THE VERITABLE YEARS 1949-1966. WITH AN AFTERWORD BY ALBERT GELPI.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. Hardcover. Cloth and pictorial boards, printed spine label. First edition, thus. Number 25 of only 50 copies numbered and signed by Everson, handbound in boards by Earle Gray, and containing a holograph poem signed and dated "Holy Thursday, 1978" by the author, bound before the dedication. Very fine, in a fine acetate dust wrapper.
Black Sparrow Press was a small independent publishing house focused on avant-garde literature. Established by John and Barbara Martin in 1966, in Los Angeles, and shuttered in 2002 in Santa Rosa. With the help of typographer and printer Graham Mackintosh, the Press was responsible for drawing attention to Charles Bukowski and his literary work. There has been interest in reviving this press of late, and relocating it to the east coast. Fine / Fine. Item #000102
Price: $150.00