Scarce Raymond Carver ephemera

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Author: (Carver, Raymond)
Title: A collection of Raymond Carver pamphlets and broadsides - two signed
Place Published: Various places
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Date Published: various dates
Description:

20 pieces. Includes various sizes of broadsides, pamphlets, memorials, etc.

A collection of scarce Raymond Carver ephemera, featuring a number of rare broadsides, including one printed for his memorial service in 1988. Present as well is one of 26 lettered copies of "Two Poems," specially bound in wrappers, signed by Carver. Also signed by Carver is a scarce broadside in tribute to John Gardner.

Includes:
Syracuse Poems and Stories 1980. Selected and with a Foreword by Raymond Carver. Wrappers. Department of English, Syracuse University, 1980.
My Crow. Small, folded broadside with illustrated front panel. 2 copies together in a single envelope, each one of 186 copies. William B. Ewert, 1984.
Music. Single letterpress sheet, folded twice. One of 136 copies. William B. Ewert, 1985.
Music. Single letterpress sheet, folded twice and sewn into tan wrappers. Letter "X" of 26 lettered copies. Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1985.
The Window. Illustration and calligraphy by R.P. Hale. One of 136 copies. William B. Ewert, 1985.
Two Poems. ["Reaching" and "Soda Crackers"]. One of 130 copies. William B. Ewert, 1986.
Two Poems. ["Reaching" and "Soda Crackers"]. Letter "C" of 26 copies specially bound in wrappers and signed by the author. William B. Ewert, 1986.
Large broadside by Carver in tribute to John Gardner. 20x16". Signed by Carver in pencil at the bottom. [c.1986?]
The Toes. Letter "C" of 36 copies specially bound in wrappers. Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988.
The Toes. One of 136 copies. Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988.
The Toes. An envelope containing 4 different trial versions of the pamphlet, with a sheet of description signed by the publisher. One of 5 sets. Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988.
In Memory: Raymond Carver, 1938-1988. A small broadside, with Carver's poem "Looking for Work" on one side and an English translation (as "Downstream") of a poem by Anton Chekhov on the reverse, laid in the folded card for a memorial service for Carver held on September 22, 1988 in Saint Peter's Church in New York City. First edition. The card lists the speakers at the service: Richard Ford, Ted Solotaroff, Tobias Wolff, Donald Hall, William Heyen, Gary Fisketjon, Harold Schweizer, Robert Stone, and Tess Gallagher. 1988.
In the Year 2020. Broadside. From Remembering Ray. Gift from Black Oak Books, Berkeley on the occasion of a reading by the author. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press, 1993.
Sweet Light. Single sheet broadside. Jungle Garden Press, 1990.
Three Poems for Bill Ewert. A tri-fold pamphlet on heavy paper distributed at a 2001 memorial service for the long-time New Hampshire educator and publisher William B. Ewert. Woodblock engraving by Barry Moser. The poems are "To Earthward" by Robert Frost, "Late Fragment" by Raymond Carver, and "Redwings" by William Heyen. Concord, NH: 2001.
Photograph card of Raymond Carver, published by Sore Dove Press, 2008. No. 19 of 50 copies. Signed by James Carver on verso.
Condition Report: John Gardner broadside with some creasing, area of foxing; else just occasional light wear; most pieces near fine or better.