San Francisco, CA: Auerhahn Press, 1961. First Edition. Large Chapbook in Sewn Binding. Inscribed & signed by Charles Olson to Kenward Elmslie & Ruth Yorck. Charles Olson (1910-1970): The Master of Densely Allusive Obscurity, key mentor of the Black Mountain School, Founding Father of "Projective Verse," Towering Sphinx-of-Letters in our Pantheon of Favorites. Here we breathlessly (projective exercises notwithstanding) present the rarest & most significant Olson treasure we have ever..... More

Berkeley, CA: Turtle Island, 1975. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. "We've been going along easily/ Each year the cost/ Gondwanna goes north,/ Eurasia bumps west// When the two meet/ oh well" (second page in its entirety, unpaginated) A chapbook with a posthumously published poem by Charles Olson (1910-1970)- Master of Densely Allusive Obscurity, key mentor of the Black Mountain School, Founding Father of "Projective Verse," our favorite Sphinx-of-Letters. The poem..... More