OBJECT LESSON #10

Amherst, Massachusetts: Weighted Anchor Press, [1994].. [1994].. Very good. - Folio, 12-7/8 inches high by 9-7/8 inches wide. This issue consists of a manilla envelope containing loose pages, booklets, broadsides, etc. A total of ten items are contained within the manila envelope which is titled on one side. The contents are listed on the verso of the envelope and consist of "A Letter from the Editors", "Rabbit Bike" a book by Chris Moore, "An Envelope of Poetry, Fiction and Ephemera by Kent Clair Chamberlain", "Mrs. Heiner's Funeral" a story by William Meyer, "Bugs" the ravings of Jeff Weston, "This Dress is Dyed with Hustler Magazine" by Danica Phelps, "Love Poems for Audrey Hepburn" by Michael J. Phillips, "L(ie)fe Boat" a poetry manuscript by Edward Francisco, and "The Boxed Archives of Joseph Cornell - a Posthumous Catalog". The edges of the manila envelope are slightly creased. Near fine.

A Quarterly Publication of the Weighted Anchor press, the contents of this literary magazine include a 2-page form letter advertising the Weighted Anchor Press with a list of the issues of "West" and "Object Lesson" available for purchase. Nine items, as listed on the envelope, are additionally contained within:

1. "A Letter From the Editors", printed on both sides of an 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide sheet of fine white paper, folded and housed in a cream envelope.

2. "Rabbit Bike" a book by Chris Moore measuring 5 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide, bound in stapled light green wraps. The 24-page book is mostly illustrated with photographs.

3. "An Envelope of Poetry, Fiction and Ephemera by Kent Clair Chamberlain" consists of 6 pages printed on both sides of three 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets of paper folded and housed in a legal-sized envelope printed with facsimile annotations and illustrations of postage stamps.

4. "Mrs. Heiner's Funeral: A Radical Texas Eulogy" a 12-page book by William E.H. Meyer, Jr. bound in 8-1/2 inch high by 5 inch wide stapled peach wraps.

5. "Bugs" by Jeff Weston, consists of four 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide broadsides with the text of Jeff Weston's "ravings" continuing on each sheet. The first page is illustrated with a vignette of "Bugs Bunny" printed in red beneath the title.

6. "This Dress is Dyed with Hustler Magazine" by Danica Phelps is a photograph of the author in a loose white dress printed on one side of 7 inch high by 5 inch wide stiff white card stock and with a close up of the dress with text explaining that "Each panel of this dress is dyed with a different issue of Hustler magazine...." and the process involved.

7. "Love Poems for Audrey Hepburn" by Michael J. Phillips consists of 8 pages of visual poetry printed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets of white paper laid into a brown manilla folder.

8. "L(ie)fe Boat" a poetry manuscript by Edward Francisco, consists of 24 pages printed on one side of 11 inch high by 8-12 inch wide sheets of white paper housed in a titled white envelope. The bottom left corners of the pages are creased.

9. "The Boxed Archives of Joseph Cornell" is a Posthumous Catalog compiled by Buck Pennington mechanically reproduced on seven 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets of white paper stapled together at the top left corner.

RARE. WorldCat locates only 3 copies of this literary periodical.