Hanuman Books by various - 1986-1992

Hanuman Books, Madras / New York

Hanuman Books was founded by the editor Raymond Foye and the artist Francesco Clemente in 1986. The New York office was set up in the Chelsea Hotel with production in Madras, India.

Designed and printed by C. T. Nachiappan of the Kalakshetra Press, Madras. The books were handmade, printed offset and sewn bound in a format (10.5 x 7.0 cm) to resemble a miniature Indian prayer book. The editions were 1,500 and edited by Raymond Foye and Francesco Clemente.

Published between 1986–1992 with 6 books to the series of 8 in each to make a total of 48 books. Plus one larger format, God with Revolver, published in 1990 in a larger format, as God with Revolver's word count was too large for the smaller format.

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Series I (1 – 6)

#1 John Wieners, A Superficial Estimation (1986)
collection of 6 poems – Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Barbara Stanwyck, Dorothy Lamour and Bette Davis. Blue cover with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket. b&w, 44 pp. 10.5 x 7 cm. ISBN 0937815004

#2 David Trinidad, November (1986)
collection of journal like entries from the month of November, 1986. Orange cover with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket photo by Sheree Levin, 1985. 79pp. ISBN 0937815012

#3 Eileen Myles, Bread and Water (1987).
A collection of stories. 63 pp. Red covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket. 205pp. Unsigned and unnumbered. ISBN 0937815020

#4 Taylor Mead, Son of Andy Warhol, Volume Four: Excerpts from The Anonymous Diary of a New York Youth (1986).
Essay by Mead. White covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket – photo by Raymond Foye. 90 pp. ISBN 0937815039

#5 Francis Picabia, Who Know (1986)
Poems and Aphorisms by Francis Picabia. The poems in this volume were originally published in 1950 under the title Chi-Lo-Sa. Translated by Remy Hall. Yellow covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket – photo Francis Picabia with his new bike and Sizou, Golfe-Juan 1940. 172pp. ISBN 0937814047

#6 Henri Michaux, By Surprise (1987)
One of Michaux's many texts on hallucinogenic drugs. Translated by Randolph Hough. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. White covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket 110 pp. 10.5 x 7 cm. ISBN 0937815055

Series II (7 – 12)

# 7 Amy Gerstler, Primitive Man (1987).
Short story about being age 12 and Jewish. White covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket. 58 pp. ISBN 093815063

#8 John Ashbery, The Ice Storm (1987).
Short story by the author. White covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket. 29 pp. ISBN 0937815071

#9 Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything (1987).
An autobiography recounting his life of ups and downs. White covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket – photo by Raymond Foye. 71 pp. ISBN 09781508X

#10 Manuel Rosenthal (1987).
Satie, Ravel, Poulenc with preface by Virgil Thomson. Pink covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket – photo of M. & Mme. Rosenthal by Raymond Foye. 81 pp. ISBN 0937815098

#11 Rene Daumal, A Fundamental Experiment (1987).
Edition Gallimard (1972) translated by Roger Shattuck (1959, 1987). Blue covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket – Photo of Rene Duval during a séance by René Maublanc. 63 pp. ISBN 0937815101

#12 Bob Flanagan, Fuck Journal (1987).
Year long journal documenting the author's sex life. Dedicated to SL. Blue covers + dust jacket – photo by Sheree Levin. 94 pp. ISBN 093781511X

Series III (13 – 18)

#13 John Wieners, Conjugal Contraries & Quart (1987).
Short stories. Purple covers with title and artist name in gold + dust jacket – photo by Raymond Foye. 61pp. ISBN 0937815128

#14 Willem de Kooning, Collected Writings (1988)
Short essays by Willem De Kooning from 1951, 1963, 1969, 1988). Lemon covers + dust jacket – photo by Rudy Burckhardt. pp. 188. ISBN 0937814136

#15 Cookie Mueller, Fan Mail, Prank Letters, and Crank Calls (1989)
Fictional collection of letters and transcribed phone calls. Orange/brown covers + dust jacket. pp. 79. ISBN 0937815144

#16 Sandro Penna, Confused Dream (1988)
Collection of poems first published by Gazzanti 1977, 1980, 1984, and translated for Hanuman Books by George Scrivani 1988. Light orange covers + dust jacket. 82 pp. ISBN 0937815152

#17 Vincent Katz, Cabal of Zealots (1988)
Collection of poems (1988). Light lemon covers + dust jacket. Printed offset, sewn bound, b&w, 95 pp. 10.5 x 7 cm Edition of 1,500. Unsigned and unnumbered ISBN 0937815160

