Box 19

Scope and Content From the Collection: The first 3 boxes of the collection contain the general correspondence files of the press. The correspondence documents the inception and the development of the press, as well as containing correspondence from a vast array of contemporary poets, novelists, editors, and publishers. The remaining 21 boxes of the collection consists of Black Sparrow Press' archives of titles published between 1973 and 1976. There are more than 60 titles, representing some 30 different authors,...

Scope and Contents Art work; cover design; title page layout; cover and title page proof; two photos of author; negatives and tracings for cover illustrations; biographical sketch; Typewritten manuscript; First proofs; Final proofs; Letters from Charles Reznikoff to John Martin; Letter from Hayden Carruth to Charles Reznikoff; Extra signed colophons; paste-up of book and printing instructions; one paperback copy; two "file copies", signed, hard cover.

Scope and Contents Cover design; title page layout and proofs; mockup of cover; negative of cover designs; one photo of author; biographical sketch; printing instructions; Typewritten manuscript; First proofs; Second proofs; Three letters from Seamus Cooney to John Martin; five letters from Charles Reznikoff to John Martin; Extra signed colophons; paste-up of book; one paperback copy, "first state of book, not published"; one paperback copy; two "file copies", signed, hard cover; Letters -...