The Oliphant Press

• Corso, Gregory. “[Ankh]” (1971) New York: printed for the Phoenix Book Shop by by Ronald Gordon at the Oliphant Press. Oblong Octavo Series, number 13. The title consists solely of the ankh symbol. Limited edition of 26 copies lettered A to Z, and 100 copies, numbered 1-100 and signed by the author. UMCP has copy lettered Y. Special Collections Stacks PS3505 .O763 A65.


• Ginsberg, Allen. “New York Blues.” (1972) New York: printed for the Phoenix Book Shop by Ronald Gordon at the Oliphant Press. Oblong Octavo Series, no 14. Limited edition of 26 copies lettered A to Z, and 100 copies, numbered and signed by the author. UMCP has copy numbered 73. Special Collections Stacks PS3513 .I74 N49.


• Orlovsky, Peter. “Lepers cry.” (1972) New York: printed for the Phoenix Book Shop by Ronald Gordon at the Oliphant Press. Oblong Octavo Series, number 15. Limited edition of 26 copies lettered A to Z, and 100 copies, numbered and signed by the author. UMCP has copy numbered 75. Special Collections Stacks A65 .R58 L46.


• Updike, John. “A Good Place: Being a Personal Account of Ipswich, MA.” (1973, c1972) New York: Aloe Editions. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies printed at The Oliphant Press by Ronald Gordon for Aloe Editions. All copies signed by the author. UMCP has copy numbered 49. F74.I6 U62


• Oates, Joyce Carol. Dreaming America & Other Poems. (1973) New York, N.Y. Limited edition of 176 signed and numbered copies, and 26 copies lettered A-Z.  Designed and printed in New York by Ronald Gordon at the Oliphant Press. UMCP has copy numbered 32 and lettered W. Special Collections Stacks PS3565 .A8 D74.


• Updike, John. Six poems. (1973) New York: printed at the Oliphant Press by Ronald Gordon for Aloe Editions. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies.  Contents include: “Upon shaving off one’s beard”, “A l’Ecole Berlitz,” “South of the Alps,” “Tossing and Turning,” “On an island ,” “Phenomena.” UMCP has copy numbered 49 and signed. Special Collections Stacks PS3571 .P4 S498.


• Hemingway, Ernest. “A Divine Gesture.” (1974) New York: Aloe Editions. A fable. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies.Designed and printed by the Oliphant Press in New York. UMCP has copy numbered 202 and a proof copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3515 .E37 D58.


• Updike, John. “Hawthorne’s Creed.” (1981) New York: Targ Editions. Limited edition of 250 copies printed from Baskerville type on Nideggen paper. Designed and printed by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press, and bound by Spink & Gabore with quarter-bound cloth and marbled paper over boards. Number Twelve of the Targ Editions. UMCP has an unnumbered copy. Special Collections Stacks PS3571 .P4 H38.

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