Slow Dancer by Harvey (33 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. VG PB. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SLOW DANCER: NO. 2: EARLY 1978. London, J. Harvey, 1978. Edited and published by John Harvey. B/w illustrations (on plates). Bibliographical references. Stiff light green wrappers, printed black (slight rubbing to wrappers, ex-library stamp present), else very good-fine. Contains contributions by Alan Brooks, Jim Burns, John Denham, Angie Gilligan, B.C. Leale, Adrian Mitchell, George Tardios, Andrew Wilkinson, et al. Printed by Skelton's Press, Cannon Place, Wellingborough, Northants. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B/w Photographs (illustrator). Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. VG PB. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. black paperback as issued, near fine condition, light shelfwear Language: English.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. black paperback as issued, near fine condition, light shelfwear Language: English.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SLOW DANCER: NO. 1: LATE 1977. London, J. Harvey, 1977. Edited and published by John Harvey. B/w illustrations (on plates). Bibliographical references. Stiff red wrappers, printed black (slight rubbing and creasing to wrappers, ex-library stamp present), else very good-fine. Contains contributions by Alan Brooks, Tina Fulker, Angie Gilligan, Libby Houston, John Knights, Brian Patten, Jeremy Walsh, et al. Printed by Skelton's Press, Cannon Place, Wellingborough, Northants. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B/w Photographs (illustrator). Book.…

18 ll., some photographs, one drawing. Contributions by Alan Brooks, Jim Burns, John Denham, Tina Fulker, John Harvey, Adrian Mitchell, Felix Redmill e.a., photographs by Andrew Wilkinson. (fair copy, tanned on both sides of cover, many foldmarks throughout the copy, but no cuts, small stain on front cover). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 150 4to (24,8 x 18 cm). Publisher`s paperboards.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. VG PB. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. VG PB. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.NEAR FIEN CARD COVER ORIGINAL.24.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. VG PB. Book.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 52pp.+ 6 (photographic plates) + 2 (collage inside covers). Includes 20pp printed on violet stock (referred to on the rear cover as Doctor MacSweeney's Viole(n)t Little Book) devoted to his unpublished poems & Maggie O'Sullivan's Some from the Heart: An Enthusiasm for the Work of Barry MacSweeney. Cathy Ross (photographs & collage insde covers) (illustrator).…

1st ed. ISSN 0143-1412. Front cover creased along spine joint. Used - Very Good. VG paperback periodical Used - Very Good. VG paperback periodical.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Slow Dancer 19?20 (1987) by John Harvey. Slow Dancer Press. ISBN: None. Condition: Good. Every so often you stumble across a publication that makes you wonder whether it was ever intended to become a collector?s item or whether it simply emerged because a handful of determined people believed poetry mattered enough to print, staple and post into the world. Slow Dancer belongs firmly to the latter tradition. Before the internet gave everyone a blog, a newsletter and several opinions they hadn?t been asked for, Britain?s small-press poetry scene survived through magazines like this: passionately edited, modestly produced and entirely unconcerned with bestseller lists. These were publications built not around commercial success but around conversations?between poets, readers, editors and ideas. They appeared because somebody thought a particular voice deserved to be heard. A surprisingly radical business model, when you think about it. This combined Issues 19?20 , edited by John Harvey , comes from the heart of that remarkable independent tradition. By 1987, Slow Dancer had already established itself as one of the country?s respected little magazines, quietly introducing readers to contemporary poetry while providing space for writers who were often far more interested in language than literary celebrity. Which, in fairness, usually ages rather better. Founded in 1977, Slow Dancer Press would continue until 1999, producing an impressive body of work that far exceeded its modest scale. During those two decades it published thirty issues of Slow Dancer Magazine , alongside dozens of pamphlets, collections of poetry and works of prose. Today, the entire catalogue is out of print, with copies preserved in institutions such as the British Library and the Poetry Library at London?s South Bank Centre. That is often how genuinely important small presses end up. Not with fireworks. With library shelfmarks. There is something wonderfully democratic about literary magazines. Unlike collected works polished over many years, they capture literature while it is still happening. Writers appear alongside one another before reputations have settled. Experiments sit beside polished masterpieces. New voices quietly introduce themselves without the faintest idea whether anyone will still be reading them thirty years later. Some will. Some won?t. That uncertainty is part of the charm. Reading an issue of Slow Dancer is rather like wandering through an independent art exhibition instead of a national gallery. There may not be explanatory plaques reassuring you that every contributor is already famous. Instead, you are invited to make up your own mind. Occasionally you encounter a poet who would later become widely recognised. Just as often you discover someone whose work deserved far more attention than history happened to provide. Second-hand books excel at these little acts of literary archaeology. The magazine itself reflects an era when poetry circulated through communities rather than algorithms. Editors corresponded by letter. Manuscripts arrived in envelopes. Layout involved rulers, glue and considerable patience. Deadlines were real, but refreshingly free from phrases such as "optimising engagement metrics." Nobody was worrying about whether a sonnet would perform well on social media. It simply had to be a good sonnet. John Harvey?s stewardship helped make Slow Dancer one of those publications whose influence extended well beyond its print run. Independent literary magazines have always served as testing grounds for new ideas and new writers, creating spaces where literature could develop without immediate commercial pressures. Their value is often recognised only years later, by which point the issues themselves have quietly become scarce. As tends to happen with the best things that nobody thought to keep. This copy remains in good condition , preserving a fascinating piece of Britain?s small-press literary history. Whether you collect poet.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stapled booklet 1980. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref q111. SLOW DANCER. No. 7. POETRY JOURNAL. Contributors: Barry Macsweeney; David Kresh; Jim Burns; John Latham and others. Edited by John Harvey.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stapled booklet 1980. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref q111. SLOW DANCER No. 6. POETRY JOURNAL. Contributors: Tom Paulin; Alan Brooks & others. Edited by John Harvey.

1st edition, first copy ever,in red wrappers, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (v sl soiled & sunned with v sl indentation to rear).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (52pp.). Contributors include Barry MacSweeney ('JURY VET TOLD: come back tomorrow & learn the way', plus a review of his 'Black Torch'), Jim Burns, Andrew Darlington, Tina Fulker, Martin Stannard, and Graham Sykes. Somewhat rubbed and handled, a little marked and faded outwardly, and with a small dent to the rear (without too much impact), but about Very Good overall.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. Pamphlet. pp 36 (unpaginated), including pp 4 of black and white photographic plates. Poetry magazine. Contributors include Brian Patten, Libby Houston, Angie Gilligan, Tina Fulker and John Knights. Very good indeed.

Editorial by John Harvey. Collection of poetry & prose with photographic illustrations. Privately published by the author now famous for the Resnick series of crime novels. Various authors contribute. Photographic card wraps with plain spine. No dustwrapper as issued. VG+.

Collection of poetry & prose, with photographic illustrations. Privately published by the author now famous for the Resnick series of crime novels. Various authors contribute. Photographic stapled card wraps as issued. VG+.