Brautigan's Machines of Loving Grace - trial copy

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Author: Brautigan, Richard
Title: All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace - Trial Copy
Place Published: [San Francisco]
Publisher:The Communication Company
Date Published: [1967]
Description:

Mimeographed book. [36] pp. (8vo) 22x18 cm (8¾x7"), Orange pictorial wrappers.. Trial copy for the first edition of 1500 copies.

This is an early trial copy used in the production of the booklet. The cover has only the photo of Brautigan and no printed title. The contents are complete. Brautigan's fifth book, not for sale; all copies were given away free. Brautigan typed each poem, including all those previously published as broadsides by the Communication Company, hand lettered the title for each, and signed his name on the printed title page. All the poems from this book were collected and reprinted in The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster.
Condition Report: Light wear and soiling to wrappers; very good.