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Publications Sent to Robert Lax
Vito Hannibal Acconci.
Four Book.
New York: 0 to 9 Books, 1968.
Location: box
Jeremy Adler.
Homage to Theocritus.
Bob Cobbing (ill.)
London: Writers Forum, 1985.
Location: box
Al Arnowitz
The Blacklisted Journalist.
“Part 1: The Beat Papers of Al Aronowitz.”
Column 21, May 1, 1997.
Stapled copies
Location: box
José and Miriam Argüelles.
Mandala.
Boulder and London: Shambhala, 1972.
Foreword by Chögyam Trungpa.
Includes a note from Anne.
Location: shelf
Jean-Marc Baillieu
Le mille-pattes de Sophie.
Marseilles: centre international de poésie Marseille, 1999.
Location: box
Johnny Baranski.
Lonesome Journey.
Chicago: Sunburst Press, 1973.
Inscribed: Love + hope, John Baranski 5/1/74
Location: shelf
John Beer and Terry Cuddly.
Self Portrait (Upside Down).
Ithaca, NY: Bark Productions.
Forward by Marshall Stax.
Location: box
Nelson Bentley.
Grayland Apocalypse.
Bonefire Press.
Inscribed: For Bob with much love admiration amazement January 1972
Barbara and
[on next page] Nelson Bentley
Location: box
Russell Bernard.
He Spoggalieia tes Kalymnos.
1 (1970).
Demetrios X. Poures (trs.)
Offprint from Spoudai
Location: shelf
Chiara Bertola and Erri De Luca
Giuseppe Caccavale.
Venezia: Ateliers d’Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, 1999.
Marguerite Pozzoli (tr.)
Location: box
Andrew Bick.
Exhibition Catalogue.
London: Todd Gallery, 1990.
Location: shelf
Alex Bigney, A.F. Caldiero, Brent Gehring, Jean Lambert, and Kent Wing.
The Unclosed Hand.
Community Press, 1994.
Location: box
Julien Blaine.
Sortie de Quarantaine (Coteau): septermbre 1997-septembre 1998.
NèPE, 1998.
Location: box
Ken Bolton.
Christ’s Entry into Brussels : Or, an Ode to the Three Stooges.
North Sydney: Red Press, 1978.
Location: box
Jean-François Bory
Quand j’étais nié.
Marseille: centre international de poésie Marseille, 1999.
Location: box
John Brandi and Steve Sanfield.
No Other Business Here: A Haiku Correspondence.
Albuquerque, NM: La Alameda Press, 1999.
Inscription reads: for Robert Lax “across the water” yours in the work
Steve Sanfield
Location: shelf
Barbara Brooks and Anna Couani.
Leaving Queensland and The Train.
Glebe, Australia: Sea Cruise Books, 1983.
Location: shelf
Cammy Brothers
“Fluid Evolutions”
Earthwords: The University of Iowa’s Original Undergraduate Creative Arts
Magazine.
7 (Spring 1987) 7.
An enclosed note reads: a present from Connie see p.7
Location: shelf
Cammy Brothers.
“The Renaissance Reception of the Alhambra: The letters of Andrea Navagero and
the Palace
of Charles V.”
Photocopy from a journal.
Location: box
Beat Buri and Rolf Winnewisser.
Firn / Firnfuge / Firnreise.
Seiten, 1997.
Location: box
A.F. Caldiero.
For the House.
Self-published, 1995.
Location: box
A.F. Caldiero.
“Impossible Instrument.”
1992.
Location: box
A.F. Caldiero.
Toy Blood.
1988.
Location: box
A.F. Caldiero.
X-ing the Calendar.
Location: box
A.F. Caldiero.
Various Atmospheres, 1992.
2 copies
Location: box
Merlin R. Carothers.
Prison to Praise.
Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1970.
Jorunn Oftedal Ricketts (ed.)
Location: shelf
David Carr.
Death and Treacle.
London: The X Press.
Location: box
David Carr.
Mum There’s a Man in This Coat.
Fetish Books.
Location: box
William Cirocco
Three Psalms for Robert Lax.
Kater Murr’s Press, 2002.
Louise Victor (ill.)
4 copies
Location: box
Thomas A. Clark.
A Collect.
Moschatel Press, 1983.
Location: box
Jeats Cohen.
Childe Freddie’s Grim Pillage.
Minneapolis: Fane Wood Press, 1973.
Inscribed: To Bob, in admiration and enchantment, Jeats Cohen as ever was
May
30, 1980
Location: box
Gian Roberto Comini
“Editorial weather forecast for the soft side of the world.”
Germana Arcelli (structural interventions)
Green Island: An occasional magazine.
Location: box
Cid Corman.
Little Enough: 49 Haiku by Basho, Sodo, Ransetsu, Buson, Ryokan, Issa,
Shiki,
and a tanka by Sokan.
Frankfurt, Kentucky: Gnomon Press, 1991.
Inscription: for Bob quietly warmly always Cid
Location: shelf
Terry Cuddy.
Dr. Steadfast’s Last Migraine: A One Act Play.
Ithaca, NY: Bark Productions, 1998.
Location: box
Eugene Cullinane
Don Stephano Comes to Combermere: The Marian Movements Meet.
Windsor: Sumner, 1983.
Location: box
Simon Cutts.
The Blue Boat-train.
Nottingham: Tarasque Press.
Location: box
Simon Cutts.
A Package of Balloons.
Nottingham: Tarasque Press.
Location: box
Simon Cutts.
