Cold Cream Alley: A Collection of Poems by Joe Hendrick
Rochester: GM / DuBois Corp. 1973. Smith, Robert E. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Item #2268486
POETRY BOOK ONLY - DOES NOT INCLUDE PORTFOLIOS OR SLIPCASE. Inscribed and signed by author on title page ('For Dick, Joe Hendrick, 1974'). Faint stain on front wrapper corner, faint crease on front corner.
Unpaginated 9 x 8 softcover of Joe Hendricks's first printed poetry collection, which was originally issued with eight art 13 x 12 portfolios containing two prints, and one portfolio containing a three-page musical composition, by: Joe Hendrick, Ramon Santiago, Robert Conge, Joe Matott, Charles W. Haas, Ray Mayo, Robert E. Smith, Julianna Furlong Williams, Lawrence M. Williams, and Gerry Niewood. Also includes single sheet with an introduction by Jacquelyne Schuman, and a photo of the ten contributors on the reverse. The name Cold Cream Alley comes from Rochester, New York's Cold Cream Building, in which Hendrick worked. The images included were created specially for this project, and the portfolios are their first appearance in print. An impressive example of multi-disciplinary creativity, typography, design, and artistic collaboration, similar to some of the productions of various artistic and literary collectives of the 50s, 60s, and 70s (the Beat Poets, Black Mountain Poets, etc.), but also to some of the fine press productions that would become popular somewhat later.
Price: $125.00