Description
Arnhem, bloknoot, 1972
Side-stapled green printed wrappers, 30 x 21 cm, various paper stock and printing techniques, unpaginated. Text (mostly) in Dutch and English, some German.
The seventh issue of Bloknoot, a meeting-review of prose, poetry, concrete poetry, conceptual and other art etc. Published in an edition of 150 numbered copies, this being no. 105. Edited by Ruud van Aarsen, Robert Joseph, and G. J. de Rook. With contributions by David Mayor, Hans-Werner Kalkmann, U. G. Stikker, Toon Verstappen, Janos Urban, Bernd Löbach, Peter Finch, Petr Stembera, Clemente Padín, Bertus Mulder, Klaus Groh, Robin Crozier, Jirí Valoch, Pier van Dijk, Geert-Jan Buitenhuis, Ubbo-Derk Hakholt, Oey Tjeng Sit, Erik Slagter, Humphrey Ottenhof, and Wim Kröber.
Exp/press card 8 by Tom Ockerse laid in as announced. Contribution by Geert-Jan Buitenhuis signed in pencil, contribution by Robert Joseph signed in black pen. A stamped object by Klaus Groh for the bloknoot subscribers is called for and seems to be present, but this could also be the regular contribution.
A remarkably fresh copy, with just the usual (in this case minor) transferring of rust from the staples to the adjacent pages. Some browning to the tape used by some contributors and discoloration to the glassine evelope by g.j. de rook. Geen printed wrapper with a minor and crease and some minor discoloration to the edges.
