DOWN, OFF & OUT - INSCRIBED
by Wantling, William (poems); levy, d.a. (cover art)
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- first
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Bensenville, IL: Mimeo Press, 1965. First Edition. Collection of Wantling's poems published by Doug Blazek's Mimeo Press, including several early poems which first appeared in the pages of little magazines like Input, Wormwood Review, and Dust. Cover art by d.a. levy, with a nice contemporary inscription to poet and editor James D. Callahan. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); multi-colored mimeographed sheets stapled into illustrated card covers; [36]pp. Inscribed by the author on the inner front wrapper: "For the saint of the west / J. Callahan / Bill / 5/25/65." Toning to wrapper extremities, with light, scattered foxing to same; errata slip stapled to lower corner of p.[16]; contents bright and clean; Very Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2312
- Title
- DOWN, OFF & OUT - INSCRIBED
- Author
- Wantling, William (poems); levy, d.a. (cover art)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mimeo Press
- Place of Publication
- Bensenville, IL
- Date Published
- 1965
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- First Edition
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