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Poetry booklets, Bio info, photographs, Misc. prints, copyright info

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Poetry booklets 1975 - 1987

Scope and Contents

Small booklets of poems published by the Greenwood Press, Aerthic Press, and the Mudborn Press and J. Mudfoot, Printer.
Title: Accompaniments Date: 1980 Author: John Allen Cann Description: Aetheric press. One hundred copies of this book were hand-set & printed by Harry Reese in NOvember, 1980. Centaur types were used throughout. Each book has been signed & numbered by the author, with an original painting of his on every cover.
Title: Ma Dame Date: Translated 1978 Author: Translated by Peter Whigham, art by Kerry Tomlinson, written by Peire Vidal (C. 1175-1205) Description: Printed in Spring 1978 by Doggeral & Muddborn Presses
Title: Pure Heart or Ratting Date: 1981 Author: Millie Mae Wicklund Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Booklet, one of 125 copies.
Title: "Last Train from Decibel C" Date: First published 1977, second printing 1981 Author: Millie Mae Wicklund. Cover by Kerry Tomlinson. Publisher: Rockbottom Magazine, Mudborn Press Description: booklet
Title: Stephen Singleton Caterer Description: booklet
Title: The Black Cap Date: 1978 Author: Lawrence P. Spingarn Description: Booklet. From the Rockbook series.
Title: The Beagles of Arkansas Date: 1978 Author: Mike Finely. Photo by Anthony Tomlinson Description: Rockbook 4
Title: 2 Date: 1977 December Author: Stephen Kessler Description: Poetry booklet. Appeared as pages 13-28 in Rockbottom 5.
Title: 1 Readings Date: 1975 Author: Merisa Macagno, Tom Mooney, Robert Jackson, Sharon Millern, Ken Weston, Steve Degroodt, Elizabeth Sutherland, S M Paulson Description: Pamphlet
Title: On- Date: 1976 Author: Graham Makintosh Description: 125 copies parinted at the Greenwood Press for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in San Francisco, September 18 and 19, 1976. This keepsake presented by George K. Fox and Jack W. Stauffacher. On- first appeared in the October 1970 special California poetry issue of the California Librarian, edited by Sanford Dorbin.
Title: Jimmy Santiago Baca Date: 1978 Author: Jimmy Santiago Baca. Drawings by Emiliano Hinojosa Description: Rockbook 3
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Human, Avian, Vegetable, Blood circa 1987

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Title: Human, Avian, Vegetable, Blood. Date: 1987 circa. Author: Kenneth Roxroth. Designed and printed by Wesley B. Tanner. Originally published by New Directions Publishing Corp, 1956. Description: Broadside with poem
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Edward Borein Etching undated

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Return 1977

Scope and Contents

Includes 3 small cards with poetry.
Title: Return Date: 1977 Author: Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia (Alurista) Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Card with a poem
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Professional Bio and Checklist undated

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One page of informational text about Judyl Mudfoot's career.
"Work for local/internationa; (ART/LIFE) and local (i.e. and eye) magazines."
"A checklist of Mudborn Press titles available if still in print, from J. Mudfoot printer, 703 W. Micheltorena, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, U.S.A"
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Photographs of Judyl Mudfoot 1981

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Three black and white photographs of Judyl Mudfoot.
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Prints undated

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Two prints inside:
One print depicting an old-fashioned printing press.
One print by Glen Kaltenbrun.
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Night Light Magazine April 23-26, 1983

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Copy of Night Light Magazine. Vol. 3 No. 22 (73). April 13-26, 1983
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Copyright correspondence and forms 1976-1980

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Includes correspondence from copyright companies and certifricates of copyright registration for Mudborn Press Publications.
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Whispers in Agony 1980

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Seven copies of the poem Whispers in Agony, by Jules Supervielle and Nick Muska. Letterpressed at Mudborn. four signed by Nick Muska in April 1980.
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Publications A - M 1976 - 1986

