41.
[JESS]. Burton, Stephen.
Jess: A Family Collection.
San Francisco: Hackett Mill (2018).

First edition. Small 4to. 42 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Burton contributes an essay, and an interviewed by Michael Davidson. Twenty-six color reproduction. The Burton family enjoyed a long and close friendship with Jess and Robert Duncan. New, at publication price:
$35

42.
JOHNSON, Charles.
The Magic in Our Hands: Books, Libraries & the Triumph of Human Freedom.
Seattle: University of Washington (2006).

First edition 15 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. Wood engravings by Carl Montford. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Johnson. An address on libraries and the larger culture they make possible.
$50

43.
JOHNSON, Ronald.
Sports and Divertissements.
Urbana: Finial Press (1969).

First US edition. [40 pp]. Fine in bright yellow-gold boards with stamped and gilt designs on the front cover. Text illustrated with drawings by Tom Kovacs. One of 171 numbered copies on Shinsetsu paper SIGNED by Johnson and Kovacs. First published in Scotland by Finlay’s Wild Hawthorn Press, “Sports” is a series of found poems “made from Erik Satie’s notes, in French, to the piano pieces SPORTS AND DIVERTISSEMENTS.” This is copy 171.
$75

44.
KATZMAN, Allen.
The Commanche Cantos.
NY: Sign of the Gun (1966).

First edition. 28 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Ten page preface by Leon Cyans. Early collection of poems by one of the co-founders of the East Village Other.
$40

45.
KEROUAC, Jack.
Hymn.
Portland: Yes! Press, 1971.

First printing of this third edition. 11 ½ x 9 inch broadside, printed in black ink on brown paper. Fine. A single poem by Kerouac composed in 1959. Issued free by Yes! Press, No. 13 in a series. Charters A10 (note).
$125

46.
KOCIEJOWSKI, Marius.
The Wolf Month.
London: earthgrip & flugsprung, 1975.

First edition. [16 pp w/notes]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. Cover an original linocut by Alice Duck. Early poems by the author of the excellent A FACTOTUM OF THE BOOK TRADE (Biblioasis, 2022).
$150

47.
KRECH, Richard.
The Hashish Scarab.
Sacramento: Runcible Spoon (1968).

First edition. Narrow 4to. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies. SIGNED by Krech. A five part long poem. Davis A3.
$35

48.
[KRECH, Richard]. Davis, Jason.
A Bibliography of Works by Richard Krech 1965–2009.
Dover: Bottle of Smoke Press (2010).

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 79 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. No dust jacket, as issued. A thorough going-over of works both by, and published by, Richard Krech. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Davis, Krech, and Briana Miller, who provided the cover art. Laid in is a small broadside poem SIGNED by Krech.
$50

49.
LAYACHI, Larbi.
Yesterday and Today.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1985.

First edition, lettered & signed issue. 187 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Very near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Layachi. Second book by the author of A LIFE FULL OF HOLES (Grove, 1964).
$100

50.
LEIRIS, Michel.
Aurora.
London: Atlas Press (1990).

First UK edition. 174 pp w/notes. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Translated from the original French by Anna Warby, with her introduction. Leiris completed this novel c. 1928/9, but did not publish until 1946, shortly after joining Jean Paul Sartre on the editorial board of Les Temps Modernes.
$45

51.
levy, d.a.
Prose: on poetry in the wholesale culture & education system.
Cleveland: Offense Fund, 1974.

Second edition. [20 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Two color silkscreen insert by Tom Kryss. One of 380 copies. Originally published by Gunrunner, without the artwork.
$75

52.
LIDDY, James.
Chamber Pot Music.
Berkeley: Hit & Run Press (1982).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [20 pp]. Fine in gilt-stamped green boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Printed dedication to Kay Boyle. Frontis an original etching. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Liddy.
$150

53.
LOY, Mina.
Insel.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991.

First edition, publisher’s copy. 196 pp w/appendixes. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited by Elizabeth Arnold, with a foreword by Roger L. Conover. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page. A long prose piece, one of several “fugitive” works composed by Loy, and the first to see publication. Laid-in to this copy is a brief holograph note from Arnold praising the design of the book.
$150

54.
MALANGA, Gerard.
Rosebud: Poetry.
Lincoln: Penmaen Press (1975).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [44 pp]. Fine in full cloth with printed cover label and gilt stamping to spine. Fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. Twenty-four poems. One of 300 numbered copies on Mohawk Superfine paper SIGNED by Malanga.
$40

55.
MAN RAY.
La Photographie N’est Pas L’Art: 12 Photographies Avent-Propoes de André Breton.
Fotohof, 2009.

First printing of this reissue (originally published in 1937). Twelve 9 ⅝ x 6 ⁵⁄16 sheets together with a title card, three leaves for Breton’s text, and a colophon sheet all housed in a printed folder and die-cut black cover. All elements fine. Twelve Man Ray photographs, one each to a page.
$45

56.
MANN, Chris.
Of Course.
Melbourne: Collective Effort, 1988.

First edition. A single large newsprint sheet folded three times, as issued (8 ½ x 6 inches, closed). Near fine. A prose work by poet, performer, composer, and compositional linguistics specialist Mann, whose work was described by John Cage as “a fast mix of vulgarity and elegance.” Fragile and uncommon.
$250

57.
MARKSON, David.
Wittgenstein’s Mistress.
Elmwood Park: Dalkey Archive (1988).

First edition. 240 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Markson’s best, described by David Foster Wallace as “pretty much the high point of experimental fiction in this country.”
$350

58.
MAUROIS, Andre.
Chelsea Way.
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1930.

First UK edition. 58 pp. Near fine, partially unopened, in very good plus dust jacket with light overall edgewear and darkened spine. Translated from the French by Hamish Miles. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by Maurois. A Proustian parody.
$45

59.
MAYER, Bernadette.
Midwinter Day.
Berkeley: Turtle Island Foundation, 1982.

First edition. 4to. 119 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers with some light wear to the edge of the rear cover. A major work by Mayer, reissued by New Directions in 1999.
$200

60.
McCAFFERY, Steve with Steven Smith.
Crowns Creek.
Toronto: Anonbeyond Press (1978).

First edition. Eight small printed leaves laid into a folder (8 ½ x 5 ½ inches, closed. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Smith and McCaffery.
$75

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