Johnny Guitar
New York: The Poetry Project, 1969. Very Good. Item #38048
New York: The Poetry Project, 1969. First Edition; printed in a limited run of 500 copies. Slim folio (35cm); [7]pp, printed on recto only. Publisher’s photographic wrappers with black text; side-stapled. Wraps bumped; front panel lightly foxed. Binding sound. Textblock and interior pages toned with creased corners. Wraps and interior pages creased widthwise due to previous folding. Altogether Very Good.
Relatively early, relatively scarce work by stockbroker-turned-poet John Giorno. A staple of the New York scene in the 1970s, Giorno's poetry transforms text from everyday advertising and signage into “verbal collages.”
John Giorno, Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-giorno.
Price: $350.00