Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Per a flyer enclosed inside the front cover, the tribute book was sold for the legal defense of James R. Lowell, owner of The Asphodel Book Shop, indicted in December 1966 and arrested for possession and distribution of obscene literature. Cover and silkscreens by T.L. Kryss. d.a. levy, doug casement and douglas blazek are thanked for helping to solicit material and to rjs for providing paper. Published in June, 1967, 500 copies, side stapled. Condition: Book is in fairly good condition with a few bends, a bit of rust from staples, and the cover detached from the top staple: still a fine copy
Seller: Kirpan Press, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: (50) ff., 5 color silkscreen plates (including cover) by T.L. Kryss. Portrait photograph of Lowell on back cover. Stapled 4to. Screenprinted self-wraps. An impressive collection of tributes to James Russell Lowell (1932-2004), the reknowned Cleveland bookseller and owner of Asphodel Bookshop. An early champion of the underground poetry and "mimeo" scenes, he was indicted in December 1966 together wtih underground poet d.a.levy for possession and distribution of obscene literature. T.L Kyrss solicited the poetry community for defense funds, and consequently proceeds from the sale of this book were to be donated to the Lowell-Levy Defense Fund. The 48 contributors expressing their support include Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertow, Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, Guy Davenport, R. Wolter, Mitchell Goodman, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight Macdonald, Paul Carroll, Carol Woideck, d.a. Levy, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Hubert Selby, Jr., Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R Wagner, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Brown Miller, Philip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Harris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, and Walter R. Keller. Edition limited to 500 copies. Front cover neatly detached. oosely inserted: Typewritten flyer listing contributors to the Tribute and soliciting defense-fund donationsand stapled newsletters describing the arrests and indictments. From the library of J.M. Edelstein.
Seller: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$192.40 + shipping
Description: First edition. Quarto. Wrappers with silkscreen onlay. One of 500 copies. Issued to raise money for the Lowell-Levy defense fund. Tributes to Jim Lowell in protest at his arrest, along with D.A. Levy, by the Cleveland police for possession and distribution of "obscene" literature. Contributors include Nichol, Charles Olson, Denise Levertov and Paul Goodman, Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Williams, Davenport, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Mel Edelstein, James Laughlin, Robert Lowell, Michael McClure, levy, Hubert Selby, Gilbert Sorrentino, and many others. Five silk screens (in addition to the cover onlay) by T.L. Kryss. Black and white photograph of Jim Lowell on lower cover.Upper cover slightly worn and creased and lacking a very small piece. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 500 copies. Stapled wraps with silkscreened cover, silkscreen illustrations inside. Very Good, wraps lightly soiled, staples rusted, bumped corners, offsetting from silkscreens. A 1967 rallying of Cleveland local, mimeo, and a few well-known poets to the cause of Asphodel Bookshop owner Jim Lowell who was charged with obscenity by local police alongside legendary underground poet d.a. levy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Octavo. Stapled wrappers with screenprinted cover with price sticker, rubbed, very good. Magazine limited edition to just 500 copies in honor of Jim Lowell. Contributors include Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertow, Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, Guy Davenport, R. Wolter, Mitchell Goodman, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight Macdonald, Paul Carroll, Carol Woideck, d.a. Levy, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Hubert Selby, Jr., Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R Wagner, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Brown Miller, Philip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Harris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, and Walter R. Keller.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. Stapled wrappers with screenprinted cover with price sticker, very slightly soiled, near fine. Magazine limited edition to just 500 copies in honor of Jim Lowell. Contributors include Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertow, Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, Guy Davenport, R. Wolter, Mitchell Goodman, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight Macdonald, Paul Carroll, Carol Woideck, D.A. Levy, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Hubert Selby, Jr., Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R Wagner, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Brown Miller, Philip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Harris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, and Walter R. Keller.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. Stapled wrappers with screenprinted cover with price sticker, lightly rubbed and bumped, about fine. Magazine limited edition to just 500 copies in defense of Jim Lowell, owner of the Asphodel Book Store, who was arrested along with D.A. Levy on obscenity charges. Contributors include Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertov, Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, Guy Davenport, R. Wolter, Mitchell Goodman, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight Macdonald, Paul Carroll, Carol Woideck, Levy, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Hubert Selby, Jr., Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R Wagner, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Brown Miller, Philip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Harris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, and Walter R. Keller.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$365.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: An unopened copy safe-guarded by one of Levy's girlfriends since the sixties. A Fine first printing for the "levy defense fund." One of 1000 copies. Stiff wrap original with black tape and staple binding. Includes illustrations, b&w photographs, color silkscreens, and newspaper clippings in addition to selected works. A fine copy.; Quarto; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.