TALES FROM BLEEDING HEART YARD: Stories about Stanley Lawrence by Lawrence, Simon, ed - 2000

First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue of 20 Short Stories. Featured are: The Black Chapel by Doug Allyn, El Tramegra by Margaret Maron, The Problem of the Shepherd's Ring by Edward D Hoch, Lost Luggage by Mick Herron, Jade Skirt by Simon Levack, Charlady's Choice by Neil Schofield, The Book of Truth by Nancy Pickard, C Seven H Fourteen O Two by Will Ryan, Ice Cube Trey by Terry Lerdall-Fitterer, Cry Before Midnight by Donald Olson, Cagebird by Margaret Lawrence, The Brick by Natasha Cooper, Karaoke Night by David Knadler, False Light by Margaret Murphy, The Right Call by Brendan DuBois, Whither Columbus by Gary Alexander, Body Shop by Terry Barbieri, The Last Calabresi by Jean Femling, There's a Girl for Me by Tom Tetzlaff and The Killer Who Disappeared by Richard Macker. There is a 1/4 inch closed tear to the top edge of the front cover next to the spine. Light reading creases to the spine and front cover. In Near Fine Condition.

Paris and New York: French Connection Press, 2002. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 212pp, printed wrappers. First issue of this literary journal with a stellar roster of contributors (some taken from published work). Unmarked copy, light wear.

Ann Arbor, MI: Caliban, 1989. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. Unmarked copy (from the collection of contributor Philiip Lamantia) of this issue, includes a memorial paragraph on Jack Smith by Ira Cohen (written just after his death), as well as period mylar photographs by Cohen of Jack Smith, Vali Myers, et al. Light reading wear.

Guadalupita, NM: Tooth of Time, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, ~100pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Uncommon anthology of interesting writing edited by poet John Brandi, including unpublished letters from David Meltzer, "Populist Manifesto" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a poem by Chogyam Trungpa, a passage from Lama Govinda, etc. Unmarked copy, typical toning of mimeo stock, light sunning to wrappers, back cover and adjacent page have minor edge wear.

Amsterdam: Ins and Outs Publications, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. Dense and intense issue, includes a photo of Angus MacLise and a mention of his passing in a piece written a few months afterward by Gerard Malanga; also a host of related luminaries, including William Levy. Minor outer wear and soil, no markings.