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  • Look at the Moon and then Wipe the Light from Your Eyes and Tell Me What You See and Other Obscurities.
    KRYSS, T.L.
    $20.00
    Sacramento: Runcible Spoon (1968). First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems.
  • Nuclear Roses & Quiet Rooms.
    KRYSS, T.L.
    $35.00
    San Francisco: Open Skull Press (1969). First edition. [36 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems. One of 500 copies. An early collection by Kryss, published by Doug Blazek.
  • The Search for the Reason Why.
    KRYSS, Tom.
    $35.00
    Huron: Bottom Dog Press (2006). First edition. 191 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Hillary Krzywkowski. One of an unstated limitation of numbered copies SIGNED by Kryss with an original hand-colored print tipped-in. At publication price:
  • 13 1/2 Poems.
    KUENSTLER, Frank.
    $45.00
    NY: S/Z Press (1984). First edition. 18 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One, or perhaps one and a half, of the poems are published on the covers.
  • Continued.
    KUENSTLER, Frank.
    $45.00
    NY: Nine Three Press (1987). First edition. [24 pp]. Tiny bump to upper outside corner, else fine in stapled wrappers. 17 1/2 poetic works, the last of which is printed on the rear cover.
  • Fugitives, Rounds.
    KUENSTLER, Frank.
    $75.00
    NY: Eventorium Press (1966). First edition. Oblong 48mo. [148 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers.
  • Lens.
    KUENSTLER, Frank.
    $150.00
    NY: Film Culture (1964). First edition. 4to. 91 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Kunstler published two books in 1964, LENS is widely-cited as being his first.
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
    KUNDERA, Milan.
    $100.00
    NY: Harper & Row (1984). First US edition. 314 pp. Upper corners lightly tapped, else fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original Czech by Michael Henry Heim.
  • 1001 Ways to Beat the Draft.
    KUPFERBERG, Tuli and Robert Bashlow.
    $75.00
    NY: Oliver Layton Press (1966). First edition. 64 pp. Tiny bump to base of front cover, else fine in illustrated wrappers. 1001 numbered strategies, from the practical to the silly, with images.
  • 1001 Ways to Live Without Working.
    KUPFERBERG, Tuli.
    $450.00
    NY: Birth Press (1961). First edition. Narrow 4to. [20 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. At random: sell your yacht, become postmaster general, have the knack, drink rain water, etc.
  • Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.
    KUSHNER, Tony.
    $2,500.00
    NY: Theatre Communications Group (1993 & 1994). First editions. x + 119 & xi +158 pp. Two volumes, both fine in fine dust jacket. Cover designs by Milton Glaser. “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika.” Dated (10/1/94) and INSCRIBED by Kushner in both volumes, “For Michael / with best wishes / Tony Kushner” and “For Michael / again / Thanks for / showing me / the / Duncan! / Tony Kushner.” Winner of two Tony Awards for Best Play, and a Pulitzer Prize. For the pair:
  • Some Sketches from the Life of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.
    KYGER, Joanne.
    $125.00
    Boulder: Rodent Press/Erudite Fangs (1996). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 22 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 25 numbered copies SIGNED by Kyger.
  • The Dharma Committee.
    KYGER, Joanne.
    $100.00
    Bolinas: Smithereens Press (1999). Third printing, numbered & signed issue. [28 pp]. Pages a little rippled, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Notes from 1958/1959. One of 10 numbered copies SIGNED by Kyger.
  • Trip Out & Fall Back.
    KYGER, Joanne.
    $450.00
    Berkeley: Arif Press, 1974. First edition, signed hardcover issue. [22 pp]. Light wrinkle to front panel, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal drawings by Gordon Baldwin. One of 26 copies SIGNED by Kyger and Baldwin, the entire hardcover edition.
  • Olympe and Henriette.
    L’ISLA ADAM, Villiers de.
    $500.00
    Sherman Oaks: D’Ambrosio, 1992. First edition. 23 pp. Very near fine in a “book-in-a-box” modular binding. Introduction by Patrick Magarick. One of 75 numbered copies on handmade “Misty Rose” paper SIGNED by D’Ambrosio. A short story by this French Symbolist, contemporary of Maupassant and Huysmans. Original prospectus accompanies.
  • tes rivieres t'attendent.
    LACHANCE, Bertrand.
    $25.00
    [Vancouver]: blewointment press (1971). First edition. Oblong 8vo. [132 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Poems with illustrations by bill bissett. One of 500 copies.
  • The Lines are Drawn.
    LALLY, Michael.
