Poem Warner Stringfellow by John Sinclair (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Text is unmarked, though the pages are yellowed. There is a little pricing note in pen on the title page. Stapled binding is sturdy. Covers shows some wear around the corners and at the head and base of the spine.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ as Issued. First Edition First Printing. A Guerrilla Pamphlet. Stringfellow was the police officer who lead a 1965 drug raid, infamously ending in John Sinclair's arrest for criminal possession of two marijuana cigarettes. Resultantly, Sinclair faced a potential 10-year jail sentence. Sinclair would go on to manage the MC5. Publisher's pictorial wrap. Interior detached from wrap; staples still present in wrap. Wrap age toned, but solid. Very minor bumping at top right corner of wrap. Interior age toned on highly acidic paper; minor chipping at page edges. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 7" x 8-1/2", 8pp (unpag). Printed on acidic groundwood paper and saddle stitched with staples in printed uncoated card stock cover. Minor shelf wear, edge wear to cover. Binding is sturdy, staples are bright. Pages are tanned but clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Fine 7 x 8 1/2 stapled wraps. Second Edition of 1000 copies.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Second printing, one of 1000 copies printed. Orange illustrated wraps. 8 pp. A poem for the police officer who arrested John Sinclair for marijuana possession, musing on how out of step he was with the world. John Sinclair was an American poet and activist, being one of the founders of the White Panther Party, as well as manager for the band, MC5. VERY GOOD+ condition. Some darkening along the spine. Minor toning and edgewear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing of 1000 copies; Orange cardstock wraps with faint newspaper text, black cover title, saddle stitched, yellow textblock paper, & orange printing; A very good copy; 4 leaves unpaginated.

Pamphlet. [8p] 7x8.5 inches, first edition, first printing mimeographed poetry booklet in stapled wraps illustrated with reproductions of newspaper articles including Sinclair's dope busts in 1966. Stringfellow was a Narcotics Bureau agent who was involved in the bust.

Condition: Good. Second edition. Inscribed second edition, one of 1000, by John Sinclair, poet, legendary manager of MC5 and founder of The White Panther Party - a poem written in response to Sinclair's arrest for Marijuana posession. Wraps. Square 8vo. Saddle stapled in original orange wraps. INSCRIBED by Sinclair at front wrap, "For Ivy/ with All Love/ John Sinclair/ @ Phil Ochs Memorial/ 5-15-99". In good condition, wraps worn at edges, sunned around spine and suffers some spots of rubbing. Pages suffer light edgewear, otherwise clean and sound.