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Poor Old Tired Horse

Poor Old Tired Horse was published by Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Wild Hawthorn Press and ran for 25 issues from 1961 to 1967.

1. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number One
whp_poth1Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 11″ x 17″ sheet folded once to make four pages. (Murray 2.1)

Contributors: Pete Brown (England), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-73) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Anselm Hollo (Finland), Alan Riddell (Scotland), Gael Turnbull (USA), Lorine Niedecker (USA), Tatsuji Miyoshi, and Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland).

2. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Two
whp_poth2Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 11″ x 17″ sheet folded once to make four pages. (Murray 2.2)

Contributors: Tuomas Anhava (Finland) translated by Anselm Hollo (Finland), Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russia) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Shimpei Kusano (Japan) translated by Cid Corman (USA), Jerome Rothenberg (USA), George Mackay Brown (Scotland), Gerry A. Zdanowicz (Poland), Lesley Lendrum (Scotland), Cid Corman (USA), Attila Jozsef (Hungary) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), and Dave Ball (USA).

3. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Three
Poor Old Tired Horse, Number 3Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 11″ x 17″ sheet folded once to make four pages. (Murray 2.3)

Contributors: Robert Garioch (Scotland), Jonathan Williams (USA), Guillaume Apollinaire (France) translated by David Ball (USA), César Lopez Nunez (Cuba) translated by Jim Haynes (USA), Veng (Shetland), Larry Eigner (USA), R. Crombie Saunders (Scotland), Libby Houston (England), Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Giacomo Leopardi (Italy) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (USA).

4. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Four
whp_poth4Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 11″ x 17″ sheet folded once to make four pages. (Murray 2.4)

Contributors: Georg Trakl, 1887-1914 (Germany) translated by Jay Corbett (England), Spike Hawkins (England), Heinrich von Morungen (Germany – 1222) translated by Anselm Hollo (Finland), J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Helen B. Cruickshank (Scotland), Tom McGrath (Scotland), Bernard Kops (England), Alexander McNeish (Scotland), Suzan Livingstone (Scotland), Lorine Niedecker (USA).

5. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Five
whp_poth5First edition, single 11″ x 17″ sheet folded once to make four pages, plus insert. (Murray 2.5)

Contributors: Andrei Voznesensky (USSR) translated by Edwin Morgan, e.e. cummings (USA), Alan Riddell (Scotland), Vasko Popa (Serbia) translated by J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Pete Brown (England), Tao Chien (China) translated by Cid Corman (USA), Armand Schwerner (USA), Hans Arp (Germany), Pablo Neruda (Chile), Theodore Enslin (USA), Pekka Lounela (Finland) translated by Anselm Hollo (Finland), Robert Garioch (Scotland), Marvin Malone (USA), and William McGonagall. Linocut by Alexander McNeish (Scotland).

6. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Six
whp_poth6Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 11″ x 17″ sheet folded once to make four pages. (Murray 2.6)

Contributors: Bernard Kops (England), Larry Eigner (USA), J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Attila Jozsef (Hungary) translated by J.F. Hendry, Louis Zukofsky (USA), Mary Ellen Solt (USA), Guenter Grass (Germany) translated by Jerome Rothenberg (USA), Michael Shayer (England), and Spike Hawkins (England). Concrete poetry by Marcelo Moura (Brazil), Pedro Xisto (Brazil), Augusto de Campos (Brazil).

7. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Seven
whp_poth7Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 11″ x 17″ sheet folded once to make four pages, plus insert. (Murray 2.7)

Contributors: Kurt Schwitters (Germany) translated by Lesley Lendrum (Scotland), Paul Celan (Germany) translated by Helmut Bonheim (USA), Robert Creeley (USA), Piero Heliczer (USA), Mario Trufelli (Italy) translated by Cid Corman (USA), Andrei Voznesensky (USSR) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Crombie Saunders (Scotland), Paul Blackburn (USA), Richard Huelsenbeck (Germany) translated by Jerome Rothenberg (USA), Robert Simmons (USA), Hamish McLaren (Scotland), and Bud Neill (Scotland). Illustrations by Bud Neill (Scotland), and Fernando Lemos (Brazil), and linocut by Alexander McNeish (Scotland).

8. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Eight
whp_poth8Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 10.25″ x 16″ sheet folded once to make four pages. (Murray 2.8)

Contributors: Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland), Peter Stitt (Scotland), Yury Pankratov (USSR) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Andrei Voznesensky (USSR) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), A. Khlebnikov (USSR) translated by J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Spike Hawkins (England), Andrei Voznesensky (USSR) translated by Anselm Hollo (Finland), Jonathan Williams (USA), Alexander Tvardovskii (USSR) translated by J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Velemir Khlebnikov (USSR) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), and Mary Ellen Solt (USA). Illustrations by Vladimir Mayakovsky.

9. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Nine
whp_poth9Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 10.25″ x 16″ sheet folded once to make four pages, plus insert. (Murray 2.9)

Contributors: Paul Fort (France), Lorine Niedecker (USA), Ronald Johnson (USA), Rocco Scotellaro (Italy), Libby Houston (England), John Gray (England), Paulo Marcos de Andrade (Brazil). Illustrations by Peter Stitt. Insert on folded sheet is Spring List of titles available from Wild Hawthorn, Jargon, Origin, and Castle Wynd.

10. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number 10, Concrete Number
whp_poth10Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 8″ x 10.25″, 8 pages, plus inserts. (Murray 2.10)

Contributors: Robert Lax (America), Eugen Gomringer (Switzerland), Anselm Hollo (Finland), Augusto de Campos (Brazil), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland), Dom Sylvester Houedard (Guernsey), Edwin Morgan (Scotland). Inserted illustration by Robert Frame (Scotland). Other includes a Wild Hawthorn announcement of ‘new series of poem/prints’.

11. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number Eleven, Lollipop Number
whp_poth11Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 10.25″ x 16″ sheet folded once to make four pages. (Murray 2.11)

Contributors: Horace translated by Ronald Johnson (USA), Robert Simmons (USA), Ann McGarrell (USA), J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Guillaume Apollinaire translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Renyo Laurano (Italy) translated by Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Christian Mogenstern (Germany) translated by Astrid Gillis (Scotland), Kurt Sigel (Germany) translated by J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Michael Shayer (England). Illustrations by John Picking (England).

12. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number 12
whp_poth12Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 8″ x 10.25″, 8 pages, plus insert. (Murray 2.12)

Contributors: Paul de Vree (Belgium), Mary Ellen Solt (USA), Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Dom Sylvester Houedard (Guernsey), J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland), Ernst Jandl (Austria), Lewis Carroll (England). Illustration by Jeffrey Steele (Wales). Insert advertising ‘international avant-garde publications from the Wild Hawthorn Press’.

13. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number 13
whp_poth13Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 9.5″ x 13.5″ sheet folded once to make four pages, plus inserts. (Murray 2.13)

Contributors: Mary Ellen Solt (USA), Guillaume Apollinaire translated by J.F. Hendry (Scotland), Marvin Malone (USA), Lorine Niedecker (USA), Jerome Rothenberg (USA), Ronald Johnson (USA), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland), Nicole Rabetaud (France). Insert includes a Wild Hawthorn announcement of ‘new series of poem/prints’.

14. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number 14, Visual – Semiotic – Concrete
whp_poth14Edinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, single 9.5″ x 14″ sheet folded once to make four pages, plus inserts. (Murray 2.14)

Contributors: Pierre Albert-Birot (France), Ian Hamilton Finlay, Mary Ellen Solt, Heinz Gappmayr (Austria), John Furnival, Pedro Xisto (Brazil). Cover illustration by Finlay.

15. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number 15
whp_poth15Ardgay: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.75″ x 9.5″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.15)

Contributors: George Mackay Brown (Scotland), Eli Siegel (USA), Edwin Morgan (Scotland), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland), Hamish MacLaren (Scotland), Theodore Enslin (USA), Libby Houston (England), R.L. Cook (Scotland). Illustrations by Margot Sandeman (Scotland).

16. Poor Old Tired Horse, Number 16, Sticks Stones / Names Bones
whp_poth16Ardgay: The Wild Hawthorn Press, (1965)
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.5″ x 9″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.16)

Contributors: Pierre Albert-Birot (France) translated by Barbara Wright (England), Enrique Uribe (Spain), Francis Ponge (France) translated by D.M. Black (Scotland), Ernst Jandl (Austria), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland), Eli Siegel (USA), Tristan Tzara (Hungary) translated by John Adlard (England), Herman Hesse (Germany) translated by Lesley Lendrum (Scotland), Barry Cole (England), Jonathan Williams (USA), Spike Hawkins (England). Woodcuts and handwriting by Edward Wright (England).

17. Poor Old Tired Horse: 17
whp_poth17Ardgay: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 4.75″ x 13″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.17)

Contributors: Robert Lax. Illustrations by Emil Antonucci.

 

18. Poor Old Tired Horse – 18
whp_poth18Ardgay: The Wild Hawthorn Press, (1965)
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.5″ x 9″, 8 pages, plus insert. (Murray 2.18)

Contributors: writings and script by A.D. Reinhardt (USA). Illustrations by Bridget Riley (England).

19. Poor Old Tired Horse, no 19
whp_poth19Fife: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.5″ x 9″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.19)

Contributors: Ronald Johnson. Design: John Furnival.


20. Poor Old Tired Horse, POTH 20
whp_poth20Fife: The Wild Hawthorn Press, (1966)
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.75″ x 9.5″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.20)

Contributors: Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland). Drawings by Peter Lyle (England).

