SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN

8vo. self paper wrappers, paper cover label. unpaginated. One of 225 copies, of which this is the first issue with the Roman Numerials printed in red on the table of contents page (Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 16. Laugher p.551). The spine is ever-so-slightly faded, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. The very rare acetate wrapper is present. Printed by Kim Merker at the Stone Wall Press with Romanee type on Curtis Rag paper using Romanée type. The first book by this Pulitzer Prize winning author. Mark Strand ( b.April 11, 1934 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island - d. November 29, 2014,New York) was a American man of letters. Strand who would go on to win many awards in his career including the Pulitzer Prize thought highly enough of this his first collection to include ten of these poems in his 1980 Selected Poems. self paper wrappers, paper cover label.