Wednesday, March 19, 2008

YOU NEED TO PURCHASE BOOKS NOW FROM jwcurry, part one

Called “the best concrete and visual poet in Canada” as well as the third largest collector of small (& micro) press in Canada, Ottawa writer/editor/publisher/bookseller jwcurry is going through financial straits, so I am posting this list of some (selected) items you can purchase directly from his Room 302 Books; other items available by various writers such as Stuart Ross, bpNichol, Frank Zappa, Nicholas Power, Peggy Lefler, Nelson Ball, David UU, Daniel f. Bradley, Mark Laba, Lillian Necakov [see her 12 or 20 questions here], Steven Smith [see his 12 or 20 questions here], Laurie Fuhr, William Hawkins, Steve McCaffery, issues of Open Letter, The Berkeley Horse and others; check with curry directly for other lists, titles, etcetera. If you want to know more about some of jwcurry’s publications, check out the piece I wrote on him in Open Letter (or wait a few weeks for the same piece to run in my collection of literary essays); he’s an indispensable resource that isn’t taken advantage of nearly enough. Items run from into the hundreds of dollars to mere a penny; annual subscriptions available.

this list selected from 1 of 3 different catalogues (more to come later):

from list #10A, jwcurry, separate publications
3. (w/ Lillian Necakov) 2 Collages. North Vancouver, Silver Birch Press, aug89 (The Berkeley Horse #19) 1/100 copies. 16 pp/10 printed, offset. 4 ½ x 5 ½, stapled wrappers, 2 volumes of 8 pp each w/ rear covers tucked together. poetry & collage. $7.50
19. a mo(nu)ment for bpNichol. Toronto, 1cent, 28nov88 (1cent #214) 1/54 trade copies of an edition totaling 78. 8 ½ x 11, silkscreen & rubberstamp broadside. a concrete poem. $10.00
23. a necessarily vague outline of MAKING TRACKS. Toronto, privately published, 29jul92. 1/6 copies. 34 pp/17 printed, photocopy. 8 ½ x 11, leaves stapled at corner. a project description prepared to accompany a grand proposal, consisting of a cover letter, poem, correspondence excerpt & a cover photograph by Lance LaRocque. somewhat rumpled. $40.00
24. an excerpt from KNOTS. being a homolinguistic translation of R.D. Laing. Toronto, Curvd H&z, 25may82 (Curvd H&z #135. Pomez A Penny #83. Th Wrecking Ballzark #38) 1/75 copies. 4 pp/3 printed, rubberstamp. 6 ½ x 4 ¾, leaflet. a concrete poem. $17.50
38. a talk by Marvin Sackner. Toronto, Room 302 Book for Birganart Gallery Framing, 5oct90. 1/200 copies. 8 ½ x 11, photocopy broadside. a visual poem on flyer for Sackner’s talk 20oct90, incorporating a portrait of Sackner from a photograph by Chuck Fadely. $3.00
48. BODY OF DOG. Toronto, Curvd H&z, 3mar84 (Curvd H& #281) 1/90 #d trade copies of an edition totaling 100. 156 pp/7 printed, rubberstamp w/ 3 colour photocopy plates. 4 x 5 ¾, stapled wrappers. serial graphics & a poem. $15.00
49. ____ ____ 1/10 copies letters & signed, 19jan86. 20 pp/7 printed, as above but w/ silkscreen cover, 4 ½ x 5 ¾, sewn in cloth boards. $175.00
51. bpNichol 1944-1988. Toronto, Trystero, 26apr94. 1/125 trade copies of an edition totaling 127. approx. 1 ¼ x 1 ½, rubberstamp broadside. a portrait from a photography by Karl Jirgens. postage stamp on ungummed stock “Commemorating the naming of bpNichol Lane, 30apr94, BRoNK mailout #L & the inaugurative issue of the Trystere PX (est.c.1585)”. printed on 5 #d sheets of 25 – plus 2 unique proofs – 2 of the sheets were kept intact, the other 3 broken up into 75 individual stamps, the selvedge discarded, of these 75, 26 were cancelled by W.A.S.T.E. on GRoNK MAILOUT #L. many others similarly used, not a lot of exemplary copies distributed. $8.00
