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3 ONE ACT PLAYS (Torrance: Hors Commerce Press, 1964) first edition, stapled sheets, 150 copies. Contents: HERE I AM! by Kirby Congdon, WHO’S AFRAID OF EDWARD ALBEE? by Carl Larsen, and “IN” GROUP by d.a. levy. (Lowell A9)
12 POETS, edited by D.r. Wagner (Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1969) first edition, stapled wrappers. levy poem: OXYGEN (OR A SPIRIT OF LIFE).
306, AN ANTHOLOGY OF CLEVELAND POETS (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1967) first edition, stapled wrappers, 306 copies, introduction by levy. levy poem: THINKING OF RIMBAUD • ROSES THAT. (T&H P-124)
456, AN ANTHOLOGY OF CLEVELAND POETS (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1966) first edition, stapled silkscreened wrappers, 8.5" x 11", 54 pages, 500 copies. Preface by Rene Char. Contributors: Russell Atkins: LAKEFRONT, CLEVELAND, Judith Hawthorne Albrecht: [untitled], Grace Butcher: 11/21/65, Geoffrey Cook: ADELE'S LOUNGE BAR (TO PAULA MARIE S.) • A LETTER, John Cornillon: NO HIDING PLACE (TO WILLIAM SEABROOK), Susan Cornillon: TO MY UNCLE HARRY, RECENTLY DEAD, Joel Marc Deutsch: FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION, Joel Friedman: BLACK REVOLT (HOUGH, JULY, 1966), Bennet Hassink: NOTEBOOK FRAGMENTS (BOOK #983), Walter R. Keller: A VISION OF ST. LUCY'S DAY OR THE DIRTY WAR OF LBJ, Joyce Guion: AFTER THE RAIN, T.L. Kryss: [untitled], Jacob Leed: OCTOBER • CAIRNS FROM THE TRAIN, d.a. levy poem: SONGS FOR DEAD CHILDREN (DEDICATED TO DON THOMAS), Mara: CLEVELAND SUTRA, Franklin W.W. Osinski: A JOKE, R.J.S.: CSU--FROM THE DEPTHS, Thom Szuter: FLAGS, Kent Taylor: DEATH OF AN AMUSEMENT PARK • EUCLID AVENUE 55TH-107TH, Don Thomas: WOULD YOU BELIEVE THE CRUST? • THE SAGE OF THE RENEGADE IRISHMAN, Kathie Lenehan: THAT YET TO BE. (T&H P-106)
THE ALLEGHENY STAR ROUTE, ENTRAILS AT TAILS END (Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 1975) first edition, stapled sheets bound into printed wrappers, mimeograph. Contributors include: E.R. Baxter, Charles Bukowski, Brown Miller, Harold Norse, Charles Plymell, Jim Soric, Thom Szuter, rjs, Kent Taylor, D.r. Wagner, Willie. levy poem: THINKING OF RIMBAUD.
Bergé, Carol. POEMS MADE OF SKIN (Toronto: Weed/Flower Press, March 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 300 copies. levy cover art: PORTRAIT OF CAROL BERGÉ.
Blazek, Douglas. ALL GODS MUST LEARN TO KILL (Demarest, NJ: Analecta Press, 1968) first edition, paperback, preface by Brown Miller, illustrations by R. Crumb. levy photo collages: THE TIME IN A PURE VIRGIN EYE • HE’S DREAMING THAT WE’RE LISTENING TO HIM!!! • PEYOTL VISION.
CLEVELAND: GOING HOME (HOT FUCK) (Cleveland: Mostly Broken Scabs Press, 1977?) first edition, stapled sheets bound into printed wrappers, mimeograph. levy poem: ONE DEATH IN THE LIFE OF JULIE.
THE CLEVELAND MANIFESTO OF POETRY (PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE WRITINGS OF 6 CLEVELAND POETS) (Cleveland: The Asphodel Bookshop, 1964) first edition, single sheet printed on both sides (some copies are two stapled sheets printed rectos only), mimeograph, dated June 1, 1964 , statements by d.a. levy Kent Taylor, Jau Billera, Russell Atkins, Russell Salamon, and Adelaide Simon. (T&H B-01)
Crews, Judson. POEMS (Staatsburg: Head, 1965) first editionl stapled illustrated sheets, 12 pages, offset. Published as Head Second by Erik Kiviat. Cover art by levy. (T&H B-04)
EMILY DICKENSON: LETTERS FROM THE WORLD , edited by Marguerite Harris (NY: Corinth Books, 1970) first edition, perfect bound, offset. levy cover art: WILD FLOWERS IN A DESERTED CEMETERY.