Winter 1973-74.
Birmingham.
Location: box
Simon Cutts and Erica Van Horn.
Who’d have thought.
Coracle, 1996.
After Frank O’Hara and Morton Feldman
Inscribed: Robert, very best Simon
Location: box
Nathalie Cyrenne.
Az Smeya da Kaja.
Self-published.
A piece of music.
Location: box
Philippe Dampenon.
Circus.
Gérard Cottreau, 1979.
Location: shelf
Rebecca E. B. Daugherty.
Patmos Harbours.
Orford, NH: Sunrise Productions, 2001.
Location: box
Herman de Vries.
Chance Fields: An Essay on the Topology of Randomness.
Wolfgang Wassermann, 1973.
Inscription: [something penciled on back cover—undecipherable]
Location: shelf
Herman de Vries.
die reisejournale.
Nürberg: kunsthaus, 1999.
Location: shelf
Herman de Vries.
To Be.
Stuttgart: Cantz Verlag, 1995.
Inscription: herman de vries/ to Roberto
Location: shelf
Herman de Vries.
tutto.
Eschenau: Eschenau Summer Press, 1999.
Location: box
Catherine Doherty.
Donkey Bells: Advent and Christmas with Catherine Doherty.
Ed. Mary Bazzett.
Combermere, Ontario: Madonna House Publications, 1994.
Inscription: To Bob with love Fr. Briere
Location: shelf
Eddie Doherty.
A Cricket in my Heart.
San Antonio, Texas: Blue House Press, 1990.
Location: shelf
Jaques Donguy
“Poésie électronique”
Marseille: Centre international de poésie Marseille, 1998.
Location: box
Jim Douglas.
Sarajevo Journal.
Self-published.
Inscription: To Bob written on the run so for you Love, Jim
Location: box
Uli Edel.
The Voyage of the Black Serpent.
Moonfleet Productions, 1991.
Location: box
Larry Eigner.
There’s a Season.
Charlseton, IL: Tel-let: 1995.
Location: box
Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Multimedia Artist: Opere scelte.
Verona: Archivo F. Conz Associazione Culturale, 1998.
Location: shelf
Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Cythera.
Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1965.
Printed by the salamander press.
Location: box
James H. Forest.
The United Buddhist Church of Vietnam: Fifteen years for reconciliation.
Alkmaar, The Netherlands: International Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1978.
Inscribed: to Bob Lax with love Jim. 12 June 1979
Location: shelf
Heinz Gappmayr.
Strukturen.
Aachen: Ottenhausen Velag, 1987.
Inscription: Robert Lax [Something in German--undecipherable]
Heinz Gappmayr
August 1987
Location: shelf
Heinz Gappmayr.
Texts.
London: Coracle Press; Aachen: Ottenhausen Verlag, 1985.
Inscription: Robert Lax [something in German – undecipherable]
Heinz Gappmayr
November 1985
Location: shelf
Ilse Garnier.
Album a Colorier.
Paris: Editions André Silvaire, 1986.
Preface by Pierre Garnier.
Singed by the author.
Location: shelf
Ilse Garnier.
Ermenonville: partition pour un promeneur solitaire.
Paris: Editions André Silvaire, 1984.
Location: shelf
Pierre Garnier.
Livre de Peggie.
Paris: Editions André Silvaire, 1985.
Preface by Christiane Noireau.
Location: shelf
Pierre Garnier
Ornithopoesie.
Paris: Editions André Silvaire, 1986.
2 copies, both signed by the author and with notes to Lax, one from January 1987
and one from March 21 1987.
Location: shelf
Aris Georgiou.
Circumstances: Black and White Photographs 1972-1983.
Athens, Greece: Agra Publications, 1983.
Inscription: to Robert Lax For having had the honor to have met him Dec. 8,
1984 Aris
Location: shelf
Eric Gill.
Autobiography: 1882-1940.
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1941.
Location: shelf
Jesse Glass.
Song to Arepo.
Ahadada Books, 1999.
Dedicated to Robert Lax and Rod Summers.
Inscription: To Robert Lax with greatest admiration from Jesse Glass,
[indecipherable] 7/9/99 Japan
Location: box
Patricia Goedicke.
For the Four Corners: Poems by Patricia Goedicke.
Ithaca: An Ithaca House Book, 1977.
Inscribed: Dear Bob Lax, I think you write wonderful poetry.
I love it that you
and Leonard are friends. One friend one friend one friend three friends
/ love,
Patricia
Location: shelf
Zbigniew Gostomski.
Ulisses.
Galeria Foksal, 1970.
Location: box
Bob Grumman.
Mathemaku 6-12.
Chaleston, IL: Tel-let, 1994.
Location: box
Julie Harboe and Jörg Niederberger
forumclaque
Baden: 1993.
Location: box
Cory Harding.
Blue, Yellow, & Green.
London: The X Press, 1980.
Location: box
Cory Harding.
jeanee with the light brown hair.
London : Editions Gran Hotel des Palmes a Palerme, 1977.
Location: box
Michael Harlow.
Giotto’s Elephant.
Dunedin, New Zealand: John McIndoe, 1991.
Inscription: for Bob the end and the beginning: sometimes there is the sound
of
Lax everywhere returning from the beginning and the end (all over the place)
you
can hear it: with love, Michael
There is also an enclosed note to Lax.
Location: shelf
Michael Harlow.
Vlaminck’s Tie.
Auckand; Oxford: Auckland University Press; Oxford University Press, 1985.
