MELLEN, Joseph

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[London]: Glucocracy, 1976. [48] leaves, printed rectos only. 12mo. Blue vinyl titled in silver to front board; no jacket, presumably as issued. Toning to end leaves and textblock edges, one tiny spot of soiling to fore-edge. Better than very good. Forty sonnets by English writer and counterculture icon Joseph Mellen (b. 1939), best known as a trepanation advocate and for his account of his own self-trepanation, Bore Hole (1975). At least one poem here (XIV) makes direct reference to Mellen's self-trepanation; others explores themes of drug use (XXV), love, consciousness, etc., with Biblical and Classical allusions sprinkled throughout. With printed dedication to Amanda [Feilding], Mellen's long-time partner. OCLC locates a single holding, at UC Davis. Show more