41.
JESS.
Translations Salvages Paste-Ups by Jess.
Dallas: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1977.

First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Jess on the front free endpaper, “Forever thyne! R.B. Kitaj alias Dearest Sholto: [small drawing of two hearts & flowers] / Love / Jess.” Twenty-two reproductions, three of which are in color.
$250

42.
JOHANKNECHT, Susan.
Hermetic Waste.
(np): Gefn Press (1986).

First edition. Horizontal 4to. [32 pp]. Fine in wrappers with reinforced plastic cover in heavy-guage clear pastic bag, as issued. Text printed letterpress at the Janus Press and illustrated with 7 collagraphs by Johanknecht. Contrasts writings by Paracelsus, Hildegard of Bingen, and a fact sheet on the disposal of nuclear waste. One of 40 numbered copies (the entire edition) SIGNED by Johanknecht.
$250

43.
JOHNSTON, Alan.
Torn Bough.
Edinburgh: Graeme Murray, 1983.

First edition. [54 pp]. Near fine in full cotton cloth over boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Eleven etchings made from copper plate by Afons Bytautas and printed on Velin Arches Blanc paper. Printing on spine, title, and colophon pages by Michael Hutchins. One of 50 numbered copies, the entire edition. Prospectus laid in.
$250

44.
KALDEWEY, Gunnar A.
California Time.
NY: Kaldewey Press, 1987.

First edition. [36 pp]. An impressionistic travel journal of “the American future.” Printed letterpress in several colors, with sixteen monoprints and illustrations springing from linocuts by the author. The large format lends a cinematic quality, a montage of text and panoramic images, which float by or are superimposed, as though seen and heard from a passing car. One of 45 numbered copies on English handmade paper SIGNED by Kaldewey. Bound into plexiglass covers by Christian Zwang, and housed in an orange solander box lettered in silver. All elements fine. Kaldewey Press #5.
$1000

45.
KALLMAN, Chester.
Absent & Present.
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press (1963).

First edition. 72 pp. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Printed dedication to W.H. Auden. Kallman’s second collection of poems.
$85

46.
KETELHODT, Ines V.
Architektur baukunst.
Offenbach/Main: (np) (1987).

First edition. [57 pp]. Fine in wrappers and near fine glassine dust jacket. Interesting use of opaque and semi-opaque papers in presenting Ketelhodt’s text and photographic work on the subject of several German museums. One of 70 numbered copies SIGNED by Ketelhodt.
$150

47.
KNOWLES, Christopher.
Typings (1974–1977).
NY: Vehicle Editions (1979).

First trade paperback printing. Small 4to. Small scuff to bottom edge near spine, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Conventional and concrete poems reproduced in three colors.
$200

48.
KOSTELANETZ, Richard.
I Articulations / Short Fictions.
NY: Kulchur Foundation (1974).

First edition. Small 4to. [128 pp]. Staple and rust mark from paperclip holding the errata slip in place, offsetting from the tape used to hold down the jacket flaps (as issued). In all, near fine in near fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. The uncommon hardcover issue of this title, a double book bound dos-a-dos.
$125

49.
[KRAUTROCK]. Cope, Julian.
Krautrocksampler: One Head’s Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik—1968 Onwards.
Head Heritage, 1996.

Third edition. 12mo. 139 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. In addition to an affectionate history of this most interesting genre, includes a detailed list and review of the “Krautrock Top 50” with color reproductions of the LP cover art. THE book.
$250

50.
LEONARD, Tom.
Ghostie Men.
Newcastle upon Tyne: Galloping Dog Press, 1980.

First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in wrappers and integral illustrated dust jacket. Cover art by Robin Campbell. One of 290 (of 300) copies. Glaswegian Leonard’s eighth book.
$40

51.
LEVERTOV, Denise.
Three Poems.
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1968.

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. One of 250 copies on handmade Shadwell paper. Hamady 19.
$75

52.
levy, d.a.
Suburban Monastery Death Poem.
Cleveland: Green Panda Press (2014).

Third edition, first printing. [84 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Fully illustrated with color images by bree. The first illustrated edition, based on the 1976 second zero edition.
$30

53.
LINGEN, Ruth.
Car Book / Auto Biography.
Madison: Poote Press (1985).

First edition. An accordion-fold screen-line book combining relief printing, stenciled handmade paper, and dream images. Housed in a hand-bound, painted case. Created in an edition of 30 copies of which 15 were for sale. SIGNED by Lingen. Prospectus laid in. All items near fine or better. Uncommon.
$350

54.
LINGEN, Ruth.
A Letter to Myself.
Madison: Poote Press (1981).

First edition. Single long sheet folded to make 8 panels (fine), housed in an illustrated paper slipcase (near fine). Printed on handmade paper with zinc and linoleum cuts to make a long “picture plane.” One of 30 press-numbered copies. The first book of the press.
$250

55.
LORDE, Audre.
The First Cities.
NY: Poets Press (1968).

First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Introduction by Diane DiPrima. Lorde’s first book, a collection of poems. Review slip laid in.
$125

56.
LUCK, Barbara.
Fast Pass.
Newark: Gefn Press, 1984.

First edition. [26 pp]. Fine in individually collaged covers, four panels all together, bound by a metal strip fastened with two screws. A poem by Luck, with the collages by Susan Johanknecht. Printed by Johanknecht at the Janus Press. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Luck.
$200

57.
MATHEWS, Harry and Trevor Winkfield.
The Way Home.
NY: Grenfell, 1988.

First edition. [22 pp]. Fine in full black cloth with inset cover illustration. One of 75 (of 90) numbered copies on Arches paper SIGNED by Winkfield and Mathews. Errata slip laid in. A prose work by Mathews with Winkfield’s illustrations throughout.
$200

58.
McCLURE, Michael.
Plane Pomes.
NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1969.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and integral dust jacket with printed paper cover label. Printed at the Ferguson Press, Cambridge, MA. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by McClure.
$125

58a.
__. Another copy. Fine in sewn wrappers. This copy designated “hors commerce” on the colophon page.
$75

59.
MEYER, Thomas.
A Valentine for LZ.
Highlands: Jargon Society [1979].

First edition. 8 ½ x 5 ½ inch card, printed in two colors. Near fine in near fine printed mailing envelope. SIGNED by Meyer with a small drawing of a heart. Jargon 51.
$45

60.
MEYNELL, Katherine and Susan Johanknecht.
Seas of the Moon.
London: Gefn Press, 1981.

First edition. [42 pp]. Fine in wrappers of lunar-like, textured irridescent paper, housed in a soft denim slipcase. Letterpress text illustrated throughout with collagraphs by Susan Johanknecht. One of 40 numbered copies SIGNED by Meynell and Johanknecht.
$300

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