Ellen Nations (31 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean and unmarked. A little shelfwear, plus a wrinkled cover at the top front corner.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 128 pages. Sebastiano Timpanaro "Freud s 'Roman Phobia" / ' Kevin Bonnett, Simon Bromley, Bob Jessop & Tom Ling "Authoritarian Populism, Two Nations, and Thatcherism" / Morten Ougaard "The Origins of the Second Cold War" / Fred Halliday "The Conjuncture of the Seventies and After: A Reply to Ougaard" / Rodney Hilton "Feudalism in Europe: Problems for Historical Materialists" / Ellen Meiksins Wood "Marxism and the Course of History" / Tessa Morris-Suzuki "Robots and Capitalism" / Patrick Camiller "The Eclipse of Spanish Communism".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 128 pages. Sebastiano Timpanaro Freud s 'Roman Phobia' Kevin Bonnett, Simon Bromley, Bob Jessop & Tom Ling Authoritarian Populism, Two Nations, and Thatcherism Morten Ougaard The Origins of the Second Cold War Fred Halliday The Conjuncture of the Seventies and After: A Reply to Ougaard Rodney Hilton Feudalism in Europe: Problems for Historical Materialists Ellen Meiksins Wood Marxism and the Course of History Tessa Morris-Suzuki Robots and Capitalism Patrick Camiller The Eclipse of Spanish Communism.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Condition is good minus. Staples rusted. Covers have some soiling to edges and slight smudging. Very good internally. ; Limited to 500 copies. Paper covers, stapled along spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Unmarked copy from the collection of riverine botanists Opal Louis and Ellen Nations, who contribute distinctive rhymes. Also writing by other notables. Publisher's flyers laid in. Light outer wear and spotting to top edge. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 16pp, stapled wrappers. Number 76 of 250 stated copies, recently SIGNED by the author and rubber-stamped by him on the inside front cover. Uncirculated copy with minor wear and sunning. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 8vo, 32pp, printed wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED to Opal and Ellen Nations by the author in the year of publication. An uncommon collection of enigmatical parables. Unmarked aside from the inscription, outer spotting and sunning. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, [ii]+76pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 copies. This issue of Opal L. Nations's intense Seventies avant-garde magazine includes English-language writing and French works in translation. Unmarked copy, some staple rust and patches of spotting to edges. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 12mo, 12pp, stapled wrappers. A rare chapbook, INSCRIBED on the dedication page to the workÕs printed dedicatees, Opal and Ellen Nations. One of 300 stated copies, clean and immaculate as its vouchsafed targets. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. Oblong 8vo, 70pp, sewn wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by Nolan on the title page to simpatico poeticists Opal Louis and Ellen Nations. Unmarked otherwise, a nicely preserved copy of a rare hand-finished production. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 46pp, sewn wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by Nolan on the title page to Baudelairean floraphiles Opal Louis and Ellen Nations. Unmarked otherwise, a nicely preserved copy of a rare hand-finished production. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 42pp, sewn wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by Nolan on the title page to indomitable poetic cronies Opal Louis and Ellen Nations. Unmarked otherwise, a nicely preserved copy of a rare hand-finished production. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Good+. 4to, [40]pp, printed wrappers. Playful presentation inscription (with doodle, dated 1972) from Brazilian artist Antonio Claudio Carvalho to Opal and Ellen Nations on first interior page. An interesting association copy of a period totem. Stated second printing, some general wear and spotting. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Top-opening stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (20pp.). Tiny, unobtrusive mark to the upper wrapper, fading around the spine (not affecting the design), one of the staples slightly rusty, but a crisp copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. One of 200 copies. Folio. Stab-stapled. Unpaginated (40pp.). Covers by Glen Baxter (as indicated by a sticker inside the front cover). The Larry Fagin Issue, consisting of work by Fagin and in collaboration with Michael Brownstein, John Clark, Tom Clark, Clark Coolidge, Ron Padgett, Bill Berkson, and Tom Veitch. Very Good, with thin, unobtrusive strip of toning to tail edge.