Semark Jim (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 70pp (mimeographed), printed wrappers. Second and final issue of this hippie-era underground poetry magazine from San Francisco. Includes "Statement of Policy for the Straight Theater and Red Mountain Enterprises" and Program of Events by James D. Wilson (4pp), plus work by Tuli Kupferberg, Joanne Kyger, Jim Semark, Gino Clays, Larry Eigner, et al. Unmarked copy, minor cover wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 4 leaves (mostly mimeographed), corner-stapled. Uncommon press release relating to the January 24, 1967, mega-bust of persons associated with the Detroit Artists' Workshop, including the Sinclairs, Jim Semark, and other worthies. Includes a statement and reproductions of press clippings. Unmarked copy, horizontal fold line, light toning. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Good only (lacking front wrapper). 4to, [xvi]+148pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Edited by John Sinclair. A massive Artists Workshop Press production. Includes Michael McClure, Gerrit Lansing, Diane di Prima, and a whole bunch of other folks. Solid (about VG) aside from the missing cover (which is supplied in photocopy). Not Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Magazine. Cover by John Dana, Charles Moore, and Stanley Cowell. Quarto. Stapled red printed wrappers. 98pp. A bit of toning to the pages, else fine. A magazine edited by Sixties poet and radical, John Sinclair, co-founder of the White Panthers Party, and one-time manager of the band MC5. This issue of the magazine was rushed into production shortly before Sinclair was to report to jail for an earlier conviction for selling marihuana to an undercover agent. His incarceration lead to a host of protests, most notably Allen Ginsberg, who rushed the stage during The Who's Woodstock performance to plead Sinclair's case, and John Lennon, who recorded the song "John Sinclair" on his album, *Some Time in New York City*. Among the contributors are Robert Creeley, Jonathan Williams, Charles Olson, Anselm Hollo, Ernst Robert Curtius, Reiner M. Gerhardt, Ed Roberson, David Federman, Steve Jonas, Allen Van Newkirk, George Tysh, J.D. Whitney, Bill Hutton, David Sinclair, Joe Groppuso, Jim Semark, Henry Malone, Jerry Younkins, Arnold Shulsky, D. Welsh, Marshall Rosenthal, Robin Eichele, and Kenny Schooner.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 80pp, stapled wrappers. Errata slip laid in. Nice copy of a rare early production of the Artists' Workshop Press, edited by Robin Eichele and featuring the work of a number of authors associated with the Press. Unmarked copy, a bit of reading wear to front cover and early leaves, minor edge spots. Not Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarto. Perfectbound blue wrappers with mimeographed sheet printed both sides. About near fine with some age-toning to the edges of the wrap and pages, tiny tear at crown and bump at the lower corner. Number 65 of 500 copies. Published as Workbook 5. A collection of prose, poetry, and essays from the Detroit poet, mystic, and cultural activist Jim Semark, who co-founder the Artists' Workshop Press along with John Sinclair, Robin Eichele, and George Tysh. Included within are two illustrations by the psychedelic '60s rock artist Stanley Mouse, best known for his Grateful Dead album covers.

First Edition. 8.5" x 11" pp. [3], ii-viii, 78, including a tipped in fold-out petition for jazz musicians and two pages of black and white jazz musician photography. Pumpkin orange wrappers with black and white Archie Shepp on the front cover and Shepp poem printed on the back; overall very good condition with slight wear along the edges and light toning along the top of the back cover. Bound with two staples, secure. The maiden publication for editors John Sinclair and Moore, representing "New Music" and jazz. Hailing from Detroit, Sinclair was the leader of the White Panther Party, activist, MC5 rock group manager, and poet. Includes 10 pages of Sun Ra material, including poems and narrative from Ra's original liner booklet for the 1956 Transition album, which includes: "INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PEOPLES OF EARTH," in which Sun Ra prescribes, "Open your ears so that you can see with the eye of the mind.".

Pamphlet. 73p., 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed poetry book #290/500 copies side-stapled into blue card covers, very good.

Pamphlet. 50p., 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed in an edition of 500 copies, toning to margins else very good in side stapled pictorial covers with backlist on rear cover. Sinclair was the founder of The White Panthers, an activist in Detroit and editor/publisher of many journals and poetry books out of Artists' Workshop Press. He is also known for managing The MC-5 rock and roll band out of Detroit.