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[Brooklyn: The Pierpont Press, 1969. Folded, untrimmed signature, with attached front free conjugate endsheet. Fine. First edition. A fragment of the unpublished first edition, aborted by the default and disappearance of the subcontracted printer, and rescued from the curbside trash by the publisher. This signature includes the title and the first eight poems. The finished book was to have consisted of 326 signed, clothbound copies. The Elizabeth Press issued a collection under the same title in 1970; this earlier printing was unknown to Lepper and is not included in Corman's entry in CONTEMPORARY POETS. (Inventory #: WRCLIT17206)