TO COME TO HAVE BECOME Poems: 1961-66

by Enslin, Theodore

First edition

Price: $50.00
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Book desription: New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press, 1966. Paperback First edition 30 pp. One of 500 copies printed in Japan; stapled wrappers with rice paper covers and printed paper label. This copy inscribed (mostly illegibly) by Enslin to Prof. Gorden Bennet, then Dean of New Hampshire College. Enclosed is a single typed sheet (tls) from Christine LaBelle expressing disappointment over "Ted" (Enslin) not herself having read her poems at a festival. Also, enclosed are two legal size pages, stapled and folded as a self-mailer, with a typed "action poem" (as she refers to it in the letter). Although Enslin's work was clearly experimental, LaBelle's is in the realm of LANGUAGE poetry (and in the example here it is hard to imagine how it could be read aloud). Letters to LaBelle are with his papers at NYU, their relationship otherwise remains unknown to me. The tls with several folds else fine, the typed poem folded, staple marks and 1 inch chip (not affecting type) otherwise very good. The book with a coffee ring on the back cover, otherwise very good.

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