21. Poor Old Tired Horse, 21
whp_poth21Stonypath: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.5″ x 9″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.21)

Contributors: Edgard Braga (Brazil). Typography and layout by Nigel Sutton (England).

22. POTH 22, Charles Biederman: An Art Credo
whp_poth22Stonypath: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.5″ x 9″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.22)

Contributors: Charles Biederman. Typography by Philip Steadman. 


23. teapoth 23
whp_poth23Stonypath: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.5″ x 9″, 12 pages. (Murray 2.23)

Contributors: Ronald Johnson (USA), Max Weber (USA), Theodore Enslin (USA), Pierre Albert-Birot (France) translated by Stephen Bann (England), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland), Eli Siegel (USA), Gael Turnbull (England), George Mackay Brown (Scotland), Edwin Morgan (Scotland). Design by John Furnival.

24. Poor Old Tired Horse 24, Concrete Poetry at the Brighton (’67) Festival
whp_poth24Stonypath: The Wild Hawthorn Press, (1967)
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.5″ x 9″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.24)

Contributors: Graham Keen (photographs). Designed by Alistair Cant.


25. Poor Old Tired Horse, number 25, One Word Poems
whp_poth25Stonypath: The Wild Hawthorn Press
First edition, saddle-stapled sheets, 6.75″ x 9.5″, 8 pages. (Murray 2.25)

Contributors: Ronald Johnson (USA), Edwin Morgan (Scotland), George Mackay Brown (Scotland), Eli Siegel (USA), Jerome Rothenberg (USA), Alkman (Greece) translated by Guy Davenport (USA), Hugh Creighton Hill (England), Stuart Mills (England), Pedro Xisto (Brazil), Alan Riddell (Scotland), Martin Seymour-Smith (England), Kenelm Cox (England), Giles Gordon (Scotland), Douglas Young (Scotland), Edward Lucie-Smith (England), Stephen Bann (England), Dick Steeler (USA), Astrid Gillis (Scotland), Oswald de Andrade (Brazil), Ernst Jandl (Austria), Gael Turnbull (England), Aram Saroyan (USA), Jonathan Williams (USA), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland). Design and calligraphy by Jim Nicholson (Scotland).

The Wild Hawthorn Press

1. Niedecker, Lorine. MY FRIEND TREE
whp_myfriendEdinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press, 1962
First edition (February 1962), second edition (April 1962), stapled wrappers in printed dust wrapper, linocuts by Walter Miller, with an introduction by Edward Dorn, 7.5″x 5″, 40 pages. Designed by Walter Miller and printed by Shepherd in Edinburgh. (Murray 1.1)

2. Zukofsky, Louis. 16 ONCE PUBLISHED
whp_16onceEdinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press, 1962
First edition, stapled wrappers in printed dust wrapper, linocuts by James Gavin, 5″ x 8″, 44 pages. Printed by The Alna Press, and Castle Wynd Printers Ltd. A selection by his wife from 55 POEMS, ANEW, SOME TIME, and BARELY AND WIDELY. (Murray 1.2)

3. FISH-SHEET ONE
whp_fishsheet 1Edinburgh: (The Wild Hawthorn Press), (1963)
First edition, broadside, single 8″ x 13″ sheet folded once as issued, printed recto only. Contributors: Pete Brown, Spike Hawkins, Ian Hamilton Finlay, J.F. Hendry, Anselm Hollo, Edwin Morgan. (Murray 1.3) 

4. Turnbull, Gael. A VERY PARTICULAR HILL
whp_averyEdinburgh: The Wild Hawthorn Press, 1963
First edition, stapled wrappers in printed dust wrapper, linocuts by Alexander McNeish, 8″ x 6″, 20 pages. (Murray 1.4)

5. de Campos Augusto. CIDADE / CITY / CITE
1964 (Murray 1.5)

6. Bann Stephen. FLEECE
1964 (Murray 1.6)

7. Mon, Franz. EPITAPH FUR KONRAD BAYER
1964 (Murray1.7)

8. Albert-Birot, Pierre. PARADIS
1964 (Murray 1.8)

9. Kriwet, Ferdinand. POEM / PRINT
1964 (Murray 1.9)

10. Furnival, John. POLAR
1965 (Murray 1.10)

11. Johnson, Ronald and Erik Satie. SPORTS AND DIVERTISSMENTS
whp_sports(Edinburgh): Wild Hawthorn Press, 1965
First edition, comb-bound, illustrations by John Furnival, 6.5″ x 9.5″, 11 pages. (Murray 1.11)





12. Lax, Robert. SEA POEM
1966 (Murray 1.12)

13. Vasarely, Victor. DRAWING
1966 (Murray 1.13)

14. Stoddart, Alexander. TERROR IS THE PIETY OF THE REVOLUTION
1986 (Murray 1.14)

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