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Published by San Francisco: Bob Perelman, 1977
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, ~80pp, printed wrappers. Fourth issue of this language poetry magazine edited by Bob Perelman; Clay and Phillips call this "the sweetest of all language-centered journals." Unmarked copy, light outer wear. Not Signed.
Published by San Francisco: Bob Perelman, 1978
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 120pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of the fifth issue of this language poetry magazine edited by Bob Perelman; Clay and Phillips call Hills "the sweetest of all language-centered journals." Unmarked copy, minor signs of age. Not Signed.
Published by Oakland, CA: QU, 1980
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 8pp, corner-stapled self-cover. Rare issue of this newsletter of experimental writing, featuring work from prominent contributors. Unmarked copy, small closed tear to first leaf, has not been folded or mailed. Not Signed.
Published by San Francisco: 80 Langton Street Corp., 1980
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. A scarce publication of 80 Langton Street, featuring capsule biographies and notices of associated writers, including Kathy Acker, Peter Schjeldahl, Clark Coolidge, et al. Unmarked copy, very minor bumping. Not Signed.
Published by THIS MAGAZINE, San Francisco, 1976
Seller: Village Works, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. We may request additional shipping charges for international orders, based on actual shipping costs. Contains some academic markings/students notes/margin notes.
Published by San Francisco: Kit Robinson, 1974
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Rare underground literary magazine from 1974 San Francisco, includes work by early Language poets. Unmarked copy, light stains at top edge, Not Signed.
Published by Mode A [through 2010], Detroit, 2006
First Edition Signed
Card Covers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition of this experiment in collective autobiography, complete in ten volumes. Crown 8vo (173 x 104mm): 79,[1]; 90,[6]; 127,[1]; 159,[1]; 143,[1]; 159,[1]; 207,[1]; 207,[1]; 223,[1]; 271,[1]pp. Publisher's white stiff card covers, original wrappers with French flaps, printed in various colors and priced $12.95. Part 1 signed to half-title page by Ron Silliman, one of ten poets who collaborated on the project: "For Richard / Back in the / Day," with printout of e-mail correspondence between Silliman and the recipient, California poet Richard Krech, and Bagazine postcard addressed to Krech in Albany, California. Part 2 signed to Krech by Lyn Hejinian on title page. Very Fine (pristine and unread), in custom cloth-covered slip case by Fitterer. The Grand Piano (the title derives from a legendary San Francisco coffeehouse where the project's authors programmed, coordinated, and participated in a reading and performance series from 1976 to 1979) was written over a decade of close collaboration among ten poets from what became known as the Language School. Each volume features essays by all ten writers, often responding to prompts and problems arising from one another's essays in the series. "Centered on the rise of Language poetry in San Francisco in the second half of the 1970s, the project explores a wide range of issues in poetics and the lives of poets â" then and now. . . . The Grand Piano's authors worked together via a listserv whose archive contains tens of thousands of e-mails that document the depth and intensity of collective effort this project entailed." (thegrandpiano online) Silliman's poetry newsletter, Tottel's (1970-81), contributed to the development of ideas in language poetry. According to Wikipedia: "Gertrude Stein, particularly in her writing after Tender Buttons, and Louis Zukofsky, in his book-length poem A, are the modernist poets who most influenced the Language school. In the postwar period, John Cage, Jackson Mac Low, and poets of the New York School (John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan) and Black Mountain School (Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, and Robert Duncan) are most recognizable as precursors to the Language poets. . . . The language poets also drew on the philosophical works of Ludwig Wittgenstein, especially the concepts of language-games, meaning as use, and family resemblance among different uses, as the solution to the Problem of universals. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).