New, at publication price:
$12

46.
HASS, Robert.
The Problem of Describing Color.

Iowa City: Empyrean Press, 2010.

First edition. 12 5 8 x 14 5 8 inch illustrated broadside, printed in three colors. Fine. Hass’ poem with a tipped-on artwork by Cheryl Doering. One of 150 copies SIGNED by Hass. At publication price:
$50

47.
HEANEY, Seamus.
A Drink of Water.

[San Francisco]: Anna Livia Books [1998].

First edition, second issue. 13 x 6 ½ inch broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. This copy bears in place of a facsimile of Heaney’s signature and the “American Ireland Fund” statement, a reproduction of an Irish postage stamp. One of 200 copies thus. Anna Livia Broadsheet 2.
$125

48.
HEANEY, Seamus.
Postscript.

[San Francisco]: Anna Livia Books, 2002.

First edition. 13 x 6 ½ inch broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. One deckle edge. Anna Livia Broadsheet VI. Brandes & Durkan AA70.
$150

49.
HIGGINS, Dick.
A Celebration of Morning: a polysemiotic fiction.

NY: Printed Editions, 1980.

First edition. Folio. [96 pp]. Lower corners lightly tapped, else very near fine in full cloth with copper and green stamping to covers. Near fine unprinted clear glassine dust jacket with one short closed tear. One of 900 copies. Text and photographs with a concluding essay by Higgins on the design and presentation of the text, and the subject of the many b&w photographs (Roger Berard).
$100

50.
HIGGINS, Dick.
The Journey: eight colored scenes.

(np): Left Hand Books (1992).

First edition. 4to. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Mirko Gabler. “The Journey is a collage of parlor game, Renaissance pageant, broken record, crazy wisdom, wild west show and fluxus feedback.”
$25

51.
HIGGINS, Dick.
Some Recent Snowflakes (and Other Things).

NY & West Glover: Printed Editions, 1979.

First edition. 94 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. One of 700 (of 750) copies. Poems, many in the concrete mode.
$30

52.
[HOGARTH PRESS]. Rhein, Donna E.
The Handprinted Books of Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1917–1932.

Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press (1985).

First edition. xvi +166 pp w/appendix, notes, bibliography & index. Fine in full decorated cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Eighty-six reproductions of covers and title pages. A complete examination of the handprinted books.
$50

53.
[HOMEBOYS].
Coming Soon! Homeboys Magazine.

San Francisco: (np), c. 1982.

14 x 8 ½ inch illustrated flyer, printed in black on light blue paper. Near fine. Illustration by Antonio Perales Fierro. Promotional flyer for the debut issue of this magazine.
$35

54.
[INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS].
ICA Bulletin No. 152.

London: ICA (1965).

First edition. 23 pp. Faint foxing to covers, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Design by Anna Lovell. Contributions and reproductions of work by Anselm Hollo, Chieko Shiomi, Kurt Schwitters and Kate Steinitz, Jiri Kolar, Dom Sylvester Houedard, Dave Cunliffe, and a photo-illustrated essay by Jean-Jacques Lebel on “A Point of View on Happenings from Paris.”
$25

55.
[JONES, LeRoi]. Inman, Will.
Defense of LeRoi Jones is a Defense of You and Me.

[NY]: (np) [1967].

First edition. 11 x 8 ½ inch mimeographed flyer. One horizontal fold, else fine. A petition produced and circulated by Evelyn Thorne and Will Inman calling for the dropping of charges levied against Jones for allegedly carrying an illegal weapon and resisting arrest.
$50

56.
[KAFKA, Franz]. Lee, Marshall. ed.
The Trial of 6 Designers: Designs for Kafka’s THE TRIAL.

Lock Haven: Hammersmith Paper, 1968.

First edition. 214 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Lacks unprinted tissue dust jacket. One of 2500 numbered copies. Forematter and the opening chapter of THE TRIAL as designed by George Salter, P.J. Conkwright, Merle Armitage, Carl Zahn, Joseph Blumenthal, and Marshall Lee. Kenneth Rexroth contributes an essay on THE TRIAL as an introduction.
$20

57.
KAPLAN, Allan.
Like One of Us.

Beacon: Untitled, 2007.

First edition. 110 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards and fine printed dust jacket. Kaplan’s first full-length collection of poems since 1971. Beautifully printed in Naples, Italy.
$25

58.
KAPLAN, Dori.
Four Seasons & Two Shoes.

NY: Nadada Editions, 1972.

First edition. Square 48mo. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Five photographs by Kaplan with text by Gardien Angelico. One of 550 (of 600 copies). A possible Ruscha homage/parody candidate.
$50

59.
[KLINE, Franz]. Gordon, John.
Franz Kline 1910–1962.

NY: Whitney Museum of American Art (1968).

First edition. [66 pp]. Near fine in wrappers with light corner bumps. Illustrated with fifty-seven photographs and reproductions, four of which are in color.
$35

60.
KNOWLES, Alison and Bryan McHugh.
Seven Indian Moons.

NY: Emily Harvey Editions (1990).

First edition. Horizontal 24mo. [56 pp]. Very near fine in letterpress-printed wrappers. One of 400 copies. McHugh’s reassembling of Knowles’ notes on Native American tribal names assigned to the thirteen moons in their calendar year.
$35

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