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London: Omnibus Press, 1979. First Edition First Printing. Soft cover. Excellent/No Jacket. Early offering from this loveable "Punk Poet" [Omnibus Press, London, 1979]. First [& only] Edition. Pictorial card covers, light creasing around base of spine, extremities a little bumped, owner initials on first page; an excellent copy. English performance poet Clarke's first published collection. Features twelve poems, black and white photographs, and phone directory pages! Released as promotional addition to LP "Snap, Crackle & Bop" [1980].

London: Omnibus Press,, 1979. Inscribed by the Bard of Salford First edition, first impression, of the poet's first book, inscribed on the front wrapper verso, "To Laura, from John Cooper Clarke xxx". The book is styled as a London "01" telephone directory, with the addresses and phone numbers of all the "Cooper" and "Clarke" listings struck through with a pen, and overlaid with Clarke's poems - mostly lyrics from his 1978 album Disguise in Love. Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers, front cover lettered in black. With 22 black-and-white photographs by Kevin Cummins, Tom Sheehan and Paul Slattery. A few tiny marks to front wrapper, title-page photograph of the author embellished by an early reader with a black pen moustache. A near-fine copy.