Inscription: for Bob, ‘I am thinking as I lift one stone....’ your words, in
‘Vlaminck’s
Tie’. Love, Michael
Location: shelf
Hugh Creighton Hill.
Hill’s Epitaphs.
Nottingham: Tarasque Press, 1968.
Location: box
Ensor Holiday.
Altair Design.
Pantheon Books, 1970.
Location: shelf
Gad Hollander.
page.
London: The X Press, 1979.
Location: box
Gad Hollander.
Xiliamodi: script & notes.
Lodon: 1995.
The script is for a film of Lax reading his journal
Location: box
Harriet Hope.
Sacred Space.
San Rafael: Hand Papermaking Meditation, 1992.
Location: shelf
Susan Howe
Pythagorean Silence.
New York: The Montemora Foundation Inc, 1982.
Location: shelf
Richard G. Hubler.
The Cristianis.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1966.
About the circus family that Lax befriended and who appear in
Circus of the Sun.
Location: shelf
Dorothy Iannone.
The Berlin Beauties.
Berlin: The Mary Dorothy Verlag (the Passion Press), 1978.
Dieter Schwarz (tr.)
Inscription: dear Robert your books make me happy. love, Dorothy
Location: shelf
Max Jacob.
The Wonderful World of Max Jacob: A Selection from Le Cornet à Dés And
Le Cornet à Dés 2.
Fetish Books.
Location: box
Francoise Janicot.
Exhibition Catalog.
Verona: Archivo F. Conz Associazione Culturale, 1998.
Location: box
Kitasono Katue and John Solt.
“Plastic Poems: Kitasono Katue and the VOU Group.”
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design.
Location: box
Marcia M. Kelly and Gil E. Gordon.
Telecommuting: How to make it work for you and your company.
Prentice Hall, New Jersey: 1986.
Newspaper clipping about Ms. Kelley and the book is included.
(Probably from
the Times Herald.)
Location: shelf
R.C. Kenedy.
Cretan Picture Postcards and Other Poems.
Fayetteville, NC and Paris: Dalmas & Ricour, 1981.
Preface by Victor Dalmas.
Location: shelf
Robert Kenny
A Book of Detection.
Darlington, NSW, Australia: Sea Cruise Books, 1978.
Drawings by the author.
Location: box
Tom Krampf
Satori West.
John Lombardo (ill.)
Edith Feuerstein Schrot (ed.)
Hinsdale, NY: Ischua Press, 1987.
Inscription: For Bob- With love – from Thomas Oct. 9, 1990
Location: shelf
Frederick Leboyer.
Birth Without Violence.
Yvonne Fitzgerald (tr.)
Cedar Press, 1991.
Inscription: For Robert Lax [two marks, one in black, the other circular,
in
red] 1994
Location: ?
Wolfgang Leopold.
Guide to Karlsruhe.
Brenda James (trs.)
Rombach and Co., 1983.
Location: shelf
Rupert M. Loydell.
Ballads of the Alone.
Utopian Compensation, 2003.
After W. Eugene Smith
Copy 76 of 100
Location: box
Rupert M. Loydell.
Between Dark Dreams.
Rea Nikonova (ill.)
South Devon: Acumen Publications, 1992.
Inscription: For Robert: Rupert M. Loydell
Location: shelf
Rupert M. Loydell
Endlessly Divisible.
Mereyside: Driftwood Publications, 2003.
Location: box
Rupert M. Loydell
The Inscrutable World.
A.C. Evans (images)
The Trombone Press, 1995.
Location: box
Rupert M. Loydell.
The Museum of Light.
Todmorden, Lancs.: Arc Publications, 2003.
Location: shelf
Rupert M. Loydell.
On the Coast.
Twickenham Middx: Magwood, 1985.
Location: box
Rupert M. Loydell.
Sirens Singing in the Grey Morning.
Cheltenham: Chrysalis Poetry Pamphlets, 1998.
[2 copies. One is signed by the author.]
Location: box
Rupert M. Loydell.
Stone Angels: Prose 1979-1993.
Twickenham, Exeter: Magwood/Stride, 1995.
Peter Redgrove (introduction)
Signed by the author.
Location: shelf
Rupert M. Loydell
Sunshine and Saxophones.
The Trombone Press, 1991.
Location: box
Rupert M. Loydell.
Timbers Across the Sun.
Salzburg: University of Salzburg, 1993.
Inscription: for Robert, best wishes Rupert.
Location: shelf
Rupert M. Loydell with A.C. Evans.
Trajectories.
Oxenholme, Cumbria: The Phlebas Press, 1995.
Note to Lax enclosed.
Location: box
Rupert M. Loydell and Ray Malone.
An Undestroyable Hush.
Exeter: Apparitions Press, 1998.
[3 copies. Copy 1 signed by both authors.]
Location: box
George Macbeth.
The Screens.
London: Turret Books, 1967.
Inscription: For Robert Lax [author’s signature] best wishes
[also penned in was the number 192 to indicate the copy number.
Above this in a
different location can be found: and a few of the second 100
(to indicate the
number out of the 200 copies printed that were signed).]
Location: shelf
Omöjlig Malarbok.
Oscar Reutersvärd’s japanska perspektiv.
Bodafors, Sweeden: Doxa, 1983.
Inscription: Greeting to Robert Lax from [indecipherable signature]
1984.
Location: box
George A. Maloney, S.J.
The Jesus Prayer.
Pecos, NM: Dove Publications, 1974.
Location: box
Phyllis Marcus.
