Kenny's Twenty poems for a lost tavern Foreword by William Murray / 1970 Poetry

Description: Kenny's. Twenty poems for a lost tavern. Foreword by William Murray Title: Kenny's. Twenty poems for a lost tavern. Foreword by William Murray Publication: Iowa City: Windhover Press, [1970] Description: Edition limited to 250 copies, 8vo, pp. [48]; original black cloth-backed blue paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on the upper cover; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. The last paragraph of Murray's Foreword on p. [9] has been excised as the result of a legal action by Kenny's landlady - see below. This copy inscribed "For Kim Merker / with love and / appreciation / Irene." Irene ran Kenny's, a local tavern. She is described at length by Murray as "a mysterious woman. You never knew whether to like her a lot and adopt her as your Muse, or to dislike her because she had to be tough with customers on occasion. She was a short, plump woman who wore horn-rimmed glasses. If she liked you, she liked you a lot, and showed it by playing verbal games with you. If she disliked you, she ignored you." Among the contributing poets are Robert Dana, George P. Elliott, Paul Engle, Anselm Hollo, Donald Justice, Philip Levine, William Stafford, Mark Strand, James Tate, and others. "Kenny's was a wonderful tavern in Iowa City where, when I first came here, all of the Workshop people went." The libelous line which Merker was obliged to remove, concerned the clientele at Kenny's as seen through the eyes of the landlady who upped the rent so much that Irene was forced to close the tavern. Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 41: "Each copy was issued with a paper band (present here, and laid in) around the book saying: 'For legal reasons a paragraph has been excised from the introduction.' Pages 9/10 have a rectangular paragraph sliced neatly out'." In most copies this excised text was pasted over with Curtis Rag paper. In this - Merker's copy - there is no Curtis Rag, only the hole. Seller ID: 62026 Subject: American Literature, Poetry, Press Books Rulon-Miller Books buys and sells rare, fine and unusual books in many fields, with an emphasis on language, early and unusual printing, voyages and travel, archives, and appraisal services. Catalogs issued regularly. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA). Guarantee All books are guaranteed genuine as described, and are returnable for any reason during the two weeks after receipt. Please notify us as soon as possible if an item is being returned, so that we might make it available to another customer. Shipping We are happy to ship to buyers outside of the United States. Please contact us for an exact shipping quote. All books shipped to US destinations are sent US Post Office Media Mail. We are happy to send via Priority Mail upon request for the cost of shipping. Priority delivery typically takes 3 to 5 days, but may be longer, especially during the holidays. Faster shipping is available, please contact us for a price quote. For international purchases please contact us directly. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time. Feedback We leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. If you are unhappy with any aspect of a transaction with us, please contact us immediately. We work hard to keep buyers happy and to resolve the rare problem promptly.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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