FOR JOHN R. SCOTT WHO PAINTED FLOWERS (Cleveland: Ghost Press, March 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 255 copies, mimeograph, silkscreens by T.L. Kryss. Contributors include levy, Geoffrey A. Cook, r.j.s., T.L. Kryss, D.r. Wagner. levy poem: PROSE-POEM FOR JOHN (DOING-TIME) FOR PAINTING FLOWERS IN THE MIND.
FOR STANLEY HEILBRUN, WHO FLED FROM FREEDOM (Cleveland: Absolute Zero Press, April 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 255 copies, mimeograph, silkscreens by T.L. Kryss. Contributors include levy, Geoffrey A. Cook, r.j.s., T.L. Kryss. levy poem: THEY SED YOU WENT EVERYWHERE – FOR STAN HEILBRUN.
FOREVER WORSHIP THE SECOND COMING: FOR GENE BLOOM, STEVE RICHMOND, AND R.J.S., edited by Blazek, Kryss, and Delpino (San Francisco: Black Rabbit Press, 1968) first edition, side-stapled wrappers. Contributions by Bloom, Dwight Macdonald, Mike Berardi, Michael Perkins, Delpino, R. Wolter, r.j.s. Salamon, Harris, Blazek and others. levy note: INDICTMENT OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF MINORS.
HAIKU '64 (Tokyo: Japan Airlines, 1964) first edition, stapled wrappers. levy haiku: Hundreds of sparrows / Perching on telephone wires, / A cloud approaches.
IN A TIME OF REVOLUTION: POEMS FROM OUR THIRD WORLD, edited by Walter Lowenfels (New York: Vinatage Books, 1969) first edition, paperback original. Contributiors include: Carol Berge, Paul Blackburn, Grace Butcher, Diane Di Prima, Will Inman, Allen Katzman, Bob Kaufman, Tuli Kupferberg, Carl Larsen, d.a. levy, Clarence Major, David Meltzer, George Montgomery, Margaret Randall, Steven Richmond, Ed Sanders, William Wantling. d. a. levy poem: ODE TO MAYOR LOCKER.
Kryss, T.L. CLEVELAND POEMS, CHICAGO POEMS & OTHER SHIT (Cleveland: Free Love Press, 1967) first edition, stapled sheets with painted cover, 8.5" x 11", 45 pages, 275 copies. Cover painting by d.a. levy (each copy unique).
THE LAST BLEWOINTMENT ANTHOLOGY, VOLS. I & II, edited by Bill Bissett (Toronto: Nightwood Editions, 1985 & 1986) first edition, perfect bound, offset, two volumes: AC-LE & LI-ZO. levy poems: VISUALIZED PRAYER TO THE AMERICAN GOD #1 • VISUALIZED PRAYER TO THE AMERICAN GOD #2 • VISUALIZED PRAYER TO THE AMERICAN GOD #3 • BOURGEOISIE CHANT.
THE LONG MARCH OF CLEVELAND (Cleveland Heights: Green Panda Press, 2002) first edition, stapled wrappers, 100 numbered copies. levy concrete poetry: PERMANENTLY ELECTRIC • IMPOSE IT ON YOURSELF • ORIGINAL LIGHT ROCK. levy poems: excerpts from RECTAL EYE VISION #2 • LETTRE TO CLEVELAND • TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM PART 3 • ZEN CONCRETE.
ONCE AGAIN, by Jean-Francois Bory, translated by Lee Hildreth (New York: New Directions Books, 1968) first edition, paperback and hardcover editions issued, offset. levy cocnrete poem: AGAIN?.
