William wantling (49 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Sticky label on front cover. Number 12 in the series of contemporary poetry in the Swinging Sixties, with the Liverpool poets, McGough, Adrian Henri et. Being prominent names. 111 page's. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class tracked postage. Overseas at least £6.15. Postage to EU countries may be about double the Overseas postage (because we idiotically voted for Brexit!).…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Owner's Name inside. Pages tanned, some wear on cover. 111 pages.

Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Penguin Books D-107. Second printing of the true first edition, published in 1969. The first printing was published in 1968. A paperback original. Cover design by Alan Spain. ***Very good in colour-illustrated card covers. Covers clean. Edges of covers slightly rubbed and creased, mainly to the edges of the spine and corner tips. There are no reading creases to the spine. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Edges of page block clean - just lightly tanned. Internally also very good, with no previous ownership inscriptions. Inner covers slightly browned. Paper stock lightly tanned as usual. Pages clean with no foxing. ***111 pages. 180mm x 110mm. ***'Penguin Modern Poets is a series designed to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume. In each case the selection has been made to illustrated the poet's characteristics in style and form.' (Quote taken from the back cover). The series eventually ran to 27 volumes, published between 1962 and 1979. ***Second printing of the true first edition, in its original card covers. A very good copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Alan Spain (Cover design) (illustrator). …

Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Penguin Books D-107. First printing of the true first edition. A paperback original. Cover design by Alan Spain. ***Very good in colour-illustrated card covers. The covers have some light wear commensurate with age and handling but are generally very clean - very slight surface loss to the spine in places. No bumps or tears - just some light rubbing to the extremities. The spine is still quite flat with no vertical reading creases. Spine tight. Edges of page block tanned as usual. Fore-edge of page block lightly foxed. Internally also very good, with a neat ownership name and date to the top of the first page. Inner covers browned but the inner pages are clean. Paper stock lightly tanned. ***111 pages. 180mm x 110mm. ***'Penguin Modern Poets is a series designed to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume. In each case the selection has been made to illustrated the poet's characteristics in style and form.' (Quote taken from the back cover) The series eventually ran to 27 volumes, published between 1962 and 1979. ***First printing of the true first edition, in its original card covers. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Alan Spain (Cover design) (illustrator).…

Volume 7. 63 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Wantling edits this issue of the magazine, contributes four poems, an excerpt from a novel-in-progress, and introduces one student's work.

Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Penguin Books D-107. First printing of the true first edition. A paperback original. Cover design by Alan Spain. ***Very good in colour-illustrated card covers. The covers have some light wear commensurate with age and handling but are generally very clean - very slight surface loss to the top and tail of the spine and tiny loss to the top corner of the front cover. No bumps or tears - just some light rubbing to the extremities. The spine is still flat with no vertical reading creases. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Edges of page block lightly tanned as usual, but clean. Internally also very good, with no previous ownership marks. Inner covers browned but the inner pages are clean. Paper stock lightly tanned. ***111 pages. 180mm x 110mm. ***'Penguin Modern Poets is a series designed to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume. In each case the selection has been made to illustrated the poet's characteristics in style and form.' (Quote taken from the back cover) The series eventually ran to 27 volumes, published between 1962 and 1979. ***First printing of the true first edition, in its original card covers. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Alan Spain (Cover design) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Penguin Modern Poets 12 brings together Alan Jackson, Jeff Nuttall, and William Wantling in a vivid, boundary-pushing trio of contemporary voices. Their poems range from raw confession to experimental edge, capturing the restless energy of late-1960s countercultural writing. A sought-after volume for collectors of the Penguin Modern Poets series and modern poetry enthusiasts.…

Zustand: Good. Light scuffs & scratches to the softcover. Lightly tanned textblock. Content is very good & clean.

First edition. 40 pp. Hard bump to base of spine, else near fine in printed wrappers. Len Fulton contributes a two page foreword to this collection of poems.

First edition. [46 pp]. Fine in comb-bound wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies published on the occasion of Wordsfair 1994 in Bloomington. Briefly INSCRIBED by Jones on the title page. Poems by Wantling with Jones' introduction.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good in stapled card cover. 10pp 8vo. IB.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Front wrapper stained. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 40 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm. Notes; Offset printed. Publication details on inside front cover. With foreword by Len Fulton. Subjects; American poetry 20th century. Experimental poetry, American 20th century. Prose poems, American 20th century. Small press books United States 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Limited Edition. Very good copy in green cloth with very good jacket. Small, brown line on top edge of page block. Light shelf-wear. Jacket has tiny tear at top of spine. Signed and numbered 55/200 copies on copyright page. Signed by Author(s). …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 25. Original publishers illustrated white stapled covers, lettered black. Poetry. ISBN: 0915016028 Clean, very good.

