Scope and Contents “Passwords: A Program of Poems” ([Seattle, WA: Sea Pen Press & Paper Mill, February 1980]). 46 x 14 cm. An edition of 60 copies, printed by Suzanne Ferris in Caslon types on her own heavy hand-made papers. Of these, 33 copies (20 for public sale) are enclosed in Judy Johnson’s linen-covered clamshell boxes with inlaid vellum labels. The complete portfolio titled Passwords contains eight leaves with signed poems by six poets. Contents: Margaret Ahrens Sahlstrand (cast paper frontispiece),...

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“Practices of the Wind” (Kalamazoo, MI: Practices of the Wind, 1980). 35 x 28 cm. Promotional broadside for the poetry journal edited by Nicolaus Waskowsky and David M. Marovich. Art by Bruce Doughty. Stafford is mentioned on the broadside, but no poems are present on the broadside.

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“Serving with Gideon” (Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, [1980]). 20 x 13 cm. Printed on cream colored cardstock. This postcard was issued by NCTE as a part of its Post a Pal a Poem series for the 1980 Annual Convention. The 1980 series included five cards issued in an envelope. Other poets in the series included Stephen Dunning, Richard Lloyd-Jones, Charles Suhor, and Gladys Veidemanis.

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“Starting with Little Things” ([Portland, OR]: Breakwater Press, [1980]). 36 x 27 cm. From Howard Aaron’s Breakwater Broadsides Series 1 portfolio of six items, also including Stafford’s, “Around You, Your House.” The other poets are Howard Aaron, Peter Sears, Kim Stafford, and John Witte. Portfolio in light gray and ivory, 37 cm., with a tan label.