Mandel Tom Ron Silliman (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. Folded 4to, 10pp, stapled self-cover. Fourth issue of this rare poetry little magazine, entirely devoted to writing by Geoff Young. This copy addressed to poet Ron Silliman with period postmark. Unmarked copy with two creases to one corner of address leaf and light outer soil. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. Folded 4to, 10pp, stapled self-cover. Third issue of this rare poetry little magazine, entirely devoted to writings by Ron Silliman. This copy addressed to poet Gloria Frym with a 1977 postmark. Unmarked copy, toning to back cover and some staple rust. Not Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First printing, four volume set of small trade paperbacks in jackets, each was limited to 1000 copies, and the books all have a mild lean to their binding, as well as a touch of shelf wear to their spine ends, edges and corners. Additionally, Parts 2-4 have some light soiling to their exterior, with a few instances of staining to their pages, and overall, this is a solid, tight, Good+ set in Good dust jackets, which have sunning to their spine, a bit of uneven toning/offsetting to their covers, wear with some creasing to their spine ends, edges and corners, and rubbing with smudging and areas of soiling to their covers. There is also a short tear to the tail of the rear hinge of the jacket for Part 4. Additional images available by request. ISBNs - 9780979019807 (Pt. 1, 2006, 80 pp.); 9780979019814 (Pt. 2, 2007, 96 pp.); 9780979019821 (Pt. 3, 2007, 128 pp.); 9780979019838 (Pt. 4, 2007, 160 pp.).

Condition: Very good. First Edition. Two short selections from a work in progress by Silliman titled 2197, published in fellow Language poet Mandel's series Miam, which ran for six issues between 1977 and 1978 [Clay and Phillips, 285]. Staplebound. Five legal sheets, stapled at corner, folded for mailing with titles and postage printed on exterior sheet. Very good with some edgewear and toning. Interior clean and bright. With ALS from Mandel.

Card Covers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition of this experiment in collective autobiography, complete in ten volumes. Crown 8vo (173 x 104mm): 79,[1]; 90,[6]; 127,[1]; 159,[1]; 143,[1]; 159,[1]; 207,[1]; 207,[1]; 223,[1]; 271,[1]pp. Publisher's white stiff card covers, original wrappers with French flaps, printed in various colors and priced $12.95. Part 1 signed to half-title page by Ron Silliman, one of ten poets who collaborated on the project: "For Richard / Back in the / Day," with printout of e-mail correspondence between Silliman and the recipient, California poet Richard Krech, and Bagazine postcard addressed to Krech in Albany, California. Part 2 signed to Krech by Lyn Hejinian on title page. Very Fine (pristine and unread), in custom cloth-covered slip case by Fitterer. The Grand Piano (the title derives from a legendary San Francisco coffeehouse where the project's authors programmed, coordinated, and participated in a reading and performance series from 1976 to 1979) was written over a decade of close collaboration among ten poets from what became known as the Language School. Each volume features essays by all ten writers, often responding to prompts and problems arising from one another's essays in the series. "Centered on the rise of Language poetry in San Francisco in the second half of the 1970s, the project explores a wide range of issues in poetics and the lives of poets then and now. . . . The Grand Piano's authors worked together via a listserv whose archive contains tens of thousands of e-mails that document the depth and intensity of collective effort this project entailed." (thegrandpiano online) Silliman's poetry newsletter, Tottel's (197081), contributed to the development of ideas in language poetry. According to Wikipedia: "Gertrude Stein, particularly in her writing after Tender Buttons, and Louis Zukofsky, in his book-length poem A, are the modernist poets who most influenced the Language school. In the postwar period, John Cage, Jackson Mac Low, and poets of the New York School (John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan) and Black Mountain School (Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, and Robert Duncan) are most recognizable as precursors to the Language poets. . . . The language poets also drew on the philosophical works of Ludwig Wittgenstein, especially the concepts of language-games, meaning as use, and family resemblance among different uses, as the solution to the Problem of universals. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).