    $45.00
    [np: Asphalt Press, 1970]. First edition. 48mo. [36 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with some light foxing. Poetry with cover art by Caitlin Lally. Appears to be his first book, preceded by a graduate thesis and a small broadside.
  • Crystals: Kriz.
    LAMANTIA, Philip.
    $450.00
    Berkeley: Bancroft Library Press, 2001. First edition. Folio. [14 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of [45] copies on Rives French mouldmade paper. Handprinted by students under the direction of Les Ferriss. A previously unpublished poem discovered in the Bruce Conner archive.
  • Touch of the Marvelous.
    LAMANTIA, Philip.
    $750.00
    Berkeley: Oyez, 1966. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 65 pp. Fine in full cloth with gilt stamping to spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Lamantia. Introductory note by Parker Tyler who, along with Charles Henri Ford “discovered” Lamantia and published his work in VIEW in 1943.
  • The Emigrants.
    LAMMING, George.
    $200.00
    London: Michael Joseph (1954). First edition. 271 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light foxing to flaps. Jacket art and endpaper drawings by Denis Williams. Lamming’s second book, following THE CASTLE IN MY SKIN.
  • Water with Berries.
    LAMMING, George.
    $125.00
    Trinidad & Jamaica: Longman Caribbean (1971). First edition. 249 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Lamming’s fourth novel, addressing the question, “What is it like for the West Indian to experience self-imposed exile in England?”
  • quién va a podar los ciruelos cuando me vaya.
    LANDRY, John.
    $40.00
    Santiago: Editorial Cuneta (2010). First edition. 72 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems in English and Spanish translation by Germán Carrasco. Poems also by Ginsberg & Orlovsky, Diane Wakoski, and Neeli Cherkovski, INSCRIBED by Landry, “for Diane, / Thank you for years of / learning + living turned / to teaching + giving of / the riches of your life / w/love, / John.”
  • A February Sheaf.
    LANSING, Gerrit.
    $75.00
    Boston: Pressed Wafer (2003). First edition. 173 pp. Covers lightly soiled, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Lansing, “for Diane, [heart] / with love [strand of ivy] Gerrit Lansing.”
  • Letters Home 1936-1977.
    LARKIN, Philip.
    $75.00
    London: Faber & Faber (2018). First edition. lxvii + 612 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited by James Booth, with his introduction. Letters to Mum, Dad, and sister Kitty.
  • The Millennium Trilogy.
    LARSSON, Stieg.
    $500.00
    London: Maclehose Press/Querqus (2008-2009). First UK editions. Three volumes, all fine in fine dust jackets. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, and THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST. All three translated from the original Swedish by Reg Keeland. For the trio:
  • A Play on Words.
    LATTA, Richard.
    $25.00
    Brooklyn: Cycle Press (1972). First edition. 16mo. [22 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 500 numbered copies. Lively visual poems.
  • The House of Light: Woodcuts and Poems.
    LAUGHLIN, James and Vanessa Jackson.
    $150.00
    NY: Grenfell Press (1986). First edition. [30 pp]. Some faint uneven toning to extrems, else near fine in wrappers with printed cover and spine labels. Poems by Laughlin, ten wooodcuts, each printed in a different color, by Jackson. One of 200 numbered copies on Rives paper SIGNED by Laughlin and Jackson. Additionally INSCRIBED by Laughlin on the front free endpaper to Jim and Margo Schevill, “For Margot + Jim / from J.”
  • Stolen & Contaminated Poems.
    LAUGHLIN, James.
    $75.00
    Isla Vista: Turkey Press, 1985. First edition. 48 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Cover and design by Harry Reese. One of 200 numbered copies on Frankfurt Cream paper SIGNED by Laughlin. A lengthy collection of “Not-Notes” appears after the poems. Original prospectus laid in.
  • The Deconstructed Man.
    LAUGHLIN, James.
    $35.00
    Iowa: Windhover Press, 1985. First edition. 4to. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 240 copies on Iyo Glazed paper SIGNED by Laughlin. A single poem with a full page illustrated printed in red on the title page. Berger 85.
  • A Family Likeness and Other Stories.
    LAVIN, Mary.
    $350.00
    London: Constable (1985). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 191 pp. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped leather spine with raised bands. No dust jacket, as issued. Bound and issued by Kenney’s of Galway. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Lavin.
  • New Poems.
    LAX, Robert.
    $200.00
    Brooklyn: Journeyman Books, 1962. First edition. [48 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. An excellent presentation of Lax’s minimal poems from Antonucci’s press. Hauff 13.
  • Yesterday and Today.
    LAYACHI, Larbi.
    $100.00
    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).