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Includes larger publications by the Mudborn Press and Judyl Mudfoot, printer.
Title: At the Fellow's Edge Date: 1980 Author: Astrid Ivask. Forward, Edited and translated by Inara Cedrins. Cover art by Ivar Ivask Description: Inklings 3. Book
Title: At the Fellow's Edge, second printing Date: 1982 Author: Astrid Ivask. Forward, Edited and translated by Inara Cedrins. Cover art by Ivar Ivask Description: Inklings 3. Book
Title: Aztec Birth, The turquoise mockingbird of light Date: Originally published in the 16th century c. Reprinted in 1979 Author: Paul Portugés. Afterword by Peter Whigham. Art by Paul Hobson. Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Book
Title: Casanova's Lips: A Comedy by Guy Guden Date: 1981 Author: Guy Guden Description: Graven Images Publications
Title: Drawknife Date: 1985 Author: Doc Dachtler. Forward by Gary Snyder. Afterword by Steve Sanfield. Publisher: Konocti Books, J. Mudfoot Printer Description: Poetry book. 300 copies.
Title: first-person intense Date: 1978 Author: Sasha Newborn, editor and introduction. Anderson, Berne, Brown, Bukowski, Cook, Cuelho, Currey, Dawson, Drake, Dubois, Fox, Grayson, Hasse, Kostelanetz, Livingston, Myers, Ossman, Peabody, Prado, Riverat, Rooney, Sklar, Smith, White, Wicklund
Title: Hallmark Piece Date: 1983 Author: Millie Mae Wicklund Description: Published by a Mudborn Press. 500 copies made.
Description: Published by Mudborn press.
Title: Involving Residence Date: 1981 Author: R. G. Canton. Cover design by Timothy J. Nelson. Description: Printed by J. Mudfoot in Santa Barbara.
Title: Lemurian Rhapsodies Date: 1976 Author: John Allen Cann Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Poetry book. 500 copies made, 26 signed with and original drawing by the poet. Two of the copies are signed, two are not. The signed copies are designated copy Y and copy M.
Title: Masked Ball [Dreams & Disguises] Date: 1986 Author: Judyl Mudfoot Publisher: J. Mudfoot, Printer Description: Poetry book. One of 300 copies
Title: Mouth of the Whale Date: 1979 Author: Elizabeth Sutherland. Introduction by Kenneth Roxroth. Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Poetry book. 750 copies.
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Publications N - S circa 1975 - 1983

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Includes four larger publications from Mudborn Press or J, Mudfoot, Printer.
Title: Nachthymnen Date: 1986 Author: Connie Fox Publisher: J. Mudfoot, Printer Description: Poetry Booklet. 300 copies made. Three of these copies have been signed by the author.
Title: Night Letter Date: 1982 Author: Kerry Tomlinson Publisher: Mudborn Press. Description: Poetry Book, hardcover. 500 copies. Six are signed, two are not.
Title: Personne Date: 1983 Author: Marie-Elise Wheatwind. Cover art by T. Mattie. Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: book, one of 350 copies
Title: Pomes Date: 1975 circa Author: Elizabeth Sutherland, Judy Brown, Judyl Mudfoot, Marie- Elise, Sharon Millern. Composition by Sasha Newborn Description: booklet of poems
Title: "San Diego as a Health Resort" Date: Originally published in 1879. Reproduced 1985 circa Author: Charles Merwin Penn, M.D. Publisher: Originally published in Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of California. Privately printed reproduction. Description: booklet. One of 100 copies
Title: Sobre esta Praia Date: 1979 Author: Jorge De Sena, translated by Jonathan Griffin Description: From Inklings 1, Manufactured by Mudborn Press
Title: Studies on Jorge de Sena Date: 1981 Author: Edite by Harvey L. Sharrer and Frederick G. Williams Description: Published by Jorge de Sena Center of Portuguese Studies, UCSB, in associatiion with Bandanna Books, Santa Barbara.
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Publications T - # 1975 - 1983

