THE HELLS GOING ON
by Baer, Tom; Anthony Weir (ill.)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland: Dissident Editions, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Anthony Weir. [32] pp., including two full-page illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Minor abrasion in verso of front wrapper, else fine.
Anthony Weir's 28-part poem, "Millennium Maggot," published "in honour of U.G. Krishnamurti / in memory of Vasko Popa (1922-1991) / and the canids of Kosova," with an epigram by Walter Benjamin, appears on versos. Individual poems by Tom Baer, including the title poem concerning his astonishment at the romantic attentions of "a madwoman" and two poems on the Glory Storefront Tabernacle in Edgewater, Florida, face Weir's work on rectos. Illustrated with two photographic illustrations by Weir.
Anthony Weir's 28-part poem, "Millennium Maggot," published "in honour of U.G. Krishnamurti / in memory of Vasko Popa (1922-1991) / and the canids of Kosova," with an epigram by Walter Benjamin, appears on versos. Individual poems by Tom Baer, including the title poem concerning his astonishment at the romantic attentions of "a madwoman" and two poems on the Glory Storefront Tabernacle in Edgewater, Florida, face Weir's work on rectos. Illustrated with two photographic illustrations by Weir.
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 260
- Title
- THE HELLS GOING ON
- Author
- Baer, Tom; Anthony Weir (ill.)
- Illustrator
- Anthony Weir
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dissident Editions
- Place of Publication
- Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, British literature, poetry, ephemera, pamphlet, illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...