Johnny Appleseed Revisits Olean.
Jeanette Shafer, Molly Evans (ill.)
Olean, NY.
Location: box
John Martone.
An Array.
Pentagram Press, 1997.
Signed by the author.
Location: box
John Martone.
children’s guide.
Huntington: dogwood & honeysuckle, 1999.
Inscription: Bob [indecipherable] Peace John Martone 10/99
Location: box
John Martone.
dwelling.
Portland, Oregon: Irving Street Press, 1996.
Copy 39 of 100, signed by author.
Location: box
John Martone.
a fern pot.
Huntington: dogwood & honeysuckle, 1999.
Signed by the author.
Location: box
John Martone.
For Human Character.
Port Charlotte, Florida: Runaway Spoon Press, 1991.
Location: box
John Martone.
Little Wild er ness.
Huntington: Dogwood & Honeysuckle, 1999.
Inscription: for Bob and John [undecipherable]
Location: box
John Martone.
Ocean Vows.
Providence, RI: Copper Beech Press, 1983.
Signed by the author.
Location: shelf
John Martone.
Primer.
Port Charlotte, Florida: Runaway Spoon Press, 1994.
[2 copies. Copy 1 is signed by the author. Copy 2 inscribed:
FOR ROBERT
[scribble] LOVE, John, JAN. 1995]
Location: box
John Martone.
quê huöng.
Huntington: dogwood & honeysuckle, 2000.
Inscription: A post-it on the front reads Bob, Several especially for you
in
here [signature]
Location: box
John Martone.
without a word.
Huntington: dogwood & honeysuckle, 2000.
Inscription: Signed by the author.
Location: box
John Martone and Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Echoes series.
Wild Hawthorne Press.
Location: box
Maria Mazzei
The Far-Reaching Echo of the Saints: St. Benedict Joseph Labré.
Roma: Edizione Pro Sanctitate.
Location: box
Mary Rose McGeady
God’s Lost Children: Letters from Covenant House.
Hollywood, CA: Covenant House, 1991.
Location: shelf
Mike McGregor.
Wisdom’s Cry: A Journal of Introspection.
1990.
A yellow post-it note on the front reads: May 6, ’90 Dear Bob,
I’ve started 2 or
3 letters to you but never got around to finishing them.
Maybe this little
publication will be of more interest anyway, I leave for
Europe tomorrow
(addresses on pages 16+17)-will be in Greece in September
(Patmos on the 23rd
or 24th?)-hope to see you then. For now, please write.
Hope you’re
well. Mike
Location: box
Lucien Miller.
Alone for Others: The Life of Tony Walsh.
Toronto: Community Concern Associates Ltd., 1987.
Inscription: To Robert Lax a man of quality + friend of many year
[in black]
Tony, 13*6*87 [in blue] June 13th 1987
A letter to Lax is also enclosed.
Location: shelf
Stuart Mills.
The Menagerie Goes for a Walk.
Nottingham: Tarasque Press.
Location: box
Rusty C. Moe.
Our Presence Together in Chaos.
Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press, 2001.
There is a quote from Lax about the book on the back cover.
Inscription: [post-it note attached] Paul—Here’s my book with
Bob’s book jacket
blurb on the back. How are you Rusty
Location: shelf
Arnoldo Mondadori (ed.)
E Il Natale Verrà.
Italy: 1960.
Inscription: For Robert Lax from Jack—
Location: shelf
Michael Mott.
Piero Di Cosimo: The World of Infinite Possibility.
Atlanta, GA: Tinhorn Press, 1990.
Inscription: (in the back) For Bob – love from Michael January 21:. 1991
Michael
Mott [signature]
Location: box
H.F. Noyes.
Poems and Haiku: 1943 – 1982.
London: Parkway Group, 1981.
Location: shelf
Doug Palmer.
Margaret’s Experiences.
Paris: Societies des Livres Erotques, 1967.
Inscription: for Bob all respect & trust Doug [signed]
Location: box
Ben Patterson.
“Paterson’s Guide to Verona.”
Verona: Francesco Conz, 1994.
Location: box
Norman Vincent Peale
Six Ways To ... Become All YOU Can Be.
Pawling, NY: Foundation for Christian Living, 1988.
Location: box
Peace Pilgrim
Steps Toward Inner Peace.
[2 copies]
Location: box
Danièle Perronne.
Danièle Perronne.
1981.
Location: box
Père Marie-Dominique Philippe.
"Abba, Père”: Théologie mystique.
France: Ephese Productions.
Location: box
Marge Piercy, Dick Lourie, Robert Herson, and Emmett Jarrett.
4-Telling.
Trumansburg: The Crossing Press, 1971.
Inscription: for Bob Lax—with love Emmett
Location: shelf
Dion Pincus.
The Milkman.
Manticore Press, 1982.
Inscribed For Bob Lax – Dion.
Number 10 of 50 signed copies.
Location: box
Fred Powledge
Born on the Circus.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.
About Armando Cristiani.
Location: shelf
Ad Reinhardt.
Twenty Five Years of Abstract Painting.
1960.
[2 copies].
Location: box
Jane Marie Richardson.
Musical Reflections.
1980.
Inscribed: To Bob Lax – a poet, a light, a joy, yea an incomparable song –
Warmly, Jane Marie, SL
Location: box
Elisavietta Ritchie.
Tightening the Circle Over Eel Country.
Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books, 1974.
Signed by the author.
Location: shelf
Ann Rivers.
Pilgrimage and Early Poems.
