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554791 — New York: Genesis : Grasp Press 1971. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Oblong 24mo. Light blue stapled wrappers. Fine. With the original Genesis : Grasp mailing envelope addressed to poet Clark Coolidge. Also included is a Typed Letter Signed from Richard Meyers a.k.a. Richard Hell to Coolidge dated December 28 1970 mimicing the cover illustrations. The letter informs Coolidge that the press has accepted four of his poems we assume for inclusion in Genesis : Grasp 4 and presents this copy of Uh which is to be the subscriber supplement #5: "I thought you might like it. It's going to be lying around here in packages deteriorating for the two months or so it will take us to raise money and print the issue." The first book by the influential musician and writer Richard Hell published under the pseudonym Ernie Stomach. An artist's flip-book that utilized an alphabet specially created by Hell and published in an edition of 500 copies with 470 trade copies and with 30 numbered and signed by the author. A mystifyingly uncommon book which despite the stated limitation is the only copy we've seen. Genesis : Grasp Press unknown