X-Ray Number Seven: Fall 1998

Brewton, Johnny (editor)

Published by X-Ray Book Company, San Francisco, 1998

About this Item

The seventh installment of this literary journal combining found objects, broadsides, and tipped-in materials. Some contributors made 226 copies of their work (the entire print run); others sent things in to the editor who printed them (letterpress for broadsides). The contents were velobound with acetate wrappers. The covers are three-piece assemblies, each featuring a letter. The contributors to this issue include Charles Bukowski, Billy Childish, Hubert Selby Jr., Bern Porter, and many others. The Bukowski contribution is a printed broadside poem titled "The Word." There is also a laid in original color photograph by Michael Montfort (4-7/8 by 3-1/2 inches) of Bukowski standing in his doorway. This issue includes two loose pieces, a photocopied "thanks for parking so close" flier and a sheet with instructions beginning, "Remove shape card." The final bound leaf is printed in Braille. 7 by 8-1/2 inches. A fine example, with a letter P on the cover. This is copy 189 of 200. The original plastic bag is not present.

Seller Inventory # 16588

Bibliographic Details

• Title: X-Ray Number Seven: Fall 1998
• Publisher: X-Ray Book Company, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1998
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Counterculture
  • POETRY
  • Fine Press