Filter Special Collections 001 Black Mountain Poets

Welcome to The Special Collection Section devoted to a collection of Black Mountain Poets Books and Documents and adjacent writers.

Known as the Black Mountain Poets or Projective Poets, were a group of early 20th c. of American Avant-Garde Post Modernist poets. 
A part of the Black Mountain College in North Carolina, "Although it lasted only twenty-three years (1933–1956) and enrolled fewer than 1,200 students, Black Mountain College was one of the most fabled experimental institutions in art education and practice. It launched a remarkable number of the artists who spearheaded the avant-garde in the America of the 1960s. It boasted an extraordinary curriculum in the visual, literary, and performing arts as evidenced by some of the artists and teachers listed below."
This collection of original poetry books and documents comes from one collection. 

Sturgis Antiques proud to offer this once in a lifetime collection of this amazing and highly influential group of poets.

There are 24 total records.
Black Mountain Review Numbers 1-7 Published by AMS Press, 1969 3 Volume Set 1.jpg

Black Mountain Review Numbers 1-7 Pub by AMS Press 1969 Scarce Reprint in Three Volumes Hardback

Black Mountain Review Numbers 1-7 
Published by AMS Press, 1969 
Edited by Robert Creeley  [...]

Price
$750.00
A Study Of The Black Mountain Poets by Maxine Combs Bound Thesis 1967 1.jpg

A Study Of The Black Mountain Poets by Maxine Combs Bound Thesis from 1967 Univeristy of Oregon

A Study Of The Black Mountain Poets by Maxine Combs Bound Thesis from 1967
Combs 1967 Thesis was done for her Doctorate Degree In Philosophy & [...]

Price
$375.00
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Intransit Fall Issue Poetry magazine published by Toad Press 1965 with Gerard Malanga

Intransit Fall Issue Poetry magazine published by Toad Press
Year: 1965
Edited by Bill Thomas
with Gerard Malanga, Seymour Mayne [...]

Price
$65.00
A Bibliography on America For Ed Dorn by Chalres Olson 1.jpg

A Bibliography on America For Ed Dorn by Charles Olson Published Four Seasons Foundation 1964 Second Edition 

A Bibliography on America For Ed Dorn by Charles Olson
Published Four Seasons Foundation
1964 Second Edition 

Paper wrappers with stapled [...]

Price
$30.00
The Newly Fallen by Edward Dorn Published by Totem Press 1961 1st edition 1.jpg

The Newly Fallen by Edward Dorn Published by Totem Press in association with The Paterson Society 1961 1st edition 

The Newly Fallen by Edward Dorn
Published by Totem Press in association with The Paterson Society
1961 1st edition 
Edward Dorn [...]

Price
$50.00
Like I Say by Philip Whalen Totem Press Second Printing 1961 1.jpg

Like I Say by Philip Whalen Published by Totem Press and Corinth Books Second Printing 1961

Like I Say by Philip Whalen
Published by Totem Press and Corinth Books
Second Printing 1961
Softcover with stapled binding& [...]

Price
$40.00
Planet News 1961-1967 Allen Ginsberg #23 Pocket Poet Series 1.jpg

Planet News 1961-1967 Allen Ginsberg #23 Pocket Poet Series Published by City Lights Books San Francisco 1st Edition

Planet News 1961-1967 Allen Ginsberg #23
Pocket Poet Series
Published by City Lights Books San Francisco 
1st American edition  [...]

Price
$90.00
Pictures of The Gone World by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4th Printing 1.jpg

Pictures of The Gone World by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Pocket Poet Series 4th Printing 1st edition

Pictures of The Gone World by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Pocket Poet Series 
Published by City Lights Books San Francisco
$0.75 back price [...]

Price
$70.00
Ace of Pentacles by John Wieners 1964 James Carr & Robert Wilson 1.jpg

Ace Of Pentacles by John Wieners 1st Edition Published by James Carr & Robert Wilson 1964 Softcover

Ace Of Pentacles by John Wieners
1st Edition
Published by James Carr & Robert Wilson
Year: 1964 Softcover

John Wieners [...]

Price
$100.00
Ritual A Book Of Primitive Rites and Events By Jerome Rothenberg 1.jpg

Ritual A Book Of Primitive Rites and Events By Jerome Rothenberg Signed and dated May 19 1966

Ritual A Book Of Primitive Rites and Events By Jerome Rothenberg Signed and dated May 19 1966
Published by A Great Bear Pamphlet  [...]

Price
$75.00
O' Ryan 12345678910 by Charles Olson 1965 White Rabbit Press 1st edition 1.jpg

O' Ryan 12345678910 by Charles Olson 1965 White Rabbit Press 1st edition Limited to 1000

O' Ryan 12345678910
By Charles Olson
Year: 1965
Published by White Rabbit Press
1st edition Limited to 1000, stapled binding [...]

