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First Edition. First Edition, one of 250 copies (this being No. 34). Although not called for, this copy SIGNED by Mekas on the verso of the front board. Designed by George Maciunas. Featuring poetry by Mekas alongside photographs of his native Lithuania. Published the same year as his documentary "Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania," about his return trip to the village where he was born. Text in Lithuanian. Wooden boards bound with brass hinges. Faint toning to a few of the pages, else Fine. Signed.…

Second Edition. Oblong 4to, with all inserts and paste-ins. Faithful reprint of the historic 1963 edition in an ever-so-slightly larger size than the earlier one. Coves rubbed and with a wrinkle to the lower front corner; spine faded a shade; very good.

Vintage two-color flyer for a benefit night of screenings of the 1967 documentary, presented at the Village Theatre on February 17, 1967, and hosted by legendary filmmaker Jonas Mekas and the Film-Makers' Distribution Center. Flyer designed by Fluxus artist George Maciunas. A wonderful confluence of three iconic revolutionaries in their field. Held to benefit the Film-Makers' Fund, an organization established by Mekas to help fund independent filmmakers, the screenings were also a tribute to Bruce, who had died only six months earlier. As stated on the flyer, "Lenny, who was rarely satisfied with any of his work, called this 'maybe the best thing I've ever done'. He wanted it be called simply 'Lenny Bruce'. He hoped it would be shown unedited, unexpurgated. It will be." Mekas honored Bruce's wishes, and it was. Alternately known as "The Lenny Bruce Performance Film" and "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce,'" the documentary captures Bruce's penultimate nightclub performance, a year before his death, and is the only live performance of Bruce captured on film. Filmed at San Francisco's Basin Street West in August 1965 after a lengthy and costly obscenity trial (which he lost), Bruce's performance largely eschews his comic 'bits,' instead concentrating on the absurdity and hypocrisy of the trial and the charges, often reading allegations and transcripts from the trial and refuting them. 8.5 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine.…