Poetry. THE SINGING KNIVES, originally published in 1971 by Broughton's Mill Mountain Press, is Frank Sanford's first collection of poetry. Reprinted by his own press, Lost Roads Publisher, after his death, THE SINGING KNIVES, debuts the work of a twenty-something year old boy way ahead of his time and in a state of unrest, capturing "poetry's more primal and mysterious possibilities"-David Clewell. "It is astonishing to me that I was not even aware of this superbly accomplished and moving poet. There is a great deal of ...
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Poetry. THE SINGING KNIVES, originally published in 1971 by Broughton's Mill Mountain Press, is Frank Sanford's first collection of poetry. Reprinted by his own press, Lost Roads Publisher, after his death, THE SINGING KNIVES, debuts the work of a twenty-something year old boy way ahead of his time and in a state of unrest, capturing "poetry's more primal and mysterious possibilities"-David Clewell. "It is astonishing to me that I was not even aware of this superbly accomplished and moving poet. There is a great deal of pain in the poems, but it is a pain that makes sense, a tragic pain whose meaning rises from the way the poems are so firmly molded and formed from within"- James Wright.
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Add this copy of The Singing Knives to cart. $2,500.00, very good condition, Sold by Burnside Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by The Mill Mountain Press.
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Very Good. First edition. 56 pp. with uncredited portrait at front and brief bio at rear. Navy wraps with black and pink designs. Very Good with small tear at head, sunning along top edge, corners bumped, former owner's name written on half title page, tiny stain to half title and to bottom corner. The poet's first collection, issued in a very small run on Irv Broughton's press.
Add this copy of The Singing Knives to cart. $3,500.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Mill Mountain Press.
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Very Good. First edition. Illustrated wrappers as issued. A bit of sunning mostly on and along the edges of the spine, corners a little bumped, a very good or better copy. Inscribed by the author to a fellow poet: "For DH, Frank Stanford." Author's extremely uncommon first book, a volume of poetry. Stanford was an Arkansas poet who committed suicide at age 29 in 1979, and who has since achieved cult status.
Add this copy of The Singing Knives (Association Copy) to cart. $3,500.00, very good condition, Sold by Whitmore Rare Books, ships from Pasadena, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Mill Mountain Press.
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Near Fine. Slim octavo in violet wrappers, with titling and illustrations offset printed in black and pink. Collating 56, [1]pp; with illustrated title page following an illustrated portrait of the author. Inscribed by publisher Irving Broughton on the front endpaper to poet Richard Eberhart and his wife: "Dick + Betty, A first book for first people / All wishes, Irv Broughton / May 28, 1972." Gentle sunning to spine and extremities, text edges slightly dusty. Near Fine. The noted experimental poet's first book, involving strange tall tales and recurring characters, rivers, and a constant focus on death. Broughton, publisher of Mill Mountain Press, met Stanford in June, 1970, at the Hollins Conference on Creative Writing and Cinema, where he read Stanford's work and agreed to publish his first book. The two spent much of 1972 traveling through the South and New England, where together they interviewed and filmed Malcolm Cowley, John Crowe Ransom, and Richard Eberhart, who offered them his cottage on Cape Rosier. The present copy was inscribed during this brief period, where the group spent time filming and touring the coast together on Eberhart's yacht. An important debut, and a tremendous association. Near Fine.