Price
$35.00
Four Young Lady Poets 1962 Totem Corinth Press 1.jpg

Four Young Lady Poets Carol Berge, Barbara Moraff, Rochelle Owens and Diane Wakoski Published by Totem Press 1st Edition

Four Young Lady Poets
Carol Berge, Barbara Moraff, Rochelle Owens and Diane Wakoski
Published by Totem Press and Corinth Books
1st Press [...]

Price
$28.00
The Hotel Wentley Poems by John Wieners 1958 The Auerhahn Press 1.jpg

The Hotel Wentley Poems by John Wieners 1958 1st Edition 2nd State Published by The Auerhahn Press

The Hotel Wentley Poems by John Wieners
Published by The Auerhahn Press 
Year 1958
1st edition, second state. "A Poem [...]

Price
$75.00
Stocking Cap by Charles Olson Four Seasons Foundation 1966 1.jpg

Stocking Cap by Charles Olson Published by Four Seasons Foundation 1966

Stocking Cap by Charles Olson
Published by Four Seasons foundation 
Year 1966
1nd edition stapled, unpaginated pages with printed cover.& [...]

Price
$15.00
The Bar by Michael Rumaker 1965 Four Seasons Foundation 1.jpg

The Bar by Michael Rumaker 1965 Four Seasons Foundation 2nd Edition

The Bar by Michael Rumaker 
Published by Four Seasons Foundation
Year 1965
2nd edition stapled, unpaginated pages with printed paper [...]

Price
$18.00
Fragments Of A Disorder Devotion by Robert Duncan 1.jpg

Fragments Of A Disorder Devotion by Robert Duncan Published by Gnome Press and Island Press Year 1965

Fragments Of A Disorder Devotion by Robert Duncan 
Published by Gnome Press and Island Press 
Year 1965
2nd [...]

Price
$29.00
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Diane di Prima The New Handbook of Heaven  1st Edition and Limited to 1000 The Auerhahn Press 1963

Diane di Prima The New Handbook of Heaven 
Published by The Auerhahn Press
Year 1963
1st edition and limited to 1000 [...]

Price
$75.00
Robert Creeley St Martin's 1971 1st Ed Limted Black Sparrow Press 1.jpg

Robert Creeley St. Martin's Published by Black Sparrow Press 1971 1st Edition Limited to 1000

Robert Creeley St. Martin's 
Published by Black Sparrow Press
 Year: 1971
 1st edition and limited of 1000. Designed by [...]

Price
$20.00
Charles Olson Reading At Berkeley 1966 Coyote 1.jpg

Charles Olson Reading at Berkeley  Published by Coyote 1966 1st Edition with Errata Slip

Charles Olson Reading at Berkeley 
Published by Coyote 
Year: 1966
1st edition with errata slip.
Glossy [...]

Price
$35.00
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1st Edition Hands Up! by Edward Dorn Totem Press with Corinth Books 1964 Poetry Book Cover by William White

Hands Up! by Edward Dorn 
Published by Totem and Corinth Books 
Year: 1964
Dorn attended Black Mountain from 1950 [...]

Price
$18.00
The Love Bite by Joel Oppenheimer 1962 Totem Press and Corinth Books 1.jpg

The Love Bite by Joel Oppenheimer 1962 Totem Press and Corinth Books 1st Edition in Printed Wrappers

The Love Bite by Joel Oppenheimer
Year: 1962
Published by Totem Press and Corinth Books
Unpaginated First edition with printed stapled [...]

Price
$50.00
Robert Duncan Derivations 1968 Published by Fulcrum Press Hardback with Dust Jacket 2.jpg

Robert Duncan Derivations 1968 Hardback with Dust Jacket Published by Fulcrum Press

Robert Duncan Derivations Selected Poems 1950-1956
Year: 1968
Published by Fulcrum Press
Hardback with unclipped Dust Jacket
144 pages with [...]

Price
$49.00
The Love Book by Kendre Kandel 1966 Stolen Paper Review 1.jpg

The Love Book by Kenore Kandel 1966 Published by Stolen Paper Review Early Edition

The Love Book by Kenore Kandel
Published by Stolen Paper Review
Year: 1966 
Stolen Paper Editions San Francisco, CA [...]

Price
$90.00
Robert Duncan The First Decade 1968 Fulcrum Hardback with DJ 1st Ed 1.jpg

Robert Duncan The First Decade Selected Poems 1940-1950 Published by Fulcrum 1968 Hardback with Dust Jacket

Robert Duncan The First Decade Selected Poems 1940-1950
Year: 1968
Published by Fulcrum Hardback 
Hardback with Dust Jacket  [...]

Price
$40.00