Moordrecht: ‘uitgave bobvandenberg’, 1964. Subtitle varies. 4to, each issue mimeographed on rectos only and stab-stapled into rubberstamped covers, with additional rubberstamping of the title to title page and various internal pages. The first four issues, on an unknown number published, of this beautifully designed and lively little magazine devoted to..... More
New York: New Directions, 1959. First edition. 8vo, 246 pp, bound in blue cloth. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Donn Devita. Association copy, inscribed by Rexroth at the first blank in the year of publication to Charles Richards: "Happy Birthday Dear Charles. Kenneth Oct '59." A good association - Charles..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1940. First edition. 8vo, 83 pp, bound in blue cloth titled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. With mimeographed errata slip taped down onto verso of last leaf. Association copy, inscribed boldly by Rexroth at the first blank to Charles and Janet Richards. The poet's first book, an..... More
Gillingham, Kent: Arc, 1971. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled into french fold wraps. One of a limited edition of 250 copies. This copy is Inscribed by Riley at the first blank; "Fred - for you. Peter." From the estate of the poet Gerrit Lansing. Very good with toning to wraps. More
San Francisco: Free Print Shop, 1981. First edition. 16mo, 32 pp, printed wraps. First edition of this acerbic prose polemic on poetry, publishing and careerism in late capitalism, with particular reference to many of the poets of the Beat Generation. "Poets in America and other overdeveloped countries generally start off..... More
New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1961. First edition. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. The second issue of the defining vessel of the Deep Image poets. This issue features work by Guillaume Apollinaire, Takis Sinopoulos, Robert Creeley, Gunter Grass, Pablo Neruda, David Antin, Vicente Huidobro, Beatrice Baron, and Gary Snyder. Near fine with..... More
New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1961. First edition. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. The third issue of the defining vessel of the Deep Image poets. This issue features work by Robert Kelly, T'ang translations by Gary Snyder, translations of Arabic, Indian, and Nahuatl poetry by Rothenberg, John Wieners, Paul Blackburn, and Philip..... More
New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1962. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. The tfourth issue of the defining periodical of the Deep Image poets. This issue features work by André Breton, here translated by David Antin, Milton Resnick, Michael Benedikt, Jerome Rothenberg, Paul Blackburn, Robert Kelly, David Ignatow, Lorca, George Economou..... More
North Bennington: White Creek Press, 1979. First edition. 12mo, single sheet folded into fourths. One a limited edition of 300 copies printing the single poem of the same name, prepared for the poet's October 25, 1975 reading at Bennington College. OCLC locates only four holdings. Fine. More
Pretoria, South Africa: Ophir Press, 1968. First edition. Narrow 8vo, [8] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. An early chapbook by the South African poet, and a scarce title from the Ophir Press. Very good with some strips of fading to covers. More
Baltimore: Pod Books, 1977. First edition. 12mo, unpaginated, saddle-stitched in illustrated oblong wraps illustrated by a drawing by Nancy Ackerman. One of 500 copies. Fugitive chapbook published by Kirby and Rosemary Malone under the Pod Books imprint, scarcer than the limitation would suggest. Very good with toning and a touch..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1962. First edition. 4to, 56 pp, wraps. Illustrated in black and white. Designed by Anna Lovell. Introduction by Jasia Reichardt. Very good, with some moderate toning to wraps and some minor spotting to front cover. More
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np: nd [c. 1979-82]. 11 x 17" poster, offset printed. A touring poster, with show information written in red marker: "Imported" and "From: New Zealand" Sunday 10/14. Artwork credited to Linton. A promotional poster for the New Zealand avant-garde punk project, best known for providing music for experimental poetry theatre..... More
Waldport, Oregon: The Illiterati, 1945. First edition. Small 4to. Offset printed in several colors and saddle-stapled wraps. The fourth installment of The Illiterati, one of the greatest little magazines of the twentieth century, published from the conscientous objector's camp at Waldport, Oregon. The magazine would have an incalculable and still..... More
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1969. First edition. 8vo, [20] pp, saddle-stapled wraps printed with a two color linocut by Graham Mackintosh. Title page printed in red and silver, with author's name blind-embossed in 24 pt. Bulmer. First edition, first issue, one of 1800 copies printed. A posthumous collection, printed..... More
San Francisco: Arif Press, 1971. First edition. Square 12mo, letterpress printed and saddle-stitched in wraps. First edition, trade issue, one of 500 copies (there were also 25 hand-colored copies). An early, and beautiful book from Wesley Tanner's Arif Press. Near fine with some minor toning to wraps. More
Gran Canaria: Zasterle Press, 1994. First edition. 12mo, 62 pp, wraps. One of 300 numbered copies. The third chapter of Spicer's eccentric and beautiful detective story set on the aftermath of the Berkeley Renaissance, and the first portion of the story to appear in book form, the first two chapters..... More
New York: Granary Books, 1999. One of a limited edition of 150 copies, of which 100 were offered for sale. 8vo, 20 pp, bound in blind-stamped boards. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated with 7 color reproductions of Fran Herndon's superb and overlooked sports collages. Designed and printed letterpress by..... More
Fayetteville, AS: Lost Roads Press, 1979. 8vo, 59 pp, bound in lavender wraps silkscreened in silver ink. A second, limited edition of Stanford's first published book, originally published by Mill Mountain Press in 1971. .There are two different versions of this posthumuous edition of the book - this is the..... More
London: Writers Forum, 1970. First edition. 4to, mimeographed on rectos only and stab-stapled into illustrated card covers. Published as Writers Forum Quarto Series No. 10. With illustrations throughout, and a cover by Brian McCollum. A light reading crease along staples, else fine. More
San Francisco: Poetry Flash, 1982. 4to, 12 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Single issue of the longrunning periodical devoted not only to information about the west coast poetry scenes, but also lots of opiniated coverage of readings, critical articles, photographs and even poems- a whole strata of information that is not published..... More
Cornwall: 1968. First edition. 8vo, mimeographed from typescript, saddle-stapled wraps. With a holograph letter from the editor laid in discussing the difficulties of distribution and aims of the magazine laid in. Second issue of three eventually published. With contributions from W. S. Graham, Patrick Henry, Peter Redgrove, Tony Netherwood, David..... More
Np: Zephyrus Image, 1978. First edition. 7 x 11", four unbound leaves. Linotype in black on cream card stock. This copy missing the clear laminated plastic sleeve, as usual. Fine. This last book from the press is a spoof on fine printing. The title refers to the first English language..... More
Amsterdam: Gaberbocchus Press / De Harmonie, 1998. 8vo, 172 pp, printed wraps. illustrated with drawings by Franciszka Themerson. A reprint of the work first published earlier that year. Remnants of an old price sticker to back panel, else fine. More
London: Hachette, 1944. First edition. 8vo, 35 pp, printed wraps. Text in French. Illustrated by his collaborator Franciszka Themerson. One of 40 copies issued Hors Commerce and rubberstamped "HC" on the copyright page, out of a stated total edition of 500. A beautiful long poem by Themerson, dedicated to his..... More