Afrodisia. New Poems

New York: Hill & Wang, 1970. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 150; original pictorial wrappers a little rubbed. With a long inscription from the author to "Izzy who continues to be busy with active 'some' bodies and aiding (by not degrading) those many parasitic nobodies whom float floksy through the Folklore, no, Floc; I mean F***more, I mean..." and dated October 19, 1971, New York. Although not stated, this is from the library of Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York. Theodore "Ted" Joans was an American jazz poet, surrealist, trumpeter, and painter. His work stands at the intersection of several avant-garde (truncated) streams and some have seen in it a precursor to the orality of the spoken-word movement (Wikipedia). (Inventory #: 46136)