THE LITTLE SQUARE REVIEW, Number 3, Summer 1967 - The Purgatory Poems by Edwin Fussell

John Ridland (Edited by) Edwin Fussell

Published by The Little Square Review, Santa Barbara, California, USA, 1967

About this Item

First impression of the true first edition. Printed at Bill Horton's Sun Press, Santa Barbara. Illustrated with a colour design by Douglas McClellan on page 6. Original subscription postcard loosely inserted. ***Near fine in pale grey card wrappers. No inscriptions. Pages clean. No tears. Spine tight. ***150 mm x150 mm. 24 pages including two-page introduction by the poet, Robert L. Peters. Two-page note on the poet by the editor to the rear. ***Contents: Acknowledgments, A Note on the Convert as Poet by Edwin Fussell; A Design by Douglas McClellan; The Purgatory Poems by Edwin Fussell: A Little Night-Work, Crap in the Hand, In the Hospital, Gin for Breakfast, Yellow as Through Dark Glasses, Where We Lay, In My Winding Sheet, Until the Real Thing Comes Along, Eat Me, A Short Twelve for St. Francis, The Lady in Blue, Good Friday, From the Purgatory Poems, Before Morning, A Note on Edwin Fussell. ***Edwin Sill Fussell (1922-2002), was Professor Emeritus of Literature, University College San Diego. He was a poet and a scholar of American fiction and poetry (1800 to the present). ***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 third 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LITTLE SQUARE REVIEW, Number 3, Summer 1967 - The Purgatory Poems by Edwin Fussell
• Publisher: The Little Square Review, Santa Barbara, California, USA
• Publication Date: 1967
• Binding: Original Wraps
• Illustrator: Douglas McClellan
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: First Impression
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • First Editions
  • Collectable Paperbacks