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Published by Poetry Center, S.F. State No Date, San Francisco
First Edition
Loose Sheets. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small single sheet of tan paper printed in black. A flyer printed by the Poetry Center at San Francisco State to raise funds for the poet Kenneth Patchen. Not dated. The flyer measures approx. 9" wide x 5 1/2" high. In very good condition. Scarce Patchen ephemera.
Published by Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 1950
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Spring 1950 issue of Cal Berkeley's literary magazine. Edited by Dale Joe. This issue featuring numerous writings on jazz by Brubeck, Kid Ory, Turk Murphy and others plus Patchen, Miller and more. A very good copy in stapled printed wrappers. Decidedly uncommon issue.
Published by Grey Walls, 1946
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine, unclipped edge-darkened dust jacket. There was no comparable US edition of this selection of Patchen's poems. A writer for the New York Times Book Review wrote that in Kenneth Patchen "there is the voice of anger outspoken rage against the forces of hypocrisy and injustice in our world. Patchen sees man as a creature of crime and violence, a fallen angel who is haunted by all the horrors of the natural world, and who still continues to kill his own kind: 'Humanity is a good thing. Perhaps we can arrange the murder of a sizable number of people to save it.'".
Published by Bern Porter, Berkeley, CA, 1946
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. 8 X 8 Inches. 67 PP. First printing in the original (extra) thick boards. Title and author stamping on front cover in red and black as issued. All illustrations intact. A scarce surviving example of one of Patchen's most difficult books. For those fans of Jimmy Buffett out there, Patchen was the insipiration behind his "Death of an Unpopular Poet" on the 1973 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean album.Light toning to endpapers, else a fine copy.