BACKBONE Issue #1, 2021 The Uncelebrated Stories of Asian American Mothers & Daughters

Pary Chuong, Editor. Published by the Backbone Project, [Oakland, CA], 2021, first edition, first issue. Illustrated wraps, staple bound, 8.5" x 5.5", 63 pages, illustrated throughout with color drawings, collages, and photographs. NEAR FINE Condition: slight front edge creep (front page edges not flush) otherwise, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon, none in OCLC collections worldwide.

"Backbone was inspired by a vision that calls on recognizing the complexities in the relationship between mothers and daughters, from 1st generation to 6th generation Asian American women. This zine shines light on the importance of speaking our truth by honoring our mothers to heal and move forward with love, forgiveness and compassion. With that vision, we sparked a collective of women who come from all walks of life. The uniquely written pieces, enchanting photographs and amazingly crafted artwork that are showcased in this zine, invite us to explore and to be curious about the diverse relationships we have with our care-takers, whether it be our mothers or grandmothers or sisters or friends." Pary Chuong

WAR AND PEACE. A Novel by Leo Tolstoy. A New and Complete Translation from the Russian, by Constance Garnett. TOLSTOY, Leo. Published William Heinemann, London 1904. First Constance Garnett edition. Printed by T. and A. Constable, three volumes, hardcover, 9" x 6", dark green cloth with embossed gilt printing on the spine and embossed printers device on the rear covers, top edge gilt, red and black printed title pages, 516, 518, 502 pages. VERY GOOD Condition: light wear and small staining to the covers, top edge gilt dusted, foxing to the page edges, and spots of foxing here and there throughout but mostly on the first and last 25 pages, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

This historically significant 1904 three volume set features the acclaimed translation by Constance Garnett. While earlier, indirect translations existed, Garnett's translation was crucial in bringing Tolstoy's Russian text directly to English readers. Garnett was recognized for being the first to translate this epic directly from Russian rather than via French.

The novel, first published in 1869, explores the lives of aristocratic Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.

Constance Clara Garnett (1861-1946) was an important translator of Russian literature of the late nineteenth century, with her editions of works by Tolstoy, Anton Chekov and Fyodor Dostoevsky marking their first serious appearance in English. Her translations remain relevant and inspire debate to this day.

REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS ETC 1966-1978 by Diane Di Prima

Boldly SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Diane Di Prima on the title page in black ink: "For Jo / Staunch friend / w/ my thanks for your work / on Towers Down for 9/11/02 / Onward! / Diane di Prima"

Published by City Lights Books, San Francisco, California, The Pocket Poets Series, No. 27. January 1979 Fourth Edition. Perfect bound, 6.25" x 4.75", 124 pages, rear cover has black & white photograph of Diane di Prima. NEAR FINE Condition: just a touch of light foxing to the front cover, page edges and ffep, and a light crease to the spine, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. An excellent signed and inscribed copy.

Revolutionary Letters was an expanding project that was originally printed in 1968 with only 15 poems by Communications Co., the publishing arm of the Diggers. Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights published the first Pocket Poets edition in March 1971. In October 1971 the second edition added six more letters, the third edition in 1974 added another 15, and the 1979 fourth edition brought the numbered poems up to 70. The black and red anarchist cover graphic was painted by Ferlinghetti himself.

Diane di Prima (1934-2020) began writing her Revolutionary Letters in 1968, soon after she moved to San Francisco to work with The Diggers, an activist performance troupe who distributed free food around the Bay Area. Di Prima read these early Letters - numbered poems combining elements of lyric, epistle, memoir and practical instruction in the arts of revolution - on the steps of San Francisco City Hall. The arc of the books mirrors the trajectory of the possibility of armed revolution in this country. Today it's a relevant call to action, a way to educate a new generation who want to bring about necessary societal change.

Jo Kaufman (1950-2025) Creative Writing Professor at the University of San Francisco who studied poetry with Diane di Prima and became close friends, a friendship that endured for decades.

