Bukowski, Charles, Robert Creeley, Sherril Jaffe, and Joyce Carol Oates, et al (contributors)Biblio.com
WHILE THE MUSIC PLAYED IN SPARROW 1-12 - LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY ALL CONTRIBUTORS
19738039Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1973. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 50 copies specially bound and signed by all 12 contributors. Octavo 23.75cm; light blue paper-covered boards with printed title label mounted to upper front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; light grey endpapers. Hint of sunning to spine with some very faint foxing to lower front cover and text edges; a bit musty from long storage; Near Fine. While not called for this copy is housed in a sturdy beige cloth slipcase supplied by the bindery; some scattered foxing else Near Fine. <br /> <br /> "Deluxe" issue of the first twelve installments in the publisher's "Sparrow" pamphlets series with each pamphlet dedicated to the work of a single poet or author. Contents include Bukowski's While the Music Played Krumhansl 43 with contributions by Robert Kelly Clayton Eshleman Diane Wakoski Richard Grossinger Robert Creeley Sherril Jaffe Joyce Carol Oates and others. Provenance: from the collection of Earle and Larry Gray of the Earle Gray Bookbinding Company who bound most of the Black Sparrow Press titles produced between 1967-2001 as well as works by Capricorn Turtle Island and various other small presses. Morrow & Cooney 15. Black Sparrow Press unknown
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