PANAMA GOLD , edited by T.L. Kryss (San Francisco/Cleveland: Zero Publications, 1969) first edition, stapled sheets tipped into silk-screened wrappers, 200 copies. Contributors include: Douglas Blazek: THE MIND RESTS ONLY WHEN THE HEART IS SCUTTLED FOR GOOD, Charles Bukowski: THE HOLLYWOOD SWIMMING POOL LIFE, Kent Taylor: THE WESTERN POEM, D.R. Wagner: IT’S KIND OF WHAT DEATH IS LIKE]. levy poem: TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM
PEACE AMONGST THE ANTS (San Francisco: Nevada/Tattoo Press, 1968) first edition, printed folder with 16 broadsides laid in, mimeograph, a tipped-in envelope (“Fame is Puke!”), and a tipped in booklet by D.r. Wagner. Contributors include Charles Bukowski, d.a. levy, Tuli Kupferberg, Harold Norse, D.r. Wagner, Douglas Blazek, T.L. Kryss, Al Purdy, Carl Weissner. levy poem: PROSECUTOR, AS HIRED GUNSLINGER.
Simon, Adelaide. PERMIT ME VOYAGE (Cleveland: Free Lance, 1964) first edition, stapled illustrated wrappers, 26 pages. Cover art and internal illustrations by levy. (T&H B-02)
SWAMP ERIE “PIPE DREAM”, edited by d.a. levy (Cleveland: n.p., May 1967) first edition, newpaper format. levy poem: BELLS OF THE CHEROKEE PONIES. (T&H P-148)
TELEGRAMS FROM CENTRAL CONTROL (Niagara Falls, NY: press:today:niagara, 1966) first edition, stapled wrappers, 350 copies, mimeograph. levy poems: SCOTCHPHRENZY • CARROT CREW NIMBO #3.
A TRIBUTE TO JIM LOWELL (Cleveland: Ghost Press, June 1967) first edition, stapled wrappers, 500 copies, mimeograph, cover and silkscreens by T.L. Kryss. Contributors include: B.P. Nichol, T.L. Kryss (Preface), R. Wolter, Jonathan Williams, Mitchell Goodman & Denise Levertov, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Olson, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight MacDonald, Paul Carroll, Carl Woideck, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R. Wagner, Charles Bukowski, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Robert Lowell, Douglas Blazek, Brown Miller, Phillip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Guy Davenport, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, rjs, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Harris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, Walter R. Keller, Ted Berrigan. levy poem: THE GREAT SURREALIST DREAM HAPPENING OF THE ASPHODEL & OTHER ECSTASIES THAT WERE STILL/BORN IN CLEVELAND.
D.A. LEVY A TRIBUTE TO THE MAN: AN ANTHOLOGY OF HIS POETRY (Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1968) first edition, perfect bound with library tape backstrip binding and stiff wrappers, 8.5" x 11", 250 pages, 1000 copies. "Proceeds, if any, from the sale of this book will go to the levy defense fund, the yet-to-be-conceived levy subsistence fund, and the subsequent levy offense fund". Kryss woodcut prints throughout, includes brief levy bibliography, levy material: CLEVELAND UNDERCOVERS • NEW ETHIC FOLK POEM FOR THE BEAT GENERATION IN CLEVELAND • CITY • PASSOVER ’65’ • WILLIAM SOMMER--*--YOU • A LINE FOR THE HAWK FACED GOD WHO CARRIED THE SUN AT DAWN • POEM • TO TERRY • ANGELA • FRAGMENT FROM THE DESTROYED JOURNAL 1965 • ANOTHER FRAGMENT FROM THE DESTROYED JOURNAL • A TOKE FOR THE BROKE • SATORI WHILE PRAYING IN THE BATHROOM • THIRD QUARTER • LADY A • TO JIM LOWELLS GOLDFISH • KISSES • SAPPHO • THE RIVER • LOVE POEM OF A LION • SITTING ON A BENCH NEAR T SQUARE (FOR DAVID MELTZER) • ROAD ROAD GO AWAY • GREAT MAN SLEEPING IN A CLOSET (FOR RICHARD ALLEN MORRIS) • THE BELLS OF THE CHEROKEE PONIES • THE SUBURBAN PROPHETS (FOR R.D.D.) • THE WANDERING WHITE • WARRIORS REST • SHIPENSBURG • LINES FOR LADY JANE • DARK MOON • ZEN GARDENS • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART