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MONDAY SPRING 1975
New York: Monday, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo. Wraps Dampstained along spine with touches of shelfwear. Interior bright. Good. Printed at the Poetry Project. Mimeo mag featuring work from Michael Sappol, Yuki Hartman, Larry Hayes, John Neely and others.
SINKING BEAR
Portland, Ore. & NY: Division Leap & Boo-Hooray, 2013. First edition thus. Wraps. Folio, 162 pp., printed entirely by risograph on various colors of paper stock by Keegan Cooke at the Circadian Press and bound in silkscreened wraps. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. With essays by Adam.....
VORT #6: Fall 1974
Silver Spring, MD: Vort, (1974). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Perfect bound in original wraps. Toned at spine and long edges. Interior bright and clean. Very good. 160pp. DC area poetry mag, this issue featuring Gilbert Sorrentino and Donald Phelps along with work from Eric Mottram, Fielding Dawson and others.
CLEOPATRA I-IV
(New York): (Adventures in Poetry), (1971). First Edition. 4to. Manila envelope with printed text, housing [89] loose leaves printed rectos only. Good to very good. Envelope torn at edges. First leaf shows scuffing from envelope's clasp; diagonal crease to last leaf. Toning to edges of all leaves. Scarce book of.....
BEATITUDE #17 (Oct-Nov 1960)
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1960. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled photographic cover wraps. Offset duplicated rectos only. Very good plus. Minor wear. Else sound and clean. [22]pp. plus cover. The brainchild of Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, and John Kelly, BEATITUDE was originally conceived as a weekly newsletter for the.....
LOOKING AT THE SUN
Cherry Valley, NY: Telephone Books, (1974). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled in card wraps. Mild toning to wraps with faint dampstain around spine. Interior bright and clean. Very good. Verse collection by Beck, from Maureen Owen's Telephone imprint.
HIJACK!
Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, (1982). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled self wraps. Very good. Significant toning inside and out. Else clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Promo materials from Vagabond Press laid in. 47pp. One of 300 copies. A "white paper" by Bennett discussing a "two-week whirlwind bookselling tour thru Washington.....
IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS
Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, (1982). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled self wraps. Very good. Significant toning inside and out. Trace soiling, mild corner crease to rear. Interior clean, unmarked. Binding sound. 38pp. One of 300 copies. A "white paper" by Bennett collecting essays on various topics. Cover subtitle reads "Eleven.....
THE SONNETS
[New York]: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First edition. Wraps. Side-stapled 4to. mimeo. Cover by Joe Brainard; offset duplicated. Very good with the usual toning, mild edgewear. Some scuffing to covers. Soil here and there. Final leaf loose at two staples, but holding. Lacking rear cover and terminal blank (as.....
THE SONNETS
[New York]: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First edition. Wraps. Side-stapled 4to. Cover by Joe Brainard, offset duplicated; remainder mimeographed. Very good with the usual toning, mild edgewear. Faint penned notation to top edge of front cover. Final leaf (colophon) loose. Lacking rear cover and terminal blank (as in many.....
“C”: A Journal of Poetry - Vol. 2, No. 13 (May 1966)
New York: Ted Berrigan, 1966. First Edition. Wraps. Tall 4to. stapled wraps. Toning to edges, with a few faint smudges to covers. Small scuff mark to top edge; corners worn. Last few leaves detached from top staple, still securely fastened by remaining staples. Very good minus overall. Cover by Joe.....
LIVING WITH CHRIS
New York: Boke Press, nd. First edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo wraps. Very good or better with minimal shelfwear and faint soil here and there. Else bright and sound. Unpaginated. Scarce collaboration, with Brainard illustrating Berrigan's poem about babysitting fellow poet Dick Gallup's daughter. An early title for all participants.....
ENTRANCE TO THE CITY
New York: Buffalo Press, (1978). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled in stiff card jacket. Very good. Touches of toning, edgewear. Interior mildly toned, but clean. Short collection of verse.
