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THE GREAT NAROPA POETRY WARS
by Clark, Tom
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good plus
- ISBN 10
- 0932274072
- ISBN 13
- 9780932274076
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Good plus. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 87pp. plus list of National Endowment recipients from Naropa Institute, titled "The Big Pay-Off." Special copy, one of one hundred hardbound copies, this copy states, "Kenneth Rexroth's Copy." It is also SIGNED BY CLARK on the colophon with an additional INSCRIPTION TO REXROTH FROM CLARK on the title-page. Furthermore it is INSCRIBED to Rexroth on the colophon page by publisher Jeffery Miller. Original broadside apology by Kenneth Rexroth laid in as issued. This was a renunciation of Chogyam Trungpa, spiritual head of the Naropa Institute. It describes the lead-up and fallout of an incident in which the poet W. S. Merwin and his girlfriend were attacked and forcibly stripped during a religious ceremony. Includes Appendix "with a copious collection of germane documents assembled by the author." Cover is browned a bit and lightly soiled. Spine label is faded. The inserted broadside has some orange staining (moisture) to the bottom edge. Boards a little bowed, a few pages wavy on one corner. Lacking acetate dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51117
- Title
- THE GREAT NAROPA POETRY WARS
- Author
- Clark, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0932274072
- ISBN 13
- 9780932274076
- Publisher
- Cadmus Editions
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Association Copy, Kenneth Rexroth
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
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Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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- Inscribed
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Colophon
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- First Edition
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- Spine Label
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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