Outlying Districts by Anselm Hollo (1987)

 Outlying Districts

Anselm Hollo

Smithereens Press

Bolinas, CA

(c) 1987

Yes, this copy has a coffee stain on the front. I knew that before I got it. But it's hand-painted by Hollo's wife, Jane Dalrymple-Hollo. And the seller said that this copy was signed and inscribed to "Allan and Cinda" - and my brain stopped me right there and said "The only Allan and Cinda you know of are the Kornblums; Toothpaste Press and Coffee House Press. You know? You met him!" 

Yes, I had. I have been incredibly inspired by Allan's letterpress work with and on Toothpaste Press. 

Smithereens Press appears to have been Hollo's imprint. It's a staple-bound mimeo. (late in the game for mimeos but that's what it looks like). Single page poems. 

Each book printed was painted differently. Making each book (250 printed, 10 were signed by poet and artist) unique. 

Happy New Year. 

Sutter Anniversary Edition by Goedsche & Glaettli (25th printing)

 Sutter Anniversary Edition

C. R. Goedsche & W. E. Glaettli

Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.

25th printing

In German. For elementary level German reading. It's a biography of the Sutter of Sutter's Mill notoriety (the California Gold Rush started on discovery of gold on land his workers were working). It's staple bound and I am bound to mention it here. 

His full name was Johann August Sutter and he was born in 1803 in the Holy Roman Empire (Baden, in what is now Germany)

Marginalia Issue no.II (2022)

Marginalia Issue No. II

Logan Garner

somewhere in Oregon

(c) 2022

Not sure this is actual marginalia as I understand them to be. I think of marginalia as a word or a phrase or a rebuttal. But I am not here to split hairs. I am bald. Not going there. 

This is a beautiful item. The images that Mr. Garner has chosen are all in the public domain. Nicely done. 
 

le cyclop by Association le cyclop (1993)

 booklet in French regarding the sculpture entitled "le cyclop" which is located in Milly-la-foret, France. It is the work of Jean Tinguely. Printed in French. Produce of France. Staple-bound. Most interesting. 

Steps by Erik Muller (2011)

 Steps

Erik Muller

self published

Eugene, OR

(c) 2011

This might take a bit to set up and the payoff might not work but here goes : I think I have mentioned that part of the reason I write about chapbooks is that I also wear a publisher's hat (Plan B Press) and we have been publishing, mostly chapbooks, since 1999. 

Well, this year we published a book by an Eve Muller entitled A Guide to the Ruins. In the process I learned that Eve had a father who wrote poetry and also ran a few publishing operations in the Eugene, OR area. I was intrigued. Fireweed and Traprock Books were among the publications that he edited and brought out along with the Coos Writer Series. And apparently he self published some of his collections as well. Like this one. According to Eve his books are hard to come by so I was elated to find a signed copy of one of his books that his daughter admitted that she never read. 

I am familiar with a chapbooks with the same title, Steps, as that was the title of ruth weiss's first chapbook that I got a copy of long ago and then sold to a collector for a significant amount of money. ruth told me the story about how that chapbook came about. I am unable to have a conversation with Mr. Muller since he passed in 2021. 

Eve Muller is working with the University of Oregon to put together a collection of his work at the college. Special collections, anyone?

Hope they have a copy of this one in that collection. (Not that I am parting with this one anytime soon)

right churn tool by bentspoon blog (????)

 It's hard to say why this item was preserved in the manner that it was, but it was. It's Canadian and they do things differently up there? There is an envelope that this item came in and it is stamped FINAL COPY so perhaps it was. Maybe in the 2012 time frame as other items from this "collective" date from that moment. Shadowy presence. Very DIY. Reminds me of the collage mailings of the early punk era and fluxus before that, and even earlier artists who were literally cutting and pasting their work together with glue and tape. 

It's not poetry. It's not prose. It's not confessional. It's not anything but word vomiting. The visuals are a bit more interesting. But I have seen better. 

Kalliope : Literary Magazine (1985)

Kalliope: The Penn State Literary Magazine 

volume 5 : number 1

Pennsylvania State University

College Park, PA

(c) 1985

Staple bound book. Recognize none of the writers, nor the advisors, not the supporters. 

But it exists - there ya go. 

 

Abraham Lincoln : a digest of the wit and wisdom of Abraham Lincoln by King Hostick (1958)

Abraham Lincoln : a digest of the wit and wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

 King V. Hostick 

(c)1958

Compliments of the Lincoln Exhibit

Sponsored by Lincoln Savings and Loan Association

Los Angeles, CA

Tiny booklet stuffed with images and sayings of an American icon. 

Book in Thai language, embossed

 

Okay I am not even going to try and do this justice because I don't speak Thai and I know the culture enough (I have drunk my share of Thai beer) to know that the image of the king is on everything - EVERYthing - made in Thailand and this book is in the Thai language except for a name that appears on the  last page that is in English -Ajahn Jayasaro - I mean, even the page count is in Thai !

BUT - it's got an embossed cover, front and back,  and I find that very interesting, so I am mentioning the book here. 

From The Hometown of Ken Carpenter, Charles "Amos" Correll, and Fibber McGee and Molly.... (??)

 From the Hometown of Ken Carpenter, Charles "Amos" Correll

Fibber McGee and Molly....

Nostalgic Radio 

Peoria, IL 

(c) UNKNOWN (possibly 1974)

This is a staple-bound radio program catalogue. 50 pages of old time radio programs on tape (pre-CD format period) There is an envelope in the catalogue with the year 1974 stamped on the back of it, so maybe it was published then?

This item reminds me of something the writer Daniel Nester sent me years ago, an 8 track tape magazine that was shaped like an 8 track tape. I still have it (somewhere). This item harkens back to an earlier period. Recordings of live radio broadcasts.