mimeo revolution
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.....
BEATITUDE #8 (August 15, 1959)
San Francisco: Bread and Wine Mission, 1959. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled pictorial wraps. Mimeographed rectos only. Very good. Minor wear. Terminal leaf loose from top staple. Else sound and clean. [23]pp. plus cover. The brainchild of Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, and John Kelly, BEATITUDE was originally conceived as a......
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.
CRIME OF THE CENTURY
Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, (1982). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled self wraps. Very good. Significant toning inside and out. One small nick to front at top edge; mild corner wear. Else clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Unpaginated. One of 300 copies. A "white paper" by Bennett. Cover subtitle reads: "An.....
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.....
VAGABOND #29
Ellensburg, WA: John Bennett, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled illustrated wraps. Some faint foxing and trivial edgewear to wraps. Very good plus. 68pp. Issue of this poetry magazine founded by John Bennett in 1966. Features work by D.E. Steward, Robert Matte, George Chambers, Lisa Warren, Kent Taylor, and several.....
VAGABOND #28
Ellensburg, WA: John Bennett, 1978. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled illustrated wraps. Very good plus. Mild curling to wraps; touches of surface denting. Interior clean, unmarred. 71pp. Issue of this poetry magazine founded by John Bennett in 1966. Features work by Bukowski ("Fat Head Poem"), Naomi Shihab, Al Masarik, Steve.....
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.....
C: A Journal of Poetry Vol. 2 No. 11
New York: C Journal, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Tall 4to. Side-stapled in original illustrated card wraps that are shorter than the rest of the issue (as in all copies). Good only. Library stamp and writing to front cover. Edgewear and chipping. Rear leaf detatched. Toning overall. Worn but complete. Berrigan's.....
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.....