41.
[KING UBU GALLERY]. Wagstaff, Christopher. ed.
An Art of Wondering: The King Ubu Gallery 1952–1953.
Davis: Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery, 1989.

First edition. 4to. 31 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An exhibition catalogue with 30 b&w reproductions and photographs. Bischoff, Brockway, De Forest, Duncan, Jacobus, Jess, Hassel Smith, and many others exhibited here in the early 1950s.
$75

42.
KUENSTLER, Frank.
Miscellany.
NY: Nine Three Press (1987).

First edition. [14 pp]. Horizontal 64mo. Fine in stapled wrappers. Very short poems, the titles of which often exceed the length of the work itself.
$45

43.
KYGER, Joanne.
The Dharma Committee.
Bolinas: Smithereens Press (1986).

First edition. 4to. [26 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Donald Guravich from a W.W. Denslow drawing. One of 90 (of 100) copies.
$40

44.
LAX, Robert.
Circus Black Circus White.
NY: Journeyman Press (1974).

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems with drawings by Emil Antonucci. Hauff 44.
$75

45.
LAX, Robert.
Journeyman 3: Oedipus.
NY: Journeyman Press (1975).

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Designed and illustrated by Emil Antonucci. Hauff 54.
$75

46.
LAX, Robert.
Three Poems.
NY: Journeyman Press (1969).

First edition. Narrow 4to. [4 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Drawings and design by Emil Antonucci. Hauff 28.
$75

47.
[LITTLE MAGAZINES]. Richkin, Robert J. and Ira Cohen. eds.
The Great Society #2.
NY: The Great Society, (1967).

8vo. 87 pp. Very good plus in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover design by Jack Smith. Contributions by Paul Bowles, Alfred Chester, John Wieners, Harold Norse, William S. Burroughs, Piero Heliczer, Jean-Jacques Lebel, and many others.
$50

48.
[LITTLE MAGAZINES]. Rosenthal, Irving. ed.
Big Table No. 1.
Chicago: Big Table Inc. 1959.

Spring. 152 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Very nice copy of this debut. Kerouac’s “Old Angel Midnight” appears together with work by Edward Dahlberg, Gregory Corso, and a generous sampling of Burroughs’ NAKED LUNCH.
$45

49.
LOVECRAFT, H.P.
Miscellaneous Writings.
Sauk City: Arkham House (1995).

First edition. xiii + 568 pp w/bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introduction by S.T. Joshi.
$45

50.
MacDIARMID, Hugh.
The Uncanny Scott: A Selection of Prose.
London: Macgibbon & Kee (1968).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 176 pp w/glossary. Fine in very near fine price-clipped (as called for in this issue) dust jacket. Edited with an Introduction by Kenneth Buthlay. Includes comic work, including “The Last Great Burns Discovery,” and “The Dour Drinkers of Glasgow.” Copy #40 of 40 numbered copies bound in buckram and SIGNED by MacDiarmid.
$200

51.
MacDONALD, Aeneas.
Whisky.
Garden City: Henry & Longwell, 1930.

First edition. 24 pp. Near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 300 (of 307) numbered copies SIGNED by MacDonald, Frank Henry, Christopher Morley, and Daniel Longwell. The first chapter of MacDonald’s “wise and witty little treatise” on the great spirit. Briefcase Breviaries III.
$250

52.
MACHEN, Arthur.
The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1915.

First edition. 86 pp. Some light foxing to fore-edge, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards. Wrap-around band present. The bowmen of Agincourt appear and assist the British during the Battle of Mons.
$350

53.
MAHON, Derek.
Harbour Lights.
Longhcrew: Gallery Books (2005).

First edition. 77 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
$85

54.
MAYER, Bernadette.
Ceremony Latin (1964).
(np): (np) (nd).

First edition. [46 pp]. Toning along spine, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Mayer’s first book.
$200

55.
McCLURE, Michael.
Dark Brown.
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1961.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [52 pp]. Light toning to page edges, else near fine in full leather with gilt stamping to front cover and spine. One of 25 copies (the entire hardbound edition) on Alexandra Japan paper SIGNED by McClure. Auerhahn 13.
$500

56.
MERRILL, James Ingram.
Jim’s Book: A Collection of Poems and Short Stories.
NY: Privately Printed, 1942.

First edition. 72 pp. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Dated (1980) and INSCRIBED by Merrill to his long-time editor Harry Ford and his wife Kathleen, “For Harry + Kathleen / — who will share the fate of / Paolo + Francesca if they / read further than this page / James.”
$6000

57.
MILLER, Henry.
Order and Chaos at chez Hans Reichal.
Tucson: Loujon Press (1966).

First edition, lettered & inscribed issue. 87 pp. Fine in quarter leather and cloth-covered boards. Fine dust jacket with a one inch closed tear. Near fine publisher’s slipcase with a small scrape at the base of spine. The 26 Copy Crimson Oasis A–Z Inscription Edition. This is copy H, INSCRIBED by Miller.
$650

58.
[NIJINSKY]. Bourman, Anatole and D. Lyman.
The Tragedy of Nijinsky.
NY & London: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill (1936).

First US edition. xx + 291 pp w/index. Faint foxing to page edges, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket (designed by Ernst Reichl) that is toned along the spine.
$45

59.
O’HARA, Frank.
What’s With Modern Art?: Selected Short Reviews & Other Art Writings.
Austin: Mike & Dale’s Press, 1999.

First edition. 33 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Edited by Bill Berkson with his afterword.
$25

60.
OLSON, Charles.
A Bibliography on America for Ed Dorn.
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation (1964).

First edition. 16 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Writing 1.
$25

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