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Nottingham: Tarasque Press, [1965].. First edition.. Oblong 16mo. [30 pp]. Near fine in wrappers and near fine illustrated dust jacket. Short poems.

Clonmel: Coracle,, 1999.. First printing of this edition.. 4to. [29 pp]. Fine in full yellow cloth with black and red stamping to front cover. “Three Poems Concerning Larionov's Provincial Life Series.” Hawkins’ short poems illustrated with Van Horn's dark, automobile tire-like illustrations. One of 100 numbered copies.

Clonemel, Tipperary, Ireland:: Coracle,, 2007.. Edition of 175. 9.5 x 11.75"; 34 pages. Letterpress printed in two colors. Casebound in bookcloth with title, author, and image printed on front board.  Colophon: "These poems were first published in Spike Hawkins' Poems, Tarasque Press, Nottingham 1966. Spike Hawkins, Liverpudlian poet, uses pigs in the work of Russian impressionist painter Mikhail Larionov as inspiration for three poems - "Target," "Liddled" and "Boiler." Each poem is accompanied by a different image, some version of a thick black ring (a gear? or gears?).