Perishable Press Laughlin James (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Japanese decorated paper-covered boards, cover label printed in red and blind, small 8vo., (21) pages. One of 183 copies printed by Walter Hamady at his Perishable Press from Palatino and Smaragd types on Shadwell handmade paper, this copy on white paper. Bound by Elizabeth Kner. Bare trace of wear to the spine ends, else a fine copy in archival mylar.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. First Edition. Octavo. [26] pp. Limited edition, one of 183 copies. This copy signed by Laughlin on the half title page. As issued in decorative Japanese paper over boards with printed paper title label on the front cover. A bright, fresh copy with only light soiling to the title label; bottom corner of the front boards is just a trifle bumped. Two Decades of Hamady & the Perishable Press, 32. Signed.…

First Edition. 8vo, unpag.; patterned boards with printed label. One of 183 copies in the edition, this being one of 136 printed on white Shadwell paper. This copy has a terse presentation inscription by Laughlin on the first leaf: "JR/JL 1973." The recipient was the poet Jerome Rothenberg. At the time of the inscription Rothenberg and Laughlin were working on bringing out Rothenberg's Poland: 1931 (1974), the first of at least a dozen books he would publish with Laughlin's New Directions imprint. Foxing to edges, first and last few leaves as well as label; near vg.…