Bob Cobbing: Association of Little Presses: Letters Received Concerning Membership (1)
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Divided into sub-files by date, various letters received concerning membership of the Association of Little Presses (ALP). Note: there are very few letters from the 1970s.
The file contains the following material relating to the Antiuniversity of London (49 Rivington Street): (1) Prospectus booklet (two copies), including a course on 'Sound Music into Poetry' delivered by Cobbing and Annea Lockwood; (2) Antiuniversity magazine 'Number One' (two copies), including...
Various items, as follows: (1) Steve McCaffery - review of 11th International Festival of Sound Poetry, 1978 (Toronto), Centerfold (February/March, 1979), pp. 139-44 (photocopy). (2) Larry Wendt, 'Sound Poetry Now: The 1978 Toronto Festival' (1979). (3) London Musicians Collective: Newslet...
(1) Nicholas Johnson, The Independent (2 October, 2002). (2) Robert Sheppard, The Guardian (7 October, 2002). (3) The Times (7 November, 2002). (4) Paula Claire, Writing in Education, No. 28 (Spring 2003), pp. 8-9. (5) Art Monthly (2002).
Nine items, seven of which are signed and dated on the verso and the remaining two of which are name-stamped on the verso. Comprising six pen and ink line drawings (most of the female form), one wash on card, and two small cards with block colour.
Bob Cobbing: Two Notebooks on Painting and Poetry, and Newspaper Cuttings Concerning William Gear
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(1) Two notebooks entitled 'The Nature of Painting' and 'The Nature of Poetry', both containing copied passages from various authors. (2) A small album of newspaper cuttings concerning the purchase by the Arts Council of the painting 'Autumn Landscape' by William Gear. The purchase provoked som...
(1) Ten visual A4 panels taped together (tape left in situ), one of which inscribed on the verso: 'to Bob Cobbing / in gratitude' with illegible signature. (2) Ilya Monosov: blue folder containing various items (1999-2001), including: CD; white box (flat) and paper clock faces; note to Cobbing...
Bob Cobbing: Association of Little Presses (Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay Concerning Stuart Montgomery and Fulcrum Press)
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Seven typescript letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Bob Cobbing concerning the publication of Finlay, The Dancers Inherit the Party by Fulcrum Press (1969), together with two manuscript letters from Sue Finlay (wife) to Cobbing. The letters are dated: 17 July 1969; 24 July 1969; 31 July 1969; ...