Item #08077 Whoreson Crawl: poems, rages, maledictions, excoriations, whimpers and whinings [cover title]. Ladislaw TZESTRCYZK, Stephen John Solberg, John C. Greeley, pseudonym.

Whoreson Crawl: poems, rages, maledictions, excoriations, whimpers and whinings [cover title]

Elburn, Illinois: Mascouten Press, 1983. First edition reprint. The title page defines Whoreson Crawl as “a type of surreptitious movement performed on all fours by an illegitimate person, usually resulting in negligible pain.” According to the editors, this collection of poems was the result of “a single 36-hour drinking and drug-taking binge during which the editors attempted to dissuade their friend, little-known Polish poet, Ladislaw Tzestrczyk, from committing suicide.” In reality, Tzestrcyzk was a pseudonym for the editors’ bizarre verse.

Stapled red wrappers (4” x 6 ¾”), [64] p. Originally published in 1977 by Face Publications, any edition is uncommon. Penciled comment to one poem, lacking original spine tape. No record for this edition in OCLC; only Ohio State holds a copy of the first edition. Item #08077

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