Yellow Exedras With Images of the Madonna
Lowell, MA: Privately Printed, 2007. First edition. One of 31 numbered copies "Self Published for People I Know or Meet." Fine. More
Lowell, MA: Privately Printed, 2007. First edition. One of 31 numbered copies "Self Published for People I Know or Meet." Fine. More
San Francisco: Poetry Flash, 1984. Tabloid format, 16 pp. incl. covers, offset printed on newsprint. 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..... More
np: nd, 1972. 8 x 10" photograph, silver gelatin print, irregularly trimmed, with illegible rubberstamped number to verso. An AP Press photograph, entitled "ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY, AMS, FEB. 29, WITH BLACK POETESS STORY" which features a photograph of the poet with her son, Thomas. The photographer is uncredited, and we've..... More
Np: c. 1964. 14 x 19 3/4", goauche on board (the thick chipboard backing of a large format sketchbook). Signed at verso, with the additional numeral 64 - likely the date, which would be consistent with the style. A nocturnal California dreamscape painting, one of her most successful that we've..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1923. Approximately 5 x 3 1/2", saddle-stapled in faded blue wraps. Gibbs 488a, first state of the text, in the second noted variant of the wrapper (with imprint on front and variant typeface). A collection of Yiddish poetry edited, and with an introduction by Goldberg. Contents: “The..... More
Placitas, NM: Duende, 1964. First edition. 4to, mimeographed, side-stapled in covers. The first issue of the important western little mag, this issue entirely devoted to the Oregon-born poet Ronald Bayes and his "History of the Turtle Book One" dedicated to Robert Creeley and Gena Ford. The final leaf, printed on..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps (one staple). Gibbs 1715, second noted variation, first wrapper state. This copy has a "Truth Seeker" distributor tag tipped onto title page - indicating this was among the stock sold to the company following the demise of Haldeman-Julius. Wraps heavily toned, as are..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 347b, first noted variation, third wrapper variation. An unusual book in the series, and the only Haldeman-Julius book by Grundy, one of the most obscure writers in the project, for which we can find no biographical information. Near fine with some minor..... More
Np: Momo's Press, nd. First edition. 5 1/4 x 11 1/4" broadside, letterpress on brown card stock. A broadside issued by Momo's Press, and printed by Zephyrus Image. [Johnston p. 236]. Fine. More
Np: Momo's Press, nd. First edition. 5 1/4 x 11 1/4" broadside, letterpress on brown card stock. This example is signed by Hagedorn, and scarce thus. A broadside issued by Momo's Press, and printed by Zephyrus Image. [Johnston p. 236]. Fine. More
San Francisco: Hermes Free Press, nd. 5 3/4 x 11 1/2 broadside, letterpress printed in Linotype Aldus with ornamental rule on recycled paper. A powerful poem by the African American poet. This is the variant on light green paper. Fine. [Johnston p. 182]. More
Toronto: Room 302 Books, 1991. Second edition. One of 96 numbered copies. Second edition of the poem fiist published by Fleye Press as Blue Light Series #3. With rubberstamped signature. Fine. More
Vancouver, BC: Blewointment Press, 1967. First edition. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. Large 4to, side-stapled into illustrated covers backed in white cloth tape. An early book by Harris, later known as David UU, including some concrete poetry. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Gordon Payne. Very good with..... More
London: Night Scene Publications, 1965. First edition. 4to, 40 pp, mimeographed from typescript and side-stapled in illustrated wrappers by Nick Tydnam. With errata sheet laid in. One of 200 copies. Debut issue of one of the best little mags of the decades, which included not only work from the New..... More
[Groningen]: Artistiek Bureau, 2021. First edition. One of an edition of 250 copies. 12mo, 24 pages, printed in two colors, and bound in sewn wraps illustrated by Natalia Simal. Book design by Martien Frijns. New from the publisher. 'When I first came to Amsterdam, it was beautiful but dead. All..... More
Toronto: Spider Plots in Rat-Holes, 1985. 3 1/2 x 4 1/4" booklet, [4] pp, stapled into rubberstamped wraps with an illustrated pastedown to cover. One of a limited edition of 100 copies. Concrete poetry. Fine. More
np: Finger Printing Inkoperated, nd. Single card, folded once to 3 x 4". One of a limited edition of 50 copies, published as Feetprints #3. fibne. More
Venice, CA: The Poet, 1965. Second printing, limited to 1000 copies. 8vo, saddle-stapled in silk-screened wraps. Illustrated with drawings and cartoons. Horner was an early beat poet and self-publisher in the Venice, California Bohemian scene, Very good in wraps with an old price neatly crossed out in red ink on..... More
Cleveland: Mostly Broken Scabs, 1977. First edition. 4to, unpaginated, mimeographed from typescript. With a manila bag tipped in entitled HOT FUCK, containing printed and found broadsides and materials. The title page is printed by mimeograph over a photo-mechanically reproduced photograph. A one shot zine documenting poems read at two reading..... More
Cleveland: Mother/Asphodel, 1966. First edition. Large 4to, unpaginated, printed in green from holograph. Bound in side-stapled covers backed in green tape, with the title and author's name handwritten in green ink to cover. One of 326 copies. A superb collection of channeled poems by the Pittsburgh poet, who remains a...... More
London: Kropotkin's Lighthouse, 1973. 4to, dittoed in various colors entirely from holograph. Side-stapled in wras along top edge, backed with wrapping tape. Second, enlarged edition. One of 200 numbered copies. A collection of poetry, many of them on anarchist themes, published by Kropotkin's Lighthouse, care of Housmans' book shop. A...... More
Gloucester, MA: The Fish, 1988. First edition. 4to, photo-mechanically reproduced on white paper stock and side-stapled. One of a limited edition of 69 hand-numbered copies. The first issue of this late 1980's Gloucester art zine from the Discordian milieu, which describes itself in this first issue as "sort of a...... More
Gloucester, MA: The Fish, 1989. First edition. 4to, xeroxed in black and white and side-stapled. A limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Single issue of this late 1980's Gloucester art zine from the Discordian milieu, which described itself elsewhere as "sort of a Newsletter/Billboard/Soapbox/ Rant Space and/or Creative Outlet for..... More
Ottawa: Candian Small Change Association, 2014. First edition. One of a limited edition of 100 copies. 8vo, [12] pp, saddle-stapled in rubberstamped wraps. Superb zine by jwcurry documenting the avant-garde graffiti of BeRzeRkeR hyPeRgRaPheR. Fine. More
[San Francisco]: Hermes Free Press, 1972. First edition. 8 x 11" broadside on newsprint. Broadside reprinting an article from the Manchester Guardian concerning war crimes by the American military in Vietnam. The title to the broadside is printed in two colors, with the two words intersecting (sharing the "R"). One..... More