Kapuskasing ON, Penumbra Press, 1987. Perfectbound, 71 pp. 5.75"-8.75". Fine. Records of times spent in the Western Himalayas and in Berlin by the poet as she sought the limits of word and language, body and culture. Matte pages, gloss covers, 6 photos.
Toronto, Open Letter, 1976. Perfectbound, 111 pp. 5.5"-8.75". fine. Douglas Ord on Les Levine's intallations, John Bentley Mays on "Hobbes' Body - Politics as Poetics" but Steve McCaffery's piece on Chris Dewdney's poetry steals the show.
Toronto, Open Letter, 1987. Perfectbound, 99 pp. 5.5"-8.75". As New. Pamela Banting, E.D. Blodgett, Karl Young, Carol Bolt, Richard Hammersley, Lola Tostevin and Dennis Cooley on breaking or entering the line. Nice covers; printed yellow on kelly green.
Toronto, Coach House, 1986. Perfectbound, 123 pp. 5.75"-8.75". good. Billing itself as "the world's first on-line electronic literary magazine" in 1984, this is a strong selction of writers' works as they appeared on the UNIX-based platform. Spine worn and chipped.
Toronto, Border/Lines, 1994. Staplebound, 52 pp. 8.5"-11". fine.dedicated to those weeds that will ultimately destroy the nuclear arsenals, the Disney-parks, the wax-works of the plotically grotesque." -from the editorial. Also a Rampike Literary Supplement.
Victoria BC, Sono Nis Press, 1984. Perfectbound, 96 pp. 6"-9". As New. Mostly longer poems, but 14 haiku include, e.g.: Four nights of mist, snow /the brilliant dipper over /this black frozen lake.
London, Rebel Press, 2005. Perfectbound, 119 pp. 5.25"-8.25". As New. Begins with Feuerback and strides resolutely through 221 paragraphs to "The Self-Emancipation". If only. No copyright to the translation. A stellar stab at transparent praxis.
The Lone Ranger: The Deserted Train Station, Stagecoach Issue, Dec.-Jan.
New York, The Lone Ranger, Inc, 1959. Stapled, 38 pp. 7"-10". fair. Stains to top of front cover, tears at bottom, colours and text are fine though. Guns drawn on front, air guns on sale on back.
Boston, The Figures, 1990. Saddlestitched, 24 pp. 4.5"-7". Good. Translation of 'Il futurismo e l'arte pubblicitaria' introduced by its translator. Added are 6 pages of graphic ads Depero designed and his 1930 'ABC of Italian Futurism'.
Vancouver, Writing Magazine, 1989. Perfectbound, 96 pp. 6"-9". Fine. Opens with Kathryn MacLeod from her Houseworks and Andrew Levy from his Democratic Assemblies. Charles Bernstein's address, "Optimism and Critical Excess (Process)" at the back.
Paris, Flammarion, 1999. Perfectbound, 224 pp. 4.25"-7". Good. The question of Heidegger's use of 'Geist' to indicate an absolute spiritism that was Deutsch and could only be adequately spoken of in German. Photo of a smug philospher on the cover.
Derrida, Jacques; G. Bennington & R. Bolwby, translators
Of Spirit: Heidegger and The Question
Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1989. Sewn cloth, 40 pp. 5.75"-8.88". As New. English translation, with relevant notations at the back but no framing intro at the front, to Derrida's questioning of how it stands with 'Geist' and if that meant 'absolute spirit' that could only be understood in German terms. As if fire blazing out on the as new dustjacket.
D'un ton apocalyptique adopte naguere en philosophie
Paris, Editions Galilee, 1983. Perfectbound, 106 pp. 4.75"-7.25". Fine. First separate publication of a paper delivered at the 1981 conference at Cerisy-la-Salle France. 6 plates of b x w portent, Bataille's St. Jean devore le livre graces the cover.
Toronto, Nightwood Editions, 1987. Perfect binding, 45 pp. 5.5"-6.5". fine. Book 3 of 'A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario'. Surrealisme as an exacto science. Some corner buckling.