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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Third issue of Kayak. Light soiling around edges of front cover. Small spot of soiling on rear cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. 60 pages. Includes work by Gene Frumkin, A. R. Ammons, Adrien Stoutenburg, Thomas McGrath, George Hitchcock, John Haag, Dennis Schmitz, R. G. (Russell) Vliet, John Tagliabue, Kathleen Fraser, Matthew Zion, John Thomas, David P. Etter, Louis Simpson, James Spencer, Robert Rusk, H. R. Hays, Louis Z. Hammer, Keith Gunderson, William Pillin, and Gene Fowler.
Published by The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, San Francisco, 1930
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Engraved portrait of Simpson is the frontispiece. Large foldout map of Simson's Route, and a facsimile of the original manuscript (illustrator). First printing of this edition. Near fine in cloth-covered boards with a paper spine label. Sunning and foxing on the top edge. Originally published in 1847 by Lea and Blanchard and in London by Henry Colburn. Facsimiles of the title-pages of both of these editions are included as well as a second engraved portrait of the author. A handsomely designed and printed book.