HERESIES : A FEMINIST PUBLICATION ON ART AND POLITICS. Thirteen Numbers in Twelve Issues: Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18/19 (a back-to-back double issue), and 20. Includes the SEX Issue (#7), the FILM / VIDEO Issue (#16), Women and Music (#10), and other important numbers.

NEW YORK: The HERESIES COLLECTIVE, 1979-1985.

Softcovers, 8.5x11 inches (but for numbers 14 and 15 that are 10x12 inches and side stapled), approximately 100 pages per issue.

All twelve issues are in generally GOOD condition, the covers of a few issues have some rubs; there is some edge, spine end, and corner wear here and there; some spines a sunned; there is foxing to the page edges (page edges of the closed issues); otherwise the issues are complete, bright, clean, clear, and unmarked. A solid, nice run of this hard-to-find feminist publication from the 70s and 80s.

About HERESIES (from Wikipedia):

******HERESIES was a feminist magazine published from 1977 to 1993, organized by a collective known as the Heresies Collective based in New York City. Each of the 27 issues (including the 18/19 double issue) was collectively edited by a group of volunteers interested in a single topic under the guidance of the "mother collective"; each issue had its own style and perspective. Subjects included feminist theory, art, politics, patterns of communication, lesbian art and artists, women's traditional arts and crafts, and politics of aesthetics, violence against women, working women, women from peripheral nations, women and music, sex, film, activism, racism, postmodernism, and coming of age.

The journal was seen not only as a major contribution to the feminist art scene, but as a forum for feminist thinking that experimented with an editorial format that asked contributors to grapple with hierarchical and societal issues of difference. And it created a public discourse in feminist thought and expression. Initial members of the Heresies Collective included Joan Braderman, Mary Beth Edelson, Elizabeth Hess, Ellen Lanyon, Arlene Ladden, Lucy R. Lippard, Marty Pottenger, Miriam Schapiro and May Stevens.******

ATLAS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS to Which Are Added Various General Maps, History of Illinois, Statistics and Illustrations.

CHICAGO: Union Atlas Co., Warner & Beers, Proprietors, 1876.

Large Hardcover Book, folio 15x18 inches (38x45 cm), 293 pages. Complete with ALL its maps and plates

FULLY ILLUSTRATED with 119 lithographed maps (116 in color), and many plates of views, scenes and portraits. This amazing and comprehensive collection of maps depicts every county in the state, and the lithographed plates show notable farms, residences, scenes, people, etc.

Condition: The original covers are well worn, rubbed and scraped, most heavily along the edges, spine folds, and spine; the covers are almost loose, just barely holding on by the black cloth tape reinforcing the inner hinges (a good pull will remove them). Internally, the last three leaves are creased, the first two only lightly, the last with many heavy creases and chips. Now the good part - The rest of the inner pages, including all the maps and plates, are in great shape, lightly toned as normal, overall bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

A wonderful collection of lovely maps and plates, in covers that could use some loving care.

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[KONSTANTIN LEONTIEV: ESSAY FROM THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. By NIKOLAI BERDYAEV.]

PARIS: YMCA PRESS, 1926. First Edition. TEXT IN RUSSIAN.

Wrappers, brown heavy-stock paper covers, yapped edges, 5.5x7.5 inches, 267 pages. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. VERY GOOD condition. The covers' yapped edges are creased and have small chips and tears, otherwise the covers are bright and lovely. Internally the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

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[SELF-KNOWLEDGE - A PHILOSOPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By NIKOLAI BERDYAEV.]

PARIS: YMCA PRESS, 1949. First Edition. TEXT IN RUSSIAN.

Wrappers, light brown heavy-stock paper covers, 6.5x9 inches, 377 pages.

VERY GOOD condition. There is toning to the covers and to the first and last few pages, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

About the author, NIKOLAI BERDYAEV (from Wikipedia):

******Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev, b.1874 d.1948, was a Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialist who emphasized the existential spiritual significance of human freedom and the human person.

