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41.
JONES, David.
Introducing David Jones: A Selection of his Writings.
London & Boston: Faber & Faber (1980).
First edition. 237 pp w/notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a small bump to crown. Selection edited by John Matthias, with a preface by Stephen Spender.
$45
42.
KELLY, Robert.
Twenty Poems.
Annandale-On-Hudson: Matter, 1967.
First edition. 4to. 85 pp. Staples a bit rusty, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Longer poems, most of which were published in little mags from 1961–1965, with seven making their first appearance here.
$25
43.
KESEY, Ken with Ken Babbs.
Last go Round.
NY: Viking (1994).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. xii + 238 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Kesey in three colors on the first leaf.
$200
44.
KITT, Eartha.
Confessions of a Sex Kitten.
Fort Lee: Barricade Books (1989).
First US edition. 280 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny corner crease to the front flap. SIGNED by Kitt on the front free endpaper. Published earlier in the UK with the title, I’M STILL HERE.
$125
45.
KNOTT, Bill.
Becos: Poems.
NY: Random House (1983).
First edition. 65 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Knott’s eighth book, first from a major publisher.
$25
46.
KNOTT, Bill.
Rome in Rome.
Brooklyn: Release Press (1976).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 64 pp. Sunning to spine, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Knott, with his holograph addition, “OH / NO / NOT / ANOTHER / Bill Knott / BOOK/ !”
$100
47.
KOSTELANETZ, Richard.
Wordsand: 1967–1978.
Burnaby & NY: Simon Fraser Gallery/RK Editions, 1978.
First edition. vii + 92 pp w/list of works, gallery exhibitions, & chronology. Fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Kostelanetz. Art with Words, Numbers and Lines, in Several Media — An Unillustrated Catalog with Related Documents.
$45
48.
KUENSTLER, Frank.
Continued.
NY: Nine Three Press (1987).
First edition. [24 pp]. Tiny bump to upper outside corner, else fine in stapled wrappers. 17 ½ poetic works, the last of which is printed on the rear cover.
$45
49.
KUENSTLER, Frank.
Miscellany.
NY: Nine Three Press (1987).
First edition. Horizontal 64mo. [14 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Very short poems, the titles of which often exceed the length of the work itself.
$45
50.
LALIC, Ivan V.
Fire Gardens: Selected Poems 1956–1969.
NY: New Rivers Press, 1970.
First edition. 102 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers that are a little rubbed. Publisher’s label to title page correcting publication information. Poems translated by Charles Simic and C.W. Truesdale, and illustrated with drawings by Zivojin Turinski. SIGNED by Lalic, Turinski, Simic, and Truesdale on the front free endpaper.
$150
51.
LAMANTIA, Philip.
Selected Poems 1943–1966.
San Francisco: City Lights Books (1967).
First edition. 100 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Lamantia on the title page. Pocket Poets #20.
$200
52.
LEVERTOV, Denise.
Chekhov on the West Heath.
Andes & NY: Woolmer/Brotherson, 1977.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine integral dust jacket with printed cover label. Printed at the Stinehour Press. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Levertov. A single long poem, with notes.
$45
53.
LEVINE, Philip.
5 Detroits.
[Santa Barbara]: Unicorn Press (1970).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. [32 pp]. Fine in two-part cloth binding with printed spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Levine.
$150
54.
[LITERARY CENSORSHIP]. Bryan, Frederick van Pelt.
Grove Press, Inc. and Readers’ Subscription, Inc., Plaintiffs against Robert K. Christenberry, individually and as Postmaster of the City of New York, Defendant: Opinion.
NY: Reader’s Subscription (1959).
First printing of this edition. 30 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Bryan’s ruling in favor of literary freedom via the case of D.H. Lawrence’s LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER.
$35
55.
LONIDIER, Lynn.
Po Tree & Illustrations.
Berkeley: Berkeley Free Press, 1967.
First edition. 42 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Drawings by Betty and Shirley Wong. Lonidier’s first book, an adventurous collection of poems with integrated artwork.
$125
56.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
Twenties: 100 Poems 24 February 1989 – 3 June 1990.
NY: Roof Books (1991).
First edition. [112 pp]. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Anne Tardos.
$25
57.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
20 Forties: 20 Poems from the series “154 Forties” written and revised 1990–1999.
Gran Canaria: Zasterle Press, 1999.
First edition. 49 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover by Ann Tardos. Poems from Mac Low’s long sequence, with his preface.
$25
58.
MacLAVERTY, Bernard.
A Time to Dance and Other Stories.
NY: Braziller (1982).
First US edition. 174 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Mac Laverty. His second collection of stories.
$55
59.
MARLATT, Daphne.
Our Lives.
Carrboro: Truck Press (1975).
First edition, lettered & signed issue. 28 pp. Fine in full cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Marlatt. Truck Books Series One Number One.
$100
60.
MARSHALL, Paule.
The Chosen Place, the Timeless People.
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World (1969).
First edition. 472 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Marshall’s second novel.
$100