From The Idea of the Book, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 23, 2017
About this Item
First edition of 125. Softcover 4to in pictorial wrappers printed in blue and black with pages printed in black. Unpaginated. Artists book by Bern Porter featuring a comprehensive collection of found poems consisting of appropriated advertisements, scientific charts, product diagrams, articles, images, and drawings. This book with a somber narrative on mortality. The fourth in a planned seven-part series consisting of Found Poems, The Book of Do s, Here Comes Everybody s Don t Book, Sweet End, The Book of Light, The Devil s Wishbone, and The Porter Book, with the last three remaining unpublished. Select founds from this book also appear in a new Bern Porter book titled Now It Can Be Why Did It Fail Before? published fall of 2023. Trace amounts of rubbing to covers, small area of color loss at middle of spine, faint scattered foxing to upper front covers, and a small area of soiling to upper back cover and top of text block. Else near fine. Seller Inventory # 1078
Bibliographic Details
Title: SWEET END
Publisher: The Dog Ear Press, Brunswick, Maine
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
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