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DENNIS COOPER (1953-)
His hand-made collection of poems "Boys I've Wanted" & four other titles.
Boys I've Wanted. December 22, 1976. Typescript with manuscript title, dedication, occasional textual corrections, and captions, quarto; inscribed on lower panel in blue ink: "for Kirby Congdon, / with thanks for your concern" and dated 1/8/77; each poem appears opposite a black and white printed photo of the poem's subject, many of which are copied and cut from Cooper's high school yearbook; loosely bound in a hand-made paper wrapper, stapled with title inked on front panel (severely decayed paste streaks throughout, toned); 11 x 8 1/2 in.
[With]:
Tiger Beat. Los Angeles: Little Caesar Press, 1978. First edition, limited issue, octavo, one of 200 copies printed, this copy is twice signed and inscribed by Cooper: "for Kirby" on title; pictorial cardstock wrappers (sporadic foxing concentrated at margins; chipping to spine, a few spots); 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Idols. New York: The Sea Horse Press, [1979]. First edition, octavo, inscribed by dedicatee "Ian, the Baryshnakov of poets" to Kirby Congdon in ink on the title: "from Ian ('Baryshnakov' - see page 9) for Kirby ('Nijinski'!) Jan 80" alongside a penned drawing of a flower piercing a bleeding heart; bound in pictorial cardstock wrappers (foxing to inside panels affecting opposite text leaves; creasing to spine, lower panel lightly soiled); 9 x 6 in. [And]: The revised 10th Anniversary edition of Idols. New York: Amethyst Press, [1989]. Octavo.
My Mark.Los Angeles: Sherwood Press, 1982. First edition, limited issue, octavo, one of 500 copies printed; in pictorial cardstock wrappers (minor toning, scattered spots; spine chipping, lightly rubbed); 8 1/2 x 6 in.
