Four Poems
Richard Brautigan
Published February 2000 by the synaesthesia press.
Hand-sewn letterpress chapbook measuring approximately 4 7/8″ × 6 1/4″ (12.4 × 15.9 cm). Edition limited to 26 lettered copies printed for the friends of the press. A small number of copies were additionally designated as Printer’s Proofs.
This edition collects four poems by Richard Brautigan: “November 3,” “December 24,” “December 30,” and “At The California Institute of Technology.” All four poems originally appeared in Brautigan’s 1967 collection All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace.
The project grew from the copyright statement of Brautigan’s 1967 volume: “Permission is granted to reprint any of these poems in magazines, books, and newspapers if they are given away free.” This chapbook was produced as a tribute by Jim Camp to friends of the press.
The text was set by hand, letterpress printed and hand-sewn into wraps by Camp. Font is Souvenir from the Antonia and Adam Petko Type Collection at Arizona State University.
Availability: Out of print.
