Kenneth Patchen Bibliography
Including all primary written works


Aflame and Afun of Walking Faces
Fables and Drawings
New Directions - NDP292, June 1970 (Edition of 200)
Morgan : A38a

The Argument of Innocence
Scrimshaw, Oakland, 1976

An Astonished Eye Looks out of the Air
Untide Press, Waldport, OR, 1945 (Edition of 23 or 30?)
Untide Press, Waldport, OR, 1946 (Edition of 1950)
Written at Mt Pleasant, New York
Morgan : A8a and A8b

Awash with Roses : Collected Love Poems of Kenneth Patchen
Editors : Laura Smith and Larry Smith
(with biographical introduction by Larry Smith)
Bottom Dog Press

Because It Is
Poems and Drawings
New Directions - NDP83, June 1960 (Edition of 5000)
ISBN : 08112 01376
Morgan : A29

Before the Brave
Random House, New York, 1936 (Edition of 2000)
University Microfilms Inc, 1965
Haskell House Pub. Ltd., June 1974
Written at Warren, Ohio & Rhinebeck, New York
ISBN : 08383 20627
Morgan : A1a and A1b

But Even So
Picture-Poems
New Directions, New York - NDP265, October 1968 (Edition of 2000)
ISBN : 08112 03425
Morgan : A35a

CCCLXXIV Poems
Poems
Padell, New York, 1948 (Edition of 126)
Morgan : A15

Cloth of the Tempest
Poems
Harper and Brothers, 1943 (Edition of 2000)
Padell, New York, 1948 (Edition of 2500)
Written at Greenwich Village
Morgan : A6a and A6b

The Collected Poems of Kenneth Patchen
Poems
New Directions, New York - NDP284, 1968 (Edition of 2000)
ISBN : 08112 01406
Morgan : A34

The Dark Kingdom
Poems
Harris and Givens, 1942 (Edition of 775 of which 75 numbered)
Padell, New York, 1948 (Edition of 2500)
Written at Avenue A at 16th St, New York City
Morgan : A4a, A4b and A4c

Doubleheader
Poems (Includes Poemscapes and Hurrah for Anything)
New Directions, New York - NDP211, 1966
Morgan : A32a

Fables and Other Little Tales
Jonathan Williams, Karlsruhe/Baden, 1953 (Edition of 450)
Jonathan Williams, Karlsruhe/Baden, 1953 (Edition of 50 painted)
Morgan : A21a

The Famous Boating Party
Poems
New Directions, New York, 1954 (Edition of 2000)
New Directions, New York, 1954 (Edition of 50 painted)
Morgan : A22a

First Will and Testament
Poems
New Directions, Norfolk, July/August 1939 (Edition of 800)
Padell, New York, 1948 (Edition of 2500)
Written at Santa Fe, Los Angeles & Concod, Mass.
Morgan : A2a and A2b

Glory Never Guesses
Silk Screen reproduction by Frank Bacher, 1955 (Edition of 200)
Handmade Japanese paper
Morgan : A24

Hallelujah Anyway
Picture-Poems
New Directions, New York - NDP219, 1967 (Edition of 2000)
Morgan : A33a

Hurrah for Anything
Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC, 1957 (Edition of 2500)
Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC, 1957 (Edition of 100 painted)
Morgan : A26a

In Peaceable Caves
Grey Walls Press, 1950
Morgan : A19

In Quest of Candlelighters
Poems (Includes Panels for the Walls of Heaven, Angel-Carver Blues, Bury Them in God and They Keep Riding Down All the Time)
New Directions, New York - NDP334, May 1972 (Edition of 1000)
New Directions, New York - NDP334, May 1972 (Edition of 5000)
Morgan : A42a

Job. Invented and Engraved by William Blake
United Book Guild, New York, 1947
Morgan : C4a

The Journal of Albion Moonlight
Prose
New Directions, New York (Edition of 50)
New Directions, New York - NDP99, 1941 (Edition of 295)
United Book Guild, 1944 (Edition of 3000)
Padell, New York, 1946 (Edition of 1500)
Padell, New York, 1947 (Edition of 3000)
New Directions, New York - NDP99, 1961 (Edition of 6500)
Written at 81 Bleecker St, New York City
Morgan : A3a to A3f

Love and War Poems
Poems and Drawings
Aberdeen Peoples Press
Morgan : A36a

The Love Poems of Kenneth Patchen
Anthology
City Lights Books - 13, 1960
Morgan : A31

Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer
Prose
New Directions - NDP205, 1945 (Edition of 1800)
New Directions - NDP205, 1946 (Edition of 3200)
Grey Walls Press, 1948
City Lights Books - 100, 1958 (Edition of 6000)
Written at West 22nd St, New York City
Morgan : A7a to A7d

The Moment
Bound edition of portfolios (Edition of 42)
Hand Bound
Morgan : A30

Orchards, Thrones and Caravans
Poems
The Print Workshop, San Francisco, 1952 (Edition of 90 numbered)
The Print Workshop, San Francisco, 1952 (Edition of 120 numbered)
Morgan : A20a and A20b

Out of the World of Patchen
Slipcased set of four
New Directions, New York

Outlaw of the Lowest Planet
Poems
Grey Walls Press, London, 1946
Selected and introduced by David Gascoyne
Morgan : A9

Panels for the Walls of Heaven
Drawings and Poems
Bern Porter, Berkeley, 1946
(Editions of 750 and 150 painted/numbered)
Written at Greenwich Village
Morgan : A12a and A12b

Patchen's Lost Plays
Plays including Don't Look Now and City Wears a Slouch Hat

Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1977 (Edition of 5000)
Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1977 (Edition of 100)
Borgo Press, August 1988
Edited by Richard Morgan
ISBN : 08095 40444
Morgan : A43a and A43b

Pictures of Life and of Death
Poems
Padell, New York, 1946 (Edition of 2500)
Written at Greenwich Village
Morgan : A13

Poems of Humor and Protest
Poems
City Lights Books - 3, 1949?
City Lights Books - 3, 1954 (Edition of 1000)
Pocket Poets Series
Morgan : A23

Poemscapes
Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC, 1958 (Edition of 42 signed/painted)
Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC, 1958 (Edition of 75 signed/painted)
Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC, 1958 (Edition of 325)
Morgan : A28b to A28d

Red Wine and Yellow Hair
Poems
New Directions, New York, 1949 (Edition of 2000)
New Directions, New York, 1949 (Edition of 108 numbered/signed/painted)
Morgan : A18a and A18b

See you in the Morning
Prose
Padell, New York, 1947
Grey Walls Press, London, 1949
Written at Connecticut
Morgan : A16a and A16c

Selected Poems
Poems and Drawings
New Directions, New York - NDP160, 1946 (Edition of 2000)
New Directions, New York - NDP160, 1957 (Edition of 2000)
New Directions, New York - NDP160, 1964 (Edition of 6000)
Morgan : A10a to A10c

Selected Poems (UK)
Poems and Drawings
Jonathan Cape, London, 1968
Morgan : A37

Sleepers Awake
Prose
Padell, New York, 1946 (Edition of 75 white/signed/numbered)
Padell, New York, 1946 (Edition of 73 red/signed/numbered)
Padell, New York, 1946 (Edition of 3500)
New Directions, New York - NDP286, 1969
Written at Greenwich Village
Morgan : A11a to A11d

Still another Pelican in the Breadbox
Pig Iron Press, Youngstown, OH, Dec 1980

Sure is One Peculiar Way to Run a Ballgame
1996 Wall Calendar
Pomegranate Publications

A Surprise for the Bagpipe-Player
Silk Screen reproduction by Frank Bacher, 1956 (Edition of 200)
Hand made Japanese paper
Morgan : A25

The Teeth of the Lion
Poems
Hard cover, New Directions, New York, October 1942 (Edition of 500)
Paper cover, New Directions, New York, October 1942 (Edition of 2500)
Written at Morun Falls, North Dapanta
Morgan : A5a

Tell You That I Love You
Hallmark Editions, Kansas City, MO, 1971
Morgan : A41

There's Love All Day
Hallmark Editions, Kansas City, MO, 1970
Morgan : A39

They Keep Riding Down All the Time
Padell, New York, 1946 (Edition of 2500)
Written at Mt Pleasant, New York
Morgan : A14

To Say if You Love Someone
The Decker Press, Prairie City, 1948 (Edition of 200?)
Morgan : A17a to A17d

What shall we do without us?
Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1984
With afterword by James Laughlin
ISBN 08715 68187

When We Were Here Together
Poems
New Directions, New York, 1957 (Edition of 2000)
New Directions, New York, 1957 (Edition of 75 painted)
Morgan : A27a and A27b

Wonderings
Picture-Poems
New Directions, New York - NDP320, March 1971 (Edition of 100)
New Directions, New York - NDP320, March 1971 (Edition of 4500)
Morgan : A40a and A40b


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