Language: English
Published by Penmaen Press, Great Barrington, MA, 1984
ISBN 10: 0915778572 ISBN 13: 9780915778577
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; Limited edtion. Woodcut ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28 pages; [SIGNED] 1984 Penmaen Press. HC/DJ in quarter dark green cloth backed spine with lighter green paper covered boards and paper title labels to cover and spine. Issued as # II [2] in an edition of 50 deluxe harcover copies signed by the author and illustrator on the colophon and letterpress printed in Weiss on on Mohawk Letterpress Text paper. With woodcut illustrated title page by Michael McCurdy. Laid in at front is a loose woodcut print for this edition signed by McCurdy and numbered 2/50. Original glassine dust wrapper sharp and neat. Uncommon. F/NF; Signed by Author & Illustrator.
Published by Aralia Press, West Chester PA, 1984
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition; Limited edtion. Woodcut; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages; [SIGNED] 1984 Aralia Press. HC in red cloth backed spine and decorative paper covered boards. Published by Michael Peich at his Aralia Press in a total edition of 280 copies, of which 40 were bound in boards. This is copy XIX [19] of 40, signed by Gioia and McCurdy on the colophon and with a loose woodcut portrait of Kees by McCurdy signed and laid in. Letterpress printed from Spectrum types on Ingres paper. Card stock prospectus for this title laid in at front. About Fine. Also included is a large folio size bifolium : Weldon Kees: a 'New Yorker' Experience - letterpress printed at Aralia Press in 1988 in an edition of 200 copies. Printed on Rives Heavy from Spectrum types with a woodcut of Kees to the cover by Michael McCurdy. Moderate toning to the top third of the single folded leaf. VG- thus ; Signed by Contributor & Illustrator.