Scope and Content

Title: The Basement Date: 1978 Author; Sasha Newborn Description: Published by Newborn Press. The Basemenr is the story of one man coming to grips with owmen, failure, alcohol in the midst of the Sixties. The new people - runaways dropouts brain-drugged delinquents deserters dopers radicals poets Peace Corps Volunteers mystics saviors and criminals of no crime - all pass through The Basement.
Title: The December Book Date: 1975 Author: Cover art, Jamie Woodard; Design & Layout, Judyl Mudfoot; Typesetting, Sasha Newborn; Poems by, Bob Brandts, Elizabeth Sutherland, et al. Publisher: Published by the Mudborn Press. Printed by the Sabot Press.
Title: The Gift of Water, The Gift of Fire Date: 1978 Author: Stephen Leggett Publisher: Cold Mountain Press, J. Mudfoot. Description: Poetry booklet. 500 copies.
Title: The Killing of Nettie Love Date: 1983 Author: Sam Erenberg Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Poetry booklet. Of the 100 signed and numbered copies, these are Copies # 51, 52, 58 and 63.
Title: The Leaving, 3 Stories Date: 1978 Author: Steven Hopkins Publisher: Mudborn Press Title: Time Payment Date: 1978 Author: Kerry Tomlinson. Introduction by Kenneth Roxroth. Publisher: Mudborn Press description: Three copies are hard cover, one is paperback. 1000 copies created total.
Title: The Poetry of Jorge De Sena Date: 1980 Author: Edited by Frederick G. Williams Description: Published by Mudborn Press.
Title: Trespassing Stoplights and Attitudes Date: 1980 Author: Mary Mcgarth. Art by Nevin Berger Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Signed Book. 500 copies made. 26 signed copies.
Title: Under One Roof Date: 1979 Author: Poems by Roger Bergman, Gayle Jansen, Richard Windmiller, Susan Stewart Potter, Timothy Jahns, Laurie Cosca Description: Published by High Window Press, Santa Barbara
Title: 24 X 12, second ed Date: 1980 Author: Merrit Clifton Publisher: Mudborn Press
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Miniature Publications 1979 - 1981

Scope and Contents

Includes five small poetry publications inside of envelopes and a number of miniature broadsides.
Title: Crazy Face Date: 1980 Author: Phyllis Koestenbaum Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Poetry booklet with envelope. 300 copies. Copy # 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50. From the Rockbook series
Title: Garage Date: 1980 Author: Albert Drake Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Poetry booklet with envelope. Of the 300 signed and numbered copies, these are copies # 52, 53, 54. From Rockbook series.
Title: In a Season Of Birds Date: 1979 Author: Jonathan London Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Poetry booklet with envelope. Of the 300 numbered copies, these are copies #101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110. From Rockbook series.
Title: Sleepless Night in a Soundproof Motel Date: 1978 Author: Michael C. Ford Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Poetry booklet with envelope. Of the 300 signed and numbered copies, these are copies # 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159. From Rockbook series.
Title: Thin Scars / Purple Leaves Date: 1981 Author: Lisa Couchet Publisher: Mudborn Press Description: Poetry booklet with envelope. Of 300 signed and numbered copies, these are copies # 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50. From Rockbook series.
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Rockbottom Magazine 1976 - 1979

Scope and Contents

Eight issues of Rockbottom Magazine. Issues 1-6, and 9. Edited by Judyl Mudfoot and Sasha Newborn.
 

Oversize prints 1898 - 1988

Scope and Contents

Two oversized prints.
Bad Woman. By Katharine Harer. Published by Calliopea Press.
I-Ching: Illustrations of the Kua, Linocuts by Bill McKee, 1973 circa. Includes the linoleum cut print titled "24. Fu, Return, The Turning Point," artists' proof.
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Амерус КоммyниСт Prints undated

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17 screen prints with Russian text. Some prints show process and annotations. All prints include the text "Амерус КоммyниСт", which is Russian for Amerus Communists.
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The Cats 1980

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40 signed posters with poetry and illustrations titled "The Cat". Poem written by David Ossman, Illustration by Mihchael Gonzales.
25 copies are signed by both Ossman and Gonzales, 15 are signed by Ossman only.
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Event Advertisements 1982-1983

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Three broadsides advertising events.
1982 Edwin Corle Speaker Harry Duncan, 1982 circa. Flyer for an event where Harry Duncan spoke for a discussion about "The Permanence of Books" at Girvetz Hall
Dinosaurism: An Illuminated Manifesto. Flyer for a play written by John Allen Cann and Directed by Hostefer. Two copies.
6 Poets Reading, 1979. Poltron Press, Berkeley. Poster advertising a poetry reading event in Santa Barbara
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Manifesto 1, 2, and 3 1979-1983

