Black Sparrow Press

Black Sparrow Press's earlier books typically were printed letterpress, but many of the following titles were printed offset.

• Creeley, Robert. The Finger. (1968) Los Angeles. With collages by Bobbie Creeley. Limited edition of 300 copies, of which 250 copies are hand-sewn in paper wrappers and fifty copies are hand-bound in boards. Numbered and signed by the poet. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh for the Black Sparrow Press. UMCP has copies numbered 27(hardbound) and 298 (hand-sewn wrapper). Special Collection Stacks PS3503 .R43 F556.


• Kelly, Robert. Statement. (1968) Los Angeles. Unpublished edition: bound in orange wrappers and printed in black on front cover. Published edition: An edition 478 copies, of which 50 are signed on the cover by the author and stapled. Another copy bound in dark brown and black textured paper boards and stamped in gold on the front cover. Wrappers of first published edition bound in white cream endsheets. UMCP has two copies, both are unnumbered, and one is signed by Diane Wakoski. Special Collections Stacks PS3521 .E4322 S7 1968 and 1968b.


• Antin, David. Code of Flag Behavior. (1968) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 850 copies, of which 750 are in paper wrappers, and 100 are handbound in boards by Earle Gray and numbered and signed by the poet. Printed by Alan Brilliant & Noel Young for the Black Sparrow Press. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 81. Special Collections Stacks PS3551 .N75C6.


• Creeley, Robert. “Pieces.” (1968) Los Angeles. With collages by Bobbie Creeley. Limited edition of 400 copies, of which 250 numbered copies are sewn in paper wrappers and signed by the author, 150 numbered hardcover copies are signed by both author & artist, and 26 lettered copies hardbound in boards by Earle Gray, each with an original collage by Bobbie Creeley, also signed by both author & artist. Designed and printed at the Plantin Press by Saul and Lilliam Marks. UMCP has copy numbered 39. Special Collections Stacks PS3505 .R43P5.


• Kelly, Robert, and Ron Loewinsohn and Diane Wakoski. A Play and Two Poems. (1968) “The well wherein a deer's head bleeds: a play for winter solstice” by Robert Kelly, “These worlds have always moved in harmony,” by Ron Loewinsohn, and “Talking from Christmas country” by Diane Wakoski. Los Angeles. Limited edition of 400 copies, of which 100 copies are numbered and signed by the authors. Designed by Barabara Martin and printed by Noel Young. Published as a Christmas greeting from the Black Sparrow Press. Handsewn by Barbara Martin. UMCP's copy is unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS3521 .E4322 W44.


• Koch, Kenneth. “Sleeping with women.” (1969) Los Angeles. Illustrations by Larry Rivers. Limited edition of 300 copies sewn in paper wrappers and 150 copies handbound in boards, all copies numbered and signed. Designed and printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. UMCP has a handbound copy numbered 128. Rare Stacks PS3521 .O27 S5.


• Tate, James. Shepherds of the Mist. (1969) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 450 numbered copies of which 300 copies are sewn into paper wrappers signed by the poet and 150 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by the poet. Printed by Noel Young. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 90. Special Collections Stacks PS3570 .A8 S5.


• Wakoski, Diane. The Magellanic Clouds. (1970) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 1,000 copies bound in bluish grey wrappers printed in white, of which 250 numbered copies are hardbound by Earle Gray and signed by the poet. An Erratum slip printed on blue paper in black laid in. UMCP has two copies: one copy numbered 100 and signed; and an unnumbered and signed copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 M3.


• Wakoski, Diane. “Black dream ditty for Billy “the Kid” M seen in Dr. Generosity's bar recruiting for Hell's Angels and Black Mafia.” (1970) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 426 copies, of which 126 copies have been numbered and signed by the author. Designed by Barbara Martin & printed by Noel Young. UMCP has two copies: a copy numbered 46 and signed; and an unnumbered and signed copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 B54.


