41.
GINSBERG, Allen and Robert LaVigne.
The Moments Return.
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970.

First edition, deluxe issue. [22 pp]. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with leather spine and printed label (bit of discoloration along spine). Three drawings, one reproduced on the front cover, by Robert LaVigne. One of only “14 or 15 special copies” with the leather spine and artwork on the front cover. Morgan A20a1.
$850

42.
GLOVER, Albert & Jack Clarke. eds.
A Curriculum of the Soul 1–28 (complete).
Canton: The Institute of Further Studies (1972–2002).

First editions. All twenty-eight fascicles of this long-running periodic publishing program, based on a program by Charles Olson. All are very near fine or better in stapled wrappers. In addition to the 28 numbered issues, present is issue 0. Charles Olson’s “Pleistocene Man.” 1. Albert Glover. The Mushroom. 2. Duncan McNaughton. Dream. 3. John Wieners. Woman. 4. Michael Boughn. Mind. 5. Lisa Jarnot. One’s Own Language. 6. Fred Wah. Earth. 7. John Clarke. Blake. 8. Robert Duncan. Dante. 9. Alice Notley. Homer’s Art. 10. Robin Blaser. Bach’s Belief. 11. Robert Dalke. Novalis’ “Subjects.” 12. George F. Butterick. The Norse. 13. Edward Kissam. The Arabs. 14. Edward Billowitz. American Indians. 15. Harvey Brown. Jazz Playing. 16. Lewis MacAdams. Dance. 17. Edward Sanders. Egyptian Hieroglyphs. 18. Michael Bylebyl. Ismaeli Muslimism. 19. David Tirrell. Alchemy. 20. Daniel Zimmerman. Perspective. 21.Drummond Hadley. Vision. 22. James Koller. Messages. 23. Gerritt Lansing. Analytic Psychology. 24. Michael McClure. Organism. 25. John Thorpe. Matter. 26. Joanne Kyger. Phenomenological. 27. Anslem Hollo. Sensation. 28. Robert Grenier. Attention: Seven Narratives. For the full run:
$500

43.
GRAFF, Dale.
22 Poems.
(np): Dale Graff (1990).

First edition. [32 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. Designed and printed at Engdahl Typography. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Graff. Laid into this copy is a small printed broadside presenting the poem “Morea,” dated June 1990. Graff’s first and only book of poems, the first titled “AIDS” the last titled “Truce.”
$45

44.
HORN, Roni.
To Place: Becoming a Landscape.
Denver: Ginny Williams, 2001.

First edition. [48 + 48 pp]. Two volumes, both fine in illustrated wrappers, housed in the publisher’s slipcase, which is also fine. One of 900 copies. The eighth volume in this ongoing work. Paired photographs of hot springs near Geysir taken between 1994 and 2000, and of a young person, Úlfur, in 2000.
$350

45.
JAMES, C.L.R.
Modern Politics.
San Fernando: Political Information Committee, 1960.

First edition. 115 pp. Foxing along fore-edge, else near fine in printed wrappers with one small tear. US$ price sticker on front cover. A series of lectures on the subject delivered at the Trinidad Library in its adult education program.
$25

46.
JODOROWSKY, Alajandro.
100 Notes 100 Thoughts No. 014: Alajandro Jodorowsy.
Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz (2013).

First edition. [48 pp]. Two sticker shadows on the rear cover, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Chus Marínez introduces this selection from one of Jodorowsky’s DUNE notebooks, but the contents here are concerned only with the Tarot de Marseille. All reproductions in color. Texts in English and German. Issued on the occasion of Documenta (13).
$25

47.
[JOHNS, Jasper].
Drawings.
London: Arts Council of Great Britain. (1974).

First edition. 64 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Exhibition catalogue, featuring an interview with Johns by David Sylvester. Laid in to this copy are both the addenda & corrigenda slip, and the little packet “For Jasper Johns,” as issued.
$50

48.
[JOHNSON, Ray].
Black Mountain College Dossiers No. 4: Ray Johnson.
Asheville: Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center (1997).

