SELECTED POEMS

BILLY CHILDISH

SIGNED COPY

LIMITED EDITION OF 100

As new - deliberated aged and defaced edition with rubber stamped Bar Noose in red and felt tip Childish ‘Noose’ signature.

Facsimile Penguin book containing selected poems by Billy Childish and presented as a homage to D H Lawrence. Signed, stamped and artificially aged by the artist.

Stamped with edition number of 19 from 100

EDITION: 500 copies of this book were printed but most were destroyed on instruction by Penguin Books. This an artistically 'altered' edition of 100 signed and numbered on the front cover by the artist using the gallows symbol as his signature. It will also be stamped with a British Art Resistance 'Approved' stamp, the publishers edition stamp and an 'Unauthorised by Penguin - Not for Resale' stamp.

SIZE: 10.8 cm x 17.8 cm x 145 pages

All remaining books and all unsold copies were burnt at 8.13 pm on Thursday 21st January 2010 during the launch event and reading for this and the Tangerine Press hand bound sister edition.