• Creeley, Robert. “As now it would be snow.” (1970) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 50 numbered copies handbound by Earle Gray and signed by the author. Designed by Barbara Martin. Printed by Noel Young as a Christmas greeting from The Black Sparrow Press. UMCP has two copies: one copy numbered 16; and an unnumbered copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3505 .R43 A82.


• Wakoski, Diane. “On Barbara's Shore.” (1971) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 404 copies, of which 100 numbered copies handbound by Earle Gray and signed by the author. Printed in Santa Barbara by Noel Young. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has two copies: a hardcover copy numbered 44 and signed; and a softcover copy unnumbered and signed. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 O5.


• Creeley, Robert. St. Martin's. (1971) Santa Barbara. Limited edition of 1,000 copies in paper wrappers, 250 numbered copies in hardcover and signed by the poet, and 50 numbered copies are handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each with an original color monoprints by Bobbie C reeley. UMCP has a copy numbered 40 out of 50. Special Collections Stacks PS3505 .R43 S3.


• Cooney, Seamus. A Checklist of the First One Hundred Publications of the Black Sparrow Press: with 30 passing remarks by Robert Kelly. (1971) Santa Barbara. Limited edition of 800 copies in paper wrappers, 200 hardcover copies numbered and signed by Robert Kelly and Seamus Cooney, and 50 special copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, numbered and signed by Robert Kelly, Seamus Cooney, and 26 additional Black Sparrow authors. Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 20. Special Collections Stacks Z1231 .P7 B5.


• Bromige, David, Robert Kelly, and Diane Wakoski. The Wise Men Drawn to Kneel in Wonder. (1971) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by the authors. Designed by Barbara Martin and printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. The contents include “The nest” by David Bromige, “Yesod & Malkuth, that is, Advent & Christmas: from “Spheres,” and “The Magi” by Diane Wakoski. A Christmas greeting from the Black Sparrow Press. UMCP has two copies: a hardcover copy numbered 32 and signed by all three authors; and a copy unnumbered and only signed by Diane Wakoski. Special Collections Stacks PS615 .B68.


• Ford, Charles Henri. Flag of ecstasy: selected poems. (1972) Los Angeles. Edited by Edward B. Germain. Limited edition of 1,000 copies in paper wrappers, 200 numbered hardcover copies signed by the poet, and 26 lettered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, which are signed and with an original collage by Charles Henri Ford. Designed by Barbara Martin. Printed for Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. UMCP has an unnumbered and unsigned copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3511 .O392 F6.


• Wakoski, Diane. Smudging. (1972) Los Angeles. Poems. Limited edition of 2,225 copies bound in paper wrappers, 250 numbered hardbound copies signed by the poet, and 30 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray signed and with an original holograph poem by the poet. UMCP has three copies: a hardover copy numbered 16 and signed; a hardcover copy numbered 71 and signed; a softcover copy unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 S6.


• Wakoski, Diane. “Smudging: to smoke or to protect against frost (as an orchard) by means of smudge.” (1972) Los Angeles. Broadside. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. The promotional broadside, designated as "Broadside/Flyer Number 1," prints a complete poem from the book. UMCP has an unnumbered and unsigned copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 S6.


• Creeley, Robert. Listen. (1972) Los Angeles. Monoprints by Bobbie Creeley. Limited edition of 1,500 copies in paper wrappers, 250 numbered hardcover copies and signed by the poet, and 50 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each with an original colored print by Bobbie Creeley, signed by the poet and artist. Designed by Barbara Martin. Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. UMCP has copy numbered 12. Special Collections Stacks PS3505 .R43 L5.


• Wakoski, Diane. The pumpkin pie: or, reassurances are always false, tho we love them, only physics counts. (1972) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 431 copies. Designed by Barbara Martin, and printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. 126 copies have been handbound in boards by Earle Gray and are numbered and signed by the author. A Christmas greeting from the Black Sparrow Press. UMCP has two copies: a hardcover copy numbered 100 and signed; a softcover copy unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 P84.