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Number 455 of only 600 copies. The highlight of this issue is Charles Bukowski's poem "Practice," along with contributions by William Wantling, Kirby Congdon, d.a. levy, and others. A clean near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear. illustrated by A. Sypher. Uncommon.…

First edition. 25 pp. Bend to one lower corner, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Comments by Walter Lowenfels and A.D. Winans. SIGNED by Winans on the title page.

Zustand: Very good. Paradise, California: Dustbooks, 1974., 1974. Very good. - Quarto, 10-7/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled white wraps, titled with an illustration in black & white on the front cover. The covers are slightly soiled and bumped with a mailing label affixed to the rear cover. 28 pages of essays on Walter Lowenfels, including several of Lowenfels' poems, with black & white textual illustrations. The corners are lightly bumped. Very good. The contributions celebrating Walter Lowenfels include "Not for the Proud Man Apart" by Roger W. Gaess, "The Revolution is to be Human" by William Wantling, a letter by Ishmael Reed, "A Very Vital Man" by Kenneth Rexroth, "Walter Lowenfels' Poetic Politics" by Allen Guttmann, "For Ludwig Wittgentesin", "For a Hemiplegic" "Excerpt from The Revolution is to be Human", and "The Last Echo" by Walter Lowenfels, "Walter" by Nancy Willard, "Reviews of Found Poems & Others and The Revolution is to be Human" by Douglas Blazek, "The essential Walter" by Jack Lindsay, "Lowenfels' Elegy for D.H. Lawrence" by Jack Lindeman, "The Anthological Self" and interview, "The Diamond Alphabet" by Dick Lourie, and "A Lowenfels Bibliography" by Kirby Congdon & Roger Gaess. One of the highlights is Pete Seeger's letter to Roger Gaess, "I first met Walter when I was 21 years old and he was about 40. Now I am about 55 and he is in his 70's. Yet I do believe he's one of the youngest people with one of the nimblest minds that I know at present. I can hardly bear to be with him too much, it's so exciting." with the lyrics to the song which Lowenfels composed with Lee Hays "Wasn't That A Time", "Our fathers bled at Valley Forge, / The snow was red with blood, / Their faith was warm at Valley Forge, / Their faith was brotherhood. / Wasnt' that a time / Wasn't that a time / Wasn't that a time / To try men's souls / Wasn't that a terrible time.".…

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 36 Number 140 of 400 signed by Wantling. Illustrated by cover Jeff Davies. Poetry. Drugs, tributes to Bukowski, Grace Slick and Jack Spicer etc ISBN: 0901068330 Very Slight wear (faint spotting), otherwise very good indeed. Signedes.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Jacket is price-clipped; series title is partly faded on spine. Outer edge of page-block foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket., 1st Printing. 64pp 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Fine copy in light brown cloth with black titles. Numbered 67/100 copies. Laid-in TanRandom mini-broadside. With clear archival jacket.

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: 64. First Edition First Printing. Publisher's white, orange and purple illustrated dust jacket with black lettering and illustrations to front and rear. Publisher's beige unlettered boards. ISBN: 0901068489 Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Small bump to top edge of front board. Closed tear [approx. 1cm] with crease to front dust jacket at top edge. Small closed tear [approx. 0.4cm] to front dust jacket near top fore corner. Some light rubbing wear to fore edge of front dust jacket. Some light soiling to rear dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Fine copy in red cloth with black titles. Numbered 93/100 copies. "Random" numbered mini-broadside laid-in. In clear archival jacket. 47pp 12mo. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Cover by Peter Finch. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly tanned, covers faintly soiled with mild edgewear, very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First trade edition, preceded by a limited edition in 1967. Introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Hard Cover. Signed limited edition, No. 139 of 200 copies only. 12 mo, pp. 47, [1]. Publishers' bright emerald green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in unclipped printed cream dust-jacket. Clean and crisp; signed and numbered by the author to verso title page. Dust-jacket lightly surface soiled, and repaired with archival tape to reverse at head of spine. A near fine copy in a very good dust-jacket. Collection of verse by the American poet Wantling (1933- 1974), who appears as a character in the novels and poetry of his acquaintance Charles Bukowski. …

8vo, pp. 40. Original stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black to front and rear panels. Photographic portrait of author to front panel. Wrappers a little browned, ink stamp of Location Press, Blackburn, to inside front wrapper. A well preserved copy. First edition. Foreword by Len Fulton.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited edition, number copy 44.