#18 Alain Daniélou, Fools of God (1988). Laffont 1981.
Translation of one of the Tales from the Ganges. Translated by David Rattray, 1988. Light blue covers + dust jacket. 113 pp. ISBN 0937815179

Series IV (19 – 24)

#19 Edwin Denby, Willem de Kooning (1988)
Denby's essay about Willem de Kooning. Red covers + dust jacket. 62 pp. ISBN 0937815187

#20 Max Beckmann, On my Painting (1988)
Peter Beckmann 1965, 1970, 1979 1988. Edited by George Scrivani. Pink covers + dust jacket. 125 pp. ISBN 0937815195

#21 Gary Indiana, White Trash Boulevard(1988)
Collection of Indiana's short stories. Cover photo by Robin Holland. Pink covers + dust jacket. Photo by Robin Holland. 116 pp. ISBN 0937815209

#22 Jean Genet, What remains of a Rembrandt torn into four equal pieces and flushed down the toilet (1988)
Editions Gallimard 1958, 1988. English translation by Bernard Frenchman 1985. Translated by Randolph Hough for Hanuman Books 1988. Dark red covers + dust jacket. 79 pp. ISBN 0937815217

#23 David Trinidad, Three Stories (1988)
Three stories – "Tall Tales" was originally published as a Tall Tale by Illuminati Press in 1986. "A Million to One" originally appeared in Autumnautomatic. Pink covers + dust jacket. Light yellow covers + dust jacket. Cover photo by Anya. 65 pp. ISBN 0937815225

#24 Allen Ginsberg, Your Reason & Blake's System (1988)
Essay by Ginsberg. Lime covers + dust jacket. Cover photo by George Holmes. 43 pp. ISBN 0937815233

Series V (25 – 30)

#25 Rene Guenon, Oriental Metaphysics (1989
Introduction by Rene Daumal. Editions Traditionelles 1951. Translated by Jesse Browser 1989. Lemon colour cover + dust jacket. 88 pp. ISBN 0937815241

#26 Eileen Myles, 1969 (1989)
Short story about the author's adolescence. Red covers + dust jacket.Cover photo by Donna MacAdams. 64 pp. ISBN 093781525X

#27 Gregory Corso, Mind Field (1989)
Collection of poems and haikus. White covers + dust jacket. Cover photo by Allen Ginsberg. 56 pp. ISBN0937815268

#28 Rene Daumal, The Lie of the Truth (1989)
Short essay and parable. Editions Gaillmard 1972. Translated by Phil Powrie, 1989. Pale green covers + dust jacket. Cover photo by Rene Daumal, 1925. 44 pp. ISBN 0937815276

#29 Elaine Equi, Views without Rooms (1989)
Collection of poems (1989). Pink covers + dust jacket. Cover photo – photo booth portrait by Elaine Equi. 46 pp. ISBN 0937815284

#30 Ronald Firbank, Firbankiana (1989)
Collection of memories about Ronald Firbank by Sewell Stokes, Osbert Sitwell, Vyvyan Holland, Augustua Johns, Siegfried Sassoon, P. Wyndham Lewis, Alduous Huxley, Grant Richards, Lord Berners, Doleridge Kennard, Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, S.W. Beaumont, Philip Moeller, A.C. Landsberg, Forrest Reid, Maurice Sandoz, D.R.W. Nevinson, Raisley Moorsom. Red covers + dust jacket. Cover drawing of Robert Firbank by Augustus John. 97 pp. ISBN 0937815292

Series VI (31 – 36)

#31 David Hockney, Picasso (1990).
Essay on Picasso by Hockney. Madras editor George Scravini. Light yellow covers + dust jacket. Cover photo of David Hockney by Arthur Lambert. 66 pp. ISBN 0937815330

#32 Simone Weil, St Teresa of Avila : On the Lord's Prayer (1990).
Texts selected and assembled by William MacKay. Madras editor George Scravini. Blue covers + dust jacket. 71 pp. ISBN 0937815349

#33 Jack Smith, Historical Treasures (1990)
Fiction, literature – 1963, 1966, 1978 by Jack Smith. Edited by Ira Cohen. Foreword by Jim Hoberman. Madras editor George Scravini. Tangerine covers + dust jacket. Frontispiece and life mask photo by Ira Cohen. 136 pp. ISBN 0937815357 (some show through staining from glued cover)

#34 Cookie Mueller, Garden of Ashes (1990)
Stories by Cookie Mueller. Light yellow covers + dust jacket. 136 pp. ISBN 0937815365 (some show through staining from glued cover)

#35 Beauregard Houston-Montgomery, Pouf Pieces (1990)
Collection of short essays .Red covers + dust jacket. Cover portrait of author by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. 111 pp. ISBN 0937815373

