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Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1976
ISBN 10: 0884960722ISBN 13: 9780884960720
Seller: MIAC-LOA Library, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. AS NEW. FIRST EDITION. Not Ex-Library. Clean throughout with straight tight binding. No marks. Purchase supports the programs, operations and collections and collections preservation of the renowned Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Laboratory of Anthropology Library.
Published by Poets For Peace, San Francisco, 1983
Seller: virtualrarities, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very Good. Pictorial Soft Cover with original price on rear ($5.00). Inscribed by editor on free front endpaper: "1-6-85 To Don Donnegan - For the best in Humanity - happy new year Herman Berlandt 621-3073". An anthology of poems for peace and against the nuclear holocaust. Poems by Robert Bly, James Broughton, Robert Creeley, Diane Di Prima, William Everson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Eugene Ruggles, Michael McClure, Jack Hirschmann, Denise Levertov, Carolyn Forche, Susan Griffin, Bob Kaufman, Simon J. Ortiz, Julia Vinograd & others. Graphics by Kenneth Patchen. Introduction by Miriam Patchen. Covers show moderate wear, soiling, and toning; previous owner's name at front upper right corner. Interior is clean, crisp, tight & bright, except as noted unmarked. x, 122 pp. Approx. 5.5" x 8.5". Carefully shipped in secure parcel. Ask all questions; glad to respond.
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1976
ISBN 10: 0884960722ISBN 13: 9780884960720
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Duodecimo. 5 x 7 in. 31 pp. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. Capra Chapbook Series, No. 40.
Published by Capra Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0884960722ISBN 13: 9780884960720
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Kenneth Patchen (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition. Chapbook series of interviews, pictorial wrappers, published simultaneously with a hardcover limited edition. Faint toning to spine, else book in fine condition.
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1976
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback Duodecimo. wraps, 31 pp, stain to front cover Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Published by Poets for Peace, 1983
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. From the back cover: "Fifteen years after Robert Bly's historic READOUT AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR comes PEACE OR PERISH A Crisis Anthology The poets' mobilization against the nuclear holocaust." Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Exterior shows some shelfwear, including some scuffing; single crease at bottom right corner. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Published by Scrimshaw Press, Oakland, 1976
ISBN 10: 0912020393ISBN 13: 9780912020396
Book First Edition
Paperback. 95p., introduction, foreword, illustrations in text with numerous color plates plus b&w reproductions. The detailed chronology is useful. Find generous inclusions of early poems along with later stuff compounded with visuals. First edition, a slim trade paperback monograph in 10x6.5 inch pictorial wraps. Sunning to spine panel and adjacent cover verticals, spine lettering unaffected, an else very good copy entirely clean and unmarked within.
Published by AMS Press Inc., New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0404160050ISBN 13: 9780404160050
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good in Good dust jacket. First AMS Press edition. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 262pp. Grey cloth in dust jacket. Several tears and a piece out of the back of the jacket. Bump to foredge.
Published by San Francisco, California: Poets for Peace, 1983
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition: no additional dates, editions or printings indicated. Near Fine Plus, if not Fine, wraps/paperback. Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use, primarily age-toning to cover and leaves and a light, if not very light reader's "curl" to front cover near spine. This "poets' mobilization against nuclear holocaust" includes protest poems from Robert Bly, Diane Di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, and Denise Levertov, among others.
Unknown. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Two page Autograph Letter Signed by Miriam Patchen with original mailing envelope (address in Miriam's hand), dated August 7, 1962. Discussing availability of Kenneth's work, health issues, etc. With a hand-made and hand-colored prospectus for 'Two Correspondence Sets of Patchen Picture Poems', and 5 vintage painting/poem postcards (2 copies of The Walker Standing; The One; In Perkko's Grotto; It is Somehow Reassuring).
Published by n.p.:n.p., [1972]., 1972
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Palo Alto, December 27, 1972. One octavo page on her personal letterhead. Miriam tells her correspondent, Louis Weinstein of Heritage Books, that she is holding off on selling Patchen's archive and that she is too busy to offer any help on the bibliography. Signed in full. The original hand-addressed mailing envelope is included. Fine.
Published by New York: Gegenschein, 1979
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, ~120pp, printed wrappers. Uncommon triple issue of this seventies magazine of avant-garde writing, includes a wide range of experimental work. Unmarked copy from the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations, light wear and faint storage aroma. Not Signed.
Published by Mountain View, CA: Artichoke Press., 1979
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition
Condition: Good. Broadside. 7" x 11", Letterpress on Beige Wove, Deckled Edges, Black and Brown Ink. Very Good+. Illustrated. Scarce. First Edition. This is the Prospectus for a book, not the book itself.
Published by Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D c, 1969
Seller: David Bunnett Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
SOFTCOVER. 1st Edition. Square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 48pp on thick paper, plates in colour and b/w, etc CONDITION: VERY GOOD (covers tanned, lightly edge-rubbed and dusty) ] ._ __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.
Published by The Scrimshaw Press, Oakland, CA, 1976
ISBN 10: 0912020393ISBN 13: 9780912020396
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 97 pages, 8vo. SIGNED and inscribed by Miriam Patchen on front endpaper: "To Kenneth Kitch, Partners all -- aren't we. Good relationships grow in good books. Sincerely, Miriam Patchen, March 27, 1977". Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers, light tanning, some light foxing on first and last few page leafs. Tightly bound. Volume is in Very Good condition. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Poets for Peace, San Francisco, 1983
Seller: Invisible Books, Brighton, United Kingdom
Softcover. Condition: Good. Anthology including work by Diane di Prima, Robert Creeley & Allen Ginsberg, inscribed by Herman Berlandt on ffep. Some wear to cover & edge, a couple of small pressure marks on back cover, which have left a faint impression on the last few pages of the book. Inscribed by Editor.
