Box 8, 1964 - 2012
Abstract
Box contains forty-eight (48) distinct items, in forty-six (46) various sized custom file folders up to 25 inches in length. Folders are labeled and in alphabetical order by author's last name. Descriptions are as follows: 1. One custom print file folder, 24.5 x 16.5 inches – Artaud, Antonin. Indian Culture. 16 x 24 inches. Translated from the French by Clayton Eshleman and Bernard Bador with artwork by Nancy Spero. This is no. 65 from an edition of 150 numbered and signed by Eshleman and Spero. OtherWind Press, n.d. 2. One custom print file folder, 22 x 9.5 inches – Atwood, Margaret. A Poem for Grandmothers. 8 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches. Illustrated by Gordon Jensen, printed in two colors. This is from an edition of 126 copies. Square Zero Editions, 1978. 3. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 17.5 inches – Baraka, Imamu Ameer (LeRoi Jones). Answers in Progress. 16 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches. Illustrated. Jihad Productions, 1969. 4. One custom print file folder, 21.75 x 16.25 inches – Bly, Robert. At the Time of Peony Blossoming. 15 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches. Illustrated and printed by Gary Young at the Greenhouse Review Press. This is no. 77 from an edition of 120 numbered and signed by the poet. Poet’s Place, 1983. 5. One custom print file folder, 23.25 x 12.75 inches – Boyle, Kay. A Poem for February First 1975 (for Jessica Mitford). 12 x 23 inches. The Quercus Press, 1975. 6. One custom print file folder, 24 x 16.75 inches – Buchan, Tom. Camas Tuath. 16 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches. Graphics by Ron Brown. MidNAG poetry poster no. 20. MidNAG, n.d. 7.One custom print file folder, 22.25 x 10.5 inches – Burroughs, William S. Remembering Jack Kerouac. 10 x 22 inches. This is no. 458 from an edition of 500 copies. Photograph by Allen Ginsberg. Published in Heaven Poster Series no. 10. White Fields Press, [1994]. 8. One custom print file folder, 23 x 17 inches – Butler, Bill. Flowers for Midwinter’s Day December 22. 15 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches. Designed by Sam Kirkpatrick. Strip-1. Illustrated. This is no. 63 from an edition of 99 copies numbered and signed by the poet. Ward & Foxlow Ltd., 1964. 9. One custom print file folder, 22.25 x 15.25 inches – Cedering, Siv. Ice Fishing. 14 3/4 x 22 inches. This is no. 111 from an edition of 150 copies numbered and signed by poet and artist, Carol Denison. Calliopea Press, n.d. 10. One custom print file folder, 20.5 x 16 inches – Clark, Tom. An Arthur Flegenheimer Sachet to Dutch Schultz. 15 1/2 x 20 inches. Illustrated and signed by the poet. From an edition of 300, this copy is unnumbered. Yanagi IV Broadside Series. Yanagi, n.d. 11. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 18.25 inches – Creeley, Robert. Wishes (for John and Deborah Daley). 17 3/4 x 22 inches. This is no. 49 from an edition of 126 copies signed by the poet. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh, block carved by Sally McQuilan. Cadmus Editions, 1982. 12. One custom print file folder, 23.25 x 18 inches – Dorn, Edward. A Robert Service Bear Flies Imitation. 17 1/4 x 22 3/4 inches. Border design by Trixie. This is no. 92 from an edition of 126 copies signed by poet and artist. No. 3 of a broadside series from Cadmus Editions. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh. Cadmus Editions, 1982. 13. One custom print file folder, 23 x 18 inches – Everson, William. A Canticle to the Waterbirds. 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. Woodcut by Daniel O. Stolpe. Printed on handmade paper in an edition of 60 signed copies by Felicia Rice and Gary Young. N.p., 1991. 14. One custom print file folder, 24.25 x 11.5 inches – Feidt, Thorpe. Miss Nightingale Meets the Big Dream. 11 x 24 inches. This is letter J from an edition of 100 copies plus 26 lettered author’s copies. Imposition Press Broadside no. 1. Inscribed and signed to Ken Irby. Imposition Press, 2008. 15. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 17.5 inches – Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Allen Ginsberg Dying. 17 x 22 1/8 inches. Illustration and design by Chris Brown. “This Presentation Copy for The Finnegan Family.” Tamarack Press, 2001. 16. One custom print file folder, 22.25 x 15.5 inches – Fowles, John. Conditional. 14 7/8 x 22 inches. Hand colored calligraphic initial by M. Carey. Designed and printed by William Everson and Richard Bigus in an edition of 150 copies. Lord John Press, 1979. 17. One custom print file folder, 20.75 x 14.25 inches – Gallagher, Tess. Death of the Horses by Fire. 13 3/4 x 20 inches. The relief prints were cut by Peter Schumann and printed in an edition of 170 copies on Twinrocker paper at the Janus Press. Charles Seluzicki, 1984. 18. One custom print file folder, 22.75 x 15.5 inches – Gascoyne, David. Variations on a Phrase. 22 1/8 x 15 inches. Drawing by S.W. Hayter. Designed and printed by Leigh McClellan in an edition of 170 copies signed by the poet. Charles Seluzicki, Fine Books, 1984. 19. One custom print file folder, 22.25 x 11.25 inches – Gibson, William. A Musicbox Clock. 11 x 22 inches. This is no. 5 from an edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. Arts Action Press, 1975. 20. One custom print file folder, 24.5 x 18.5 inches – Gilbert, Jack. Getting Old. 24 x 18 inches. Art and design by Julio Granda. This is no. 30 from an edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the poet and artist. Calumet Press, 2003. 21. One custom print file folder, 21 x 15.5 inches – Ginsberg, Allen. Kral Majales. 14 7/8 x 20 1/2 inches. Illustrated by Robert LaVigne. This is from an edition of 300 copies. Oyez, 1965. 22. One custom print file folder, 21 x 18 inches – Greene, Tinker. The Thirteen Curves. 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. Illustration by Jinny Pearce. Printed in an edition of 45 copies on Awagami Kitakata and signed by poet and artist. Poltroon Press, 2012. 23. One custom print file folder, 24 x 17 inches – Hughes, Ted. Fighting for Jerusalem. 16 3/8 x 23 1/4 inches. Graphics by Ron Brown. MidNAG poetry poster no. 7. MidNAG, [1970]. 24. One custom print file folder, 22.75 x 10.5 inches – Kelly, Robert. In Commentary on the Gospel According to Thomas. 9 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches. This is no. 9 from an edition of 100 numbered and signed copies printed by Patrick C. Tillery. N.p., 1996. 25. One custom print file folder, 23 x 15.5 inches – Jackson, Laura (Riding). A Poem: How a Poem Comes to Be. 15 x 22 1/8 inches. This is no. 6 from an edition of 150 signed by the poet. [Lord John Press, 1980]. 26. One custom print file folder, 23.75 x 17.25 inches – Kirkup, James. The Chillingham Bull. 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches. Bewick poster no. 5. MidNAG, n.d. 27. One custom print file folder, 23.5 x 17.75 inches – Knott, Bill. [“resurrect the present ”]. 17 x 23 inches. Illustration by Corita. Printed for Black Box Magazine. The New Classroom, 1972. 28. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 15.25 inches – Kyger, Joanne. Fact Checking. 14 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches. This is from an edition of 50 copies of which 26 were for sale. Printed in two colors, gouache added by hand. Poltroon Press, 2010. 29. One custom print file folder, 23 x 14.75 inches – Loewinsohn, Ron. Paean. 14 1/4 x 22 3/4 inches. Illustrated. Cranium Press, 1967. 30. One custom print file folder, 22.75 x 17.5 inches – Logue, Christopher. Crime One. 17 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches. A Gear Poster.Vandal Publications, 1967. 31. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 17.5 inches – Lonidier, Lynn. A Jellyfish Swim. 17 x 22 1/8 inches. Illustrated. Signed by the poet. The Tenth Muse, 1972. 32. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 16.5 inches – Malanga, Gerard. from Charles, a Proposal for Sheri. 