Runcible Spoon "Grand Clearance Issue" Two Volumes (SCARCE Bukowski uncollected poems)
by Wagner, D. R. (Editor) Charles Bukowski; Howard McCord; Doug Blazek; T. L. Kryss; Charles Tidler; Grace Butcher; Robert Creeley et al
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Sacramento, California: D. R. Wagner / Runcible Spoon Press , 1970. Two separate issues published 1970. The first -"This is the first volume in the grand clearance issue of RUNCIBLE SPOON. There will be as many as are needed to clear all accepted mss, then ..... I don't know, we'll see." Printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled. 48 mimeographed sheets. Very Good, two small tears to wrappers, pages uniformly browned. Poets include T.L. Kryss, Grace Butcher, Brown Miller, Charles Tidler, Carlos Reyes, and Dave Kelly. The second, published in a stated edition of 200 copies, in pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lacking the rear cover, front cover with silk screen illustration, two internal silk screen illustrations by Grady Jones and Steve Ferguson. With four poems by Charles Bukowski - the first 3 uncollected -"dooby do do do", "shoot the goat through the head and paint the bones green", "the vast area of space nothingness with snakes crawling through me and you and everything", and "the shit shits" (not published until From the Pleasures of the Damned, 2007, in a reworked (unsatisfactorily) version). Other poets in this volume include d. a. levy, Howard McCord, Doug Blazek, D. R. Wagner, Willie, and Robert Creeley, among others. Very Good, lacking the rear cover, final 4 pages loose from staples, top corner crease with tears final 4 pages. 48 mimeographed sheets. A SCARCE Bukowski item. . First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009764
- Title
- Runcible Spoon "Grand Clearance Issue" Two Volumes (SCARCE Bukowski uncollected poems)
- Author
- Wagner, D. R. (Editor) Charles Bukowski; Howard McCord; Doug Blazek; T. L. Kryss; Charles Tidler; Grace Butcher; Robert Creeley et al
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- D. R. Wagner / Runcible Spoon Press
- Place of Publication
- Sacramento, California
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mimeograph Revolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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