Out Loud by Mitchell Adrian (36 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, also creasing to corners and some rubbing to sides of spine, but otherwise a not too bad copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. Originally published in 1968, this is a later edition from 1976, printed with annotations in the author's handwriting. Pages not numbered but about 76pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (covers lightly marked - otherwise VG). Unpaginated (previous owner's neat gift inscription on front endpaper).

Wraps. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. First Edition Thus. Unpaginated (approx. 40pp.); Annotated in the margins etc by author in printed version; Covers worn and stained with wear to edges and head and tail of spine; Top piece of ff.e.p. removed with scissors; A good reading copy; Size: 8vo. Book.

1st edn. no pagination; 245 x 165mm; prited wrappers; (with PICTURE) 0.0.

106pp. orig. wrappers, front cover with cut out bubbles, slight discolouration, crease on front cover,

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Jonathan Cape & Publishing Cooperative, 1971 & 1976. Reprints. Paperbacks. Each 21.5 × 14cm, 61pp & unpaginated. Two early books of poetry from Adrian Mitchell. Poems (Cape) was first published in 1964, and Out Loud (Publishing Cooperative) first appeared in 1968, and this is the first annotated version of 1976, with Mitchell's (printed) handwritten annotations are added. Condition: Both books are reading copies with light wear to the covers and some tanning to the page edges but both in good readable condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Printed wrappers. Covers rubbed. A little soiled to tail-edge of text block. First annotated edition. Unpaginated. *** "Out Loud first appeared at the start of 1968, that great year.The collection carries the smell of that year. May its reappearance in 1976 coincide with another, stronger, more clear-eyed 1968 in which the people take all that is theirs and throw away their chains." *** Third publication by the later 'shadow poet laureate' Adrian Mitchell (24 October 1932 - 20 December 2008). Dubbed the British Mayakovsky by Kenneth Tynan, Mitchell sits in a long line of activist poets. In a National Poetry Day poll in 2005 his poem "Human Beings" was voted the one most people would like to see launched into space.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good copy. No inscriptions. Some foxing to cover and wear to spine but binding still secure. Design of cover has two cut out bubbles with cellophane over, bright paper behind reading the authors name and the title.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp [78]. Large format paperback. Signed by the author on the title page including the doodle of an elephant. ISBN: 090461333X Slight creasing otherwise very good indeed. Signedes.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition; paperback original. (Following a limited edition hardback, published a year earlier.) Soft covers. Unpaginated. SIGNED by the autho; with his usual elephant drawing and the text "October in Glossop" [town in Derbyshire]. Toning and creasing to covers; slight foxing to edges. *** Third publication by the later 'shadow poet laureate' Adrian Mitchell (24 October 1932 - 20 December 2008). Dubbed the British Mayakovsky by Kenneth Tynan, Mitchell sits in a long line of activist poets. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

First edition, first printing. Near fine paperback original with wear to the covers.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Cape Golliard Press Ltd., 1969; no additional printings indicated. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; stains to bottom edge of front cover; light rubbing, minor wear to edges of wraps. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Pop poems, two plastic windows on cover, bit creased and worn.vv8/3/3/.

Softcover. Condition: Good. [c. 80] pp., 8vo, card wrapper. A reprint of Mitchell's book of poems first published in 1968, with numerous printed annotations. Good copy; spine and hinges rubbed and creased; contents fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st US. Good condition soft cover. The front cover has two spaces with papers slips in them with the title and authors names although these paper slips are mostly out of place and can't be read well. The entire book has some waves going the length of the book and creasing on the cover as well as sunning to the cover and spine. The interior and text block have a little bit of toning but are clean other wise with a tight binding. An inscribed book of poems by Adrian Mitchell. It is a sort of abstract style book with some poems in unique margins and unique text. There is an article on the author included inside the book from a previous owner. Inscribed by Author(s).

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, stained and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 25 cm. Plastic windows on the cover. Contents; Icarus Shmicarus -- Zapping the Cong -- Any complaints -- When dreams collide -- Stimulating song -- Make and break -- Moon over Minnesota -- Self-congratulating, self-deprecating, auto-destructive blues -- To you -- Birthday song for Spike Hawkins, the unholy ghost -- Lullaby for William Blake -- Thank you Dick Gregory -- Sometimes I feel like a childless mother -- Official announcement -- This friend -- Poem on the occasion of the return of Her Majesty the Queen from Canada -- For Rachel: Christmas 1965 -- Nothingmas day -- As I write this there is a procession passing my window -- Ballade of beans -- The liberal Christ gives an interview -- Celia Celia -- A machine that makes love and poems and mistakes -- Talk stalk between teeth / pull stalk from blossom . -- The Prince of Wales -- Briefing -- The sun likes me -- Love for Tony -- From rich, uneasy America to my friend Christopher Logue -- I tried, I really tried -- It's a clean machine -- Norman Morrison -- The angels in our heads -- Birthdays -- The only electrical crystal ball I ever saw flickering behind a bar -- Life on the overkill escalator -- To the statues in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey -- Banana -- Whitman on wheels -- To Nye Bevan despite his change of heart -- John Keats eats his porridge -- Sunday poem -- All night long -- C'mon everybody -- You get used to it -- For David Mercer -- I am BOJ -- U-S-S-R spells happy -- Hear the voice of the critic -- Midnight Mary from Llandudno -- Leaflets -- Adrian Mitchell's famous weak bladder blues -- To whom it may concern -- A good idea -- Peace is milk. Subjects; English poetry 20th century. Contemporary poetry. Experimental literature. Experimental poetry. English poetry. Great Britain poetry. British poets. 1 Kg.

First Edition. One of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author Large 8vo Fine copy in slightly foxed dust-wrapper.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Paper wrappers with two plastic windows revealing three cutouts printed with the title and four cutouts printed with the author's name. Toning to the spine, rubbing to the wrappers, and light shelfwear, still near fine. Only 1,400 copies of the American edition were printed.

First edition, first printing. Fine paperback. Signed with an inscription and drawing on the title page by the author.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. One of 1400 copies printed for joint publication in the US. Unpaginated, perhaps around 100 pp. A collection of poetry by British poet and playwright Adrian Mitchell. This collection of poetry focuses on war, the Vietnam War and other social justice issues coming to the forefront by the late 1960s. Considered to be a preeminent poet of the British Left, this work reflects his thoughts on subjects associated with it. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Minor soiling, toning and staining to the jacket, mostly to the rear panel. Minor fading and edgewear to the book.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. #1 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author on title page. NEAR-FINE BOOK IN VERY GOOD, PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET WITH SCATTERED LIGHT FOXING.

Hardcover. Condition: Neu. Dust Jacket Condition: Neu. 1. Auflage. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed and numbered ("No. 67") by the poet on the title page. Though there is no evidence in the book, the amount of copies forming the limited signed first edition is believed to be 100 only. This item is part of our Catalogue 8: Poems Plays Pictures Portraits Pamphlets Photographs Paraphernalia, a copy of which you can download at ygrbooks. Signatur des Verfassers.