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61.
HERD, Dale.
Diamonds.

Santa Barbara: Mudra, 1976.

First edition. 59 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Herd on the title page. A number of terrific short prose pieces.
$25

62.
HYNES, Samuel.
The Auden Generation: Literature and Politics in England in the 1930s.

London: Bodley Head (1976).

First edition. 427 pp w/index. Very near fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
$25

63.
IMAZU, Kyoko.
Following.

Berkeley, London, Melbourne: Episodic Press, 2016.

First edition. Square 12mo. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and cardstock sleeve. Eight full-color watercolor illustrations with Imazu’s introduction. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Kyoko. The first book from our new press!
$25

64.
JOCOY, Jim.
We’re Desperate: The Punk Rock Photography of Jim Jocoy.

NY: powerHouse Books (2002).

First edition. [280 pp]. Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards. Contributions by Thurston Moore, Exene Cervenka, and Marc Jacobs.
$35

65.
JOHNSON, Kay writing as “Kaja.”
Kaja.

New Orleans: Perdido Press 1998.

First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and very near fine printed dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. One of 150 numbered copies hand printed and bound at The New Orleans School of Glass Works and Printmaking Studio. A tribute to this itinerant poet/painter/novelist, who was championed by Bukowski, Corso, and Loewenfels. Her only published work, HUMAN SONGS, was produced by City Lights. Accompanying this copy is a poem by Kaja tipped-onto a selection of photographs of Bukowski from the collection of Gypsy Lou Webb.
$85

66.
JOLAS, Eugene. ed.
Vertical: A Yearbook for Romantic-Mystic Ascensions.

NY: Gotham Bookmart Press (1941).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 201 pp. Fine in full black cloth with pasted-on spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. Frontis illustration (reproduced on the cover as well) by Alexander Calder. Jolas making the case for the Verticalist movement, conceived in Paris in 1928. “Three-Fold Ascent, Verticalist Manifesto: 1941” followed by work from Apollinaire, Boyle, Claudel, Eberhart, Gustafson, Péguy, Bataille, Duthuit, Novalis, and many others. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Jolas.
$250

67.
KAUFMANN, Edgar Jr.
what is modern interior design?

NY: Museum of Modern Art (1953).

First edition. 32 pp. Near fine in wrappers that are lightly rubbed. Introductory Series to the Modern Arts 4. Illustrated with 57 b&w photographs and drawings.
$25

68.
[KICKSHAWS PRESS]. Crombie, John.
Lapse and Collapse.

[Paris]: Kickshaws (1985).

First edition. [24 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies. Designed and written by Crombie, hand-set and printed in three colors on Rives BFK paper.
$75

69.
[KICKSHAWS PRESS]. Crombie, John.
Paris in August.

Paris: Kickshaws (1990).

First edition. [35 pp]. Fine in wrappers and very near fine printed dust jacket. One of 130 (of 160) numbered copies on Vélin Rives and Arches paper. Designed, written, and hand-printed in three colors by Crombie.
$75

70.
[KICKSHAWS PRESS]. Crombie, John and Sheila Bourne.
When the Cat’s Away...

Paris: Kickshaws (1983).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [40 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Written and designed by John Crombie with graphics by Sheila Bourne. One of 50 (of 650) numbered copies on RIVES paper SIGNED by Crombie and Bourne.
$150

71.
[KICKSHAWS PRESS]. Queneau, Raymond.
Yours for the Telling.

Paris: Kickshaws (1982).

First edition. [48 pp]. Very near fine in wrappers and very near fine dust jacket that is lightly toned along the spine and extrems. One of 385 (of 485) numbered copies. Designed by John Crombie with graphics by Sheila Bourne.
$125

72.
KOH, Terence.
The Whole Family.

Los Angeles: Peres Projects (2008).

First edition. [36 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Dated and SIGNED by Koh on the rear cover, “KOH / 08.” Texts, photographs, and a 31 song playlist, “music for the boy(s) along in the treehouse after the snowstorm a compliation by march21 for asianpunkboy, now terence koh,” that begins with a Boards of Canada tune, which is a good start.
$40

73.
[KOH, Terence. et al].
My Studio: Ann-Sofie Back, Bruce LaBruce, Patrik Söderstam, Terence Koh.

Stockholm: Aplace/Cederteg (2007).

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies. A sequence of four color photographs, each of a studio space, and then again as printed on t-shirts.
$45

74.
KREFT, André.
let us now praise famous men.

(np): André Kreft (1994).

First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. A consideration of slavery and racism in America, combined with geneology and guilt.
$35

75.
[LITERARY ANTHOLOGY]. Fisher, Stanley.
Beat Coast East: An Anthology of Rebellion.

NY: Excelsior Press (1960).

First edition. 96 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. “Original Graphics” by Claes Oldenberg, Boris Lurie, Stanley Fisher, and Elaine de Kooning enhance this collection of works by the likes of Bremser, Orlovsky, Dash, Corso, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Fles, and many others.
$85

76.
LORDE, Audre.
I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities.

NY: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press (1985).

First edition. 10 pp. Tiny rust mark to first leaf, else fine in stapled wrappers. Pinback button affixed to front cover, as issued. Freedom Organizing Series #3. An essay by the poet.
$50

77.
LORDE, Audre.
The New York Head Shop and Museum.

Detroit: Broadside Press (1974).

First edition. 56 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Lorde’s fourth collection of poems.
$45

78.
LORDE, Audre and Merle Woo.
Apartheid U.S.A. & Our Common Emeny, Our Common Cause: Freedom Organizing in the Eighties.

NY: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press (1986).

First edition. 26 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Pinback button affixed to front cover, as issued. An essay each by Lorde and Woo. Freedom Organizing Series #2.
$35

79.
McPHERSON, Sandra.
Designating Duet.

[Newark]: Janus Press, 1989.

First edition. Square 8vo. Fine in wrappers with interal sheets bound accordion-style. Fine publisher’s clamshell box. Two poems by McPherson printed on various-sized sheets designed to make quilt-like patterns. One of 175 numbered copies SIGNED by McPherson, Clair Van Vliet, and many others involved in the production of this edition.
$350

80.
NECK FACE.
Satans Bride!!!

[NY]: KAWS (2004).

First edition. [64 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Photographs of work by Neck Face “in situ,” reproductions from sketchbooks, and more, all in color. One of 2000 copies. The first book devoted entirely to Neck Face, published by fellow artist KAWS.
$75

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