The third and largest issue of the envelope magazine ‘ABC’ where the ‘editorial policy was to accept everything that arrives in 200 copies by the (flexible) deadline.’ Edited by Jeremy Adler and published by The National Poetry Centre, featuring concrete and visual poetry by artists from across the world including G. J. de Rook, Betty Radin, Jennifer Pike, bpNichol, Maurizio Nannuci, Jackson Mac Low, Dom Sylvester Houedard (dsh), P. C. Fencott, Paul Dutton, Bob Cobbing, among others. Sold.

The second issue of the envelope magazine ‘AB’ where the ‘editorial policy was to accept everything that arrives in 200 copies by the (flexible) deadline.’ Edited by Jeremy Adler and published in 1973 in an edition of 200 by The National Poetry Society, featuring concrete and visual poetry by artists from across the world including Miroljub Todorovic, Mira Schendel, Peter Mayer, Dom Sylvester Houedard, Mike Gibbs, Peter Finch, P. C. Fencott, Jennifer Cobbing, Bob Cobbing, and Robert Caldwell, among others. Sold.

OPEN TODAY 12-4 PM. BACK IN THE BOOKSHOP: BOOOOOK: THE LIFE AND WORK OF BOB COBBING (2015) - (...less) This is the first comprehensive overview of the life and work of the pioneering British concrete and sound poet Bob Cobbing (1920-2002). 'Boooook' addresses all aspects of Cobbing's career, with essays detailing his key roles in Better Books, London Film-makers' Co-op and the abAna trio, as well as his involvement in the Destruction in Art Symposium, Fylkingen and Writers Forum. Edited by William Cobbing and Rosie Cooper – and illustrated with reproductions of artworks, documents, posters, poems and film stills from the Bob Cobbing family collection – Boooook features contributions by Adrian Clarke, Arnaud Desjardin, Sanne Krogh Groth, Will Holder, Gustav Metzger, Andrew Wilson, and others. - Published by Occasional Papers. - Available in the bookshop today and via our website for international orders. - #worldfoodbooks #bobcobbing #concretepoetry (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)

Bob Cobbing’s ‘Sensations of the Retina’ published in 1978 in an edition of 200 by bpNichol as the 15th number in the intermedia series of grOnk. Eight unbound leaves of concrete poetry. Read more at theideaofthebook.com or DM for information.

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