Ellen Nations Ed (3 results)

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. 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.

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.