62. CLAM CHOWDER. Toronto, Curvd H&, 3aug83 (Curvd H&z #225) 1/110 copies. 6 pp/3 printed, rubberstamp. 4 ½ x 7, leaf laid in wrappers w/ plain cover label. a poem. $1.00
75. curryafterlabaafterspicer. 3 Wordsearches Translated From 3 Poems Translated From Jack Spicer. Scarborough, No Guff Stuff, 12jan84 (No Guff #6) 1/99 copies. 6 pp/4 printed, photocopy in rubberstamp covers. 8 ½ x 11 broadside folded into 7 x 10 ¾ bag. w/ 3 poems by Mark Laba for the wordlists. $7.50
80. David UU : No Sleight of Hand. Toronto, Room 302 Books, 23dec92 (List #7) 1/102 copies. 24 pp printed, photocopy. 5 ½ x 8 ½, stapled wrappers. bibliographical sketch, w/ illuss. by Barbara Caruso, Ingrid Harris, Damian Lopes, B.P.Nichol, UU. $3.00
91. EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOP. London, Writers Forum, for 25jan92. 8 ½ x 11 ¾, photocopy broadside. poster by Bob Cobbing reprinting Curry’s “THESE”, the workshop including a performance by Bill Griffiths & the :launch of a new publication by jwcurry THAT FUCKING LINE THAT”, creased horizontally. $25.00
92. EXPOSURE. Toronto, Ganglia Press, 18oct82 (GrOnk Flash #4) 1/50 copies. 14 pp/6 printed, photocopy. 9 ½ x 14 ¾, 6 leaves laid in plain plastic folder. a serial concrete poem, cover xerographic by B.P.Nichol. $20.00
113. Gesture Press. a checklist for 19’nov’82 – 27’feb’92 in recognition of the end phase 1 & the beginning of all the rest. Toronto, Room 302 Books, 27feb92. 1/53 trade copies of an edition totaling 96. 36 pp/25 printed, photocopy & rubberstamp. 5 ½ x 8 ½, sewn wrappers w/ cover label. bibliography, reprints poetry by Gary Barwin, Randall Brock, Greg Evason, Nicholas Power, Yves Troendle, w/ a rubbercut cover portrait of Power from a photograph by Stuart Ross. $10.00
122. (editor, w/ Michael Dean) HEADS & H&Z. Toronto, Underwhich Editions, 3jul85. 1/200 copies #d & signed by the editors. 360 pp/213 printed, photocopy, rubberstamp, offset, silkscreen, typescript & holograph. 9 x 11 ½ x 1 ½, 68 leaves, leaflets, envelopes & variously-bound pamphlets in box w/ detached lid & cover label (some copies have an interior ISBN label). a collection of reissue of early Curvd H& publications (mar79-apr82), many in revised formats. contributors include David Aylward, Brian Dedora, R.D. Hanson, Mark Laba, Peggy Lefler, Steve McCaffery, Bonnie McDowell, B.P.Nichol, David UU… $29.99
129. (w/ Qaani Curry) HOLY MOLEY MR. RABBIT. It’s Qaani’s Birthday Party. Toronto, privately published, for 11oct86. not more than 14 copies. 4 pp printed, rubberstamp. 3 ¼ x 4 1/4, leaflet. invitation to Qanni Curry’s 7th birthday party w/ collage interior. $12.50

write to jwcurry for this and other catalogues:
ROOM 302 BOOKS
#302 – 880 Somerset Street West
Ottawa Canada K1R 6R7
(613) 233 0417

coming soon: selections of List #10C: jwcurry: contributions to periodicals and List #10-D: jwcurry: editorial responsibilies

related notes: jwcurry in Calgary; jwcurry & Richmond Landing: The Martyrology Books 4 and 5; a bpNichol cerebration: jwcurry reading the entirety of The Martyrology in Toronto; jwcurry reading The Martyrology; an all-weather event

related (other) links: John W. MacDonald on curry; Messagio Galore website;

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