Limited Editions & Broadsides

The publications described on this page are “limited editions”– all of them are extremely rare. They are arranged in reverse chronological order (most recent first), and I have attempted to describe the salient features and provide an image whenever possible. Check out the Collecting Tips page if you’re hoping to find these items.

Hearts & Sinew (various editions) by Jim Carroll

Hearts and Sinew
Avenida Blue (2021)

This limited-edition, hand-bound, archival quality book contains two previously unpublished poems Carroll wrote in 2003. The poems are inspired by two Sherlock Holmes stories, “The Cardboard Box” and “The Final Problem,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and are part of an unfinished larger project.

River Jordan Broadside (Signed & Numbered)

River Jordan
CatholicBoy.com exclusive (2001)

Designed and printed by Laura Mendoza, this broadside features Carroll’s previously unpublished poem “River Jordan” illustrated with a hand-set linoleum cut drawing in blue ink. The text of the poem is set by hand using a manual printing press, with brown ink on fine sepia-colored paper (approx. 8.5″x15″). Limited to 151 copies total: 75 are numbered and signed by Jim Carroll, 75 are unnumbered, and one copy is handwritten by Carroll.

Valentine Cover Art

Valentine
Valentine, 1995
A limited-edition (250 copies) 8.75″x5.75″ pocket
folder containing poems by 18 artists, with each poem
printed on colored construction paper. Carroll’s poem
(published as “Valentine” in Void of Course)
is printed on a thin, blue strip; he composed the poem
by circling words and phrases in the editors’ query letter
then numbering them to specify arrangement.

8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain - Broadside by Jim Carroll

8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain
Published in Heaven Poster Series #13
White Fields Press, 1994

Broadside printed on 11″x 22″ white, glossy stock
paper illustrated with a black and white photo of Carroll.
Issued in limited editions of 26 signed/lettered copies
(a-z) and 100 signed/numbered copies, plus a limited trade
edition.

 

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8
Fragments for Kurt Cobain

Published in Heaven Poster Series #13
White Fields Press (1994)

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Poem,
Interview, Photographs

Published in Heaven Chapbook 50
White Fields Press (1994)
This 8.75″x5.75″ chapbook is printed on white, glossy
stock. It includes “8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain”
(Rpt. in VoC 1-5), an interview with Carroll by Danny
O’Bryan and Mark Reese, and photographs from Carroll’s reading
at Twice Told Coffeehouse in Louisville October 1, 1994. Issued
in a limited edition of 300, with 26 signed/lettered copies
and 100 signed/numbered copies.
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A
Poet Dies

Walker Art Center Reading Series 1980-1981
Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger (1980)
Carroll’s is one of 20 broadsides issued for the Walker Art
Center Reading Series. All
copies are printed on varying shades of Canson Mi-Tientes
paper; “A Poet Dies” is on maroon-colored paper.
There were 125 numbered and signed copies (the copy shown
here appears to be #50), with 54 complete sets of the signed/numbered
edition presented in a white Fabriano folder; the label on
the cover is by Al Buck. There were also 26 complete sets,
lettered and signed, presented in a grey fabric-covered box.

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NYC Variations

Yanagi Broadside Series
West Coast Print Center (1977)
This broadside, designed by Marc Blane and Louis Patler, is
printed in red ink on grey paper, and is illustrated with a
photo of Marc Blane’s sculptured red clay images (which also
illustrate the Tombouctou edition of The Basketball Diaries).
Measures approximately 17″ x 11.”

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“A Window in Cherry Valley”

Adventures in Poetry (1973)
Mimeographed 8.5″x11″ pamphlet containing one
poem each by Jim Carroll and Lewis MacAdams, and cover illustration
by George Schneeman. It was printed to promote a reading
at the Poetry Project in New York. “A Window in Cherry Valley”
is Carroll’s work.
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4
Ups and 1 Down

Angel Hair Press (1970)
Five poems in a mimeographed eight-page, limited edition
(300 copies) pamphlet. Includes “Blue Poles,” “Love Rockets,”
“Styro,” “Poem on My Son’s Birthday,” and “To a Poetess”;
all of these are reprinted in Living at the Movies.
The cover art is by Donna Dennis. There were 13 special
copies, numbered 1-13, with a piece of hair and signatures
of the author and artist.
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Organic
Trains

Penny Press (1967)
This 17-page pamphlet contains 18 poems and is Carroll’s
first book. It has a grey, staple-bound, card-paper cover
and measures 8″x5.5″ Approximately 500 copies
were printed.
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