Privately printed, San Francisco & Santa Barbara, 1968 First Edition, First Printing with ALL 8 seed packets present. This book is complete with the 8 poems by Brautigan on one side of each seed packet and instructions for planting on the reverse. The seed packets are ALL ORIGINAL, UNOPENED and still contain the seeds from 1968. Copies of this book are scarce with ALL the seeds packet present as most copies are incomplete lacking a few of the seed packets. For more details “Please Plant This Book” has a dedicated Wiki page. Nearly Impossible To Find in any condition! Don’t Miss Out! A Must Have for the Richard Brautigan Completist! The Book is in Excellent Collectible Condition. Please check out all the BIG PICS and make your own decision on condition! Hand Written Note inside: I put the seeds in these packets. Kaye Conifi {Brautigan’s girlfriend at the time}. The actual invoices as all the original information and no green “ImaPaqRat” watermark. Biographies: Richard Brautigan January 30, 1935 ca. September 16, 1984 was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His work often employs black comedy, parody, and satire. He is best known for his novels Trout Fishing in America (1967) and In Watermelon Sugar (1968). Brautigan began his career as a poet, with his first collection being published in 1957. He made his debut as a novelist with A Confederate General from Big Sur (1964), about a seemingly delusional man who believes himself to be the descendant of a Confederate general. Popular during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he is often considered the author to best characterize the cultural electricity prevalent in San Francisco during the ebbing of the Beat Generation and the emergence of the counterculture movement. Brautigan would go on to publish numerous prose and poetry collections until 1982. He committed suicide in 1984. Richard Brautigan has a dedicated Wiki page. Carp Press: Carp Press is the name of the self-publishing project of Brautigan and his wife, Virginia Dionne Alder. Alder was heavily involved in the production process. The address (461 Mississippi Street) was actually Brautigan’s home address at the time. The drawing of the small fish (carp) is by Brautigan. I was extremely fortunate to acquire an incredible Brautigan collection from a High End Collector. In the late 90’s this collector acquired many Brautigan items in collectible condition. Most are very hard to find items and some are Nearly Impossible To Find. This collector was always extremely selective about the items they bought for their private collections. They were also always very meticulous in the care of their collectible pieces. I will be listing a number of these items in the next few day. To see other items from this Owner’s Private Brautigan Collection Clicking this link. The Very Large photos are NOT stock photos and are of the actual item you will receive. Why is that important? I had somebody put in a Best Offer and added the condition “Thank You”, which was nice, but it kept their offer from being auto-accepted. Later that night, before I saw the offer, somebody else bought the item at full price. Check out my Feedback and you can see that I aim to please! Did I mention Satisfaction Guaranteed! From a SMOKE FREE & PET FREE location. You can look at my feedback and see all the compliments on how I package my items. I pack items with plenty of padding and make sure they aren’t loose in the box where they could get jostled and damaged. I cannot control the Post Office, but unless the package is run over or dropped from the Empire State Building, it will arrive in the same condition you bought it in. If you win more than 1 item from me, please contact me, before you pay so I can send you a consolidated invoice. SMOKE FREE / PET FREE! So no smelly surprises and no dander flying around when you open up your package! We will do everything we can to correct any misunderstandings. Thank You for looking at our Item. We appreciate your business. Bruce “ImaPaqRat” Fisher Remember: People don’t stop playing because they grow old; they grow old because they stop playing! So, NEVER STOP PLAYING! The Brautigan Collection >. Please come back soon! The item “NITF Richard Brautigan Please Plant This Book 8 Seed Packs” is in sale since Thursday, November 15, 2018. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “imapaqrat” and is located in Beaverton, Oregon. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Subject: Literature & Fiction
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Place of Publication: San Francisco
- Author: Richard Brautigan
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Topic: Poetry
- Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
- Year Printed: 1968
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition
- Publisher: Graham Mackintosh
- Illustrator: Bill Brack
