Adam, Helen (1909-1993)
Signed Copies of Books, Associated Correspondence & Ephemera.

Including: Ballads, New York: Acadia Press, 1964, signed; Ghosts and Grinning Shadows, Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1979, signed; Selected Poems & Ballads, New York: Helikon Press, 1974, two copies, one signed; Turn Again to Me and Other Poems, New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1977, one signed hardback copy, one unsigned softcover copy; San Francisco's Burning, Berkeley, CA: Oannes Press, 1963, illustrated with drawings by Jess, signed by Adam; Gone Sailing, West Branch, IA: Toothpaste Press, 1981, illustrated by Ann Mikolowski, two copies, softcover signed on ffep and limitation page; hardcover signed by artist and author on limitation page (some dampstaining), the two housed in their original mailing envelope addressed by Adam, with a letter to writer and editor Kirby Congdon inserted; Counting Out Rhyme, New York: Interim Books, 1972, signed; the broadside poem, Miss Laura, New York: White Rabbit, 1967, signed by Adam, with a line inserted in her hand in the second stanza (folded in quarters), housed in the original magenta printed wrapper; broadside poem, The Last Secret, Binghamton, NY: Printed by Stuart McCarty for the Bellevue Press, 1978, two signed copies, with a letter from the publisher; illustrated broadside poems, At the Window, San Francisco: Gene's Print Shop, 1963, illustrated and signed by William McNeill, Adam's signature printed, rolled, some discoloration; and Dog Star Run, Bellevue Press, 1975, one of 100 copies signed by Adam; two autograph cards and one post card addressed to Congdon; two copies of Stone Cold Gothic, New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1984, of which one is signed; and other material.

All of the material in this lot belonged to editor Kirby Congdon, who worked with Adam directly. Adam, originally from Glasgow, was an artist and writer who was also an active contributor to the San Francisco Renaissance, a group of artists and authors that immediately predeced the Beats.

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