EXCOMMUNICATE
Hartford: Potes & Poets, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers; thin 8vo. One of 300 copies. Number 8 in the series. Work from noted Language poet. Spine sunned, else very good.
LANGUAGE
FILM NOIR
Providence: Burning Deck, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Chapbook. One of 350 numbered copies printed by the Waldrops at their press. By one of the foremost proponents of LANGUAGE poetry. Minor rubbing, else fine in illustrated (by the author) wrappers. [20 pp.].
FILM NOIR
Providence: Burning Deck, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Chapbook. Review copy, printed sheet with blurbs and copy laid in. One of 350 numbered copies printed by the Waldrops at their press. By one of the foremost proponents of LANGUAGE poetry. Minor wear, moderate rubbing, else fine in illustrated (by the author).....
THE INVENTION OF HUNGER/ TUUMBA 22
Berkeley: Tuumba, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Printed, stapled wrappers. One of 450 (#292) numbered copies printed by the author at her press. An important LANGUAGE periodical. Light wear of yapped edges, very good. Less common than the print run would indicate.
THE ARCHIVE NEWSLETTER No. 45
La Jolla: UC San Diego Library, Spring 1990. First Thus. Paperback. Stapled illustrated wrappers; 8vo. 30 pp. Published three times a year, this newsletter presents readings for the Spring semester at UCSD, with work and biographies of poets: Wanda Coleman, Nick Piomino, David Meltzer, Aaron Shurin, Lyn Hejinian (pp. 18-22).....
THIS 10
San Francisco: THIS, Winter 1979-1980. First Edition. Paperback. Decorated wrappers; square 8vo. Cover art by Watten Barrett. Tenth of twelve issues of this little magazine which Bob Perelman singled out as "the first self-conscious journal of what would become known as language writing". With a number of the major figures.....
THE ABSENT FATHER IN DUMBO
La Laguna, Islas Canarias: Zasterle Press, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. French-fold illustrated wrappers; small 8vo. 37 pp. One of 300 numbered (#31) copies. Near fine.
DARK CITY
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Signed first edition. Single volume (5” x 7.5”). 146 pp. In wraps designed with painting by Georgia O’Keeffe. With long inscription and signed on the title page. Faint marks on the covers; wear to corners. Slight wear/soiling to head and.....
DISFRUTES
Needham, MA: Potes & Poets, 1985. Third Edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers; thin 8vo. One of 100 copies. (Previous editions of 100 and 300 by P&P publisher Ganick in a different format, the first given away; the second issue the first "published"). Work from one of the most prominent Language poets.....
ISLETS/IRRITATIONS
New York: Roof, 1992. Second Edition. Paperback. First printing of this second edition, first published in 1983. Illustrated wrappers; 8vo. 101 pp. Very near fine.
ISLETS/IRRITATIONS
New York: Jordan Davies, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. First printing, first edition of this important Bernstein collection; 8vo. 101 pp. Near fine.
LET'S JUST SAY
Tucson: Chax Press, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Sewn illustrated wrappers; small 8vo. [20 pp.] With a card in the same paper as the cover stock signed by the poet "With compliments! Charles". No limitation given, but this is a handprinted issue from a press founded by poet Charles Alexander which.....
REPUBLICS OF REALITY; 1975 - 1995
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers; small 8vo. 361 pp. Inscribed to a former colleague and friend: "past of.Gradually" [and signed] " Love, Charles". Solid collection from previous volumes with new work. Fine.
SENSES OF RESPONSIBILITY
Providence: Paradigm, 1989. Second Edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers; thin 8vo. Second edition. Originally published as TUUMBA 20; this one of 600 copies. Fine.
THE SOPHIST
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. Inscribed by the poet to a former colleague and friend: "For _, with love after years and years" and signed "Charles". Susan Bee cover illustration. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
WORLD ON FIRE
Vancouver, BC: Nomados, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers; thin 8vo. 19 pp. Inscribed to a colleague, and signed "Charles" in 2004. Scarce. Near fine.
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E
New York: self-published, 1978-1981. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled self-wraps; large 8vo. Issues 1-3; 5-13 (9/10 published as one volume); three supplements and the table of contents issue (all published except Vol. Four which was published separately as a trade paperback). with contributions by the editors; Rae Armantrout, Ron Silliman, Jackson.....
THE CANARY ISLANDS CONNECTION; 60 Contemporary American Poets
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Zasterle Press, 2016. Hardcover (issued without a dust jacket). Decorated glossy covers; large 8vo. 405 pp., w/ author bios. 60 American Poets mostly associated with LANGUAGE, Ethnopoetics and the like, including: Bruce Andrews, Rae Armantrout, Michael Basinski, Charles Bernstein, Maxine Chernoff, Norma Cole, Ray DiPalma.....
A Tight Corner: "They sought, on the walls, a quantity of/ things that were not there..."
n.p. n.p., 1973. First Thus. no binding. Postcard on yellow stock printing a single line/poem by Bromige. [Portion of poem including first line used as title.] as Scarce. Near fine.
A Tight Corner: "They sought, on the walls, a quantity of/ things that were not there..."
n.p. n.p., 1973. First Thus. no binding. Postcard on yellow stock printing a single line/poem by Bromige. [Portion of poem including first line used as title.] as Scarce. Near fine.
THINGS STIRRING TOGETHER OR FAR AWAY
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter orange cloth, with paper spine label, over printed paper-covered boards; 8vo. 155pp. One of a 26 lettered ("P") copies signed by the author, and handbound by Earle Gray. A scarce signature as Eigner was confined to a wheelchair as he.....
Selections from the Winslow Poems
Denver: Bowery Press, 1969. First Edition. no binding. Single sheet folded for mailing, printed on both sides; 17 x 11 inches. Bowery Broadsheet no. 4. Precedes her first book (which was self-published) by three years, and several years prior to her editing TUUMBA. Folded as issued, else fine.
THE HUNT
La Laguna: Zasterle Press, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Single volume (approx. 4.75” x 8.75”). 34 pages. No. 265 of 300 copies. In black and white illustrated card wrappers. Toning to wraps and small amount of foxing. Sticker residue on back cover. Corners worn and slightly bent. Interior is clean and.....
REDO
Grenada, Miss. Salt-Works Press, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. 32 pages. Printed letterpress and handsewn in Classic wrappers. One of 400 copies. Includes 14 poems. Publicity sheet for the book laid in. The book was letterpress printed in different colors; this one is cream. Some wear and marking to wraps.....
WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY
Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1983. Second Printing. Paperback. Signed second printing of the first edition. Single volume (6” x 8.75”). Unpaginated [60 pp.]. In glossy, illustrated light-yellow wraps. Signed, inscribed, and dated by Hejinian. Covers worn with light creasing and marks; corners rubbed and one with small bend. Subtle.....