THE BLUE AND THE BROWN POEMS

np : Atlantic Richfield Company and Graphic Arts Typographers, Inc. / Jargon Society, 1968. First printing. Paperback. Very good. Calendar (September 1968 - August 1969). Introduction by Jonathan Williams. Foreword by Mike Weaver. Outer covers 15"X20". Twelve silkscreen concrete poem prints, each 15"X16", on white stock with lettering of various colors. Includes a silkscreen image of the poet on inside rear cover. Poem commentaries by Stephen Bann. Calendar design by Herbert M. Rosenthal. Spiral wire binding at top, designed for hanging. A crisp, bright copy with these minor faults: Very slight browning to the edges of the front cover ("jargon 68/69"), with a small crease to bottom left corner; the title page is faded, with a reddish-brown hue across part of the sheet, and two small round scrapes, at bottom left corner and at middle right edge; there is a diagonal crease at bottom right corner of "acrobats" [January], and a small, gray spot on lower right side of "le circus" [August].

Jargon 68. Complete as issued.