Hydra Press Ulm, 1999.
Location: shelf
Anne Rivers.
Samos Wine.
Bath: Mammon Press, 1987.
Inscription: For Robert Lax More in the S.H.G. tradition that that
of “Somian
Wine”—Anne
Location: box
Leonard Wallace Robinson.
Now and Zen: A Life.
Self-published.
Includes a note which reads: 6/9/99 Dear Bob—I hope you like these—
I sent a
copy to Bob Giroux, too—Love, Patricia [signature]
Location: box
Alberto Savinio.
The Departure of the Argonaut.
Francesco Clemente (ill.)
Petersburg Press, 1986.
Location: shelf
Dieter Schwarz (ed.)
Les Interviews de Maallarmé.
Ides et Calendes, 1995.
Inscription: To Bob, on his 80th birthday Dieter.
Location: shelf
George Seferis.
A Poet’s Journal: Days of 1945-1951.
Athan Anagnostopouios (tr.)
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1974.
Includes a slip of paper which reads: 8/5 Sam, Wow! Great!
Zowie bam!
Terrific! You’re really here? Wow! Feeling better already!
Have magnificat
zen summer. See you in Sept. love, peace, joy Anne.
PS: Here is also poet
[other side] writer journaliste Greek! You will like.
Location: shelf
Ron Seitz.
The Gethsemani Poems: from within the walls of the Abbey of Gethsemani
the
monastery at Trappist, Kentucky home of Thomas Merton monk & poet.
Monterey, Kentucky: Larkspur Press,1985.
Inscription: 1/30/86 Bob—That this little book be some small tribute
to our good
friend Tom. Thanks, always, for being the person closest
and kindest to this
one-of-a-kind poet and priest. With affection and
appreciation (and still
lonely for laughing Louis)—Ron S
Location: shelf
Ron Seitz.
The Mechanics of Tears.
Louisville, The Sulgrave Press, 1991.
Inscription: Bob – Here, via Bro. Pat, this small book of poems.
Writ long ago
– Parts 3 + 4 during Tom’s “Cables” time, and P
art 1 during his “Lograire” map.
– My answer then. Part II, somewhat new,
a bit influenced by + “aimed at” you.
Hope a few lines silent enough to make
you smile. Patmos y
our poem, always –
Ron S.
Location: shelf
Ron Seitz.
Monks Pond Old Hermit Hai! A Haiku Homage to Thomas Merton.
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 1988.
Inscription: 3/15/92 Bob – Hope that one or two of these “little poems” work for
you.
Years ago (some 25) on a picnic in the woods of Gethsemani iwth good Tom,
I recited a few of these haiku to you – and confetti still flutters the air
there in our
celebration. Joy in the Light! Ron S
Location:
shelf
William H. Shannon.
Seeds of Peace: Contemplation and Non-Violence.
New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1996.
Inscription: To my good friend Bob Blessings Happy Easter Bill
Location: shelf
William H. Shannon.
Seeking the Face of God.
London: Fount Paperbacks, 1988.
Inscription: To Bob in happy remembrance of your visit to Rochester, Bill.
Feast of St. Teresa of Avila, 1990.
Location: shelf
Ursula Shulz-Dornburg.
Grenzlandschaften.
Germany: 2000.
Inscription: [much written, but only “2000” is legible]
Location: shelf
Jonathan Borden Sission.
Where Silkwood Walks.
Minneapolis, MN: Lake Street Review Press, 1981.
Inscribed: To Bob, As ever, Jonathan. March 20, 1981
Location: box
Sandro Sproccati.
Enterafasiche E Altre Di Dubbiafasia.
Torino: Tam Tam, 1983.
Inscription: 31/7/86 per Robert Lax, poeta verfo-visuale, gualche li[...]
a verbo-musicale—[full
signature]
Location: box
Alyssa R. Stokes (ed.)
The Music of Silence.
Owing Mills, MD: Watermark Press, 1998.
A compilation of the National Library of Poetry.
An enclosed note reads: Dear Robert, I’m afraid I don’t understand
“modern
poetry”, this is the only copy of the book I ordered, which
contains a
prayer-poem of mine, and I simply cannot read the others.
Do you like
them? Merry Christmas every day! Love Jeanne [? left
on the page with a poem
by Jeanne Beaumont]
Location: shelf
Tom Stone.
“OZ!” Complete Lyrics.
1990.
Self-published.
Location: box
Ellen Sutton
Uncertainties: Poems 1960 – 1970.
Self-published.
Location: box
John Tagliabue.
Ktaadn.
Houghton, NY: Ktaadn, 1971.
Inscription: Ktaadn 1,6 Son of the great mountain, here are some poems,
[word]
or short story and comedy about Camille (my sister’s large white
poodle, very
entertaining) I wonder if you want to publish some or all of it.
Best Wishes,
John Tagliabue [Left is signature]
Location: box
Martin Thom.
The Bloodshed, the Shaking Horse.
The X Press, 1977.
Signed by the author.
Location: box
Michael Throp
Breaking at the Fountain: A Meditation on the Work of David Miller.
Exeter, England: Stride, 1998.
Stride Research Document #7
Inscribed: for Bob, a small gift from David
Location: box
Ralph de Toledano.
Poems: You & I.
Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1978.
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R. A. Torrey.
How to Pray.
Whitaker House, 1983.
An enclosed note reads: These are my before-going-to-sleep special books,
the
two on prayer – which I love very much and hope you will like too.
“very much”
as little Chris used to write, J.
