Harry Rouclere!!! Ever hear of him?
SMITH, Patti Ha! Ha! Houdini! New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery.1977.
8vo. Stapled grey pictorial card wrappers illustrated in blue and black ink; unpaginaged; some light toning as is usual and signs of small markings to rear wrapper; internally fine; otherwise fine copy.
First edition, Scarce in fine condition
Ha! Ha! Houdini! was published as this chapbook in 1977 and forms the earliest of her poetry collecitons succeeding Witt (1973). Significantly, it was published by Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, (where Smith held a solo exhibition of drawings four years prior to accompany Witt's release).
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