One [Philip Whalen's Copy]

Item Details

Pacific Palisades, CA: Mini-Books, Inc., 1971. First edition. 8x18cm, [10]ff, rectos only save for the colophon on rear. Stapled and with mini-books inc. card laid in. Few light stains. Housed in original envelope hand addressed by Saroyan to Whalen in Kyoto. Envelopeis smudged and worn around edges.

One of Saroyan's minimalist poetry books, this one simply counting to ten on successive pages, sent to his friend Philip Whalen.  A nice association and a scarce little book.