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(Iowa City): Stone Wall Press; The Seamark Press, 1972. First edition. One of 250 copies printed. Berger 50. Fine copy.. 8vo, cloth with printed label on spine. Fine copy.

Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1961. First edition of Niedecker's second book, published by the press of the Scottish concrete poet & gardener extraordinaire Ian Hamilton Finlay, with the introduction by Dorn on a separate sheet laid into the book. Inscribed on the inside front wrapper to her later publisher, Jonathan Williams: "Jonathan: My best book so far (Sept. 3, '69). So good of you to keep it on hand. Best wishes, Lorine". In 1968, Williams' Jargon Society published Niedecker's Tenderness & Gristle: The Collected Poems (1936-1966) & in 1985, the most comprehensive edition of her poetry, From This Condensery: The Complete Writings of Lorine Niedecker. In his introduction to My Friend Tree, Dorn deftly sums up Niedecker's achievement: "I like these poems because first they attach an undistractable clarity to the word, and then because they are unabashed enough to weld that word to a freely sought, beautifully random instance - that instance being the only thing place and its content can be: the… Read More

London: Fulcrum Press, (1968). First edition. One of 100 copies printed on mould-made deckle-edged paper & signed by Niedecker, the late oracle of Black Hawk Island, one of America's real poets. Head & foot of spine slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy.. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. Head & foot of spine slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy.

London: Fulcrum Press, (1968). First edition, limited issue. One of 100 numbered copies printed on mould-made paper signed by Niedecker. Few foxmarks on fore-edge of textblock, otherwise a fine copy. 4to, illustrations, original buckram, dust jacket. Few foxmarks on fore-edge of textblock, otherwise a fine copy.

London: Fulcrum Press, (1968). First edition. One of an unspecified number of copies printed on Glastonbury grey antique laid paper. Top-edge of textblock dust-marked, otherwise a fine copy. 4to, illustrations, original boards, dust jacket. Top-edge of textblock dust-marked, otherwise a fine copy.

(Highlands, NC): Jargon Society, 1985. First edition. Jargon 100. Patron's edition, limited to 100 copies specially bound & signed by the editor & Jonathan Williams, the publisher. Fine copy. Tall 8vo, full leather with printed labels, dust jacket. Fine copy.

(London): Fulcrum Press, (1970). First edition. One of 100 numbered copies printed on glastonbury antique laid paper and signed by Niedecker. Fine copy in acetate jacket in which there are a couple of small chips.. 8vo, original black cloth, acetate dust jacket. Fine copy in acetate jacket in which there are a couple of small chips.

(N. Y.): Adventures in Poetry, (1974). First edition, limited issue. One of 26 lettered copies signed by North and Freilicher. Fine condition. 4to, original illustrated wrappers, stapled as issued. Fine condition.

West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, 1978. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies (the entire edition). Inscribed and signed by Van Vliet for a collector. Very fine copy. 4to, original gingham cloth over boards, printed paper spine label. Very fine copy.