I, FROM THE BURIAL GROUNDS OF THE CAT NATION (PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN TRYING TO EAT THE SUN) • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART II, FRONTIERS (BLIND MANS VIEW FROM THE OBSERVATION TOWER) • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART III, SHADOWS (SOAP OPERA MYSTICISM) • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART IV, THE SLOW DEATH OF BECOMING OTHER PEOPLE • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART V, LITANY OF THE LION • PART II • PART III • SONGS FOR DEAD CHILDREN • ROSES THAT (FOR GENE) • THINKING OF RIMBAUD (FORTHOM SZUTER) • LETTER TO LADY BERGE’ • BOURGEOISIE CHANT • TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM (FOR YESHEY TSHOGYAL) • LIGHT ON, THE OLD ‘TEST’ (FOR CHARLES OLSEN) • UNTITLED POEM FRAGMENT • NOTES/VARIATIONS ON A SHORT POEM • IN DEFENSE OF SMUT & POETS • PRAY FOR CLEVELAND • WHY I GOT BUSTED & OTHER NONSENSE • SUB*TROLL SHEET #1--AMPHETAMINE (SUMONES MOTHER GAVE ME) VISION #2 • IRON CROSS OF THE SUN • SPONTANEOUS CONTACT IN THE MIND CANCELLED • AMERICAN OPINION • CLEVELAND::THE RECTAL EYE VISIONS • POEM FOR OUR LADY OF SONGS & DIMENSIONS • POEM FOR LAMA GINSBERG • THE PARA-CONCRETE MANIFESTO • BREAD VISION • THE BLACK PAPERS • SCRIPT E • CHALCHIHUITLICUE #3 • VISUALIZED PRAYER TO THE AMERICAN GOD • HMN & INVOCATION FOR THE AMERICAN GOD • BERET • LE STROB EGYPTIANE #2 • VISION S • THE EGYPTIAN STRAW BOSS COP # FOUR • SHIT SHIT & STROBE #6 • REFRIGERATOR MANTRA • THE SUNLIGHT SHINNING THOUGH MY WIFE’S PAISLEY SKIRT • BAMBOO STICK FROM KENTUKY HANGING ON OUR BACK PORCH • INTER-GALACTIC COMMUNICATIONS CO. OUTLAW • COMMENT ON THE ACID SCENE • SOUND POEM FOR THE ROARING TWENTIES • THE HIPPIES • RELIGIOUS ACID • MIND EXPANSION • PSYCHEDELIC INFORMATION CENTER • MIND MIRROR • “GOD BLESS OUR TELEVISION • 7 FLOWERS • EMERGENCY CITY ORDINANCE • TANTRIC STROBE • A MANTRA TO PROTECT ONE FROM THE VIET CONG (NORTH & SOUTH) • BANANA ROLL BLUES • PRAPS • SUB-TROLL SHEET #2 WITH EVERYTHING UPSIDE DOWN • INSULIN SHOCK LETTER • THE GREAT SURREALIST DREAM HAPPENING • ONE DEATH IN THE LIFE OF JULIE • WHAT CAN I SAY? • PROSECUTOR, AS HIRED GUNSLINGER • THE DREAM OF THE DREAM-TRIAL EXECUTION • THE SUBREAL NARK DREAM • KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY BOOK I • CLEVELAND UBER ALLES • CLOUD IN THE FORM OF A SWASTIKA • LINES FOR THE ERIE STREET CEMETERY • JAYWALKING BLUES • ODE TO A NON-UNION TRUCKDRIVER DRIVING ACROSS NORTH-EASTERN OHIO • KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY BOOK II • KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY BOOK THREE • KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY BOOK 5 • LETTRE TO CLEVELAND. (T&H CO-01)
Wantling, William. DOWN, OFF & OUT (Bensenville, IL: Mimeo Press, 1965) first edition, stapled wrappers. levy cover art.
WHAT THERE IS LEFT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT A LIGHT WHICH IS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE, edited by T.L. Kryss (Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1970) first edition, stapled wrappers, 200 copies, mimeograph, cover silkscreen by T.L. Kryss, [other contributors include Blazek, Bukowski, Kryss, Brown Miller, Kent Taylor, Wagner, Willie. levy poem: THE BOX LUNCH TRAVEL-OG OF FREMONT GULCH.
THE WRITING ON THE WALL, 108 AMERICAN POEMS OF PROTEST, EDITED BY WALTER LOWENFELS (NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969) first edition, hardcover, review copy with slip laid in, [other contributors include Blazek, Bukowski, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, and others. levy poem: THE BELLS OF THE CHEROKEE PONIES.
