Description
Ward, A. (editor); Verey, Charles; Clarke, Thomas A. & Sharkey, John. Arc 8: Poems by Charles Verey, Thomas A. Clarke & John S. Sharkey. Gillingham, Kent: ARC, 1970. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good. 15pp. 250 copies of which 25 were signed by all three poets. This one of the ordinary copies inscribed briefly on the title page by the DIAS co-director, Sharkey (using his full signature) to Fred Hunter (pioneering founding father of British radio journalism who also ran Steam Records, that recorded Bunting’s Briggflatts, & sat on the radical Artists Placement Group’s committee along with John Latham & Barbara Severini. Covers fractionally rubbed & handled with a touch of rust to staples. A scarce association copy between two fugitive yet pivotal counter-culture figures.






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