First edition. 83 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Terrific issue of this journal, created in part to accompany an exhibition of Johnson’s work. Many full color reproductions, and with a text by William S. Wilson, “With Ray: The Art of Friendship.”
$45

49.
KAMIN, Franz.
Distance Function.
Rhinebeck: Station Hill (1977).

First edition. [16 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 43 numbered copies SIGNED by Kamin with seven small symbols penned in different colored inks to the front cover. A “parapoetic performance piece... that now belongs to the world of text.”
$50

50.
LANGE, Marten.
Woodland.
[Gothenberg]: Farewell Books (2007).

First edition. 42 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Reproductions of 40 black and white woodland photographs. Lange’s first book.
$50

51.
LEECH, Paul A.
A Beginner’s Guide for Backyard Anarchists.
Brunswick East: Paul Leech (1992).

First edition. 4to. [28 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. On the verso of each page is the phrase, “Being an Anarchist means...” and upon each facing page, a series of statements the last of which concludes, “always having an excuse.”
$35

52.
LEWIS, Wyndham.
Doom of Youth.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.

First edition. xxix + 266 pp. Very near fine in full cloth with black printing to spine. Lacks dust jacket. Early reader Alex Waugh took exception to how he was portrayed and initiated legal proceedings for libel. The edition was pulped after the sale of only 550 copies. Morrow & Lafourcade A15b.
$1500

53.
LEWIS, Wyndham.
The Sea-Mists of the Winter.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981.

First edition, numbered issue. [20 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Fine plain paper dust jacket (pictured here with jacket). An article by Lewis, published originally in The Listener in 1951, and here presented with illustrations by Lewis. One of 150 numbered copies issued as a New Year’s Greeting for the friends of the Black Sparrow Press.
$50

54.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
The Twin Plays: Port-au-Prince & Adams County Illinois.
NY: Something Else Press (1966).

First edition. 14 pp. Very good plus in stapled wrappers. 1000 copies printed. Great Bear Pamphlet #10.
$20

55.
MALANGA, Gerard.
Ten Years After.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 146 pp. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket (a bit rubbed). One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Malanga with an original signed photographic print tipped onto the second leaf. Morrow & Cooney 272c.
$200

56.
MALAPARTE, Curzio.
The Skin.
London & Sydney: Alvin Redman (1952).

First UK edition. 379 pp. Light foxing to page edges, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Malaparte’s depiction of Allied-occupied Naples.
$200

57.
MANDELSHTAM, Osip.
Stalin Ode Sequence, From the Second Voronezh Notebook Version.
Melbourne: Rigamarole of the Hours, 1979.

First edition. 16mo. [30 pp]. Touch of rust to staples, else near fine in wrappers and near fine dust jacket. Translation by John Riley. Composed in an attempt to save his life after his arrest and subsequent exile. Rigamarole of the Hours 1.
$20

58.
MATHEWS, Harry and Francesco Clemente.
Singular Pleasures.
NY: Grenfell Press (1988).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [146 pp]. Fine in full black cloth with printed spine label and ribbon place-marker. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 324 (of 400) numbered copies on Gampi and Kozo paper SIGNED by Clemente and Mathews. An erotic work, detailing the singular and imaginative efforts of many. While the text leaves little to the imagination, the artworks exhibit and uncertain relation to the subject matter.
$500

59.
MATHEWS, Harry.
The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium.
Manchester: Carcanet (1985).

First UK edition. 197 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. An epistolary novel in which Zachary McCaltex and Twang Panattampam seek treasure and happiness.
$45

60.
MATTHEWS, Nathaniel.
Bad To The Bone.
[Thornbury]: Knowledge Editions (2015).

First edition. 73 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. A comprehensive accounting of all the weaponry that appears in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY. Illustrated with the appropriate stills, in color. One of 40 copies, the entire edition.
$35

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