{"product_id":"various-francesco-clemente-and-raymond-foye-collection-of-the-first-42-hanuman-books-series-i-vii","title":"[VARIOUS] — Francesco Clemente and Raymond Foye. Collection of the first 42 Hanuman Books (Series I-VII)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[VARIOUS] — Francesco Clemente and Raymond Foye [eds]. Collection of the first 42 Hanuman Books (Series I-VII). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York and Madras: Hanuman Books, 1986-1990\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e42 vols, 16mo (105 x 67 mm). Fuck Journal signed by Flanagan on the title-page, 16 vols with illustrations. 41 vols smyth-sewn in card wraps, one vol in cloth (Trinidad, #23), with pictorial dustjackets; dustjackets with minor toning, rubbing, and spots, vol 3 (Myles) with small chip at foot of joint, vol 15 (Mueller), vol 19 (Denby), and vol 21 (Indiana) each with single tiny closed tear at extremities. This wear notwithstanding, overall exceptionally bright, tight copies. Very good to near fine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITIONS of Series I-VII, with a signed copy of Bob Flanagan’s \u003cem\u003eFuck Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and the rare cloth issue of David Trinidad’s \u003cem\u003eThree Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first 42 titles published by Hanuman Books, the legendary small press founded by Raymond Foye and Francesco Clemente. Founded in 1986, Hanuman published these pocket-sized, handmade books, a format influenced by Indian prayer books. While the press was run out of New York’s Chelsea Hotel, the volumes were printed in Madras (now Chennai), where they were produced on handmade paper utilizing vibrant vegetable dyes, and bound by local fishermen.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe series featured the contemporary avant-garde, queer literature, experimental art, and lesser-known texts in translation, and was particularly notable for its international and intergenerational editorial vision. Present here are two of their more notorious titles, Cookie Mueller’s \u003cem\u003eFan Mail \u003c\/em\u003e... and a signed copy of Bob Flanagan’s \u003cem\u003eFuck Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which resulted in the Indian government leveling obscenity charges against the press. While some copies were destroyed, others were detained until the cases were resolved in the courts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere were ultimately 50 titles in the Hanuman canon, with 48 numbered copies and two unnumbered. The press was recently revived as Hanuman Editions, reissuing some of the original titles and seeking to continue its original editorial vision. \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSets of first editions with this level of completeness are scarce\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComprising:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. John Wieners, \u003cem\u003eA Superficial Estimation\u003c\/em\u003e (1986); 2. David Trinidad, \u003cem\u003eNovember\u003c\/em\u003e (1986); 3. Eileen Myles, \u003cem\u003eBread and Water\u003c\/em\u003e (1987); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Taylor Mead, \u003cem\u003eSon of Andy Warhol \u003c\/em\u003e(1986); 5. Francis Picabia, \u003cem\u003eWho Knows\u003c\/em\u003e (1986); 6. Henri Michaux, \u003cem\u003eBy Surprise\u003c\/em\u003e (1987);\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. Amy Gerstler, \u003cem\u003ePrimitive Man\u003c\/em\u003e (1987); 8. John Ashbery, \u003cem\u003eThe Ice Storm\u003c\/em\u003e (1987); 9. Herbert Huncke, \u003cem\u003eGuilty of Everything \u003c\/em\u003e(1987); 10. Manuel Rosenthal,\u003cem\u003e Satie, Ravel, Poulenc\u003c\/em\u003e (1987); 11. Rene Daumal, \u003cem\u003eA Fundamental Experiment \u003c\/em\u003e(1987);\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12. Bob Flanagan, \u003cem\u003eFuck Journal \u003c\/em\u003e(1987);\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13. John Wieners, \u003cem\u003eConjugal Contraries \u0026amp; Quart\u003c\/em\u003e (1987); 14. Willem de Kooning, \u003cem\u003eCollected Writings\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); 15. Cookie Mueller, \u003cem\u003eFan Mail, Prankletters, and Crank Calls \u003c\/em\u003e(1989); 16. Sandro Penna, \u003cem\u003eConfused Dream\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); 17. Vincent Katz, \u003cem\u003eCabal of Zealots\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); 18. Alain Danielou, \u003cem\u003eFools of Gold\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); 19. Edward Denby, \u003cem\u003eWillem de Kooning\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); 20. Max Beckmann, \u003cem\u003eOn My Painting\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); 21. Gary Indiana, \u003cem\u003eWhite Trash Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e22. Jean Genet, \u003cem\u003eRembrandt\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23. David Trinidad, \u003cem\u003eThree Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); 24. Allen Ginsberg, \u003cem\u003eYour Reason and Blake’s System\u003c\/em\u003e (1988); 25. Rene Guenon, \u003cem\u003eOriental Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e (1989); 26. Eileen Myles, \u003cem\u003e1969\u003c\/em\u003e (1989); 27. Gregory Corso, \u003cem\u003eMind Field\u003c\/em\u003e (1989); 28. Rene Daumal, \u003cem\u003eThe Lie of the Truth\u003c\/em\u003e (1989); 29. Elaine Equi, \u003cem\u003eViews Without Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e (1989); 30. Ronald Firbank, \u003cem\u003eFirbankiana\u003c\/em\u003e (1989); 31. David Hockney, \u003cem\u003ePicasso\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 32. Simone Weil, \u003cem\u003eOn the Lord’s Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 33. Jack Smith, \u003cem\u003eHistorical Treasures\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 34. Cookie Mueller, \u003cem\u003eGarden of Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 35. Beauregard Houston-Montgomery, \u003cem\u003ePouf Pieces\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 36. Bob Dylan, \u003cem\u003eSaved! The Gospel of Speeches\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 37. Richard Hell, \u003cem\u003eArtifact\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 38. Henry Geldzahler, \u003cem\u003eLooking at Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 39. Francis Picabia, \u003cem\u003eYesno\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 40. Robert Creeley, \u003cem\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 41. Dodie Bellamy, F\u003cem\u003eeminine Hijinx\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); 42. 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