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Published by Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles CA, 1968
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Poor. Illustrated by Brainard, Joe (illustrator). Limited to 750 paper copies. 66 pages, 66 drawings on facing pages. Covers partially sunfaded and creased, cover edges scuffed, a few water stains, 1" page foot soiled at spine and corner, 1 1/2" beginning to separate text from cover foot.; 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 ".
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperbound quarto. 66 pp. A single long poem by Elmslie with charming illustrations by Joe Brainard. A handsome very good example.
Published by The Figures, 1994
ISBN 10: 0935724664ISBN 13: 9780935724660
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Joe Brainard (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 1st edition thus. Limited edition to 650 copies. Paperback.
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Published by Black Sparrow Press
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Used - Very Good. 1968. paperback. Quarto. 67 pp. Illustrated by Joe Brainard. From a limited printing of 750 copies. Slight wear to wraps. Very Good.
Published by Black Sparrow Press, 1968
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Published by Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 72pp, printed wrappers. 1 of 750 copies in wrappers of this elegant collaboration between Kenward Elmslie and Joe Brainard. Unmarked copy, light outer wear, small surface chip to head of spine. Not Signed.
Published by Black Sparrow Press, 1968, 1968
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition One of only 750 copies. Early Black Sparrow production. Near fine tall stiff wraps with paper label to spine. Just the lightest age tone to cover. Printed in 1968 in Santa Barbara by Alan Brilliant and Noel Young.
Published by Z Press, Calais, VT, 1980
ISBN 10: 0915990210ISBN 13: 9780915990214
Seller: Better Read Than Dead, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine dust jacket. Cover by Joe Brainard (illustrator). Mild dust soiling to textblock top, else fine. Hardcover, blue cloth; yellow title-label mounted to spine in pictorial dust jacket, 8vo, 122 pp One of 250 unsigned hardcover copies (though called for, this copy unnumbered).
Published by Kulchur Press, New York, 1969
Seller: Carrington Bookshop, South Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paper. Condition: Good+, no marks or stains. First edition. Illustrated by Joe Brainard.
Published by Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1973
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 56pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 300 copies. This issue of this nicely produced early seventies Canadian avant-garde magazine is devoted to writing assembled by David Rosenberg (one section is entitled "Vito Acconci" and contains interview excerpts) and illustrations by a host of worthies. Unmarked copy, a little cover soil and wear to edges. Not Signed.
Published by Boulder, CO: Rocky Ledge, 1979
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 60pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce second issue of this underground poetry magazine from Boulder, co-edited by Reed Bye and Anne Waldman. Cover by Joe Brainard. Unmarked copy, minor creasing/bumps to corners. Not Signed.
Published by Paris: The Paris Review, 1966
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Another prime issue of this essential postwar literary magazine, includes an interview with Arthur Miller, plus a substantial piece on Malcolm Lowry by Conrad Knickerbocker, very early Rudolph Wurlitzer, Joe Brainard, Kenward Elmslie, LeRoi Jones, Michael Benedikt, Peter Schjeldahl, et al. Tight copy, light outer toning and soil, no markings. Not Signed.
Published by Painted Smiles Records, 1972
Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Brainard, Joe (illustrator). A fine copy of the LP of the original cast recording. The cast included: Barbara Cook, Carol Brice, Karen Morrow, Ruth Ford, Max Showalter, and Russ Thacker. Book and Lyrics by Kenward Elmslie (with cover art by Joe Brainard), music by Claibe Richardson. The LP is pristine: unplayed. with the original purchase order form for "The Grass Harp" Songbook laid in. A lovely copy of this rare LP.
Published by The Kulchar Foundation, 1989
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Brainard, Joe (illustrator). Covers have some slight sun-toning to the spine, spine margins, and front lower margin. ; Review slip included. ; 134 pages.
Published by Oconomowoc Lake, WI: Stooge, 1974
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 8vo, 84pp, stapled wrappers. Another scarce issue of this brilliant experimental review, includes photographic covers by William Wegman and writing by Joe Brainard, Margaret Atwood, et al. Light spotting and toning to covers, small closed tear to back cover near head of spine, contents clean. Not Signed.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Brainard, Joe (illustrator). First Edition. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 77 pages. 1/2000 copies. Smells slightly of Nag Champa incense. Kenward Elmslie's poetry and prose is often combined with the graphical work of other artists. A collection of his writing, Motor Disturbance (1971), won the Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry in 1971. He was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Award for Power Plant Sestina (1967) and the Ford Foundation Grant. In 1973 Elmslie began work as editor and publisher of Z Magazine and Z Press, working to promote the work of other New York School artists such as John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, and perhaps most extensively, Ken Tisa. Elmslie's work with graphic artists such as Brainard combined poetry with art to emphasize their interconnectedness; his work in theatre demonstrates his commitment to art as a whole, not only to one medium.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Brainard, Joe (illustrator). First Thus. Book is as new in every respect: creaseless covers and spine, binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 247 pages. Reprint from the "73 ed. Kenward Elmslie's poetry and prose is often combined with the graphical work of other artists. A collection of his writing, Motor Disturbance (1971), won the Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry in 1971. He was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Award for Power Plant Sestina (1967) and the Ford Foundation Grant. In 1973 Elmslie began work as editor and publisher of Z Magazine and Z Press, working to promote the work of other New York School artists such as John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, and perhaps most extensively, Ken Tisa. Elmslie's work with graphic artists such as Brainard combined poetry with art to emphasize their interconnectedness; his work in theatre demonstrates his commitment to art as a whole, not only to one medium.