• Sparrow. Los Angeles. Poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, commentaries and reviews. Each issue presents the work of a single author, and has a distinctive title. Publication history: 1-72; Oct. 1972-Sept. 1978.


• Eshleman, Clayton. Human Wedding. (1973) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 226 numbered and lettered copies signed by the author. Designed and printed for the Black S parrow Press by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Published to celebrate the marriage of Diane Wakoski and Michael Watterlond. UMCP has copy numbered 69 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PS3555 .S5 H84.


• Oates, Joyce Carol. “The hostile sun: the poetry of D.H. Lawrence.” (1973) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 1,453 copies, of which 300 numbered hardcover copies signed by the author, and 26 presenation copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray lettered and signed by the author. UMCP has two copies: a hardcover copy numbered 19 and signed; a softcover copy unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PR6023 .A93 Z757.


• Wakoski, Diane. Dancing on the grave of a son of a bitch. (1973) Los Angeles. Poems. An edition of 2,530 copies, of which 2, 180 are bound in paper wrappers, 300 are numbered hardcover copies and signed by the poet; and 50 copies are handbound in boards by Earle Gray signed and with an original holograph poem by the poet. Designed by Barbara Martin, and printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. UMCP has three copies: a hardcover copy numbered 9 and signed; a second hardcover copy numbered 89 and signed; a softcover copy unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 D3.


• Wakoski, Diane. Winter Sequences. (1973) Los Angeles. A limited edition of 126 copies, of which 100 copies were numbered 1-100, and signed, and 26 were lettered A-Z and signed. Designed by Barbara Martin, and printed as a New Year's greeting from the Black Sparrow Press. UMCP has an unnumbered and unsigned copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 W557.


• Oates, Joyce Carol. The Hungry Ghosts: seven allusive comedies. (1974) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 4,116 copies, of which are 1,000 hardcover copies, 350 numbered copies are handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by the author. Designed by Barbara Martin, and printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young and Edwards Brothers Inc. UMCP has two copies: a hardcover copy numbered 169 and signed; a second hardover issued in a slipcase numbered 28 of 50 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PZ4 .O122 Hu .


• Oates, Joyce Carol. “Miracle Play.” (1974) Los Angeles. An edition of 3,760 copies of which 2,410 copies are bound in paper wrappers, and 1000 are hardcover with copies l -350 are handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by author. Designed by Barbara Martin. Printed for Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young & Edwards Brothers Inc. UMCP has copies numbered 24 of 300, 17 of 50, and two other unnumbered copies. Special Collections Stacks PS3565 .A8 M5.


• Wakoski, Diane. Abalone. (1974) Los Angeles. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which 126 numbered copies have been handbound in boards and signed by the poet. Designed by Barbara Martin. Printed as a New Year's greeting for the friends of the Black Sparrow Press. UMCP hasharbound copy lettered T and paper wrapper copy that is unnumbered. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 A6.


• Creeley, Robert. Thirty Things. (1976, c 1974) Los Angeles. Monoprints by Bobbie Creeley. Limited edition of 2,038 copies, of which 250 numbered copies are bound in hardcover and signed by the poet, and 50 copies are handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each with an original color print by Bobbie Creeley, and signed by the poet and artist. Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 40 out of 50. Special Collections Stacks PS3505 .R43 T5.  


• Oates, Joyce Carol. The Seduction & Other Stories. (1976, c1975) Los Angeles. Edition of 4,180 copies, of whic 2,330 are bound in paper wrappers, and 1,500 are hardcover copies with 350 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by the author. Designed by Barbara Martin.Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young & Edwards Brothers Inc. Typography by Graham Macintosh. UMCP has three hardcover copies with different colored spine cloth: a hardcover copy numbered 91 and signed; a second hardcover unnumbered and unsigned; a third hardcover copy issued in a slipcase numbered 38 of 50 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PZ4 .O122 Se.  


