Robert Creeley Nathaniel Tarn Michael (3 results)

Condition: Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. 228 & [1] pages plus ads. 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Near fine. Edited by Bradford Morrow. Co-founding Editor: Kenneth Rexroth. Contributing Editors: Edouard Roditi (Paris); Walter Abish, James Purdy, Guy Davenport, Claude Fredericks, Donald Hall, Nathaniel Tarn (USA).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Cloth issue of no. 1, and softcover issue of no. 2, with signed illustration by Pierre Jorris (23 of 26) and publisher's pictorial subscription form laid in no. 1. Two Octavos (25.5cm); no. 1 has blue cloth-covered boards with paper title label on front cover; no. 2 has white paper wrappers; dustjackets; 311pp; 345pp; colorful and black-and-white illustrations. While not explicitly marked as such, these issues are from the library of contributor and noted anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pencilled marking to table of contents in no. 1. Both issues have light shelf-wear and -soil, with trace foxing to edges of textblock of no. 1, and light scratches to final page of no. 2; overall Very Good. Dustwrappers, both unclipped, with trivial surface wear; overall Very Good+. Contributions by Michael Palmer, Pierre Joris, Anne Waldman, and many more. [89263]. Signed.

Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. 6 volumes. Octavo hardcovers in their original cloth, each volume with different color, pastedowns to the boards the publisher-issued clear acetate jackets. Limited to one of 50 copies of each autograph edition, complete run. Originally published as staplebound pamplets and bound here by the publisher in multi-colored cloth with each author (still living at the time of publication) signing the cover of their respective pamphlet. Publisher's compliments card laid in. Sparrow 61-72 with previous owner's embossed stamp on front free endpaper. Some tears to the acetate jackets but books themselves are near fine. Signed by Author(s).