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 4to, 24pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 200 stated copies of this rare issue of Strange Faeces, entirely devoted to a work by Pierre Joris. Uncirculated copy, minor wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 40pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 250 copies. Entire issue devoted to work by Ron Padgett. Uncirculated copy, a bit of staple rust and storage wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Undated, but 1971. Folio. Stab-stapled. Unpaginated (44pp.). Back cover by Joe Brainard. 'Goodies from Anne Waldman', with contributions by her, Larry Fagin, Michael Brownstein, John Giorno, Bill Berkson, Lewis Warsh, Ted Berrigan, Harris Schiff, Bernadette Mayer, Merrill Gilfillan, and Ron Padgett. Top staple (of three) missing, but secure. Otherwise Very Good indeed. Loosely inserted is an autograph note signed from Nations ('Op. Na.'), with his address stamp, to Allen Fisher (although not stated): 'Hummi Grundi truly carniferous, eternally gratefruit'. Fisher's Edible Magazine published Nations' first book, 'Hummi Grundi: Part One' in 1971. Signed by Editor.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG in VG dustwrapper. 4to, ~100pp, printed wrappers with oversize dustwrapper. A great selection of written and graphic work from the early seventies avant-garde. Nicely uncirculated copy from the naughty publishers, some staple rust, the fragile dustwrapper (printed on thin paper) is unusually well preserved. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 42pp, stapled wrappers. Entire issue devoted to work by and from the circle of Anne Waldman (including one work reprinted from 0 to 9 #6). Uncirculated copy, one Waldman page appears to be handwritten, minor edge wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 4to, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Nice copy of this rare issue of Strange Faeces, featuring a roguish coterie of experimentational notables. Uncirculated copy, minor wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 4to, ~64pp, printed wrappers with metal-clasp binding. 1 of 100 stated copies of this rare double number of Strange Faeces, attractively produced in multiple colors with work from a range of experimental writers and artists. Uncirculated copy, irregular binding holes to cover and contents page (does not affect text), minor wear overall. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. Oblong 8vo, 32pp, stapled self-cover. Rare early issue of this important avant-garde UK review, includes a significant amount of work by Opal Louis Nations, as well as contributions from other mimeographed worthies. Unmarked copy, final leaf detached from staples, some general reading wear. Not Signed.

Side-stapled. Front cover by Lisa Crafts and back cover by Ken Brown, with logo by Robert Amos. Contributors include: William Harrold, Alexei Krychenych, Ken Brown, Harrison Fisher, Derek Pell, Dennis Hylnsky, Peter Payack, Lisa Crafts, Adult Strong, Opal Louis Nations, M. Kasper (trans. Ellen Nations), Alain Roussel, Marcel Marien, Louis Scutenaire, Joyce Mansour, Alain Jouffroy, Gisele Prassinos, Paul Nouge, Max Ernst, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, and J.J. Grandville. Very good; covers stained and soiled, especially back cover, but interior clean and crisp.

Card Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Bruce Hutchinson (illustrator). First Edition. 54pp. 85 copies. Absurdist Texts & Documents No.23. Scarce. Minutely handled. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book. An important magazine of experimental poetry, fiction and art, published by Opal and Ellen Nations between 1970-1980 (from London to San Francisco to Vancouver); gathered here is a substantial collection of 13 of its 20 issues (nos. 14 and 19 were not published). With many American poets published, as well as British, featured contributors include: Douglas Blazek, Bob Cobbing, Allen Fisher, Jeff Nuttall, Ted Berrigan, Bernadette Mayer and others. Contents: No.1 A story by Sladek from 1966, published as the first issue of Nations' magazine; the cover collage is by Nations. Loosely inserted are three stapled foolscap sheets (folded once horizontally), apparently as issued - they comprise 5pp. of text, and Nations' website describes this issue as being 25pp.No. 3, London, 1971: 327 x 200 mm, stapled, mimeo, 40 pp. 