Berdyaev became a Professor at the Moscow University in 1922. In the same year he was accused of conspiracy against the government, and was arrested and jailed. Felix Dzerzhinsky, the feared head of the Cheka, personally interrogated him. Berdyaev reportedly gave his interrogator a stern lecture on the problems with Bolshevism. Novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in his book The Gulag Archipelago recounts the incident as follows:

Berdyaev was arrested twice; he was taken in 1922 for a midnight interrogation with Dzerjinsky; Kamenev was also there.... But Berdyaev did not humiliate himself, he did not beg, he firmly professed the moral and religious principles by virtue of which he did not adhere to the party in power; and not only did they judge that there was no point in putting him on trial, but he was freed. Now there is a man who had a "point of view"!

In 1923 Berdyaev and his wife moved to Paris where he taught, lectured and wrote.******

About the YMCA PRESS (from Wikipedia and elsewhere):

******The YMCA Press publishing house was founded in 1921 in Prague by Russian émigrés with support from the American Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). It was established to publish and disseminate theological, philosophical, and literary works that were prohibited following the Bolshevik Revolution. After its inception in Prague, the publishing house relocated to Berlin in 1923 and subsequently established its long-term headquarters in Paris in 1925. Over the decades, it became a crucial outlet for exiled Russian intellectuals and famously published banned works, including Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago.******

THE INTIMATE SKETCHBOOKS OF G. [BRAQUES. Text by Will Grohmann and Antoine Tudal, and with an Appreciation by Rebecca West.

NEW YORK: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First American edition, serving as the English language edition of Verve's double issue #31-32.

Hardcovers, 10.5x14 inches, sewn binding,156 pages plus 20 lithographs.

Contains 20 COLOR LITHOGRAPHS by GEORGES BRAGUES printed by MOURLOT FRERES, Paris. The lithographs include the wonderful title page and frontispiece. Each lithograph is printed on its own leaf, each suitable for framing. The book is also filled with numerous other heliogravure illustrations, most in b&w.

Condition: The cover's spine has faded to white, has mostly pulled from the text block, and is missing 2 inches at the top; the front and rear boards are solid and well attached, they are sunned near the spine and a bit at the top margin, are frayed at the spine folds, and have very light corner bumps. Internally near fine, the sewn text block is strong and all the pages are great - bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The lithographs are all brilliant. No dustjacket.

FEBRUARY 1969 ISSUE OF EBONY MAGAZINE featuring SHRIRLEY CHISHOLM on the cover and with the title: NEW FACES IN CONGRESS - MRS. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IS FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON CAPITAL HILL. Complete issue.

Magazine, side-stapled, 10x13.5 inches, 122 pages. Illustrated throughout.

VERY GOOD condition, complete, solid, clean, clear and unmarked, with NO mailing label. One of the cleanest copies of this important issue I have seen.

Shirley Chisholm made history as the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, winning her congressional seat in November 1968. She represented New York's 12th congressional district, centered in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, for seven terms, 1969 - 1983. Her motto was "UNBOUGHT and UNBOSSED".

NOW LAWS ARE BEING PASSED TO HINDER AS MANY BLACK VOTERS AS POSSIBLE. I guess UNBOUGHT and UNBOSSED doesn't apply to many in Congress these days.

A vintage, publicly distributed copy of a letter / petition dated June 9, 1950, addressed to the Occupying Allied Forces, requesting that, in accordance with the Potsdam Declaration, the Allied Occupational Forces stop purging Japanese Communists from the Central Committee. The first part of the letter reads:

***************************** PETITION

June 9, 1950

To: Lt. Gen. K.N. Derevyanko, Member of the Allied Council for Japan, for the USSR.

From: Karoku Hosokawa, Chief, Communist Members of the Diet,

Dear Lt. Gen, Derevyanikos

To the Allied Council for Japan, which is set up to advise the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in accordance with the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration that "The Japanese Government shall remove all obstacles to the revival and strengthening of Democratic tendencies among the Japanese people," we request that the Council pay profound attention to the purge of the Central Committee members of the Japanese Communist Party, which was conducted by the Japanese Government in accordance with the letter of the Supreme Commander to Fremier Yoshida.

