Common Sense

Raworth, Tom

Published by Zephyrus Press, Healdsburg, 1976

About this Item

3 1/2 x 5 1/2" spiral bound notebook. Letterpress printed on 18 leaves of blue-lined notebook paper, preceded by and followed by a single leaf of beige newsprint - the latter upon which is illustrated with a linocut illustration of a salt shaker by Myers. Further illustrated with three found zinc-prints of business men. One of the most charming of all the Zephyrus titles, Common Sense strikes a brilliant balance between commercial and fine printing methods and scavenged means. After the leaves were printed, they were sent out and commercially spiral bound. There is a linocut print of a price at the rear cover. The intent was to mimic commercial notebooks found for cheap in drugstores, so that readers could read poetry in public without ostentation. The usual offsetting from the newsprint within, along with some spots of discoloration to 4 pp within and the card stock on back cover, otherwise bright and very good, the covers being particularly bright and well-preserved. Seller Inventory # 31765

Bibliographic Details

Title: Common Sense

Publisher: Zephyrus Press, Healdsburg

Publication Date: 1976

Edition: First edition.