'The Ron Padgett Issue' - poems by R.P. Cover by Joe Brainard. London, 1971. Mimeo. Limited edition of 250 copies. / No. 4, London, 1971: 330 x 202 mm, stapled, mimeo, 44 pp. Works by: Douglas Blazek, Bob Cobbing, Clark Coolidge, Tom Disch, Allen Fisher, Paul Gogarty, Opal Nations, Jeff Nuttall, John Giorno. Collage cover by Opal Nations. / No. 5, London 1971: 330 x 203 mm, stapled, mimeo, 44 pp. 'Goodies from Anne Waldman'. Cover drawing by Joe Brainard. Works by: Fagin, Brownstein, Giorno, Berkson, Warsh, Berrigan, Schiff, Mayer, Gilfillan, Padgett and Waldman. / No. 6, London, 1971: 330 x 205 mm, stapled, mimeo, 40 pp. 'The Larry Fagin Issue': Poems and collaborations by L.F. with Brownstein, John Clark, Tom Clark, Padgett, Coolidge, Berkson and Veitch. Front & back cover drawings by Glen Baxter. Limited edition of 200 copies. / No. 7, London, 1972: 330 x 202 mm, stapled, mimeo, 44 pp. Cover drawing by Bill Berkson. Works by: Glen Baxter, Allen Fisher, Maureen Owen, Lewis Warsh, Tuli Kupferberg, Andrei Codrescu, Tony Towle, Tom Veitch, Larry Eigner, Keith Abbott and others. / No. 8, 1972, edited by Allen Fisher, 208 x 295 mm, stapled sheets between card printed covers. Works by Jeff Nuttall, Opal L Nations, and others. / No.9, edited by Natons. 280x216mm. Stapled, mimeo, unpaginated. Edition of 200. Works by Aram Saroyan, Robin Crozier, Pierre Joris, Glen Baxter, Maria Gitin et al. / No. 10, San Francisco, 1972: 355 x 215 mm, stapled, mimeo, 113 pp. Edited by Andrei Codrescu; printed and published by him. Front and back covers by Nanos Valaoritis. Works by: Lewis MacAdams, Harold Norse, Tom Veitch, Opal Nations, Nanos Valaoritis, Andrei Codrescu, Claude Pelieu, Ted Berrigan, Gerard Malanga, Alice Notley, Wm. Talcott, Ron Sukenick and others. Interview with Phil Whalen/ No. 10A, September 1972, 290 x 208 mm, mimeo with perfect binding tape, edited by Allen Fisher and Dick Miller. Works by Wolf Vostell, Dieter Rot, Thomas A. Clark, Glen Baxter and others / No. 10B 1973/4. A4 208 x 295 mm, mimeo w/ card covers, perfect binding with tape, 144pp. Edited by Allen Fisher & Dick Miller. Works by Themerson, Mottram, Fisher, Butler, Griffiths, Joris, Nations, Clark, Harwood, Mayor, Cobbing et al. / No. 15, San Francisco, 1974: 291 x 220 mm, stapled, with dust jacket and covers by Opal Nations, offset, 134 pp. Works by: George Bowering, Nanos Valaoritis, Norman Mustill, Opal Nations, Ray Johnson, Irene Dogmatic, Britton Wilkie, Jack Hirschman, Kathy Acker, Tom Veitch, Cecil Hellman, Bernadette Mayer and many others. Also Arthur Craven (in translation). / No. 16, Vancouver, B.C., 1974: 215 x 144 mm (smaller format than the other 'foolscap' issues), "Etrange Faeces". Special French to English translations issue, edited by Tony Montague and Opal Nations. Front & back covers by Erro. Works by: Jarry, Apollinaire, Radiguet, Tzara, Peret, Soupault, Arp, Eluard, Desnos, Cesaire, Michaux, Artaud, Aragon, Jacob, Char, Breton, Prevert, Ponge and others. Limited edition of 500 copies. / No. 17, Vancouver, 1975: 355 x 215 mm, stapled, offset, 61 pp. Special Canadian Issue of experimental fiction and graphics.Works by: Toby MacLennan, Michael Morris, Vincent Trasov (Mr. Peanut), Avron Hoffman, Robert Amos, Glen Lewis, Crad Kilodney, Opal Nations, Barry Chamish, AA Bronson, ASA Harrison, David Young, Victor Coleman and others. Front cover by Eric Metcalfe and Barbara Shapiro. Back cover by Barbara Astman. Limited edition of 500 copies. / No. 18, Vancouver, 1975: 275 x 212 mm, stapled, offset, 82 pp. 'Endangered Faeces' issue. Works by: Francis Ponge (in translation) Bruce Hutchinson, Mike Sowl, Louis Postel, Anna Banana, Maxine Chernoff, Kathy Acker, Keith Abbott, Irene Dogmatic, Nanos Valaoritis, J.M. Bennett, David Rosenberg, Irving Stettner et al. Front & back covers by Gaetano Pompa. Limited edition of 300 copies. / No. 20, Cambridge, MA, 1980: 278 x 210 mm, stapled, offset, 75 pp. Edited by Opal and Ellen Nations. Works by: Derek Pell, William Harrold, Ken Brown, Lisa Crafts, M. Kasper, Harrison Fisher, Dennis Hlynsky, Peter Payack, Opal Nations et al; plus translations from the French of Alain Roussel, Max Ernst, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam et al. Front cover by Lisa Crafts. Back cover by Ken Brown. Together with Strange Faeces Presents 'Blue Suede Shoes #11'. Stapled mimeo. Published by Strange Faeces. Contributors include Opal L Nations, Larry Fagin, Tom Clark, Anselm Hollo, Anne Waldman, et al. Edition of 200.

Side-stapled wrappers with pink back cover. This is the "Ron Padgett Issue" and includes a cover by Joe Brainard. This is from an edition of 250 copies and is signed by Ron Padgett. Very near fine, bright and clean.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1979 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 57 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 57.