The same letter orders the removal from public posts of all the members of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party, charging that they have sought... ***************************** Two page printed typescript letter / petition, printed on onionskin paper, 8x11 inches (20x28 cm), single corner staple.

GOOD condition, folded horizontally, lightly age toned, additional staple holes around the current staple.

An unusual and historic item related to Japanese communists in occupied Japan.

A. LORAINE FITCH'S SWARTHMORE COLLEGE PHOTO ALBUM from 1908-1912. On the first page (now chipped and loose) she wrote: "Photos of College Affairs and College Parties / September 1908 to June 1912 // Property of A. Lorraine Fitch A.B. Swarthmore College 1912".

Black vinyl photo album, 12x10 inches oblong, filled with the usual black paper for glueing on photos. Contains 206 glued on photos, many with brief descriptions (names or places or events).

The photos are mainly 2x3" and 2.5x4", with a scattering of larger photos. Most of the photos are in good condition, bright and clear, some have faded and fogged over but are still viewable. Only one photo is torn in half, likely removing the image of someone Loraine Fitch no longer liked. The black album paper the photos are glued onto is chipping at the edges, as is normal for this type of album paper.

Quite a charming group of photos picturing a young woman's social life at Swarthmore.

ANNALS OF THE EMPIRE, FROM THE REIGN OF CHARLEMAGNE. By the Author of THE AGE OF LEWIS XIV [Voltaire]. Volume II only, of two Volumes.

LONDON: Printed for A. Millar, MDCCLV [1755].

RARE EARLY AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' TICKET / BOOKPLATE of WILLIAM PRICHARD, BOOKSELLER / PRINTER / PUBLISHER, is on the front pastedown. It measures 2.75 x 1.5 inches. It reads:

"SOLD BY / WILLIAM PRICHARD, / At the Corner of Gay-Street, opposite the Market, / BALTIMORE." The book was likely sold c.1780.

Hardcovers, calf leather covered boards, gilt framing to the front and rear boards, five raised spine bands, 12mo. 4x6.5 inches, 300 pages.

Condition: The covers are scraped, rubbed, missing pieces of the leather covering (exposing boards beneath), chipped at the top of the spine, etc., but have been professionally conserved making them solid and well bound. Internally, there are children's doodles on the front pastedown (a couple touching the bottom of the booksellers' ticket), "No. 49" written at the top of the front pastedown, and two early signatures on the front free endpaper; there is toning and foxing to the endpapers; the text pages are nice, lightly age toned, some creased corner tips, a spot or two here and there, overall complete, tight, bright, clean and clear. A nice, presentable copy.

A RARE and HISTORIC artifact of EARLY AMERICAN BOOKSELLING. I can't remember the last time I saw William Prichard's Baltimore booksellers' ticket.

About WILLIAM PRICHARD, Bookseller and Publisher (from the Library of Virginia (.gov) and other Internet sites):

******William Prichard, b.(?) d.(c.1815), was a prominent 18th-century American bookseller, stationer, and publisher who operated primarily in Philadelphia and Richmond, with a brief stint in Baltimore. His locations and business addresses changed due to shifting economic climates.

He began by operating a circulating library in Philadelphia c.1782. He soon expanded into bookselling, printing and publishing. He was successful and became a key figure in the mid-Atlantic book trade, importing European literature to supply books to the newly formed United States.

Prichard opened a secondary bookstore, with 1,000 books, in Baltimore in 1780. The bookstore reportedly did not survive long in Baltimore, but little is known about it due to the scarcity of records..

Prichard moved his entire Philadelphia operations to Richmond in 1792, due to the rising competition in Philadelphia. In mid 1795 he entered into a partnership with John Davidson in order to open a New York branch. This expansion caused him severe financial difficulties. In 1799 he ended his partnership with Davidson and permanently closed the firm's printing and publishing operations. Prichard continued to run a single Richmond bookstore for several years. He died in Richmond, Virginia, c.1815.******

About the doodles on the front pastedown - I actually like to see children's doodles in 18th century books, especially those bought or printed in America, it shows the books were not considered rare artifacts, but rather as items to be read and shared, even with children.

