Barrett Watten Ed (45 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback. Crisp and clean condition, almost like new. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Slight edgewear to covers, lightly faded spine. Mild soiling page edges. Solid uncracked binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. Watten's signature and short inscription on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages; Signed by One Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. [96]pp; illus. Illustrated wraps. Light wear and soiling to upper fore-corner; better than very good. Eighth of twelve total issues of this landmark Language poetry little mag, edited by Barrett Watten. Contributors include Bob Perelman, Clark Coolidge, Lyn Hejinian, Bruce Andrews, Robert Grenier, Bernadette Mayer, Ted Greenwald, and Bill Berkson.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Presumed first printing, trade paperback, the hinges are popped and there is a pull to the binding at the last page, but the book remains firm. It also has bumps with creasing to the spine ends and corners, wear with scuffs and small peels to the hinges and cover edges, sunning to the spine, areas of soiling to the cover edges, and some small spots to the edges of the text block. Overall, this is a solid, Good only copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing of the 7th issue of proto-Language poetry magazine, This. Includes an excerpt from Hannah Weiner's "Clairvoyant Journal." Also includes contributions from Bernadette Mayer, Ron Silliman, Bruce Andrews, Bob Perelman and many others. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are age toned and the top edge of the pages is foxed. Stapled binding is tight and square; the staples are rusted. Covers are lightly edge worn and show some light foxing in places. The back cover shows some scuff marks near the bottom edge.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Good. 4to, 90pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Final issue of this essential Iowa City poetry magazine edited by Allan Kornblum. Unmarked reading copy, lacking plain back wrapper, with general wear and one detached cover corner. Not Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Stapled wraps, has bumps to the spine ends and corners with slight creasing to the corners, rubbing with mild smudging to the covers, and short cross creases to the spine. Overall, this is a solid, Very Good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Nice clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 200pp, printed wrappers. Prime issue of this important literary review edited by Clayton Eshleman, includes letters from Jack Spicer to Allen Joyce, plus writing by Laura (Riding) Jackson, Jackson Mac Low, and a range of other contributors. Unmarked copy, light sunning to covers. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 120pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of the fifth issue of this language poetry magazine edited by Bob Perelman; Clay and Phillips call Hills "the sweetest of all language-centered journals." Unmarked copy, minor signs of age. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, ~80pp, printed wrappers. Fourth issue of this language poetry magazine edited by Bob Perelman; Clay and Phillips call this "the sweetest of all language-centered journals." Unmarked copy, light outer wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 12mo, 58pp, stapled wrappers. Another great issue of this distinctive early seventies magazine of experimental poetry, edited by Dave Morice. Contributors include Robert Grenier, Barrett Watten, other experimentalists. Unmarked copy, corner stain and some edge losses to covers. Not Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Presumed first edition with NAP, trade paperback, there are a few thin pulls to the binding, which sits at a skew but remains firm overall. The book also has bumps with creasing and peels to the spine ends and cover corners, cross creases to the spine, and rubbing with smudges and soiling across the exterior. Overall, this is a solid, but Good only copy.

Softcover. Condition: As Is. First Edition. Presumed first edition with NAP, trade paperback, the front hinge is popped with weakening at the front, but the binding continues to hold. The book also has bumps with peeling to the spine ends and cover corners, reading creases to the spine and hinges, toning to the spine and edges, and soiling across the back cover with some bleeding to the edges and the last pages. Overall, this is a Fair/As Is only copy.

Softcover. Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. Presumed first edition with NAP, trade paperback, is popped at the hinges but remains solid. The book also has bumps with a touch of peeling to the spine ends and cover corners, rubbing to the covers, and shallow creasing along the rear hinge. Overall, a Near Very Good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. Very fine -- illus. wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (32pp.). One of 450 numbered copies, designed and printed by Lyn Hejinian as Tuumba 21. A Good copy, the oversized wrappers toned and spotted to the edges, also a little rubbed. Contents clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. One of 450 numbered copies. 8vo. Stapled wrappers. [vi], 38pp. Oversized wrappers bumped primarily to the corners and moderately spotted at the spine fold, the central inner margin also spotted, but Very Good overall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 8pp, corner-stapled self-cover. Rare issue of this newsletter of experimental writing, featuring work from Barrett Watten and Robert Harris. This copy addressed and mailed to poets George Mattingly and Lucy Farber. Unmarked copy (aside from address), horizontal mailing folds, light wear and soil. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 68pp, printed wrappers. 1 of 200 copies. First issue of this well-designed magazine of poetry, printed at the West Coast Print Center. Includes a 5-page poem on Raymond Chandler by Tina Darragh. Unmarked copy, small corner fold to front cover and light wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 118pp, printed wrappers. The entirety of this thick issue is devoted to work by and about Charles Bernstein. Library stamp and associated writing to front cover (no internal markings), a bit of general wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1981 little magazine of experimental writing, includes 7 pages by Kathy Acker. This copy has a more elaborate cover stamping than typically encountered. Light outer wear, spotting at top edge, no markings. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Third issue of this language poetry magazine edited by Bob Perelman; Clay and Phillips call this "the sweetest of all language-centered journals." Unmarked copy, light outer wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 12mo, 46pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce second issue of this distinctive early seventies magazine of experimental poetry, edited by Dave Morice. Includes work by Barrett Watten. Unmarked copy, light stain to front cover and first three leaves. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 12mo, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Uncommon fourth issue of this distinctive early seventies magazine of experimental poetry, edited by Dave Morice. Includes work by Anselm Hollo, Seymour Krim, Joyce Holland, Barrett Watten, et al. Someone has filled in the maze on the cover in ink, with subsequent drips. Otherwise, an unmarked copy from the collection of contributor George Mattingly. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 36pp, stapled wrappers. Nice copy of this rather psychedelicized little magazine of underground writing from 1971 Iowa City. Unmarked copy, very light sunning at spine. Not Signed.

hardcover, Condition: Very Good, This Press, Kensington, c.1978, 8vo., cloth, 159pp., VG $.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Seventh issue of this essential seventies language-movement literary magazine, includes work by Robert Grenier, Bernadette Mayer, Tom Raworth, Ron Silliman, Bob Perelman, Hannah Weiner, et al. Unmarked copy, minor wear and staple rust. Not Signed.