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41.
GUNN, Thom.
The Garden of the Gods.

Cambridge: Pym-Randall (1968).

First published edition. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn printed wrappers. One of 200 (of 226) numbered copies SIGNED by Gunn. The first printing of this signed limited was almost completely destroyed due to design flaws. Hagstrom A9b.
$75

41a.
__. Another copy.
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn printed wrappers. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Gunn.
$200

42.
GUNN, Thom.
Talbot Road.

NY: Helikon Press, 1981

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 150 (of 400) numbered copies on Artemis papers SIGNED by Gunn. “Where I lived in London 1964–65.”
$45

42a.
__. Another copy.
First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 214 (of 400) copies.
$20

43.
HAMILL, Sam.
Requiem: A Poem.

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1983.

First edition. [32 pp]. Faint sunning along spine, else very near fine in cloth and paper-covered boards with printed spine label. Tipped-on frontispiece drawing on Kitakata paper by Phyllis Hopeck. One of 250 copies on Gutenberg laid paper.
$150

44.
HARTLAND, Claude.
The Story of a Life: For the consideration of the Medical Fraternity.

San Francisco: Grey Fox Press (1985).

Second edition, first printing. xvi + 99 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Originally published in St. Louis in 1901, this is thought to be, “the earliest autobiography of an avowed American homosexual.” Set from the first edition in the collection of Burton Weiss. Forward by C.A. Tripp. Grey Fox Documents I.
$45

45.
HINE, Daryl.
Bluebeard’s Wife.

Stratford: Pasdeloup Press (1975).

First edition. 4to. [16 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed cover label. Text calligraphed by Robert Williams, and illustrated by Virgil Burnett. An excerpt from Hine’s MINUTES, printed by the Coach House Press. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Burnett.
$75

46.
JOHNSON, Andrew.
Mixed Emotions.

[Melbourne: Andrew Johnson] 2013–2014.

First edition. [44 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. One of 550 copies. Full-bleed color photographs taken while touring the United States with The Smith Street Band in 2013.
$20

47.
JOHNSON, Ronald.
Sun Flowers.

Woodchester: Opening (1966).

First edition. Single large sheet folded four times, ends to center (4 ½ x 9 inches, closed). Fine. One of 500 numbered copies. Johnson’s poem with art by Paul Sinodhinos. Opening 7.
$200

48.
JONES, Leroi. ed.
Jan 1st 1959: Fidel Castro.

[NY: Totem Press] (1959).

First edition. [4 pp]. Very good plus in stapled wrappers. Cover art by Fielding Dawson. Joel Oppenheimer, Max Finstein, Jones, Gilbert Sorrentino, Ron Loewinsohn, and Jack Kerouac (Don’t ever come to Florida), collected. Blue Plate 1.
$125

49.
KAHN, Lloyd and Michael Rafferty.
Refried Domes.

Bolinas: Shelter Publications (1989).

First edition. Folio. 28 pp. Tabloid newsprint. One old horizontal fold, else very near fine. The concluding statement on domes (they don’t work as homes) by Lloyd Kahn after allowing Domebook 2 to go out of print. Due to continuing questions on the topic, this last assemblage of information was created. Uncommon, with OCLC locating only four copies in the US and one in Canada.
$250

50.
KEES, Weldon.
Five Lost Poems.

[Iowa City]: Windhover Press (1995).

First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in wrappers with printed cover label. One of 250 copies on Fabriano Book paper. The five poems, with a foreword by James Reidel. Die-cut in the title page reveals a portion of a wood engraving portrait of Kees by Barry Moser.
$150

51.
KENNEDY, Rod and Gordon Nelson.
The Apocalypse or The Book of Revelation.

San Francisco: Toltec Press (np).

First edition. [62 pp]. Small plain white sticker inside front cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. The end of days as composed on an R.C.A. Spectra 70 computer and printed on paper designed to resemble perforated computer paper.
$35

52.
KINGSTON, Maxine Hong.
Hawai’i One Summer 1978.

San Francisco: Meadow Press, 1987.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 52 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Printed by Leigh McLellan and Tracy Davis. Illustrated with multi-colored woodcuts by Deng Ming-Dao. One of 75 (of 150) numbered copies on Korean Kozo papers SIGNED by Kingston, Ming-Dao, and McLellan.
$500

52a.
__. Another copy.
First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 4to. 52 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine publisher’s slipcase. Printed by Leigh McLellan and Tracy Davis. Illustrated with multi-colored woodcuts by Deng Ming-Dao. One of 75 (of 150) numbered copies on Korean Kozo papers SIGNED by Kingston, Ming-Dao, and McLellan.
$650

53.
LARKIN, Philip. ed.
Poetry Supplement.

London: Poetry Book Society (1974).

First edition. [46 pp]. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Collection compiled by Larkin for the Poetry Book Society, Christmas, 1974. Barton, Beer, Brownjohn, Conquest, Dunn, Enright, Ewart, and sixteen others, including Larkin, represented. Bloomfield B16.
$25

54.
LEDWITH, Irene.
The Dog Bite.

Atlanta: Nexus Press,. 1988.

First edition. Horizontal 12mo. [60 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Creepy story about the aftermath of the family dog biting an intruder, and the effect it has on one member of the family (not good).
$30

55.
MABE, Joni.
Joni Mabe’s Museum Book.

Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1988.

First edition. Small 4to. [38 pp]. Bump to one lower corner, else fine in spiral-bound wrappers. Lurid collages blending religion, celebrity, kitch, and pop culture. Oral Roberts bookmark present. Original prospectus accompanies.
$50

56.
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. Embossed ownership label of Denise Levertov inside front cover. Dated (3/18/70) and INSCRIBED by Mac Low, “For Denise & Mitch / wtih love / Jackson.” Great Bear Pamphlet #10.
$75

57.
MAGEE, David writing as “David Catt.”
My Ascent of Grizzly Peak.

[San Francisco: David Magee] 1950.

First edition. 50 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers and very near fine integral marbled paper dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. One of 50 copies “for a few friends,” printed at the Grabhorn Press. Tipped-on frontis of the author (a cat). Subtitled “The Adventures of a Middle-aged Gentleman,” this text chronicles the perils of a San Franciscan braving the East Bay hills.
$75

58.
[MANIFESTOS]. Bouret, Jean.
Manifeste de l’Homme-Témoin.

Paris: Galerie du Bac, 1948.

First edition. Single large sheet folded once (10 ½ x 8 ¼ inches, closed). Near fine with a few light corner creases. Bouret, on the occasion of this exhibition of works by Bernard Lorjou, Michel de Gallard, Yvonne Mottet, Paul Rebeyrolle, and Michel Thompson, outlines the l’Homme-Témoin platform.
$125

59.
[MANIFESTOS]. Bullin, T.
Troisième Manifeste du Collége de ‘Pataphysique.

[Paris]: Collége de ‘Pataphysique [1965].

First edition. Single sheet folded once (9 ½ x 6 ¼ inches, closed). Near fine, lightly toned at extrems.
$35

60.
[MANIFESTOS]. Cardarelli, Joseph.
The Milano Manifesto: Concept is Concept.

Baltimore: Laughingman Press (1975).

First US edition. 20 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Cardarelli. Issued originally in 1973 concurrently at the Galleria L’Umo e l’Arte with work by Salvatore Scarpitta.
$45

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