TE NU TESTAMENT OV UR LORD AND SAVYOR JEZUS KRIST.

SINSINATI [Cincinnati, Ohio]: Elias Longley, FONETIC PUBLIXER [Phonetic Publisher], 1861.

Written and printed entirely in a phonetic spelling and a special shorthand that Elias Longley and his brother designed to make reading easier and more intuitive. Interesting that this supposedly easier to read Bible was published during the Civil War, a time when easy to read Bibles were badly needed.

Hardcovers, brown cloth covered boards with blind embossed designs, 5x7.5 inches, Pagination: xx, [21]-343, plus 4 pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

Condition: The original covers are well worn at the spine, with much of the spine covering apparently having been reattached; the front and rear boards are worn at the spine folds, otherwise are solid and nice, with just some edgewear and rubs; internally, the binding is shaky, the cord binding is holding everything together, but the binding is starting to split at places where the book was overopened, and it feels like a good tug could easily split the binding open; the pages themselves are in good condition, complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

INTERESTING ASSOCIATION COPY: Provenance of DR. JOHN E. SYLVESTER of Wellston, Ohio, with his personal library bookplate on the front pastedown: "J. E. SYLVESTER LIBRARY / Theology / No. 41", and his handwritten ownership information on a blank front endpaper: "John E. Sylvester's book / Bot of D.N. DeSay Aug 28th 1869 / Price $.30".

About JOHN E. SYLVESTER (from various Ohio newspaper obituaries):

******Dr. John E. Sylvester was a prominent 19th-century physician and amateur archaeologist based in Ohio. He is best known in Ohio history for discovering the Berlin Tablet in 1876, a rare and important artifact attributed to the ancient Mound Builder cultures. His medical, historical, and civic footprint left a lasting legacy in the region.

Following his death, his heirs set aside his property for the city so it could build a dedicated public library. In 1968 the Sylvester Memorial Wellston Public Library was finally built directly on his former residence at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Second Street. John's brother, Franklin Sylvester, was also a lover of books and libraries. Franklin donated ten thousand dollars in 1904 for the construction of a free community library in Medina, Ohio. The Medina library was completed in 1907 and remains in operation today.*****

About ELIAS LONGLEY and His Wife Elizabeth Margaret Vater Longley (from Wikipedia and various Cincinnati historical sites):

******Elias Longley, b.1823 d.1899, was a Cincinnati, Ohio based printer, publisher, and prominent advocate for phonetic spelling and shorthand. He operated his publishing company in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he published phonetic books and instructional manuals to promote phonetic literacy. He and his wife were also strong advocates for women's suffrage.

Elizabeth Vater Longley, b.1830 d.1912, married Elias Longley in 1847. At the time, they lived in a Cincinnati utopian community. Elizabeth Longley was an early adopter of the mechanical typewriter. She invented an early form of touch typing that used 8 fingers called the "All-Finger Method", which she presented in 1882, six years before Frank E. McGurrin invented and patented the ten digit touch typing method we still use today. Elizabeth Longley was a member of the executive committee of the National Women's Suffrage Association and vice president of the Ohio association. She, along with her husband, worked hard to promote phonetic spelling, believing it would make reading easier and dramatically increase literacy.******.

*This unusual phonetic Bible in its original covers, printed in Cincinnati in 1841, with a nice Ohio provenance, is quite rare and well deserving of some loving care. (I wonder how I would say that phonetically?)

We Have Come for Your Daughters - What Went Down on the Medicine Ball Caravan, by John Grissim Jr.

NEW YORK: William Morrow & Company, 1972. First edition. Front cover photo by Annie Leibovitz.

Condition: GOOD book, the covers have edge wear including a few bumps, bumped corner tips, and a bit of water staining at the bottom; internally very nice, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. In an only FAIR dustjacket that has edge and spine end wear, including chips, and small tears.

