A Gary Snyder Broadside Collection
A collection of 63 broadsides and poetry postcards featuring the poetry of Gary Snyder, as well as two posters. Snyder has shown a particular allegiance to broadsides over the course of his career. Quite possibly he is one of the poets with the most broadsides to his name over a lifetime, with 118 titles (and more editions) listed through 2010 in the bibliography compiled by John Sherlock for the Special Collections Department at UC Davis, where the bulk of his papers reside. So consider these 63 broadsides a starter collection. Since 2010, probably a few dozen more broadsides have been produced (some included here). On average, Snyder's poems have appeared on broadsides two or three times per year across 60 years. Snyder's dedication to broadsides (and often their benefit causes) aligns with his bioregionalist sensibility. In his trade books, he has remained steadfastly committed to independent publishers, but when one looks at the landscape of his fine press publications--and of the broadsides in particular--an even more plural, decentralized network emerges that links the poet with printers, artists, and local causes across the nation, and particularly in the West. These broadsides are generally near fine or better condition; roughly half are otherwise unavailable on the open market. Here they are listed alphabetically with presses, year, and limitations when known, as well as whether the broadside is signed (additional images to come): "Across Llamarck Col." (SF Arts Festival Commission, 1964, 1/300 signed); "All in the Family" (UCD Davis Library, 1975, 1/200 signed) "Anasazi" (Yes! Press, 1971, 1/406); "At the White River Roadhouse in the Yukon" (Lost Pleiade Press, 1984, 1/50); "Baking Bread" (Poison Oak Press/Tangram, 2003, signed, 1/175); "The Bed in the Sky" (Chuck Miller, 1968, ~1/12-25); "Bison Rumble-Belly" (Bob Giorgio, 1979, 1/50 signed); "Boat of a Million Years" (Five Seasons Press, 1996, 1/50 signed); "The Canyon Wren" (1981, 1/200 signed) "Cormorants" (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004); "Cross-Legg'd (for Carole)" (New Michigan Press, 2007, signed, 1/400); "A Curse on the Men in Washington" (Unicorn Press, 1969, signed, 1/270); "Dear Mr. President" (C. Plymell and Ari Publications, 1965); "Earth Verse" (Knight Library Press, 2000, 1/200-300); "Earth Verse/Verso La Tierra" (with translation by Jim Nomington, 2008, 1/20 signed by both); "Energy is Eternal Delight" (Rainbow Zenith Press, 1972, "at least 100 copies"); "Enjoy the Day" (Black Oak Books, 2004); "Everybody Lying on their Stomachs, Head Toward the Candle, Reading, Sleeping, Drawing" (Maya, 1969, 1/50 signed); "Everybody Lying on their Stomachs . . ." (Maya / Cranium Press, 1969, pamphlet version with poems also by Jack Shoemaker and David Meltzer, 1/1000);"Fire Rules" (Second Life Books, 1982, 1/300); "For All" (Copper Canyon Press, 1980, 1/200 signed); "For All" (Morning Glory Press, 2001, 1/100 signed); "For Philip Whalen" (Tangram, 2002, signed, 1/200); "Getting in the Wood" (Bookslinger Editions, 1983, 1/90 signed); "Go Around" (Unicorn Press, 1967, 1/325, with complete portfolio) "Go Around" postcard (Unicorn Press, 1968, second printing, 1/1000 copies); "Hanamatsuri 1969" variant B (Santa Barbara, n.p., 1969); "Hay for the Horses" (hit & run press, 1/50 signed); "High Quality Information" (Gecko Press, 1986); "Home on the Range" postcard, i.e. "Bison Rumble-Belly" (Alternative Press); "Hop, Skip, Jump" (Oyez/Auerhahn Press, 1964, 1/323); "I Am A Poet" (Zephryus Image, 1970s); "Icy Mountains Constantly Walking" (Counterpoint Press, 1999, signed); "The Lessons We Learn . . ." excerpt from Practice of the Wild (Black Oak Books, 1991, signed); "Manzanita' (Kent U Libraries, 1971, folio version, 1/450, with complete folio); "Manzanita" (Kent U Libraries, 1971, folded version, 1/1000); "A Mind Like Compost" postcard (Bob Giorgio, 1979); "Nanao Knows" (Four Seasons Foundation, 1964, 1/300 signed); "Night Herons" (Mad River Press, 2005, 1/108 signed); "No Matter, Never Mind" (n.p., n.d.); "No Shadow" with Tom Killion illustration (Full Circle Press, 2007); "North Beach" (Canessa Gallery, 1975, 1/1000); "O Mama" (Cooper Canyon, 1977, signed); "O Mother Gaia" postcard (Unspeakable Visions of the Individual, 1978); "O Mother Gaia" (Five Seasons Press, 1984); "Piute Creek" (Poltroon Press, 2013); "Prayer for the Great Family" (Committee of Concern for the Traditional Indian / Hermes Free Press, 1971, 1/200 signed); "Prayer for the Great Family" (Committee of Concern for the Traditional Indian / Hermes Free Press, 1971, 1/1000); "Regarding Wave" (Don Allen / Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1967, signed, 1/125); "Right on the Trail" (Mad River Press, 1990, 1/200 signed); "Riprap" (Stooge, 1971, 1/200, with complete folio/issue); "Ripples on the Surface" (Pantheon Books / Black Oak Books, 1992, signed); "Ripples on the Surface" (Unterberg Poetry Center / 92nd St Y, 1992); "Smokey the Bear Sutra" (Gary Snyder / Earth Wind Printers, 1969, 1/1000); "Snow Flies, Burn Brush, Shut Down" (Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2003, 1/100 signed by Snyder and Barry Moser); "Spilling in the Wind" (Matthew Kelsey, 1/108); "Song of the Taste" (Michael and Winifred Bixler / Poetry Center at Smith College, 2006, 1/100 signed); "The Songs at Custer's Battlefield" postcard (Decrepit Press, 1976, 1/300); "Sours of the Hills' (Samuel Charters, 1969, 1/300 signed; with a second copy unsigned); "Two Logging Songs" (Serendipity Books, 1973, 1/2000) "Tree Song" (James Linden, 1986, 1/50 numbered and signed, complete with photograph and envelope); "True Gold Is of the Heart" poster (signed by Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Nanao Sakaki); "When to Not" (Two Magpie Press, 1981); "Where" (hit & run press, 1/50 signed); "Why I Laugh When Kai Cries" small pamphlet (Barry Magid and Marjorie Greenberg, 1979, 1/100); "Why Truck Drivers Rise Earlier Than Students of Zen" (Gary Snyder / Rainbow Zenith Press, 1973, 1/200); "Zen Benefit: Gary Snyder: Poetry with Mahalila Mandalagraphy at the Fillmore Auditorium" poster (n.p., 1967). In total, 65 Snyder pieces total, four of them in folios with other broadsides (folios not depicted, and several of the broadsides not shown in photos). Item #1638
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