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[Toronto]: Utopic Furnace Press, 1990. 8 1/2 x 11" broadside, printed on cardstock printed with faux wood grain. Words by McCaffery, collage by Hood. Fine. More
[Toronto]: Utopic Furnace Press, 1990. 8 1/2 x 11" broadside, printed on cardstock printed with faux wood grain. Words by McCaffery, collage by Hood. Fine. More
New York: Totem Press, 1959. First edition. 8vo, 8 pp, unbound, folded sheets laid into illustrated card covers. Published as Blue Plate #2. Signed by McClure at the title page. Pages and wraps toned at extremites, light crease to upper tip. Near fine. More
[Buffalo]: [Gallery Upstairs Press], [1968]. First edition. 21 1/4 x 28 1/2", offset lithograph on thick cardboard stock. With rubberstamped facsimile of McClure's signature at verso. Visual reproduced from McClure's distinctive holograph in red, overlayed onto a found image of two lions roaring at the sea - a legend readng..... More
San Francisco: Cranium Press, [1975]. Single leaf folded once to make four pages; letterpress printed on newsprint. OCLC locates three holdings. Fine. More
London: Novello, 1964. First edition. 4to, 36 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Signed by Robert Duncan at the title page. The opening phrase of the prologue to the piece is based upon Robert Duncan's line "Often I am permitted to return to a meadow," taken from The Opening of the Field. A...... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 21a, third noted variation, in the PPS(3) binding. Merrimee's classic Romantic novella, one of the earliest titles in the series. Very good with some minor toning and a light bump to upper tip. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled [2 staples] in wraps. Gibbs 317a, earliest recorded state of the text, in the second wrapper variation. "Hence, loathed melancholy... Wraps slightly faded at margins else fine. More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 87a, noted variation 2. A sturdy near fine copy with light marginal toning. More
New York: Neither/Nor, nd [c. 1980's]. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, photomechanically reproduced on white paper stock. The reading featured performances by Jemeel Moondoc and The Divine Monochord; poets included Qunicy Trope, Tato Laviera, Bina Sharif, DAniele Watson, Zoe Angelesey, Michael Carter, Nanvy Ancrom, Jill Burton and John Farris. Folded..... More
[Canada]: CURVD H & Z, 2008. 4 x 6" card, printed in two colors. One of a limited edition of 111 copies. A concrete poem card, published as Curvd H & Z 467. Fine. More
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1935. First edition. 4to, single sheet folded twice. Published in an edition of 350 copies, this example marked H.C. Morley, author of the Haunted Bookshop, was inspired to write the Rubaiyat one day while visiting Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart, when he witnessed..... More
Blackburn, Lancastershire, UK: Screeches Press, 1965. Second printing. 4to, unpaginated, mimeographed from typescript and side-stapled into covers illustrated by the editor. An anthology of erotic texts and poetry from the Mimeograph Revolution. This "second printing" was issued after the first was subject to a 3 day trial and judged indecent..... More
Wivenhoe, Essex, UK: Chicago, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 4to, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only and side-stapled into covers illustrated by George Schneemann. Third number of the European edition of Chicago, issued from Essex, UK after Notley left Chicago (the city) but continued Chicago (the magazine). With contributions from the..... More
Barnet: My Own Mag, 1965. First edition. 8 1/2 x 14", eight leaves, mimeographed on both recto and verso [with the exception of the narrow cover sheet, which is mimeographed on recto only, and of the appropriated leaf]. With cut out panels and folded to several pages, as issued. One..... More
My Own Mag, [1964]. Paperback. foolscap format, five leaves of various colors of paper stock mimeographed from drawing and typescript. Side-stapled. Unnumbered, but the tenth issue of the little magazine. With contributions from Dave Cunliffe, Joanna, Bob Knapp, Bill Butler, and Tom McGrath. A very good example with three old..... More
Toronto: Gronk, 1967. First edition. 4to, three side-stapled leaves. "Limited number for public sale." Early issue of the longrunning Canadian avant-garde periodical devoted to concrete and sound poetry. This issue presents Barbara O'Connell's work Wordsdrawing Sequence. Near fine with some minor creasing, a touch of rusting to staples, and a...... More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1965. First edition. 4to, 160 pp, bound in boards woodblock by Robert Lavigne printed in color, and back in vellum with titled stamped in gilt. Illustrated with a frontipiece portrait of Olson by Kenneth Irby. Lacking the unprinted paper jacket, as often. One of the most..... More
New York: Jargon / Corinth, 1960. 8vo, 160 pp, bound in full cloth with illustrated pastedowns to panels and spine. Limited edition, one of 75 numbered hardcover copies - there were also 26 lettered and signed copies. The first complete edition of Olson's work. Glover A15.Offsetting to endpapers, as often..... More
New York: Totem Press, 1959. First edition. 8vo, 14 pp, saddle-stapled in wraps illustrated by Matsumi Kanemitsu. With errata slip laid in. The first edition of one of the most enduring and influential poetic manifestos of the last century, published by Leroi Jones at the Totem Press. Toned at margins..... More
Kent, OH: Zephyrus Image, 1974. First edition. 7 x 11 7/8" broadside, letterpress in three colors on Warren's Old Style paper, with text in 14 pt. Kabel light, with linocut motif and border in blue by Michael Myers. Produced by the ZI for the 1974 Kent State Creative Arts Festival..... More
[London]: Privately Printed, [1959]. Foolscap format, 20 leaves, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, side-stapled, and backed in black cloth tape. A remarkable two part essay, followed by a selection of poems, by this key figure in British Bohemia, in which she calls for poetry performance to be remade with..... More
Portland, Ore. Abandoned Bike/Couch Press, 2014. First edition. 8vo, wraps, die-cut and holograph title and authors names to wraps. The 31st installment of the my day series documents expressionist psychogeographer Orton and ecoconceptualist Ashby on twin kayaks moving up the Willamette River, the body of water dividing Portland, Oregon East..... More
Vancouver, BC: Bed, nd [1975]. 4to, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and stapled at upper left hand corner into illustrated card covers. Debut issue of this scarce 1970's little magazine out of Vancouver, B.C., that was edited by poets close to Jack Spicer, and which is very much in..... More
[San Francisco]: Open Space, 1964. First edition. 4to, unpaginated, offset printed from typescript on rectos only, and stapled once at the upper left hand corner iunto an illustrated cover sheet. Two unattributed visual works within. Single issue of this longrunning, fugitive little magazine that was very much a mouthpiece for..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 186c, first noted wrapper state. Very good. More