• Creeley, Robert. Away. (1976) Santa Barbara. Illustrations by Bobbie Creeley. Limited edition of 2,500 copies, of which 1,750 copies are bound in paper wrappers, 500 are cloth trade copies, 200 hardcover numbered copies and signed by the author with 50 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray with an original color print by Bobbie Creeley and signed by the author and artist. UMCP has an unnumbered copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3505 .R43 A94.


• Wakoski, Diane. The Ring. (1977) Santa Barbara. Limited edition of 140 hardcover numbered copies and signed by the author with 40 copies handbound in boards by Emily Paine, each with an original ink drawing by Diane Wakowski. Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Mackintosh & Young. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 6 out of 140. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 R55.


• Oates, Joyce Carol. The Triumph of the Spider Monkey. (1976) Santa Barbara. An edition of 3,069 copies of which 2,719 bound in paper wrappers, 1,000 are hardcover, and 350 numbered copies are handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by the author. Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Mackintosh and Young & Edwards Brothers Inc. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has three copies: a softcover copy unnumbered and unsigned; a hardcover copy numbered 59 and signed; a second hardcover copy numbered 38 of 50 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PZ4 .O122 Tr.


• Wakoski, Diane, and Charles Bukowski. “The Last Poem” by Diane Wakoski, and “Tough Company” by Charles Bukowski. (1976) Santa Barbara. An edition of 740 copies of which 176 numbered copies are handbound in boards and signed by the author. Printed as a New Year's Greeting to the friends of Black Sparrow Press. Designed by Barbara Martin, and printed by Graham Mackintosh, and bound by Earle Gray. UMCP has an unnumbered and unsigned copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 L36.


• Wakoski, Diane. Waiting for the King of Spain. (1976) Santa Barbara. An edition of 3,016 copies, of which 2,156 copies are bound in paper wrappers, 500 are hardcover trade copies, 250 hardcover numbered copies signed by the author, and 50 numbered copies are handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each containing an original holograph poem by Diane Wakoski. Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Mackintosh & Young and Edwards Brothers Inc., and designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has four copies, three hardcovers with different color cloth on the spines: a softcover copy unnumbered and unsigned; a hardcover copy unnumbered and unsigned; a second hardcover copy numbered 11 and signed; a third hardcover copy numbered 14 of 50 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 W3.



• Oates, Joyce Carol. Daisy. (1977) Santa Barbara. Limited edition of 170 numbered hardcover copies signed by the author, 60 numbered copies handbound in boards by Emily Paine, each with an original ink drawing by Joyce Carol Oates. Designed by Barbara Martin.P rinted for the Black Sparrow Press by Mackintosh & Young. UMCP has copy numbered 142 of 170 and signed. Special Collections Folio PS3565 .A8 D35.


• Oates, Joyce Carol. Season of Peril. (1977) Santa Barbara. Limited edition of 200 hardcover numbered copies signed by the author with 60 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each with an original ink drawings by Joyce Carol Oates. Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Mackintosh & Young. Cover drawing by the author. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 70 and signed. Special Collections Folio PS3565 .A8 S43. 


• Reznikoff, Charles. The Manner “Music”. (1977) Santa Barbara. Introduction by Robert Creeley. An edition of 2,564 copies, of which 1,614 copies are bound in paper wrappers, 750 hardcover trade copies, and 200 numbered copies have been handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each with a facsimile of a previously unpublished letter from William Carlos Williams to Charles Reznikoff. Printed for the Black Sparrow Press by Mackintosh and Young & Edward Brothers Inc. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy number Special Collections Stacks PS3535 .E98 M26.


• Wakoski, Diane. “Spending Christmas with the man from Receiving at Sears.” (1977) Santa Barbara. Limited edition of 515 copies, of which 176 numbered copies handbound in boards and signed by the author. Printed as a Christmas Greeting to the friends of the Black Sparrow Press. UMCP has an unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 S66.


• Oates, Joyce Carol. All the Good People I've Left Behind. (1979, c1978) Santa Barbara. An edition of 1,350 copies, of which 1,000 are cloth trade copies, 300 numbered and signed hardcover copies, and 50 deluxe numbered and signed copies handbound by Earle Gray. Printed by Mackintosh and Young & Edwards Brothers, Inc. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 41 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PZ4 .O122 Al.