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Vincent Tripi
the day i find: poems from a desert hermitage.
Novato, CA: Swamp Press, 1999.
Inscription: To Robert, Beato Solitudino! con amas, Vincenzo Dec.
99
There is also a letter enclosed.
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Gael Turnbull.
Briefly.
Nottingham: Tarasque Press.
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Gael Turnbull.
Coelacanth: a variable sequence poem.
Dublin: Coelacanth Press, 1986.
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Louis Untermeyer, ed.
This Singing World.
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926.
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Mark Van Doren.
Morning Worship and other poems.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1960.
Dedicated to Robert Lax.
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Emilio Villa
Oggeti di Poesia.
Milano: Archivio de Nuova Scrittura, 1994.
An exhibition catalogue.
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Christoph von Schönborn.
Art et contemplation : Les Icônes du Christ.
Appears to be an offprint of some larger work.
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Peter Walsh
A Boy Abroad.
1971.
Self-published.
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Mark Watson
The Tree With No Center.
1994.
Self-published.
There is a post-it note to Lax which is difficult to read.
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Wolf Wezel.
96/96.
München: Ottenhausen Verlag, 1978.
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Steve Wheattey.
A Typist’s Love Lyric.
London: The X Press, 1977.
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Walter Wink
The Third Way: Reclaiming Jesus’ Nonviolent Alternative.”
Patterns in Reconciliation. 4 (1997).
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Robert K. Wolf.
Icon and Atonement.
1989.
2 copies
Copy 1 inscribed: For Bob Lax, my beloved friend Robert K. Wolf 14 March 89
Second copy signed by author.
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Marv Wolfman.
Fantastic Four.
Keith Pollard & Joe Sinnott (ill.)
Issue 200.
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Max Woodtly.
GEZ.
1991.
Inscription: for Bob – to remember September 29, 1991 [smiley face]
Gerhard
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Gary Young
Frank Swift and his Seven County Bookmobile.
The Giolla Press, 1998.
Gary Young (ill.) Carolyn A. Beckett (design)
Inscription: Sent to Lax by someone called Sheila Mary;
the author is a friend
of hers. A card is enclosed.
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The Giola Press, 1998.
Gary Young (ill.) Carolyn A. Beckett (design)
Inscription:
Sent to Lax by someone called Sheila Mary; the author is a friend of hers.
A card is
enclosed.
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Dr. Mixaha P. Zaire
Narkotika kai Narkomaneis.
Kalymnos: 1981.
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Vassilis Zambaras.
Aural.
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania: Singing Horse Press, 1984.
Inscription: For Robert lax with all best wishes Vassilis. (back
page)
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Vassilis Zambaras.
The Intricate Evasions of As.
For Bob—Pat—mos’ fore—most roost—er de—lights us. Vossilis
[undeciferable word]
4/8/94
Also includes a separate note to Lax.
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Periodicals & Miscellaneous Publications
Aleph.
No. 3.
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Aggie Weston’s.
16 (Winter 1979), (17 (Summer 1981), 20 (Spring 1983).
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Aktuell.
Zuger Kunst, 1984.
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“And These Words…” Torah Passages for Young Students.
Brooklyn, NY: Lubavich Youth Organization, 1976.
Has Lax’s handwriting in it.
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Art Collection Catalogue 1992: An Imagination Resource.
Olean Public Library, 1992.
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Artforum.
7: 4 (December 1978).
Includes the article “Five Unpublished Letters from Ad Reinhardt to
Thomas
Merton and Two in Return”
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Art Gallery International.
8: 6 (September/ October 1987).
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Art in America.
73: 7 (July 1985).
Contains an article about the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
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Art International.
22: 8 (January 1979), 24: 3-4 (November – December 1980), 24: 5-6
(January –
February 1981), 24: 7-8 (March – April 1981), 26: 1 (January –
February –
March 1983), 26: 2 (April – May – June 1983).
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shelf
The Blue Boat.
2 (Winter 1983).
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Catalog #10: By the Way Books.
By the Way Books.
About Thomas Merton
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“‘Le Cahier du Refuge’”
64 (mars 1998), 65 (avril 1998), 71 (décembre 1998), 75 (mai 1999),76 (juin
1999),
78(septmbre 1999), 79 (septembre 1999), 80 (octubre 1999), 81 (décembre
1999),
82 (janvier 2000), 83 (février 2000), 84 (mars 2000), 65 (avril 2000),
87 (juin 2000).
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“Catalog Number 10 – Thomas Merton.”
Lawrenceville, GA: By the Way Books.
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Chimère. 1 (April 1937).
Columbia University French magazine.
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Cirkus for millioner 85.
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Cithara: Essays in the Judaeo – Christian Tradition.
24:2 (May 1985).
Published at St. Bonaventure University.
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Coda: Poets & Writers Newsletter.
7: 3 (February/ March 1980).
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Columbia College Today.
21: 1 (Winter 1995).
The issue is subtitled “Van Doren at 100: Remembering the quintessential great
teacher.”
An attached note reads: To Robert Lax with thanks & warm regards,
Jamie Katz.
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Columbia Forum.
13:1 (Spring 1970).
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Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art.
26 (1996).
Inscription: For Bob, with thanks for your encouragement along the way.
Love, Mike. Patmos 3/14/96
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Commonweal.
42: 11 (May 29, 1970), 42: 16 (August 7, 1970), 69: 7 (April 10, 1992), 73:
14
(August 16, 1996), 74: 4 (February 28, 1997), 75: 5 (March 13, 1998) Sent to
Lax
by Marcia Kelley, 75: 11 (June 15, 1998), 75: 12 (June 19,
1998).
