{"product_id":"jack-micheline-sixty-seven-poems-for-downtrodden-saints-deluxe-copy-with-original-painting-and-association-inscription-1999","title":"Jack Micheline — Sixty-Seven Poems for Downtrodden Saints, Deluxe Copy with Original Painting and Association Inscription (1999)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMICHELINE, JACK.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSixty-Seven Poems for Downtrodden Saints.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco: FMSBW Press, 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevised and enlarged second edition of Micheline’s final major collection, specially bound in gilt-decorated black cloth and retaining the pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with photographs, artwork, correspondence, and ephemera documenting Micheline’s life within the Beat and San Francisco poetry circles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particularly desirable copy containing an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal painting by Jack Micheline\u003c\/strong\u003e, mounted to the rear pastedown. Numbered “69” at the limitation statement—an intentionally or anomalously out-of-series copy from a stated edition of 67.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned at the limitation by editors Matt Gonzalez and Vince Silvaer. The front free endpaper bears a lengthy presentation inscription from Gonzalez to \u003cstrong\u003eAllan Milkerit\u003c\/strong\u003e, the San Francisco bookseller and close friend of Micheline. Additional related ephemera is laid in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMicheline completed the original version of \u003cem\u003eSixty-Seven Poems for Downtrodden Saints\u003c\/em\u003e shortly before his death in 1998. This expanded posthumous edition brings together his poetry, visual art, photographs, letters, and material relating to the Beat movement. The combination of Micheline’s original painting and Gonzalez’s association inscription makes this a unique copy with notable San Francisco literary provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Revised and enlarged second edition; numbered 69 from a stated limitation of 67 copies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed by editors Matt Gonzalez and Vince Silvaer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original painting by Jack Micheline mounted inside the rear board.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAssociation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Inscribed by Matt Gonzalez to bookseller and Micheline associate Allan Milkerit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Light bowing to the boards; otherwise fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breething Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48235314675942,"sku":"BB-000283","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7931\/5942\/files\/b_cb31e466-3256-4979-8afa-29c81444d070.jpg?v=1787593629","url":"https:\/\/www.breethingbooks.com\/products\/jack-micheline-sixty-seven-poems-for-downtrodden-saints-deluxe-copy-with-original-painting-and-association-inscription-1999","provider":"Breething Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}