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Three posters with bulleted manifestos published by the Mudborn Press. Manifesto one and two have three copies each.
Manifesto number three is labeled "Voted on and passed 21st day of August, 1979, by the members of the Salvador Dali Fan Club arm of the Labor arm for the Shoes for Industry Commitee arm of the Nat'l Surrealisty Party."
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Halfway to Zeno's House 1983

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A poster with a poem by John Allen Cann, published by Mudborn Press.
Numbered editions. Includes editions: #31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99 out of 100. All signed.
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J. Mudfoot print undated

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A large poster that reads J. Mudfoot Limited Edition Broadsides & Books & Ordinary Fine Printing. Likely advertising for Judyl Mudfoot's private printing press. 2 copies.
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Woodblock print undated

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A woodblock print of a man printing books. Illegible signature.
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Poetry posters and broadsides 1976-1988

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16 broadsides and posters with poetry.
The Ironiad. Two pages from a publication titled The Ironiad, a Russian publication. 3 copies.
A poem titled Mildren Allen Cann: Elegy for my Mother, written by John Allen Cann.
Two poems titled my son in a tree and a song by Tom Mooney. Copyright 1976 by Tom Mooney, candidate for County Democratic Central Committee, 3rd District. 126 copies handset & printed at Mudborn Press, Santa Barbara, May 1976. 26 copies signed.
Untitled. Written by Marie-Elise Wheatwind. A broadside poem, signed by the author to Judyl Mudfoot and Sasha Newborn.
The Hermit's Lantern. Written by John Allen Cann. Published by the Aetheric Press, Santa Barbara. A long vertical poem. 3 copies, 1 is signed by author.
On Craftsmanship. By Dan Rubin. Written out by Susan Kinne. Long vertical poem
Jurassic Seas, 1979 December. Written by Hugh Fox. Published by Mudborn Press. 500 copies were printed total. 3 copies in this collection. Two signed by author.
Psalm, 1988. By Stephen Thralls. Published by Vessels Omphalos Press. Poster with poem.
Lady Evergreen Song, 1983. Written by A.M. Perez. Published by Mudborn Press.
Literature & Friendship, 1983. By Michael Hannon. Art by Vince. Published by Turkey Press. A poster printed for Chris & Mary on their anniversary.
The Essential Ingredient, 1982. By M.F.K. Fisher. Published by Cadmus Editions, Mudborn Press. Number 5 of a series of broadsides issued at irregular intervals and from the hands of diverse printers. The edition is limited to 100 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Part of text from the Cordiall Water, Reprinted with permission from North print Press. 3 copies in this collection.
Your Life...An Open Book, 2000. By Marie-Elise Wheatwind. Illustration by Sue Allen.
Your Life...An Open Book, 2000. By Dorianne Laux. Illustration by Sue Allen.
From the Afterward to the American Edition of Thou Shalt Not be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child. By Alice Miller. 3 copies
Love is the cessation of calculation, 1986. By Jim Edwards.
The Stitching, 1986. By Michael McClure. Published by J. Mudfoot Printer. Signed by author. Printer's copy for Judyl Mudfoot. Out of 100 signed copies.
On the revolution, 1976 May. By Martha E. Britte. Published by Mudborn Press. 3 copies.
Last Visit for Carol Tinker, 1982. By Marie-Elise Wheatwind. Published by Mudborn Press. Copy number 37/100.
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Richardkostelanetz 1980

Scope and Contents

A poem by Richard C. Kostelanetz. 24 signed copies.
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California Cookbooks Collection 1898-1927

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Four posters with poems from the California Cookbooks Collection, the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
Tortillas de Mais, 1902. By Mrs. Laura E. King.
Penouchee, 1898. By Jean Henderson.
Celery Victor, 1910.
Hangtown Fry, 1927.
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Kruchenykh poetry posters and broadsides 1922-1988

