THE CHAMP - DELUXE ISSUE

by Kenward Elmslie, Joe Brainard, illustrations, poem

$300 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books

First edition · Signed

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Attractive collaborative work by these two prominent New York School figures, pairing Elmslie's poem with black & white illustrations by Brainard. Uncommon in the deluxe issue. Morrow & Cooney 31c. Item #7225 Deluxe Issue, an out-of-series overrun from the bindery, bound without the signed colophon, the title label on the

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