A James Schevill Folder. "On The Burning Of Mingus's Bass" and "Green Frog At Roadstead, Wisconsin."
Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn Press, 1967. First Edition Broadside. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 2 pages (2 leaves; rectos only). Upper wrapper title. Separate issues, in broadside format, of 2 poems ("Green Frog at Roadstead, Wisconsin" and "On the Burning of Mingus's Bass"); laid loose as issued in medium heavy stock folding portfolio; issued in conjunction with the poet's reading at the Unicorn Book Shop, Santa Barbara, California, January 23, 1967. One of 26 lettered copies (of a total edition of 150; this copy is lettered "H" in red ink on lower wrapper colophon); typography by Alan Brilliant, printed by Noel Young at the Unicorn Press; signed by Schevill in blue ink on lower wrapper (colophon). Different sized individual broadsides ("Green Frog" measures 10 1/8" x 10 1/8" or 25.8 x 25.8 cm; "Burning ." measures 12 1/2" x 8 9/16" or 31.7 x 21.7 cm); portfolio measures 15" x 7" (38.2 x 28 cm) when folded. Very Good with some staining inside cover to wrapper, light creasing. Signed by Author. Item #15-10632
Price: $70.00