16 1/8 x 22 inches. Poem and photograph by Gerard Malanga. This is no. 78 from a signed edition of 250 on the occasion of the poet’s reading at the University of Connecticut Library, October 29, 1975. University of Connecticut Library, 1975. 33. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 18 inches – McClure, Michael. [“Politics Starts with the Barrel of a Gun”]. 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Illustrated. The poet’s holograph lithographically printed in red. This broadside is from the portfolio Five/I/’77. Edition of 50 copies signed by the poet. Archer Press, [1977]. 34. One custom print file folder, 23.5 x 6.75 inches – McFadden, David. Listen to the Angels. 5 x 23 inches. This is no. 27 from an edition of 65 copies handset and printed (on both sides) by Frederick Turner for the poet’s reading at LETTERS, April 16, 1985. LETTERS, 1985. 35. One custom print file folder, 21 x 14.5 inches – McNaughton, Duncan. For Peter. 14 x 20 1/2 inches. Photograph of Two Pipes by Peter Downsbrough, Segrate, Italy, 1974. Yanagi Broadside IV. This is no. 6 from an edition of 300 copies. Yanagi, n.d. 36. One custom print file folder, 24.5 x 12.5 inches – McVarish, Emily. [Nightwire]. 24 x 12 inches each. Suite of three broadsides printed letterpress in several colors. From an edition of 50 signed by Emily McVarish on the first sheet. [Emily McVarish, 2002]. 37. One custom print file folder, 22.75 x 10.75 inches – Merrill, James. 16. IX. 65 (for Vassili and Mimi). 10 1/8 x 22 inches. Engraving by Laurence Scott. This is no. 85 from an edition of 90 copies numbered and signed by poet and artist. The total edition is 100. Impressions Workshop, 1968. 38. One custom print file folder, 24 x 17 inches – Mitchell, Adrian. We Call These Children Subnormal. 16 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches. Graphics by Ron Brown. MidNAG poetry poster no. 11. MidNAG, [1970]. 39. One custom print file folder, 23.75 x 17 inches – Morrow, Bradford. Posthumes. 14 1/2 x 22 7/8 inches. This is no. 82 from an edition of 126 copies numbered and signed by poet and artist, Guy Davenport. Printed at the Grenfell Press. Cadmus Editions, 1982. 40. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 15.5 inches – Oates, Joyce Carol. Snowfall. 22 1/8 x 14 3/4 inches. Illustrated by Tom Killion. Designed and printed by Richard Bigus. This is no. 186 from an edition of 200 copies numbered and signed by poet and artist. Lord John Press, 1978. 41. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 15.25 inches – Sanchez, Thomas. Saddle Up the Rattlesnakes. 14 7/8 x 22 inches. Designed and printed by Judyl Mudfoot. This is no. 44 from an edition of 100 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by the poet. Cadmus Editions, 1982. 42. One custom print file folder, 22.75 x 17.5 inches – Sanders, Ed. Love & the Falling Iron. 17 x 22 inches. This is no. 6 from an edition of 300 copies. Yanagi IV Broadside Series. Yanagi, 1977. 43. One custom print file folder, 22.5 x 9.25 inches – Snyder, Gary. North Beach. 8 1/2 x 22 inches. Folded, printed on brown stock. Note on verso in the hand of Ken Irby, “Gary Snyder, for a reading in N. Beach 16 Jan. 75.” N.p., [1975]. 44. One custom print file folder, 24 x 16.5 inches – Turner, W. Price. Casting One’s Bread. 23 1/8 x 15 1/2 inches. Poetry Poster no. 15, MidNAG. MidNAG, n.d. 45. One custom print file folder, 23.25 x 18 inches – Waldman, Anne. The Tundra & the Waves. 17 1/4 x 22 inches. Illustrated. The poet’s holograph lithographically printed in green. This broadside is from the portfolio Five/I/’77. Edition of 50 copies signed by the poet. Archer Press, [1977]. 46. One custom print file folder, 24.25 x 18.5 inches – Williams, William Carlos. The Yellow Tree-Peony. 18 x 23 1/2 inches. Photograph by Joan Lyons. From an edition of 400 copies, this is one of 50 signed by the photographer. Friends of the University Library, SUNY at Buffalo, 1983.
Dates
- 1964 - 2012
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Extent
2.25 Linear Feet (1 flat box) ; 25 x 21 x 3 inches
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