Olson Charles Letters (4 results)

First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by Robert Creeley on a preliminary leaf, this being copy no.228. Octavo (23.75cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and burgundy velvet backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-153,[7]pp. Pictorial bookplate of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) mounted on front pastedown. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. 87716. Signed.…

First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (25.5cm); goldenrod paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in metallic blue on spine; dustjacket; [viii],141,[3]pp. A handful of foxed spots to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with some trivial dust-soil and a hint of sunning to spine. A collection of letters written to Cid Corman. 81570.…

First Editions. First Printings, trade issue, each volume printed between 500-1000 copies. Eight octavo volumes (23.75cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and variously-colored cloth backstrips, with title labels mounted to spines; publisher's original acetate dustjackets. Pictorial bookplates of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) mounted to the front pastedown of each volume; illus. Light wear to lower board edges, else uniformly very Near Fine in lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjackets. First eight volumes (of ten) of this substantial collection of correpondence between these two Black Mountain poets, written between 1950-52. 87663.…

First Editions. Limited Issue. Vols.1-7 each being one of 250 numbered copies signed by Creeley on a tipped-in preliminary leaf, Vol.8 being one of 200 copies (also signed), Vol.9 being one of 150 copies (also signed), and Vol.10 being the deluxe issue, one of 26 lettered copies (this being copy 'O') signed by Creeley and editor Richard Blevins. Ten octavo volumes (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and variously-colored cloth backstrips, with title labels mounted to spines; publisher's original acetate dustjackets. Vols.1-2 have some scattered foxing to upper text edges, a few other volumes with light dust-soil to upper text edges, with a few tiny indentations to lower board edges; Near Fine in VG+ to Near Fine dustjackets, some with mild to moderate rubbing and cloudiness to jackets. A substantial collection of correpondence between these two Black Mountain poets, written between 1950-52. Signed.…