Bill Bisset (6 results)

Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. Square 8vo. Illustrated. Discolouration to extremities, scuff to front cover; very good-. Text in French.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fresh, fine copy -- illus. (stapled) wraps in protective mylar envelope (17.5 x 21 cm. 80 pp.).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to 11" - 13" tall ; 128 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Comic Book. Standard Size and Format. First Printing. Black/white illustrated covers on non-glossy card stock with black/white interior art. Without cover price. Without page numbers. AS NEW. All corners pointed. Binding tight, without stress creases and square. No tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very bright and clean. All items carefully packaged and sent boxed. Photo available upon request.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Bill Bisset (b. 1939) is a Canadian poet, artist, and musician.  He is particularly well known for his unconventional style, including the use of nonstandard orthography and images in his printed poetry, as well as accompanying sound effects in live performances of his poetry.  He has published over sixty books of poetry. This is a collection of his works called Fascist Court published by blew ointment press, founded by Bisset in 1964.  This issue was limited to 500 copies of which this is number 363. This copy is in fair condition.  The brown paper binding on the spine has been torn in places and there is some significant loss, and there is some staining to the front cover.  Otherwise the binding is solid.  There are a some pieces of paper that appear to be part of the original work, but that were not bound but just tucked in.   In addition there is a typewritten letter headed Department of English from J. Reaney, likely James Crerar Reaney, who completed a PhD in English under Northrop Frye at the University of Toronto, and who taught at the Universities of Manitoba and Western, as well as himself being a poet, playwright, and author.  The letter is dated January 19, 1971 and is advising other teachers in the department of a reading by Canadian poet Margaret Avison.…

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. One of 200 copies. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps with original watercolor, unsigned but likely by Levy. Near Fine with light edge wear and toning. A rare issue from Renegade Press dedicated to Levy's friend, poet RJS. States "All rights return to authors 30 seconds after publication."Includes one of Levy's better-known concrete poems "Visualized Prayer for the American God #6" which consists of dollar signs arranged in a swastika with the words "SOUL-BROTHER" in the middle. Taylor & Horvath P-127.…