• Oates, Joyce Carol. Cybele. (1979) Santa Barbara. An edition of 1,350 copies, of which 1,000 are cloth trade copies, 300 numbered and signed hardcover copies, and 50 deluxe numbered and signed copies handbound by Earle Gray. Printed by Mackintosh and Young & Edwards Brothers, Inc. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 3 out of 50 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PZ 4 .O122 Cy.


• Wakoski, Diane. Trophies. (1979) Santa Barbara. Cover drawing by author. An edition of 250 copies, of which 200 numbered and signed hardcover copies and 50 numbered and signed copies handbound by Earle Gray, each with an original watercolor by Diane Wakoski. Printed by Mackintosh and Young. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 37. Special Collections Folio PS3573 .A42 T74.


• Bowles, Paul. Let It Come Down. (1980) Santa Barbara. An edition of 1,376 copies of which 1,000 are cloth trade copies, 350 numbered and signed hardcover copies, and 16 lettered and signed copies handbound by Earle Gray. Printed by Mackintosh and Young & Edwards Brothers, Inc. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP's copy is unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS3552 .O874 L47.


• Faas, Ekbert. Ted Hughes: the Unaccommodated Universe. (1980) Santa Barbara. With selected critical writings by Ted Hughes and two interviews. An edition of 1, 044 copies, of which 750 are cloth trade copies, and 294 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, and signed by Ted Hughes and Ekbert Faas. Printed by Mackintosh and Young & Edwards Brother Inc. UMCP's copy is unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PR6058 .U37 Z68.


• Spender, Stephen. Letters to Christopher: Stephen Spenders' letters to Christopher Isherwood, 1929-1930. (1980) Santa Barbara. Edited by Lee Bartlett. Cover portrait of Stephen Spender by Wyndham Lewis. An edition of 1, 250 copies, of which 1,000 are cloth trade copies, 200 numbered hardcover copies signed by Stephen Spender and 50 special numbered copies handbound and in slipcases by Earle Gray and signed by Stephen Spender and Lee Bartlett. Printed by Mackintosh and Young & Edwards Brother Inc. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP's copy is unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PR6037 .P47 Z544.


• Wakoski, Diane. Cap of Darkness: Including Looking for the King of Spain and Pachelbel's Canon. (1980) Santa Barbara. An edition of 1,050 copies, of which 750 are hardcover trade copies, 250 numbered and signed hardcover copies, and 50 numbered and signed copies handbound by Earle Gray each containing an original holograph poem by Diane Wakoski. Printed by Mackintosh and Young & Edwards Brothers, Inc. Designed by Barabara Martin. UMCP has copy numbered 115 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PS3573 .A42 C3.


• Bowles, Paul. Next to Nothing: Collected Poems, 1926-1977. (1981) Santa Barbara. An edition of 826 copies, of which 500 are cloth trade copies, 300 hardcover numbered and signed copies, and 26 lettered copies handbound by Earle Gray and signed by the author. Printed by Graham Mackintosh. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP's copy is unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS3552 .O874 N4.


• Morrow, Bradford, and Seamus Cooney. A Bibliography of the Black Sparrow Press, 1966-1978. (1981) Sanata Barbara. Foreword by Robert Kelly. An edition of 1, 776 copies, of which 1,500 cloth trade edition copies, and 276 deluxe numbered and signed copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray. Printed by Graham Mackintosh & Edwards Brothers Inc. Designed by Barbara Martin. UMCP's copy is unnumbered and unsigned. Special Collections Stacks PS225 M67.


• Fante, John. John Fante & H.L. Mencken: a personal correspondence, 1930-1952. (1989) Sanata Rosa. Edited by Michael Moreau, consulting editor Joyce Fante. Inscribed by author. Special Collections Stacks PS3525 .E43 Z483.




 

 

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