No. 109 2.7.93-12.13.93 by Kenneth Goldsmith (SIGNED & NUMBERED edition of 100 copies)
Beans Dear? Press, 1994, First edition of 100 signed & numbered copies, 16 pp., 4 1/4" X 5 1/2", Staple bound pages in glued heavy stock with vellum covers, as issued.
Very good, some light spotting/soiling. a touch of tanning to spine (see photos) Limited to 100 SIGNED & NUMBERED copies, (this being #48/100.) Also includes a laid-in handwritten and signed note from Goldsmith dated 5/21/94.
Artist book exploring visual poetry in a mass- produced book form, privileging the materiality of language. Goldsmith collects the slang, the colloquialisms, and vulgarity of the late 20th century, and for this book, specifically snippets of text ending in the "schwa" sound (such as, "ar" and "ah").
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