MIMEO MIMEO No. 7: The Lewis Warsh Issue - Fall 2012
(Victoria, TX): (Cuneiform Press), 2012. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Very near fine. Hints of surface soil to wraps. Interior bright, crisp, clean, and sharp. Binding tight. 202pp. Magazine on mimeo culture close to our hearts. This issue focuses on Lewis Warsh, co-publisher with Anne Waldman of ANGEL.....
(TH) GOSSAMER BED PAN
[Vancouver]: Blewointment Press, [1967]. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps covered in tape to spine. About fine. Very sharp and clean. Pages of various shapes and sizes bound in, and a found magazine page. Unpaginated. Quintessential bissett, featuring a wide variety of concrete poetry and collages. No date information provided.....
OLE: The Original Consciousness-Expansion Magazine - No. 3 - November 1965
Bensenville, IL: [Douglas Blazek], 1965. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Near fine with a bit of handling wear to wraps, and a bump to one corner. Sharp, clean throughout. Printed mimeo on variously colored pages. Unpaginated. Second issue of this magazine edited by Blazek. With a poem by Charles.....
OLE: A Magazine for All Those Unacknowledged Legislators of the World, Especially Those Who Are Really Unacknowledged - No. 2 - March 1965
Bensenville, IL: [Douglas Blazek], 1965. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Very near fine with a bit of light handling wear to rear cover. Sharp, crisp, and clean throughout. Printed mimeo on variously colored pages. Unpaginated. Second issue of this magazine edited by Blazek. With contributions from d.a. levy, Charles.....
THE BABY BOOK
[New York]: [Boke Press], [1965]. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Tape-bound side-stapled mimeo wraps. Near fine. Some rust stains and faint toning to wraps. Else clean, sharp and tight. First of many published Brainard/Elmslie collaborations. One of 500 copies. This one of 450 unnumbered copies.
SUFFERIN' SUCCOTASH / KISS MY ASS!
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo wraps. Very good plus or better. Faint toning to edges, touches shelfwear. Else clean and sound. Two comics-style Brainard collaborations, printed tete-beche. One of 274 unnumbered copies. Scarce.
MOUSE WORKS
(New York): (Siamese Banana Press), (1971). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled self wraps. About very good. Light touches of staple rust to wraps. Interior bright and clean. Good and sound. Unpaginated. Cover and illustrations by Martha Diamond. A slim collection of mouse- and rat-themed poems by Brown. From Johnny Stanton's.....
ROOSEVELT AFTER INAUGURATION
New York: Fuck You Press, 1964. First edition thus. Wraps. First edition thus. 12mo. Near fine in mimeo wraps. Uncommon Burroughs item from Ed Sanders' legendary mimeo press. Restores censored material from the first edition published by City Lights. A notourious work, one that led to an obscenity charge when.....
ROCKY LEDGE No. 5 - July/August 1980
Boulder, CO: Rocky Ledge, 1980. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated side-stapled card wraps. Very good plus to near fine. Mild touches of staple rust to wraps. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 60pp. Issue of Bye and Waldman's mimeo mag. This issue featuring contributions from Ted Berrigan, Allen.....
SAID A MEANT
Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press, 1967. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled tan cardstock wraps. Very slight edgewear; pages toned. Edition of 1000. Near fine. [20]pp. Eleventh in the Artists' Workshop Press series of Workshop Books. Caplan's poems, with a front cover illustration by Sherry Higgins and cover lettering by Gary Grimshaw.....
FITS OF DAWN
[New York]: C Press, 1965. First edition. Wraps. Original 4to. side-stapled pictorial wraps. Cover offset duplicated, remainder mimeographed. Wrappers toned, discolor at edges. Rear cover with vertical creasing. Title page worn with loss. [72] leaves mimeographed rectos only, plus covers (rear blank). Good only. Ceravolo's first book and one of.....
THE RODENT WHO CAME TO DINNER
np: Am Here Books/Immediate Editions, (1981). First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Side stapled card wraps. Mimeo printed recto only. SIGNED and hand-painted by Clark (first signed in pen to title page, then painted at title with small illustration and text – "Painted Farewell Edition / for Chuck Johnson / Best.....