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First impression of the true first edition. Printed in an edition of 600 copies at Bill Horton's Sun Press. Original tipped-in subscription postcard to rear. ***Near fine in mustard-yellow card wrappers. No inscriptions. Pages clean. No tears. Spine tight. ***150 mm x150 mm. 24 pages including two-page introduction by the poet, Walter Clark. One-page note on the poet by the editor to the rear. ***Contents: Acknowledgments, A Note on Poetry by Walter Clark; Nineteen Poems by Walter Clark: Uncle Death, Turning a Corner, Gone Dogs, Villanelle, Sonnet from a Summer Place, On Reading a Chinese Poems, Unwelt as Carrot, Science, To Achieve Order, Free Will, Guests at the Door, Walking a Very Old Dog, Pigeon, The Morning After, Stations, Vaquero, Preface and Ambiguous Directions, Homage to Adam, Run; A Note on Walter Clark. ***The Little Square Review ran for ten numbers in eight issues as follows: the first four issues each featured the work of a single poet: 1) Walter Clark, 2) Robert Peters, 3) Edwin Fussell, and 4) Barry Spacks. The joint 5th/6th joint issue featured work by and about Native Americans. The 7th issue featured "Three Poets of the Inland West" - Robert Brandts, F. R. Bresgal and Dick Strong. The 8th issue was the "Flying Fingers" issue and featured Floyce Alexander, Robert Davies and Tom Artin. The final issue was the joint 9th/10th issue, the "Waving hands" issue, and contained 49 poems by seven poets. ***First impression of the true first edition of the first issue of The Little Square Review in very nice collectable condition. ***Of interest to collectors of 1960s American poetry first edition small press and magazine titles. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 6545
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Bibliographic Details
Title: THE LITTLE SQUARE REVIEW, Number 1, Fall ...
Publisher: The Little Square Review, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Publication Date: 1966
Binding: Original Wraps
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued
Edition: First Edition
