New York: Hill & Wang, 1970. First Edition. 150pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Square spine and stiff leaves; a few light pencil marks on half-title and some foxing on the text block. Unclipped wrapper ($5.00) is a little faded. SIGNED by the author.

Theodore "Ted" Joans was an American jazz poet, surrealist, trumpeter, and painter. His work stands at the intersection of several avant-garde streams and some have seen in it a precursor to the orality of the spoken-word movement. Wikipedia.