Published by Granary Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 1887123490ISBN 13: 9781887123495
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book
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Published by Z Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0915990202ISBN 13: 9780915990207
Book First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Brainard, Joe (illustrator). First Edition. Book shows very light wear to covers, with slightly sunned spine, creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 122 pages. This ed. limitied to 1/1000 copies, cover art by Joe Brainard. Kenward Elmslie's poetry and prose is often combined with the graphical work of other artists. A collection of his writing, Motor Disturbance (1971), won the Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry in 1971. He was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Award for Power Plant Sestina (1967) and the Ford Foundation Grant. In 1973 Elmslie began work as editor and publisher of Z Magazine and Z Press, working to promote the work of other New York School artists such as John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, and perhaps most extensively, Joe Brainard. Elmslie's work with graphic artists such as Brainard combined poetry with art to emphasize their interconnectedness; his work in theatre demonstrates his commitment to art as a whole, not only to one medium.
Published by Kulchur, 1989
Seller: Tim's Used Books Provincetown Mass., Provincetown, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No marks in text. Not a library book. Ships in a cardboard enclosure. Tim's Used Books, open shop in Provincetown, Massachusetts, buyers and sellers of good books at fair prices since 1991. Come visit! Please contact us if downsizing your library; we travel worldwide to buy good collections.
Published by New York: Larry Fagin, 1970
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 4to, 132pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Rare fifth issue of this key New York School poetry journal, includes significant work by Frank O'Hara, Joe Brainard, Ted Berrigan, et al. Unmarked copy, back cover and two adjacent leaves detached from staples, light outer soil and wear. Not Signed.
Published by New York: The Poetry Project, 1994
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 32pp, stapled self-cover. Scarce memorial issue for Joe Brainard, with tributes from a number of his friends. This copy addressed to Carla Harryman & Barrett Watten. Unmarked copy, light outer wear and soil. Not Signed.
Published by Boke Press. First American edition, [New York], 1965
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. An idiosyncratic baby care book, I suspect still years away from threatening the best seller lists; 440 copies (total edition 500). Pictorial wrappers, stapled then tape bound. Fine. book.
Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Thick bound wrappers. 176 pp. Great New York School collaboration with words by Elmslie and drawings by Brainard. This copy's covers are quite worn, but the book is still well-bound and internally unmarked. INSCRIBED by Elmslie on the half-title page.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [NY]: [Boke Press], 1965. One of 450 unsigned copies, from a total edition of 500. [37] leaves, printed recto only. Side-stapled with black fabric tape covering spine. Very good, with soiling and rubbing to wraps, some fraying to cloth tape at spine ends. Internally fine. A parody of mid-century baby books, as written by Elmslie and drawn (and lettered) by Brainard - the first of the long-time couple's numerous collaborative books. Though unstated, this copy from Elmslie's personal library. Bamberger A4.
Published by Kenward Elmslie and Joe Brainard, 1965
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book has light foxing along outer and bottom edges of front cover, light smudging to covers, slight fraying to top and bottom edges of spine, several tiny stains to edge of front endpaper, light wear to black binding tape. otherwise in very good condition, strong binding, clean and unmarked pages; a sturdy, well-kept copy.
Published by Rocky Ledge Cottage Editions, Cherry Valley, NY, 1983
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Single sheet, card stock, folded to 8 1/2 x 11 inches; 4pp. "Written for the occasion of a reading by Anne Waldman & Kenward Elmslie at the Savoy theatre in Montpelier, Vermont, on August 28, 1983." Signed by Waldman and Elmslie at their contributions and by Elmslie's partner Joe Brainard who contributes the cover decoration. Lovely little known somewhat ephemeral piece. The Savoy which continues to show foreign and indy films in the VT Capitol is just a few miles from the Elmslie home, then home to Z Press, in Poets Corner (Cabot) where a number of literary figures spend their summers. A good copy with stainingto spine area and off-setting to the rear panel (cover is very good).
Published by Boosey and Hawkes, Inc, New York, 1966
Seller: Better Read Than Dead, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Very near fine. Cover by Joe Brainard (illustrator). Elmslie's libretto for the opera composed by Jack Beeson. Saddle-stapled in orange printed wraps. 85 pp.
Published by Z Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0915990202ISBN 13: 9780915990207
Book First Edition Signed
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Brainard, Joe (illustrator). First Edition. Book shows very light wear to covers, with slightly sunned spine, creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 122 pages. This ed. limitied to 1/1000 copies, cover art by Joe Brainard, inscribed by author "for Reber," signed "Kenward" and dated "Nov. 13, '81 Chicago" then signed with full signature on title page. Kenward Elmslie's poetry and prose is often combined with the graphical work of other artists. A collection of his writing, Motor Disturbance (1971), won the Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry in 1971. He was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Award for Power Plant Sestina (1967) and the Ford Foundation Grant. In 1973 Elmslie began work as editor and publisher of Z Magazine and Z Press, working to promote the work of other New York School artists such as John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, and perhaps most extensively, Joe Brainard. Elmslie's work with graphic artists such as Brainard combined poetry with art to emphasize their interconnectedness; his work in theatre demonstrates his commitment to art as a whole, not only to one medium. Signed by Author.
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, [New York], 1966
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Staple-bound illustrated wraps; 4to; pp. [6], 1-[86]. Inscribed by the librettist on the half-title page: "For Claibe - '.came a lovely golden voice.' Love, Kenward." Wraps faintly rubbed and a little dust-soiled along spine; tiny chip at top corner of rear cover; small faint stain at top edge of half-title page, not infringing upon inscription or text. Kenward Elmslie was a writer, publisher, and performer associated with the New York School of poetry. He collaborated with the composer Claibe Richardson on the theatrical productions "Lola," and Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp." A nice association copy.