About the Book, which was about the making of the Movie: (from the DJ flap):

******At 11:55 A.M. on the 4th of August, 1970, a hundred and fifty members of the West Coast hip community left San Francisco aboard a caravan of buses, trucks, cars, trailers, campers, and motorcycles. They were headed for the East Coast and then England. And they had a job to do: represent a new lifestyle, one based on communal ethics, music, respect for the land, the drug experience, sexual openness, and total personal freedom. They were self-proclaimed working freaks, and their employer was Warner Bros., which wanted to make a documentary film about hippies and had hired Academy Award winning director François Reichenbach and his crew to do just that.******

About the MOVIE: (from IMDB)

******The Medicine Ball Caravan is a documentary film that was released in August 1971. Warner Bros. funded the cross-country trip with the intention of capitalizing on the success of the Woodstock documentary. It captured a massive caravan of 150 hippies, musicians (including B.B. King), and the Hog Farm commune traveling from San Francisco to D.C. The footage was shot by French director François Reichenbach, however Warner Bros. executives were not happy with it, so a young Martin Scorsese was brought in to edit the film to make it more commercial. The film was a commercial and critical flop.******

Reel-to-Reel Audio Tape recording of Robert Ornstein's Big Sur / Esalen Talk "On The Psychology of Meditation". . Produced by BIG SUR RECORDINGS, San Rafael, California, 1971. From the series "Audio Tape Recordings in the Forum of Human Potentiality and Human Growth".

Five inch reel 1/4 inch tape, housed in a printed 5 1/4 inch square box. The tape looks unused. The box has some rubs and has some signs of wear, but is solid and doing its job well.

BIG SUR RECORDINGS of HUMAN POTENTIALITY talks and lectures at the Esalen Institute have become quite scarce.

About ROBERT ORNSTEIN (from Wikipedia):

******Robert Evan Ornstein, b.1942 d.2018, was an American psychologist, researcher and author. He taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, was professor at Stanford University, and founder and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK).

Ornstein was involved in reconciling the scientific understanding of mind and consciousness with other scientific and cultural traditions.

Ornstein worked to reconcile the wisdom traditions of the East and science in The Psychology of Consciousness and was interested in promoting the modern Sufism of Idries Shah. Shah and Ornstein met in the 1960s. Ornstein's The Psychology of Consciousness (1972) was enthusiastically received by the academic psychology community, as it coincided with new interests in the field, such as the study of biofeedback and other techniques designed to achieve shifts in mood and awareness.

His books The Psychology of Consciousness and The Evolution of Consciousness introduced the two modes of consciousness of the left and right brain hemispheres and a critical understanding of how the brain evolved.******

THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH and OTHER TIMELY ESSAYS, by ANDREW CARNEGIE.

NEW YORK: The Century Co., 1900. First edition, first state (second state printed in 1901).

Hardcovers, original dark-green cloth covered boards, gilt titles to the spine, gilt top page edges, 5.5x8.5 inches, xxii, 305 pages.

Condition: Ex-lib the Hanover Public Library (Hanover, PA) / St. Marks Association, with library bookplates to the front pastedown, a library blindstamp on the first five leaves, and a thin. 4x4 inch "Checkout" pocket pasted onto the blank rear endpaper with inkstamped dates on it for the times the book was checked out. The card pocket has caused some closed tearing to the backside of the leaf on which it was applied, mimicking the card pockets edges. Apparently the book was only checked out six times - 1912, 1914, 1925, (1926?), 1971 and 1974. There is a WITHDRAWN stamp across this pocket.

The book has been professionally conserved. The rebound covers are now solid and tightly bound. The spine has been rebacked, its gilt titles are faded and partially rubbed away but still legible. There is a 1 inch area of discoloration at the spine's top end. Internally, the rear endpaper has numerous tears at the gutter margin which have been repaired with clear tape. Otherwise the pages are bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy of this RARE 1900 FIRST EDITION.

As Andrew Carnegie was the patron saint of public libraries (financing the construction of over 1600), it's appropriate this copy was deaccessioned from a public library!

