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Since man began to eat himself : four poems, two stories

Title
Since man began to eat himself : four poems, two stories / Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Bernard, Allen Ginsberg, Toby Olson, Jerome Rothenberg, and Joel Oppenheimer ; with six etched illuminations & one composite drawing provisioned by Warrington Colescott.
Publication
[Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin] : Perishable Press Limited, 1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
  • Bernard, Kenneth
  • Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
  • Olson, Toby
  • Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931-
  • Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988
  • Colescott, Warrington, 1921-2018
  • Hamady, Walter Samuel Haatoum, 1940-2019
  • Anthony, William, 1926-1989
  • Perishable Press Limited, publisher.
Description
45 unnumbered pages : illustrations; 29 cm
Subject
  • American poetry > 20th century
  • Short stories, American
  • Verse satire, American
Genre/Form
Private press books – Wisconsin – Mount Horeb – 1986.
Note
  • "There are one hundred & thirteen copies printed in Greco & Garamond bold on/into hand-made Sandwich given structure by Bill Anthony"--Colophon. Unnumbered.
  • Each piece signed by author; half-title signed by illustrator; colophon signed by printer; leaf following colophon signed by binder.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed in ink, on half-title page, "Warrington Colescott"; in ink, on colophon, "Walter Hamady"; in ink, on lower end leaf, "Bill Anthony."
Binding (note)
  • Bound in 3/4 black leather with grey boards.
Contents
Home home home / Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- Sherry Fine: conceptualist / Kenneth Bernard -- Birdbrain / Allen Ginsberg -- The woman who escaped from shame / Toby Olson -- War / Jerome Rothenberg -- Topic sentence / Joel Oppenheimer.
Call Number
Rare Books 21-25
OCLC
15350536
Title
Since man began to eat himself : four poems, two stories / Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Bernard, Allen Ginsberg, Toby Olson, Jerome Rothenberg, and Joel Oppenheimer ; with six etched illuminations & one composite drawing provisioned by Warrington Colescott.
Publisher
[Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin] : Perishable Press Limited, 1986.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Inscribed in ink, on half-title page, "Warrington Colescott"; in ink, on colophon, "Walter Hamady"; in ink, on lower end leaf, "Bill Anthony." NN
Binding
Bound in 3/4 black leather with grey boards. NN
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Added Author
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, author.
Bernard, Kenneth, author.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, author.
Olson, Toby, author.
Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- author.
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988, author.
Colescott, Warrington, 1921-2018, ill.
Hamady, Walter Samuel Haatoum, 1940-2019, printer.
Anthony, William, 1926-1989, binding designer.
Perishable Press Limited, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books 21-25
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