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The Daybook: A Contemplative Journal.
35 (Winter 2000).
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Dhara.
2:4 (August 1969).
Inscription: Gumboots, see pp. 13-29 ~ Gumboat 10/18/70
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The Difficulties: The Susan Howe Issue.
3: 2 (1989).
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Fellowship.
January 1974, 65: 7-8 (July – August 1999), 37:1 (February 1986), 38:2 (April
1987),
38:3 (June 1987), 38:4 (August 1987), 38:6 (December 1987), 39:1
(February 1988),
39:3 (June 1988), 39:5 (October 1988), 39:6 (December 1988),
40:3 (June 1989),
40:4 (August 1989).
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Festival de Jazz de Musique Action Lausanne.
Lausanne: 18-27 Avril 1985.
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The Free Daist: The Quarterly Journal of the Heart-Word and Blessing Work of
Adi
Da (The Da Avatar).
First Quarter 1995.
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Gargoyle.
22/23 (1985).
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GEO.
6 (March 1984).
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Hanging Loose Press Catalog.
Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose Press.
Includes Hang Together: 20th Anniversary Anthology in which
Lax appears.
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Hummingbird: Magazine of the Short Poem.
IV: 2 (March 1994).
Inscription: 2nd March 1995 dear Bob – in case you’ve
never seen
this little mag a retired librarian (wife & mother) does
one of her home – you
might enjoy. Rereading it makes me think you
might (ep. p. 45) – love – always
– [signature of John Martone]
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IFOR Report : A Special Issue on East-West Peace Work.
April 1984
Jim Forest (ed.)
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In Communion.
(January 1998/ Theophany).
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In Communion.
(April 1998/ Pascha), (September 1998/ Nativity of the Theotokos) The
journal of the
Orthodox peace Fellowship of the Protection of the Mother of God,
(Fall 1999/ Saints
Cosmas and Damian), (Spring 2000/ Pascha).
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Inside the Vatican.
April 1999.
The mailing label is to the Abbey of Gethsemani
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Jazz.
5 (1983).
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The Journal of Typographic Research.
2:4 (October 1968).
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Katallagete.
9: 1 (Fall/ Winter 1984), 10: 1-3 (Fall 1987).
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Kirche und Rundfunk.
74 (21 September 1991).
Apparently a television and radio listening guide.
Lax is mentioned on pages 8-9.
An enclosed note reads: dear bob, have a look at page 8 & 9 “sounds
like hōrspiel” herbert
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Knie.
1982.
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Knie: Schweizer National-Circus.
1984.
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Kunstfonds Kunstraum.
Bonn: 1986.
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Kunstverein Winterhur. 72. Jahresbericht 1992.
Pamphlet in German about an art exhibit in which Lax was included.
Location: box
The Lamp: A Christian Unity Magazine.
January 1971: “The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit.”
Location: box
landscapes for bob.
Self published: 30.11.99.
Location: box
Latitudes.
2:4 (Spring 1972).
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Lebensdaten : Henri Matisse.
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Letter from Taizé.
5 (October – November 1998).
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Life.
62: 5 (February 3, 1967).
Contains an article about Ad Reinhardt: “Art’s Master of the
Minimal.”
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Mantova: Poesia & avanguardia.
Mantova: Publi Paolini, 1998.
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The Merton Seasonal
7: 2 (Summer 1982), 24:1 (Spring 1999).
[2 copies. Copy 2 contains a note from
Br. Pat, a monk at Gethsemani Abbey.
The issue is about Jubilee, the
magazine that Lax worked on.], 25: 1 (Spring 2000).
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Metaphor and Motif: Tarasque Press Exhibition.
East Markham, UK: Tarasque Press.
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Monastery of Christ in the Desert.
Abiquiu, New Mexico: Monastery of Christ in the Desert.
Location: box
Morning Star Folios: Catalog.
Edinburgh: Morning Star Publications, 1994.
3 copies
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Mother of Christ Crusade.
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Musica dei caraibi. Film.rassegna.
Milano: Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, 1983.
Curator: Ubaldo Arregui
Signed by Nancy Goldring.
Location: shelf
New Lugano Review.
2/1979 (October-December 1979).
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The New Yorker.
65: 28 (August 28, 1989), 75: 14 (June 7, 1999).
Location: box
Newman: A Journal for Good Thinking and Good Writing.
1: 1 (Fall 1986).
Official publication of the Catholic undergraduates at Columbia
University.
Location: box
Newsweek.
March 15, 1965.
Contains an article titled: “The Black Monk: Ad Reinhardt Assesses
His Work”
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Notes et Documents.
20 (juillet – septembre 1980), 28 (luglio – settembre 1982), Nouvelle
série 1 (janvier – mars 1983), Nouvelle série 2/3 (avril – septembre 1983).
Institut International J. Maritain.
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The Other Side.
January/February, 1990.
A card inside reads: Jim Forest wanted you to see his article on
Thomas Merton
(p.32). Hope you will consider subscribing to TOS. [illegible signature]
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Ottenhousen Verlag Katalog 1982/ 1983.
Aachen: 1983.
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Our Daily Bread.
38: 9,10,11 (December, January, February 1993-94).
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The Overlook Press: New titles and backlist.
Woodstock, NY: Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc., 1997.
Includes A Thing That Is.
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The Overlook Press: 1996.