About the HANOVER PUBLIC LIBRARY, and its Collection Policy (from various Internet sources):

******The Guthrie Memorial Library (previously the Hanover Public Library) first opened its doors on October 3, 1911. Its initial collection of 5,100 books was primarily sourced from Hanover's public schools and from books donated to the adjacent St. Mark's Lutheran Church. It has undergone a number of changes, renovations, and expansions over the years.

The Guthrie Memorial Library / Hanover Public Library deaccessions books that are rarely checked out. As a branch of the York County Libraries, the library system relies on circulation, holds, and community demand to drive its Collection Policy. Library staff conduct systematic "weeding" processes throughout the year to pull out-of-date, damaged, or rarely used books in order to maintain a fresh, relevant, and accessible collection. Materials that are withdrawn are often donated to or sold by the Friends of the Library.******

SELECTED POEMS, by DIANE di PRIMA..

VERMONT: North Atlantic Books, 1977. Second edition, revised and enlarged.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED by di PRIMA on the title page:

"For Jo / In friendship / HAPPY BIRTHDAY! / Diane di Prima / Aug 3 1999".

Softcover book, 6x9 inches, 386 pages.

GOOD MINUS condition, the covers are sunned, foxed, the spine has a crease, and there is some corner tip wear; the page edges are foxed; internally, the pages are tight, bright, clean and clear.

A special copy with di Prima's Happy Birthday inscription to her good friend Jo Kaufman.

About DIANE di PRIMA (from Wikipedia):

******Diane di Prima, b.1934 d.2020, was an American poet, known as one of the first female poets in the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Di Prima spent the late 1950s and early 1960s in Manhattan, which is where she became involved in the emerging Beat movement. She edited the newspaper The Floating Bear with Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), was co-founder of the New York Poets Theatre, and founder of the Poets Press. On several occasions she faced charges of obscenity due to her work with the New York Poets Theatre and The Floating Bear. In 1961 she was arrested by the FBI for publishing two poems in The Floating Bear.

In the 1960s, di Prima moved permanently to California where she became involved with the Diggers and studied Buddhism. In 2009, di Prima became San Francisco's poet laureate.******

******Jo Kaufman, b.1950 d.2025, earned an MFA in Creative Writing, taught at the University of San Francisco, and studied poetry with Diane di Prima. She and di Prima became close friends, a friendship that endured for decades.******

TIMEBOMB, by Diane di Prima.

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, this being copy number 43 of only 100 copies. Each copy is SIGNED and NUMBERED by di Prima on the Colophon page (the last page).

THIS COPY is also INSCRIBED by di PRIMA on the half-title page to her close friend, Jo Kaufman:

"For Jo / with all my love / Diane di Prima / Thanks for the friendship - the play dates.... ....".

Self-produced publication, plain 8.5 inch sheets velo bound in clear plastic covers, approximately 52 pages (26 sheets). Produced in San Francisco in 2006.

Cover art by di Prima.

FINE condition, bright, clean and clear.

A wonderful inscription defining a long, loving friendship between two women.

About DIANE di PRIMA (from Wikipedia):

******Diane di Prima, b.1934 d.2020, was an American poet, known as one of the first female poets in the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Di Prima spent the late 1950s and early 1960s in Manhattan, which is where she became involved in the emerging Beat movement. She edited the newspaper The Floating Bear with Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), was co-founder of the New York Poets Theatre, and founder of the Poets Press. On several occasions she faced charges of obscenity due to her work with the New York Poets Theatre and The Floating Bear. In 1961 she was arrested by the FBI for publishing two poems in The Floating Bear.

In the 1960s, di Prima moved permanently to California where she became involved with the Diggers and studied Buddhism. In 2009, di Prima became San Francisco's poet laureate.******

******Jo Kaufman, b.1950 d.2025, earned an MFA in Creative Writing, taught at the University of San Francisco, and studied poetry with Diane di Prima. She and di Prima became close friends, a friendship that endured for decades.******