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21.
CORMAN, Cid.
Tu: Poems.

[West Branch]: Toothpaste Press (1983).
First edition. [44 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Cover calligraphy by Glen Epstein. One of 500 numbered copies on Masa paper SIGNED by Corman.
$25
91341
22.
[DILEXI]. Whitcomb, Laura.
Dilexi: A Gallery & Beyond.

Los Angeles: Label Curatorial (2021).
First edition. Small square 4to. 452 pp w/index & endnotes. Corners tapped, else very near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Essays by Peter Frank, Jim Newman, Gene Youngblood, Jay Sanders, and Antoine Thirion. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w reproductions and photographs.
$150
91342
23.
DODGE, Jim.
Fup: A Story.

Berkeley: City Miner (1983).
First edition. 59 pp. Tiny spot on the front panel, light band of toning along top edge of back cover. In all, near fine in illustrated wrappers. The uncommon first printing of Dodge’s fable, issued as a trade paperback original.
$75
91166
24.
GINSBERG, Allen.
Mostly Sitting Haiku.

(np): (np) (1978).
First edition. 23 p. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies. Statement on the poems by William J. Higginson printed on the rear cover. Morgan A39.
$75
91352
25.
[GOREY, Edward]. Auden, W.H. and Tennessee Williams.
The Ballad of Barnaby.

(np): (np) 1972.
First edition. 11 ½ x 10 ¼ inch broadside, printed in black on light blue paper. Auden’s poem framed by Gorey’s illustrations. On the verso is printed Williams’ poem “Part of a Hero.” Distributed at Auden’s memorial service in New York.
$150
91213
26.
[GREENWOOD PRESS]. Spiegelberg, Frederic.
Alchemy as a Way of Salvation.

Stanford: James Ladd Delkin (1945).
First edition. 46 pp. Light toning to extrems, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. No dust jacket. Illustrated with pictures and signs taken from “The Book of Raziel,” a cabalistic text from 1701. One of 250 copies printed in two colors at the Greenwood Press, San Mateo.
$125
91214
27.
[GREENWOOD PRESS]. Spiegelberg, Frederic.
Spiritual Practices of India.

San Francisco: Greenwood Presss, 1951.
First edition. xv + 68 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine printed paper dust jacket, and near fine unprinted tissue jacket with a tear and two creases to the top edge of the rear panel, and a chip to crown. Translated from the original German by Edith E. King-Fisher. Introduction by Alan W. Watts. Designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher. Illustrated. One of 500 copies printed in two colors. Original prospectus accompanies.
$200
91344
28.
GRIFFITHS, Bill.
The Gesta Alfredi: Rexanglie.

London: Bill Griffiths & Bob Cobbing, 1975.
First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. The uncommon first appearance of this text, which would be revised and republished several times.
$45
66274
29.
HILL, Susan.
A Bit of Singing and Dancing.

London: Hamish Hamilton (1973).
First edition. 196 pp. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. Hill’s second collection of short stories. Young 1819*.
$45
91331
30.
HIRSCHMAN, Jack.
The Game & Other Poems.

Binley Woods: Beat Scene Press (2009).
First edition. [44 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Hirschman. Eighteen poems. Beat Scene Press Pocket Book Series Number 22.
$45
91351
31.
KOSTELANETZ, Richard and John M. Bennett.
Ripples.

Bushwick: Archae Editions 2016.
First edition. 4to. [132 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Dated (August 2016) and INSCRIBED by Both Kostelanetz and Bennett to Jack Foley. One of two dedication copies, the other dedicatee being Ivan Argüelles.
$55
85781
32.
KOWIT, Steve. ed.
The Maverick Poets: An Anthology.

Santee: Gorilla Press (1988).
First edition. 146 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Cover art and internal illustrations by Bukowski. Poems by Bukowski, Carver, Billy Collins, Corso, Ginsberg, Kyger, Norse, Olds, Snyder, and many others. Laid into this copy is a short TLS from editor Kowit presenting this copy to an unspecified contributor.
$45
60346
33.
KRYSS, T.L.
Music in the Winepress Parrots in the Flames.

Ellensburg: Vagabond (1976).
First edition. 45 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Kryss has penned a eight line poem to the front free endpaper, beneath which he has INSCRIBED this copy to his friend Douglas Blazek, filling the whole page.
$75
85725
34.
KRYSS, T.L.
Strange Attractors.

Albuquerque: Zerx Press (1993).
First edition. 23 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Introduction by Steven D. Ferguson. Poems by Kryss illustrated with drawings by Tom, Carolyn, and Hilary Krzywkowski. One of 200 copies.
$35
83306
35.
KRYSS, T.L.
Sunflower Wars.

Leesburg: Bottle of Smoke Press (2003).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems with illustrations by Tom’s daughter, Hilary Krzywkowski. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Tom and Hilary with a “mini-chap” in an envelope inside the rear cover.
$75
83308
36.
KRYSS, Tom writing as T. L. Krzywkowski.
Krulik Ksiega: The Book of Rabbits.

Cleveland: Ayizan Press (nd).
First edition. [100 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled, tape-bound wrappers with some wear to base and crown of spine. Dedicated to d.a. levy. One of 700 copies. A fine collection of Kryss’ rabbit drawings. Dated (1969) and warmly INSCRIBED by Kryss to Doug [Blazek].
$125
41649
37.
LALLY, Michael.
It Takes One to Know One: Poetry & Prose.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2001.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 270 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Lally.
$35
41653
38.
LALLY, Michael.
It’s Not Nostalgia: Poetry & Prose.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1999.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 256 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Lally.
$45
91329
39.
LAMANTIA, Philip.
Letter from San Francisco.

Binley Woods: Beat Scene Press (2009).
First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 125 numbered copies. Text of a letter by the 15 year old Lamantia to the editors at Horizon (UK) informing them of the happening SF literary scene. Number 23 in the Beat Scene Press Pocket Book Series.
$50
91335
40.
LAX, Robert.
a moment.

NY: Journeyman Press [1971].
First edition. [4 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Poem by Lax with drawings and design by Amil Antonucci. Hauff 38.
$75