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150. KENNEDY, William. Legs. NY: Coward McCann Geoghegan (1975). His second novel, and the first in his acclaimed "Albany sequence," which continued with Billy Phelan's Greatest Game and Ironweed. Fine in a near fine, mildly rubbed dust jacket. A very nice copy, with very little of the rubbing that usually afflicts this unlaminated dust jacket.

151. KENNEDY, William. Ironweed. (NY): Viking (1983). The third book in his acclaimed "Albany sequence." Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, one of the few books to receive such multiple awards in the past quarter century. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a crease on the front flap.

152. KENNEDY, William. Quinn's Book. (NY): Viking (1988). Another novel of Albany, this one set in the mid-19th century. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

153. (KENNEDY, William). "A Quest for Grace and Glory" in The Capitol in Albany. (NY): Aperture (1986). Photographs of the Capitol Building by William Clift, Stephen Shore, Judith Turner, and Dan Weaks. Introductory essay by Kennedy and a preface by Governor Mario Cuomo. This copy signed by Kennedy and Cuomo. Only published in wrappers. Light rubbing at edges; near fine.

154. KEROUAC, Jack. The Dharma Bums. NY: Viking, 1958. A classic of Beat literature and by consensus Kerouac's best-loved book after On the Road. The novel that introduced Beat poet Gary Snyder to the world as "Japhy Ryder;" its characters became counterculture heroes with their distinctly American blend of Zen and fun. Fine in a near fine, mildly rubbed dust jacket.

155. KEROUAC, Jack. Lonesome Traveler. NY: McGraw-Hill (1960). A collection of short pieces whose common thread is the author's travels. Written in Kerouac's rambling, autobiographic style and illustrated with sketches by Larry Rivers, who provided the dust jacket art. Fine in a near fine, slightly dusty jacket with a thin red line on the lower front panel.

156. KEROUAC, Jack. Big Sur. NY: Farrar Straus Cudahy (1962). One of the many books in Kerouac's ongoing semi-autobiographical series, which he called "The Dulouz Legend." An author's note at the beginning of this volume explains that his intent was to populate his entire series of novels with the same characters, a plan that was vetoed by his early publishers. Kerouac writes: "In my old age I intend to collect all my work and re-insert my pantheon of uniform names, leave the long shelf full of books there, and die happy" -- a plan he never brought to fruition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy.

157. KEROUAC, Jack. Home at Christmas. (NY): (Oliphant Press) (1973). A small chapbook printed in a reported edition of 197 copies. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers and original (?) envelope.

158. KEROUAC, Jack. Junk. California, PA: The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual, 1976. A poetry postcard, printed in an edition of 1000 copies, this being the pink state. Half the cards were printed in blue, with no known priority. A fine copy of this small ephemeral piece.

159. KESEY, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. NY: Viking (1962). Kesey's landmark first book, a pivotal novel of the literature of the Sixties, which helped to shape a generation's attitudes on issues of authority, power, madness and, finally, individuality. The early printings of the U.S. edition contain text that was later excised and changed after a lawsuit was brought against Kesey and his publisher by a woman who was a nurse at the institution which Kesey used as a model for the novel; she charged him with portraying a character that was based on her (and had the same first name) in a disparaging manner. The character was rewritten after the third hardcover printing, and later editions, including the mass market paperback and the "definitive" text in the Viking Critical Library Series, have an alternate character in her place. Top stain mildly faded; fine in a very good dust jacket with light chipping at the spine extremities and two internally-mended edge tears. The spine is faded, but much less than is typical. Overall a very nice copy.

160. KESEY, Ken. Sometimes a Great Notion. NY: Viking (1964). His second and most ambitious novel, about a logging family in Oregon, and embodying the individualistic values that helped Kesey to become a counterculture leader and icon. This is the state with the Viking ship on the first half-title; fine in a near fine, first issue dust jacket with one edge tear on the lower front panel and a bit of rubbing to the lower spine. A very nice copy, with virtually none of the rubbing that one typically encounters on this predominantly black, unlaminated dust jacket.

161. (KESEY, Ken). STRELOW, Michael, ed. Kesey. Eugene: Northwest Review Books (1977). Includes introductory essays by Malcolm Cowley and John Clark Pratt (the editor of the Viking Critical Library edition of Cuckoo's Nest); selections from Kesey's manuscript notes for Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion; and a number of other previously unpublished writings and drawings by Kesey, including excerpts from Seven Prayers by Grandma Whittier. A near fine copy of the issue in wrappers, with subscription card for the Northwest Review laid in.