Catalogue.
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“Pal Joey: The Playbill for Sam S. Shubert Theatre.”
Penciled on front cover: Lax went to it in NYE
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Pastoral Life: The Magazine for Today’s Ministry.
43:11 (December 1994).
Contains a note to Lax from the editor
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poésie & cinéma américains.
Marseille: centre international de poésie Marseille,
1998.
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The Poets & Writers, Inc. 1977 Supplement.
New York: Poets & Writers, Inc., 1977.
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Poor Old Tired Horse.
12, 16: Sticks Stones/Names Bones, 18.
Ardgay, Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press.
Writings and script by Ad Reinhardt.
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Proteus Magazine.
5 (Spring 1975)
The last page contains an ad for Robert Lax books published by Journeyman Press.
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Quarterly Review of Literature.
1:3 (Spring 1944).
Lax was assistant editor.
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Raven Chronicles.
2: 3 (Spring 1993).
Includes article by Mike McGregor.
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Readings to Celebrate Cornwall’s 250th Anniversary.
Cornwall: June 30, 1990.
Inscribed: For Robert Lax with love from Cornwall and appreciation for a
beautiful visit from Anne E. Chamberlain
Contains several poems by Mark Van Doren.
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Reality Hackers.
6 (Winter).
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Revue Integration.
No. 9.
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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Stories: Circus Magazine & Program.
1949 Edition.
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Sandpumpings.
10 (Spring 1982).
The magazine is from Olean.
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Seiten.
1 (5 Jahrgang 98).
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Shadow Play.
3 (1992).
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Some Chinese Verbs.
Self-published.
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Stendhal et L’Europe.
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1983.
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Sun Ra Research. 13 (Sept. 1997).
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Tarasque: Number nine.
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Tel – let 18.
Charletson, IL: 1992.
David Giannini, “Breeze at Eyes”; Maurice Scully, “Prior”.
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Tel – let 19.
Charleston, IL, 1992.
David Miller, “In the Field.”
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Tel – let 21.
Charletson, IL: 1992.
Theodore Enslin, “Gamma Ut.”
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Tel – let 22.
Charleston, IL: 1992.
Didier Cahen, “A World in Prose.”
Cid Corman (trs.)
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Tel –let 24.
Charleston, IL: 1993.
Lyle Glazier, “Searching for Amy, II.”
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Tel –let 25.
Charleston, IL: 1993.
Clive Faust, “Poems.”
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Tel – let 26.
Charleston, IL: 1993.
Ralph J. Mills, Jr. “nine poems.”
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Tel – let 27.
Charleston, IL: 1993.
Barbara Moraff, “A Single Branch, A Single Flower Enough.”
2 copies
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Tel – let 29.
Charleston, IL: 1993.
David Miller, “Children.”
2 copies
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Tel – let 30.
Charleston, IL: 1993.
James L.
Weil, "Bill's Shaker Chair."
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Tel – let 31.
Charleston, IL: 1994.
Lissa McLaughlin, “The Body’s Executioner.”
2 copies
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Tel –let 32.
Charleston, IL: 1994.
Simon Cutts: “for Marie Bourget.”
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Tel – let 34.
Charleston, IL: 1994.
John Viera, “Threading the Needle with Red: Five Poems by Ikkyu.”
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Tel – let 36.
Charleston: IL: 1994.
“In Memoriam, Will Peterson.”
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Tel – let 37.
Charleson, IL: 1995.
John Viera, “A Songbird in Igor’s Yard.”
2 copies
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Tel – let 38.
Charleston, IL: 1995.
John Levy, “Scribble and Expanse.”
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Tel – let 39.
Charleston, IL: 1995.
Sheila E. Murphy, “Five Poems.”
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Tel – let 40.
Charleston, IL: 1995.
Henri Simon Faure, “Tomb of Marine Valentin.”
Cid Corman (trs.) with the assistance of Laurent Grisel
Location: box
Tel – let 47.
Charleston, IL: 1995.
Phyllis Walsh, “in the thick.”
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Tel – let 48.
Charleston, IL 1995.
John Viera, [Title is a weird symbol—looks like a backwards number
5].
2 copies
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Tel – let 49.
Charleston, IL: 1996.
Greg Joly, “Builder’s Notes.”
2 copies
Tel – let 50.
Charleston, IL: 1996.
Frank Samperi, “1991 Circulation.”
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Tel – let 51.
Charleston, IL: 1996.
Frank Samperi, “Manifestatio.”
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Tel –let 53.
Charleston, IL: 1996.
Alain Malherbe, “Diwan du Piéton” (Pedestrian’s Divan).
Cid Corman (trs.)
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Tel – let 71.
Charleson, IL: 1998.
F.J. Seligson, “Wishing Well.”
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Tel – let 73.
Charleston, IL: 1998.
Jack Foley, “Chorus: The Leap.”
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Terra Incognita.
Amiens: Picardies d’Achteure – Université Popular, 1985.
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Topografie nové město na moravě.
Květen: 1981.
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Trees.
The Second Grade.
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The Way of the Cross: The Path of Life Meditations.
St. Benedict, Oregon: Mount Angle Abbey, 1988.
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The White Tops.
70:6 (November/ December 1997), 71:1 (January/ February 1998), 72:5
(September/ October 1999).
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The Wolly of Swot. (part 3).
Spring 1980.
Rerun of the final issue of The Wolly which first appeared in summer
of
1978, though some things have been dropped or added.
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Zweitschrift: edition copie.
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