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San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine (though lacking binding thread). 12mo, 16pp, formerly sewn wrappers. The rare original letterpress printing of this poetic work. No markings, light outer soil, nice copy just lacking the thread.
The Desert Review (Spring 1965) - mailed to Gerard Malanga at the original Andy Warhol Factory location by Abbott, Ward, and Bryant Cashion (eds.), Gerard Malanga (association copy, addressed and mailed to him care of Andy Warhol), Lucile Adler, Winfield Townley Scott, Masca - 1965
by Abbott, Ward, and Bryant Cashion (eds.), Gerard Malanga (association copy, addressed and mailed to him care of Andy Warhol), Lucile Adler, Winfield Townley Scott, Masca
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The Desert Review (Spring 1965) - mailed to Gerard Malanga at the original Andy Warhol Factory location
by Abbott, Ward, and Bryant Cashion (eds.), Gerard Malanga (association copy, addressed and mailed to him care of Andy Warhol), Lucile Adler, Winfield Townley Scott, Masca
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Albuquerque, NM: The Desert Review Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 14pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. This copy addressed to Gerard Malanga at Andy Warhol's original Factory in 1965. Rare issue of this mimeo poetry magazine from Sixties Albuquerque, entirely devoted to work by Lucille Adler. Unmarked copy (except for mailing address), light wear to extremities (back cover has small edge tear), general toning of mimeo stock.
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Dreams of Straw (original 1963 letterpress edition)
by Powell, Roxie (ed. by Charles Plymell; printed by Dave Haselwood and Charles Plymell)
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Lives of the Poets
by Abbott, Steve
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San Francisco: Black Star Series, 1987. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 600 stated copies of the first edition of this classic text by noted Bay Area experimentalist Steve Abbott. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.
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Ellipse 17 (1975) - Concrete Poetry / La Poesie Pop issue
by Giguere, Richard, and Larry Shouldice (eds.), b p nichol, David UU, Margaret Avison, Bill Bissett, Earle Birney, Stephen Scobie, David Aylward, Raoul Duguay, et al
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Sherbrooke, Quebec: Ellipse, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. This scarce book-length issue contains concrete and pop poetry (generally with facing page translations) by a range of important contributors. Unmarked copy, cover has a bit of rubbing.
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Trobar 5 (1964)
by Economou, George, Joan Kelly, and Robert Kelly (eds.), LeRoi Jones, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, John Wieners, Jerome Rothenberg, Margaret Randall, Jackson MacLow, Paul Blackburn, Rochelle Owens, Armand Schwerner, et al
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New York: Trobar, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Final issue of this important little magazine, including work by LeRoi Jones, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of sunning and wear to wrappers.
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Orpheus, How Queer
by Geffen, Malka (on Joe Brainard)
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n.p.: n.p, n.d. (ca. 2001). 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Square 12mo, 10 leaves (printed one-side), stapled wrappers. Rare (no copies in WorldCat) and seemingly self-published suite of poems dedicated to and inspired by (and concerning) Joe Brainard, presumably from around the time of the Brainard retrospective at BAMPFA. Unmarked copy, just about as new.
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Dreams of Straw (original 1963 letterpress edition)
by Powell, Roxie (ed. by Charles Plymell; printed by Dave Haselwood and Charles Plymell)
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San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine (though lacking binding thread). 12mo, 16pp, formerly sewn wrappers. The rare original letterpress printing of this poetic work. No markings, light outer soil, nice copy just lacking the thread.
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Lives of the Poets
by Abbott, Steve
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San Francisco: Black Star Series, 1987. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 600 stated copies of the first edition of this classic text by noted Bay Area experimentalist Steve Abbott. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.
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Ellipse 17 (1975) - Concrete Poetry / La Poesie Pop issue
by Giguere, Richard, and Larry Shouldice (eds.), b p nichol, David UU, Margaret Avison, Bill Bissett, Earle Birney, Stephen Scobie, David Aylward, Raoul Duguay, et al
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Sherbrooke, Quebec: Ellipse, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. This scarce book-length issue contains concrete and pop poetry (generally with facing page translations) by a range of important contributors. Unmarked copy, cover has a bit of rubbing.
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Trobar 5 (1964)
by Economou, George, Joan Kelly, and Robert Kelly (eds.), LeRoi Jones, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, John Wieners, Jerome Rothenberg, Margaret Randall, Jackson MacLow, Paul Blackburn, Rochelle Owens, Armand Schwerner, et al
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New York: Trobar, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Final issue of this important little magazine, including work by LeRoi Jones, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of sunning and wear to wrappers.
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Orpheus, How Queer
by Geffen, Malka (on Joe Brainard)
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n.p.: n.p, n.d. (ca. 2001). 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Square 12mo, 10 leaves (printed one-side), stapled wrappers. Rare (no copies in WorldCat) and seemingly self-published suite of poems dedicated to and inspired by (and concerning) Joe Brainard, presumably from around the time of the Brainard retrospective at BAMPFA. Unmarked copy, just about as new.
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The Desert Review (Spring 1965) - mailed to Clark Coolidge
by Abbott, Ward, and Bryant Cashion (eds.), Clark Coolidge (association copy), Lucile Adler, Winfield Townley Scott, Masca (cover)
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Albuquerque, NM: The Desert Review Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 14pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. This copy addressed and mailed to Clark Coolidge in Joglars-era Providence at the time of publication. Rare issue of this mimeo poetry magazine from Sixties Albuquerque, entirely devoted to work by Lucille Adler. Unmarked copy (except for mailing address), light edgewear), vertical mailing fold, general toning of mimeo stock.
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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