162. KINSELLA, W.P. Scars. (Canada): (Oberon) (1978). The uncommon hardcover issue of the second book by the award-winning author of Shoeless Joe, a collection of Indian stories set on the Hobbema Reserve in western Canada. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The print run for the hardcover issue of this title is unknown, but Oberon books from the same era have been known to have had printings of only a few hundred copies, most of which would have gone to libraries.

163. KINSELLA, W.P. Shoeless Joe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. His highly praised, much-loved first novel, winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award and basis for the award-winning movie Field of Dreams. A North American magical realist baseball novel, with J.D. Salinger as a character. Fine in a fine dust jacket with trace shelf wear at the spine base.

164. KINSELLA, W.P. The Moccasin Telegraph. Boston: Godine (1984). The first American edition, and the first hardcover edition, of this collection of Kinsella's Indian stories, set on the Ermineskin Reserve and featuring Frank Fencepost and Silas Ermineskin, among others, as recurring characters. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

165. KINSELLA, W.P. Dance Me Outside. Boston: Godine, 1986. The first American edition of this collection of stories, published almost a decade after the original Canadian edition, and after the success of Shoeless Joe. Signed by the author. Foxing to top edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket.

166. KINSELLA, W.P. The Alligator Report. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1985. Original wrappers, not issued in hardcover. An interesting collection of stories, with an introduction in which Kinsella prints the text of a 1980 letter he wrote to Richard Brautigan, who was discovered to have committed suicide when this book was in preparation. A touching tribute, and a look at the writer's view of the sources and models for his own art. Signed by the author. Near fine.

167. KINSELLA, W.P. Red Wolf, Red Wolf. Toronto: Collins (1987). A collection of stories, this being the true first edition, which preceded U.S. publication by several years. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

168. KITTREDGE, William and KRAUZER, Steven. "ROUNTREE, Owen." Cord. NY: Ballantine Books (1982-1986). Nine volumes in this series of pseudonymous Westerns, issued as paperback originals. The series, co-written by Kittredge and novelist Steven Krauzer, focuses on an outlaw named Cord and his female partner, Chi, in the latter years of the 19th century. Included are: Cord, The Nevada War, The Black Hills Duel, Gunman Winter, Hunt the Man Down, King of Colorado, Gunsmoke River, Paradise Valley, and Brimstone Basin. Each volume is signed by both Kittredge and Krauzer. Cord, The Black Hills Duel and Gunsmoke River are each slightly spine-faded; otherwise the set is fine. Complete sets in fine condition are difficult to assemble these days, especially signed.

169. (KITTREDGE, William and KRAUZER, Steven). TriQuarterly 48. (Evanston): (Northwestern University) (1980). A special issue co-edited by Kittredge and Krauzer and devoted to Western stories, with contributions by Cormac McCarthy, Ivan Doig, Thomas McGuane, John Sayles, Leslie Marmon Silko, Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, Tobias Wolff, John Nichols, Edward Abbey, David Quammen and others, including Kittredge and Krauzer. Fine in wrappers and signed by both editors.

170. -. Another copy. Also signed by Kittredge and Krauzer. Spine-creased; near fine in wrappers.

171. (LEONARD, Elmore). "Trail of the Apache" in Argosy, December, 1951. (Kokomo): (Popular Publications) (1951). Western fiction by Leonard, preceding his first book by several years. A long short story, practically a novella, divided into seven chapters. Signed by the author at his contribution. Some overall wear, and a few short tears to the foredges of the pages. Very good. Uncommon early piece by a writer who has since become one of the most popular and successful American genre novelists.

172. (Little Magazines). Open Space 8. (San Francisco): Open Space (n.d.)[c. 1964]. An important magazine of the San Francisco poetry underground in the early Sixties. Thirteen issues were published, all in 1964, and contained work by such writers as Michael McClure, Jack Spicer, Ron Loewinsohn, Lawrence Fagin, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, and others. This issue includes a cartoon by Jess, parodying the "Dick Tracy" comic strip entitled "Tricky Cad," and a small report on the poetry scene by Carol Bergé. 8 1/2" x 11" mimeographed sheets, stapled in upper corner. Owner name to front cover, which has detached from the staple; several small stains to pages; a very good copy. Scarce: the mimeograph format limited the print run, and the single staple "binding" would have meant that most copies fell apart with handling or, at best, over time.

173. (LOPEZ, Barry). "A Scary Abundance of Water" in L.A. Weekly, Vol. 24, No. 8. Los Angeles: L.A. Weekly Media, 2002. Seven-page cover story by Lopez, mixing memoir, natural history and social analysis. Fine.

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