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(FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence, Kenneth Bernard, Allen Ginsberg, Toby Olson, Jerome Rothenberg and Joel Oppenheimer). Since Man Began to Eat Himself. The Perishable Press, [Perry Township, Wisconsin], 1986.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Illustrations by Warrington Colescott. Half-black leather and gray paper boards blind stamped along the spine and with tissue guards throughout. Fine. One of 120 copies Signed by Colescott, publisher Walter Hamady, and poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Bernard, Allen Ginsberg, Toby Olson, and Jerome Rothenberg. For some reason this copy is not signed by contributor Joel Oppenheimer or binder Bill Anthony as other copies seem to be. A handsome illustrated collection of poetry and short stories.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Bernard, Allen Ginsberg, Tony Olson, Jerome Rothenberg, Joel Oppenheimer. Since Man Began To Eat Himself. Four Poems, Two Stories: Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Kenneth Bernard; Allen Ginsberg; Toby Olson; Jerome Rothenberg and Joel Oppenheimer with six etched illuminations & one composite drawing provisioned by Warrington Colescott. Perishable Press; Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, 1986.

Price: US$890.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: One of 113 copies signed by all of the contributors, including the six authors, the artist (Warrington Colescott), the binder (Bill Anthony) and Perishable Press founder, artist, book designer, papermaker, poet and teacher, Walter Hamady. Home Home Home by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Sherry Fine: Conceptualist by Kenneth Bernard. Birdbrain by Allen Ginsberg. The Woman Who Escaped From Shame by Toby Olson. War by Jerome Rothenberg. Topic Sentence by Joel Oppenheimer. Three quarters black leather, blindstamped spine, 11/ 7 3/8 inches, full-page illustrations by Warrington Colescott, with tissue guards. Walter Hamady says: "Of the hundred and ten titles from this press, this one is the classic in overtoppingly conforming to the concept of artist getting kidnapped by the artifact." As new. Wonderful. (1722RO091)

Seller: Boojum and Snark Books, Kanab, UT, U.S.A.

. SINCE MAN BEGAN TO EAT HIMSELF. Four Poems, Two Stories: Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Kenneth Bernard; Allen Ginsberg; Toby Olson; Jerome Rothenberg and Joel Oppenheimer.. The Perishable Press, 1986.

Price: US$1144.25 + shipping

Description: "Six etched illuminations and one composite drawing provisioned by Warrington Colescott," 11 x 7.25, 3/4 cloth, unpag, vg with original prospectus. ONE OF 113 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS AND WALTER HAMADY, THE BOOK'S DESIGNER.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.