Projective Verse by Olson, Charles - 1959

New York: Totem Press, 1959. staple-bound soft cover, as issued. lacks errata slip., minor exterior margin toning. no other flaws or wear. no markings. no bumps, tears, creases.; cover art by matsumi kanomitsu., 14pp., red, black and white to cover and title page. contains olson's essay on verse and a letter he sent to e.b. feinstein.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Totem Press, 1959. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition of one of the most impactful poetic manifestos of the 20th century, which elucidated Olson's theory of "composition by field," an open poetic structure based not on meter but on "certain laws and possibilities of the breath." NY: Totem Press, 1959. First edition, with errata slip tipped onto title page verso. Saddle-stapled in red-and-black-printed wraps, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. 14pp. Cover design by Matsumi Kanemitsu. Very good, with moderate soiling and toning to wraps. Former owner has penciled in margin corrections to the four errors corrected on errata slip. Laid in is a disbound copy of the same essay from the Donald Allen anthology, The New American Poetry 1945-1960.

(New York: Totem Press, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 14, [2]pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers with cover drawing by Matsumi Kanemitsu. Covers are lightly tanned and soiled, else a very good copy. Lacks errata slip.

New York: Totem Press, 1959. Softcover. Near Fine. First separate edition of this essay. Cover by Matsumi Kanemitsu. Stapled wrappers. Modest age-toning and a few spots on the spine, about near fine.

New York: Totem Press. Near Fine. 1959. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Some toning to covers. Lacking the errata slip. ; A beautiful copy. Cover design by Matsumi Kanemitsu. Butterick A13. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

(New York: Totem Press, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 14, [2]pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers with cover drawing by Matsumi Kanemitsu. Publisher's printed errata slip laid into the book. Owner's neat ink name on first leaf of text in upper margin, a very good copy with white covers moderately tanned.

Brooklyn: Totem Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, pp. 14; original pictorial wrappers; some soiling, else very good. Cover art by Matsumi Kanemitsu. From the library of Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York, with his ownership notation on the back cover: "Israel G. Young, 5-7-65, from 8th St. Book Shop." Also, with a note in Izzy's hand on p. 3: "My notes on this essay are on p. 29 of my second notebook on poetry."

[New York]: Totem Press, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. FIrst edition. Cover drawing by Matsumi Kanemitsu. Very good with with light age-toning to the wrappers.

New York: Totem Press, 1959. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. 14 pp statement of poetics by Olson. Erratum slip laid in. A bright fine copy in stiff stapled wrappers with cover art by Matsumi Kanemitsu. Beautifully printed and designed by LeRoi Jones at his Totem Press.

New York: Totem Press, 1959. Softcover. Fine. First separate edition of this essay. Cover by Matsumi Kanemitsu. Stapled wrappers. Modest age-toning to the wrappers, else fine.