Published by Pantheon, 1948
Seller: Hiding Place Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Nice bright copy.
Published by The Harvard Wake, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. Magazine. Octavo. 91pp. Printed wrappers. Wraps toned and detached from text block (but present), good only. This issue contains the first published work by Robert Creeley, a poem entitled "Return." Additional contributors to this issue dedicated to E.E. Cummings are William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Theodore Spencer, Allen Tate, Karl Shapiro, Lloyd Frankenberg, Jacques Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Alfred Kreymborg, Harry Levin, John Dos Passos, Horace Gregory, Marya Zaturenska, Fairfield Porter, Wallace Stevens, Conrad Aiken, Mark Van Doren, José Garcia Villa, Seymour Lawrence, Race Newton, and Donald Berlin.
Softcover. Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. First edition, trade paperback, has a slight lean to the binding, minor bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, mild wear with a few shallow dings to the edges of the text block, a small, pale orange smudge to the fore edge of the text block, a touch of sunning to the spine, and rubbing with a few smudges to the covers. Overall, a solid, Near Very Good copy.
Published by New York: Wake Editions, 1946
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 8vo, 96pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. Special E. E. Cummings number, with writing by and about him by a range of prominent contributors, including Wallace Stevens (Edelstein C162). Also includes Robert Creeley's first published poem ("Return"). Unmarked copy with general wear and toning (spine browned). Not Signed.
Published by Cambridge, MA: Wake, 1948
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. This issue includes John Hawkes as an editor and includes a preliminary extract from his first novel, The Cannibal (published the following year). Also work by Wallace Stevens (Edelstein C178). Unmarked copy with a little cover soil and toning. Not Signed.
Published by Wake, 1948
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. SIGNED by Robert Creeley and John Hawkes on their relevant pages. Soiled and worn. Paper toned and tight.; Spring 1948.