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41.
HAMILTON, Alfred Starr.
An Orange Drink at Nedick’s.
Belvidere: crawlspace (1985).
Fall. 8 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover art by Bruce Quast. This issue of Crawlspace (#11) devoted entirely to poems by Hamilton. Original mailing envelope, addressed by Hamilton, accompanies. Uncommon.
$125
42.
HOWE, Susan.
Bedhangings II.
Clonmel: Coracle, 2002.
First edition. 16mo. [45 pp]. Fine in full cloth with inset cover illustration. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 300 numbered copies.
$75
43.
[JACKSON, Natalie]. Raskin, Jonah.
Wild Ones: Natalie Jackson (1931–1955) & the Usual Suspects.
Santa Rosa: Culture Counter (2014).
First edition. 30 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Appearances by Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and original art by Robert LaVigne. Printed dedication inside the front cover to Diane di Prima. Her copy, dated (Sept 2014) and INSCRIBED by Raskin, “For Diane / In gratitude / from / Jonah.”
$75
44.
[JARGON SOCIETY]. Broughton, James.
High Kukus.
NY: Jargon Society (19680.
First edition. Six long accordion-folded sheets housed in a box. All elements very near fine or better. Designed by David Det Hompson. Drawings by Hak Vogrin. Introduction by Alan Watts. Jargon 56.
$50
45.
JESS.
O!
NY: Hawk’s Well Press (1960).
First edition. [14 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. “Pre-Face” by Robert Duncan. A collage book by Jess, his first.
$150
46.
[JESS].
Jess aka Tricky Cad.
NY & San Francisco: Odyssia Gallery/John Berggruen Gallery, 1989.
First edition. [36 pp w/biography, exhibition list, & checklist]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Essay by Madeleine Burnside. Seventeen color reproductions, in addition to the covers.
$45
47.
[JESS]. Auping, Michael.
Jess: Paste-Ups (and Assemblies) 1951–1983.
Sarasota: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (1983).
First edition. 157 pp w/bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket. Foreword by R.B. Kitaj. 53 reproductions, almost all in color, and photographs of eleven assemblies taken in situ in the Jess/Duncan house. One of the best Jess books.
$100
48.
KESEY, Ken.
The Further Inquiry.
NY: Viking (1990).
First edition. 215 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Ken Babbs and additionally INSCRIBED, “Ken, for Michael / McClure.” Below that INSCRIBED by Kesey, “+ a roaarrrrrRR! / Ken Kesey.”
$350
49.
LEVINE, Philip.
Unselected Poems.
Santa Cruz: Greenhouse Review Press (1997).
First trade edition. xiv + 109 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Levine contributes an introduction. SIGNED by Levine on the title page.
$45
50.
levy, d.a.
The Madison Collages.
Cleveland: Offense Fund, 1975.
First printing of this edition. Twenty-four leaves, stapled and taped along the top edge. Lower corners lightly bumped, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover silkscreen by T.L. Kryss. One of 350 copies. These collages were originally published on slips of paper housed in an envelope by Quixote in 1969.
$75
51.
levy, d.a.
Prose: on poetry in the wholesale culture & education system.
Cleveland: Offense Fund, 1974.
Second edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Two color silkscreen insert by Tom Kryss. One of 380 copies. Originally published by Gunrunner, without the artwork. Taylor & Horvath B-17.
$50
52.
[LITTLE CAESAR PRESS].
Two flyers.
Los Angeles: Little Caesar Press [1978].
First editions. Two 11 x 8 ½ inch flyers. Both have a horizontal fold, else are fine. One flyer features a photograph of Gerard Malanga and announces the publication of his book 100 YEARS HAVE PASSED. The second flyer includes that title, and books by Dennis Cooper and Rimbaud, and forthcoming titles by Ron Koertge and Tim Dlugos. For the pair:
$50
53.
[LITTLE MAGAZINES]. Nuttall, Jeff. ed.
My Own Mag #10: All British Number.
Barnet: Jeff Nuttall [1964].
First edition. Tall 4to. Five leaves, side-stapled. Near fine. Contributions by Lionel Kearns, Dick Wilcox, Tom McGrath, Bill Butler, Dave Cunliffe, Pete Berry, Nuttall, Gary Lundberg, and Bob Knapp.
$150
54.
[LITTLE MAGAZINES]. Myers, John Bernard. ed.
Semi-Colon. Vol II, No. 4.
NY: Tibor De Nagy Gallery [c. 1957].
4to. Single large sheet folded once (11 x 8 ½ inches, closed). Two horizontal folds, else very near fine. A memorial issue devoted to poems by Violet Ranney “Bunny” Lang, a co-founder of The Poets Theatre in Cambridge, and friend of Frank O’Hara
$150
55.
LOEWINSOHN, Ron.
Watermelons.
NY: Totem (1959).
First edition. 29 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Cover by Basil King. Errata slip present. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg, with the text of an encouraging and complimentary letter from William Carlos Williams. Loewinsohn’s first book, a collection of poems.
$45
56.
LOWELL, Robert.
Selected Poems.
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1976).
First edition. xvi + 251 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Fine in very near fine with a single tiny edge tear to the rear panel. SIGNED by Lowell on the title page. A late title, infrequently found signed.
$650
57.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
phone: a poem & 10 variations (written 4 June 1977).
NY & Amsterdam: Printed Editions/Kontexts Publications, 1979.
First edition. [16 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Illustrations for this edition adapted from a drawing made by Ray Johnson. A long poem, printed in two colors. Dated (Rome 7/26/80) and INSCRIBED by Mac Low inside the front cover, “for Michael McClure / Best wishes / Jackson Mac Low.”
$125
58.
MAILER, Norman.
Tough Guys Don’t Dance.
NY: Random House (1984).
First trade edition. 229 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Mailer to Michael [McClure], “To Mike / love / Norman / March ‘85.” McClure appeared in Mailer’s 1968 film Beyond the Law.
$125
59.
MOORMAN, Charlotte and Nam June Paik.
Mixed Media — Opera.
[Amherst]: Bartlett Auditorium, 1967.
First edition. Single sheet folded once (8 ½ x 5 ½ inches, closed). Fine. In addition to Berg’s film, Moorman and Paik perform work by Cage, Paik, Ono, Kosugi, Beuys, and more.
$50
60.
NERVAL, Gérard de.
Journey to the Orient.
NY: New York University Press, 1972.
First US edition. 215 pp w/glossary. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Selected, translated from the original French, and with an introduction by Norman Glass.
$35