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41.
LEARY, Timothy with George Litwin and Ralph Metzner.
Americans and Mushrooms in a Naturalistic Environment: A Preliminary Report.

[Cambridge: Harvard University (enter for Research in Personality) 1962].
First edition. 4to. Eleven leaves, stapled upper left. Light wear along fore-edge of first leaf, three lower left corner creases, else near fine. The first paper of the Harvard Psilocybin Project, summarizing the mushroom trip experiences of 175 subjects. Leary would soon be fired by Harvard, and establish himself at Millbrook.
$850
73186
42.
LEARY, Timothy.
League for Spiritual Discovery.

[NY: Timothy Leary, c. 1966].
First edition. 4to. Five leaves, stapled upper left. Very near fine. Information paper written largely by Leary for distributed to the press during the month LSD was made illegal. An outline of the tenants, structure, and rituals of the League, an LSD-based religion.
$250
86267
43.
LORCA, Federico García.
Sun and Shadow.

London: Enitharmon Press, 1972.
First edition, 19 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Near fine unprinted glassine dust jacket with small tears and a chip. Translated from the original Spanish by Kathleen Raine and R.M. Nadal. French translation by Marcelle Auclair. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript, and two previously unpublished drawings by Lorca. One of 225 numbered copies on Abbey Mills Cream Laid paper. Halliwell 29.
$75
63683
44.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
Doings: Assorted Performance Pieces 1955–2002.

NY: Granary Books, 2005.
First edition. Small 4to. 266 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. “...a comprehensive collection of the poet’s handwritten, drawn, typographic and musical notations.” Sixty minute audio CD present as issued.
$50
86251
45.
MAJOR, Clarence.
My Amputations: A Novel.

Boulder: Fiction Collective (1986).
First edition, signed issue. 205 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Major on a tipped-in leaf.
$35
36505
46.
MAJOR, Clarence.
Painted Turtle: Woman with Guitar.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon (1988).
First edition. 159 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Major. Holograph card from Major thanking the recipient for books. The continuing story of Painted Turtle, who first appeared in Major’s MY AMPUTATIONS.
$40
86248
47.
MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel García.
The doom of Damocles.

La Paz: Editorial Universidad para la Paz (1986).
First edition in English. 11 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers that are lightly rubbed. Introduction by Rodrigo Carazo. Klein A28.a.3.
$75
86252
48.
MILLS, Stuart and Simon Cutts. eds.
Tarasque Number Four.

Nottingham: Tarasque Press [c. 1967].
First edition. [32 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. “This number is full of typists’ errors. / Please accept our apologies.” penned to the unprinted first leaf. Entire issue largely devoted to works by Mills and Cutts.
$75
86253
49.
MILLS, Stuart and Simon Cutts. eds.
Tarasque 11 & 12.

Nottingham: Tarasque Press [c. 1970].
First edition. [44 pp]. A few spots of foxing to bottom edge and along spine of unprited rear cover, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. The concluding issue. Contributions by Simon Cutts, Stephen Bann, Stuart Mills, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ronald Johnson, and several others.
$75
61437
50.
MOORMAN, Charlotte and Nam June Paik.
Intermedia ‘68.

NY: John Brockman Associates, 1968.
First edition. 17 x 11 inch poster. Fine. Moorman and Paik perform works by Beuys, Brecht, Cage, Feldman, Knowles, Kosugi, Ono, Paik, and many others.
$125
68584
51.
MOURE, Erín.
O Cidadán: Poems.

Toronto: House of Anansi (2002).
First edition. 141 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Moure on the title page, “for Leslie [Scalapino] / with great respect / and affection / Erin Moure / 10 Sept. 02 / Berkeley.” Third book in a trilogy with A FRAME OF THE BOOK and SEARCH PROCEDURES.
$35
86238
52.
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Mary.

Ann Arbor & NY: Ardis/McGraw-Hill (1974).
First US edition in Russian. 168 pp. Slight lean to spine, else very near fine dust jacket with a short tear to top edge of rear flap fold. One of 500 copies. Juliar A8.6a.
$125
86255
53.
NORVELL, Smokey.
For Lavetta.

San Quentin: A Month of Mondays Press (1987).
First edition. [14 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems with cover art and two internal drawing by Norvell. One of a series of chapbooks published by the Press at San Quentin State Prison.
$35
86268
54.
ODETS, Walt.
Photographs: 1967 – 2009.

Berkeley: Walt Odets (2010).
First edition. Three volumes, each 64 pp, each fine in illustrated wrappers in publisher’s cardstock slipcase, as issued. DIVIDING SPACES, FIFTY SEVEN AMERICAN PEOPLE, and THINGS PEOPLE HAVE. Odets introduces each of these thematic collections.
$50
86240
55.
OLSON, Charles.
The Maximus Poems.

[NY]: Jargon/Corinth [1970].
Second edition. 4to. [166 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Designed and printed in the UK by Cape Goliard. See Butterick A14 (note).
$75
86241
56.
OLSON, Charles.
Maximus Poems IV, V, VI.

London & NY: Cape Goliard/Grossman 1968.
First trade edition. 4to. [210 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Publisher’s small US$ price sticker on front flap. Designed and printed by Cape Goliard.
$100
60834
57.
PAIK, Nam June.
New School Presents Nam June Paik.

NY: New School, 1965.
First edition. 16 ¼ x 7 ¾ inch poster, printed on both sides. Very near fine. Performers include Charlotte Moorman, Philip Corner, Dick Higgins, Peter Moore, and others. On the verso is Paik’s essay, “Electronic TV & Color TV Experiment.”
$125
86247
58.
PELL, Derek. ed.
Not Guilty! Number One.

NY: Not Guilty Press (1975).
First edition. 66 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Contributions by Waldman, McClure, Kupferberg, Akbar del Piombo, Norman Rubbington, Kenneth Patchen, and other. Review card laid in.
$40
86265
59.
POUND, Ezra.
Money Pamphlets by £.

London: Peter Russell (1950–1951).
Six volumes. Small corner crease to rear cover of #1, else all very near fine or better in stapled wrappers. A full set issued by Peter Russell, with the goal of making accessible to the English reader an introduction to the economic and political thought of Pound. This set belonged to Seamus Cooney, who has made bibliographical notes on the mailing envelope that housed this collection. Gallup A53b, A52b, A46 (note), A50c, A40b (note), A51b. For the set:
$450
67038
60.
[RENEGADE PRESS]. Rasey, Dave.
Subways.

Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1964.
First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Eight poems with a printed dedication to Carol Bergé. Two internal prints and cover art by “A. Sypher,” a pseudonym for Wormwood Review editor Marvin Malone. SIGNED by Malone inside the rear cover. Taylor & Horvath P-30.
$250