Title: Five Volumes of Poetry Author: Wantling, William Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Includes: Down, Off & Out. Cover illustration by D.A. Levy. Pictorial wrappers. [Bensenville, Illinois: Mimeo Press, 1965.] The Awakening. Printed wrappers. London: Wrapp & Whiting, [1968]. Obscene & Other Poems. Pictorial wrappers. One of 600 copies. [New Zealand]: Caveman Press, [1972]. San Quentin's Stranger. Green boards with pictorial dust jacket. Dunedin and Cardiff: Caveman Press/Second Aeon Publications, 1973. 7 On Style. Pictorial wraps. San Francisco, CA: Second Coming, [1975]. Octavo First Editions. Five rare volumes. William Wantling was an American poet, novelist, ex-marine, ex-convict and college professor. He spend five years in San Quentin State Prison on forgery and narcotics charges. He died in 1974 of heart failure, possibly brought on by his extensive drug use. Charles Bukowski was an early supporter of his work. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling; very good or better. Item number: 269715
Title: Five Volumes of Poetry Author: Wantling, William Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Includes: Down, Off & Out. Cover illustration by D.A. Levy. Pictorial wrappers. [Bensenville, Illinois: Mimeo Press, 1965.] The Awakening. Printed wrappers. London: Wrapp & Whiting, [1968]. Obscene & Other Poems. Pictorial wrappers. One of 600 copies. [New Zealand]: Caveman Press, [1972]. San Quentin's Stranger. Green boards with pictorial dust jacket. Dunedin and Cardiff: Caveman Press/Second Aeon Publications, 1973. 7 On Style. Pictorial wraps. San Francisco, CA: Second Coming, [1975]. Octavo First Editions. Five rare volumes. William Wantling was an American poet, novelist, ex-marine, ex-convict and college professor. He spend five years in San Quentin State Prison on forgery and narcotics charges. He died in 1974 of heart failure, possibly brought on by his extensive drug use. Charles Bukowski was an early supporter of his work. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling; very good or better. Item number: 269715
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