Published by Intersection, San Francisco, 1980
First Edition
Loose Sheets. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. Tall single sheet of paper measuring 10" wide x 16" tall. With an image of poet James Wright by Kubly. A poetry reading event for Easter Sunday April 6, 1980 at Intersection in San Francisco to memorialize the recent passing of poet James Wright. In attendance were John Logan, George Oppen, George Hitchcock, Francis Mayes, Nanos Valaoritis, C. D. Wright, Eugene Ruggles, Stan Rice, Peter Everwine, Al Young, Carolyn Kizer, Doreen Stock, Morton Marcus, Jim Hartz, Alan Soldofsky, Miriam Patchen and others. Poster with very light edge wear else in near fine condition. Scarce poetry ephemera.
Publication Date: 1970
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
The poem measures 61 x 45 cm. Kenneth Patchen sent it out for The Christmas holiday and is accompanied by a long 40-line letter he wrote to Larry Lake, publisher of Mano-Mano (Bowery Press), dated June 2, 1971 (in original hand addressed envelope), with his Palo Alto address. In this letter he says things have become a bit scrambled regarding permission to have his work quoted in Mano-Mano. He refers to his letter of January 20, [1971] where he says "you wrote us a letter in which you say." here he quotes what Larry Lake had written about the proposed issue and Lake's note that he plans to dedicate it to him and list all his works. He also notes that his wife [Miriam] had sent a note of thanks and granted permission. Note: here we have the original letter of 20 lines from Miriam dated January 24, 1971 (also in original hand-addressed envelope in which she beautifully expresses her thanks for his desire to honor her husband but inexplicably she writes: "of course you have permission for quotations from Kenneth's work" with the provision that he gives credit to New Directions. Sincerely, Miriam Patchen". Our surmise is that the reason Larry Lake returned the original letter from Miriam the Patchens was to explain why he had begun to go ahead with the project with the assumption full permission was granted. With this background Kenneth Patchen's letter continues: "I would not have. could not have granted anyone permission to do an "anthology" presentation of my work: [the legal] rights here are in the possession of New Directions. And they can be very rough with anyone who infringes upon them. "They Keep Riding Down All the Time", though presently out of print is fully protected by copyright. This fall or next spring New Directions will publish it in a volume with several other shorter pieces of mine. It is their plan to restore all my out-of-print titles to print again. Enclosed is a "Christmas Greeting" [see note on broadside] You may put it in your magazine if you like. It's the only unprinted thing of mine which I have on hand. Hope it serves. Also sending you a copy of a new book which lists all New Directions things to date. Miriam and my best to Karlyn & you. Sincerely yours, Kenneth Patchen. (He adds a P.S.) "My back has been giving me particular hell these past months." The third item is from Miriam on Patchen Cards, No. 221 dated September 25, 1971, and handwritten (though mailed to Kenneth Lake) noting: "Mano-Mano just arrived. How very moving! Beautiful. Both of us are deeply stirred. Thank You. Stuart Perkoff's wish that some of the pain might be eased by his love. Oh my, yes. It does indeed ease it much. People are beautiful. The world is beautiful. Thank you, Dear Friends, our black cat, Mr. Sitwell, greets Bowery Press's Black Cat.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. The poet Kenneth Patchen became an invalid after an accident during back surgery in 1959. His wife took care of most of his correspondence afterwards, so he could focus his energy on writing and painting. This correspondence with the blues musician David "Tony" or "Little Sun" Glover consists of over 50 letters and postcards. It began late in 1962 when Miriam responds to a fan letter to Patchen from Glover, then in Minnesota, with a postcard (of a Patchen painting-poem). She explains "the physical effort of writing even a note is a bit beyond his ability - thus this sorry stand-in job." A year later Glover and his wife had moved to San Leandro, about 30 miles from the Patchens in Palo Alto, and the two couples evidently met and became friends. The correspondence then became frequent in 1964, as Miriam encourages Glover's interest in writing an article and possibly a book about Kenneth, sending him research materials (much of which she later requested and got back for sale to a university). This resulted in Glover's essay "Kenneth Patchen, the Horror and the Hope." Many of the letters are written on stationery and envelopes hand-painted by Kenneth. Miriam provides a lot of information about her husband's health, lamenting the difficulty of getting doctors to treat him "since we sued the doctor who destroyed Kenneth," with occasional comments on the poet s influence and publishing efforts. She frequently praises the music of Glover [who was performing and recording on harmonica at the time with Koerner, Ray and Glover, a blues group central to the folk music revival of the 1960s] and the records he has sent them. By March of 1964, Glover having suffered both health and financial difficulties, Miriam supplies treatment advice and money (later acknowledged as repaid) as the couple was forced to move back to Minnesota. The correspondence continues at a regular, more or less monthly pace through early 1966, then diminishes greatly, the last a holiday greeting card dated December of 1969. In addition to the letters, there are: a typescript of Glover's article on Patchen, unused Patchen postcards, promotional material for Patchen publications, a card index of Patchen materials, Glover's research notes, and a 3 3/4 ips reel-to-reel recording of a Miriam letter telling of medical and doctor hassles with note concluding "we're still being murdered.".