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| Author | Richard Brautigan |
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| Cover artist | Bill Brock |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Richard Brautigan |
Publication date | 1968 |
| Media type | Print (Softcover) |
| Preceded by | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace |
| Followed by | The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster |
Please Plant This Book is Richard Brautigan's sixth poetry publication. The collection consists of a glued folder containing eight seed packets. On the front of each seed packet is a poem. It was Brautigan's last self-publishing venture and the edition ran 6,000 copies. The entire edition was offered for free distribution and permission to reprint the collection was explicitly granted, as long as the new printing was also offered free of charge. Although, a relatively large edition for an early Brautigan work, it is a harder item to find.
The eight poem titles and associated seed packets are as follows:[1]