#36 Bob Dylan, Saved! The Gospel Speeches (1990)
Collection of speeches from 1978–1980. Text edited by Clinton Heylin. Light yellow covers + dust jacket. pp. 115. ISBN 0937815381

Series VII (37 – 42)

#37 Richard Hell, Artifact Notebooks from Hell 1974-1980 (1990)
Madras editor George Scravini.. Green covers + dust jacket. Cover photo of the author circa 1971 by unknown photographer. 172 pp. ISBN 093781539X

#38 Henry Geldzahler, Looking at Pictures (1990)
Essay by Geldzahler. Madras editor George Scravini. Light lemon covers + dust jacket – Portrait of the author by unknown photographer 1989. Frontispiece painting: "Looking at Pictures" by David Hockney, 1976. 66.pp. ISBN 0937815403

#39 Francis Picabia, Yes No Poems and Sayings (1990)
Collection of poems and sayings from 1939, 1953, 1957. Translated by Rémy Hall, 1990. Madras editor George Scravini. Green covers + dust jacket. 57 pp. ISBN 0937815411

#40 Robert Creeley, Autobiography (1990)
This text was published simultaneously in Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Volume 10, by Gale Research Publications. Madras editor George Scravini. Blue covers + dust jacket. Photo of the author by Allan Ginsberg, 1985. Frontispiece photo of the author with maternal grandfather, Ira Jules, West Acton, Mass. 1930. 103 pp. ISBN 093781542X

#41 Dodie Bellamy, Feminine Hijinx (1990)
Collection of essays. Some of this material was previously published by Semiotext(e),Zyzzyva, Feminist Studies, and the e.g. Press. Madras editor George Scravini. Light brown covers + dust jacket. Cover photo by Loring McAlpin. 154 pp. ISBN 0937815438

#42 Jack Kerouac, Safe in Heaven Dead (1990)
Interviews with Jack Kerouac compiled and by Michael White. Introduction and arrangement by Michael White. Madras editor George Scravini. Pink covers + dust jacket. 125 pp. ISBN 0937815446 (small stain from glue)

Series VIII (43 – 48)

#43 Candy Darling, Candy Darling (1992)
Collection of writings selected posthumously from Candy Darling's journal. Introduction by Jeremiah Newton 1992. Madras editor George Scravini. New York editor Paul Rickert. Brown covers + dust jacket. Cover photo of Candy Darling at Coney Island, 1971, Laura Rubin. pp. 144. 0937815454

#44 Nick Zedd, Bleed Part One (1992)
Autobiography of filmmaker Nick Zedd. Madras editor George Scravini. New York editor Paul Rickert. Light brown covers + dust jacket. Cover photo of Nick Zedd, 1985, by Casandra Stark. 131 pp. ISBN 0937815462

#45 Patti Smith, Woolgathering (1992)
Collection of short stories. Madras editor George Scravini. New York editor Paul Rickert. Red covers + dust jacket. Cover photo by Edward Maxey 1989. Frontispiece and inside photographs by Linda Smith Bianucci 1992. 80 pp. ISBN 0937815470

#46 William S. Burroughs, Painting & Guns (1992)
Two essays by William S. Burroughs, The Creative Observer and The War Universe. Madras editor George Scravini. New York editor Paul Rickert. Orange/brown covers + dust jacket. Cover photo of William S. Burroughs by Allen Ginsberg. Photo of William S. Burroughs and David Bradshaw, 1990, p. 52 by Allya Canepa. 103 pp. ISBN 0937815489

#47 Robert Hunter, Idiot's Delight (1992)
Collection of poems. Madras editor George Scravini. New York editor Paul Rickert. Mauve covers + dust jacket. Cover photo of the author by Jessica Leopard. Frontispiece: Breugel, Battle Between Carnival and Lent (detail). 1559. 137 pp. ISBN 0937815497

#48 Robert Frank, One Hour (One Hour – New York City 26th of July 1990 – 15:45pm – 16.45pm – One Take (1992)
Dark brown covers + dust jacket. Cover photo by Michael Rovner, 1991. 82 pp. ISBN 097815500

René Ricard, God With Revolver (1989-1990)Two volumes of poems from 1979-82. God with Revolver is René Ricard's second book. In the same year he contributed poems to Francesco Clemente : Sixteen Pastels published by Anthony D'Offay, London. Cover photo: Photo Booth Portrait, Penn Station Arcade. Spring 1988. Silver foil stamped jacket. 101 pp. This is the only Hanuman book published in a larger format. This was a necessity, as it exceeded the word count for the smaller format. ISBN 0937815306