Pierre-Albert Birot - Unoriginal Sins

POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 23 DESIGNATED AS “TEAPOTH 23”. 1967. DESIGNED BY JOHN FURNIVAL.

paul robertson — Mon, 15 May 1967 15:31:09 +0000

Stoneypath; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1967

26 x 21cm, 12pp. The twenty-third number of Finlay’s poetry publication - here designed by John Furnival and contributions by Max Weber, Theodore Enslin, Pierre Albert-Birot (translated by Stephen Bann),Ian Hamilton Finlay, Eli Siegel, Gael Turnbull, George Mackay Brown, Edwin Morgan, and Ronald Johnson. This number reverting to the more common collection of poems by different artists. VG+ condition. Scarce.

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POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 14. 1965.

paul robertson — Thu, 01 Apr 1965 12:37:23 +0000

Edinburgh; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1965

26 x 21cm, 4pp + 3 x 1pp inserts. The fourteenth number of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Pierre-Albert Birot, Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Pedro Xista, Mary Ellen Solt, and Heinz Gappmayr. VG+ condition Scarce.

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POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 16. STICKS STONES NAMES BONES. 1965.

paul robertson — Sat, 20 Mar 1965 13:55:04 +0000

Ardgay, Ross-shire; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1965

26 x 21cm, 8pp. The sixteenth number of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Pierre Albert-Birot (translated by Barbara Wright), Enrique Uribe, Francis Ponge (translated by D.M. Black), Ernst Jandl, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Eli Siegel, Tristan Tzara (translated by John Adlard), Herman Hesse (translated by Lesley Lendrum), Barry Cole, Jonathan Williams, Edward Wright and Spike Hawkins. The entire number was designed by hand with woodcuts and hand-written typography by Edward Wright. VG+ condition Scarce.

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PARADIS. 1964. THE EIGHTH PUBLICATION OF THE PRESS.

paul robertson — Wed, 23 Sep 1964 22:14:12 +0000

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964

43 x 55cm, green and blue silkscreen. Concrete poem published by Finlay's Press from the turn of the century experimental poet. Paradis is a sign post of sorts placing an idyllic, mythical place 1.5 km between "here" and "there". This was the eighth publication of the press. Albert-Birot died only 3 years after this publication. VG condition.

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