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12 poetry prints and posters from a folder titled Kruchenykh.
Illumination, 1976. By Paul Portuges. Published by Mudborn Press.
The Man with Three Names, 1976 May. By Fielding Dawson. Published by Mudborn Press & White Rabbit Presses. 285 copies printed. 35 copies signed. 3 unsigned copies.
Spirit of the Crossroads, 1987. Poem by David Dahl, Drawing by Peggy Wirta Dahl. Published by Tsunami Press, Santa Barbara. Edition limited to 50 copies. Broadside with poem. 3 copies in this collection.
The Root Worker, 1988. By Henry Johnson. Illustration by Fielding Dawson. Published by Table-Talk Press, Santa Barbara. Printer's copy. Signed by author and illustrator.
Wanted For Attempted Manhood, 1987. Text and drawing by Fielding Dawson. Published by Table-Talk Press, Santa Barbara. Signed by author for Judyl Mudfoot.
Dinosaurism by John Allen Cann: Performance of an Illuminated Manifesto, 1987. Published by Aetheric Press. Flyer for a performance. Includes a poem titled The Paradox of the Archaeopteryx. 2 copies into this collection.
Juana's House. Poem by Roger Bergman. Illustration by Robert Brandts. Published by J. Mudfoot, Printer. The stamp used for the illustration is in the collection (box 8)
Aviso de Porta de Livraria, 1980. Poem by Jorge de Sena. Translated by Jonathan Griffin. Published by Mudborn Press. "Notice for Bookshop door" (1972) is from The Poetry of Jorge de Sena (portuguese/English), the first major collection of Sena's poetry available in English, edited, with notes and bibliography by Frederick G. Williams. This broadsheet was printed at Mudborn as a greeting to friends of letters for the New Year 1981. 3 copies in the collection.
Come Hear Jack Hirschman at Visible Light Gallery, 1986 circa. Poem by Aleksei Kruchenkykh. Translated by Jack Hirschman and Alexander Kohav Published by Mudborn Press. An advertisement to see Jack Hirschman read his own poems, as well as the works of Aleksei Kruchenkyhk, a Russian futurist poet. 3 copies in the collection.
Going the distance (for my sister Louis), 1987 circa. By Meg Fraser. 2 copies in this collection.
Untitled. "Zerox". A poem on a broadside. Vintage, 1922 Circa. By Noel Young. Published by Mudborn Press.
Untitled. A concrete poem in the shape of a wine bottle. 2 copies in the collection.

Biographical / Historical

Kruchenykh likely refers to the Russian futurist poet Aleksei Kruchenykh.
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Dead Poem 1971 March

Scope and Contents

A poetry book by Lawrence Kearney. Published by the White Rabbit Press. 45 copies made.
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Banners undated

Scope and Contents

Two printed banners.
Small banners with "solidarity" printed in red text. 3 copies in the collection.
Small banners with "Peace Bread & Roses" printed in blue text.

Biographical / Historical

"Bread and Roses is the title of a poem, as well as a political slogan in the early 1900s used by strikers at a textile factory in Lawrence, MA, 1912. The chant was a demand for living wages and safer working conditions.
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Table-talk Press, Five Broadsides 1985-1986

Scope and Contents

A hard-cover book containing five poem broadsides.
The Elizabethan Phrase by Philip Whalen Untitled from the Chameleon Series by Leslie Scalapino Regan at Bitberg by Clayton Eshleman A Snowy Winter in East Lansing by Diane Wakoski The Stitching by Michael McClure.
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Fifty Golden Leaves 1985

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Unbound copy of Fifty Golden Leaves by Barbara Maud Harral and Sarah Nancy Harral, and 50 poets.
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Book covers and misc undated

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a slip of paper that says "The map, once unfolded, can remain so for reference, as it illustrates locations mentioned in the text. Please open and close the map, and gatefolds, with care to avoid dog-eared corners."
Book cover for first catch the rabbit by Jack Spicer,
A print titled Native Soil.
Book cover for Studies on Jorge de Sena: A colloquim edited by Harvey J. Sharrer and Frederick G. Williams.
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growing pains: a poem for my brothers 1980

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A poem titled growing pains: a poem for my brothers by Kerry Tomlinson. Poem for a forthcoming Mudborn book/ portrait of the poet from a photograph by Stephan Baldwin. Copyright (c) 1980.
All signed by author.