Stafford William John Haislip Carol (2 results)

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Uniformly printed, single sheets 10-1/2 x 17', folded three times making four panels per side, or, eight panels altogether. Each 'pamphlet' reproducing a work of art on the 'cover'; the rest of the panels on this side are uniformly designed and offer a description of the art with a biography of the artists; a bibliography for the poet; and a biography of the poet, with the colophon at the bottom. The recto contains poetry only, from five to eight poems depending on the poet. Each pamphlet with a little bit of age-toning, but altogether a better than Very Good set; lacking the publishers manila envelope. Rare thus. // Published by the Portland Art Museum for the Northwest Poetry Meetings held at the Museum July 9, 10, 11, and 12 in connection with the invitational exhibition, 'Paintings and Sculptures of the Pacific Northwest', which ran June 13 through August 9, 1959. Really quite a remarkable collection of Northwest poets; this group of 8 represents a full collection of those published, and includes the first separate publication of Richard Hugo, Carolyn Kizer, Carol Hall, John Haislip, and William Stafford (poetry). Artists include: Sally Haley; Margaret Tomkins; James McGarrell; Milton Wilson; Tony Mellara; Louis Bunce; Hilda Morris; and William Ivey.

First printing. 10.5 x 4.25 inches (folded). Eight pamphlets, each printed on both sides of a large sheet, folded to make eight pages. Printed by Litho Art in Portland, in an unspecified edition, on the occasion of the Northwest Poetry Meetings held at the Portland Art Museum July 9-12, 1959, in connection with the Museum's Centennial invitational exhibition, "Paintings and Sculptures of the Pacific Northwest." Housed in a plain envelope, lettered by hand with the series title, the names of the poets, and the venue (as issued). Pamphlets in very fine condition (one, the Haislip, with a tiny corner crease), with only the barest hint of age-toning, in a near fine example of the envelope (with mild rumpling and three tiny closed tears). The Northwest Poetry Meetings were called together by the Portland Art Museum's curator of education, Rachel Smith Griffin. She and her assistant, Pauline Illo (later Pauline Eyerly), arranged for the printing of a pamphlet of poems by each of the invited poets.For four of the poets (all in their thirties or early forties at the time), the pamphlet represents their first separate publication - true for Richard Hugo and Carolyn Kizer, for example. In William Stafford's case, it is his first separate publication of poetry, and is significantly rarer than his first book (Down in My Heart, 1947).Each collection of poems is paired with a painting or sculpture on display in the associated exhibition, including works by Margaret Tomkins, William Ivey, Sally Haley, Hilda Morris, Louis Bunce, Tony Mellara, Milton Wilson, and James McGarrell. (Carolyn Kizer was paired with Hilda Morris, and she went on to write about Morris's work in an essay for an exhibition catalogue nearly fifteen years later.)Historically important, rarely found together, and almost never found in such lovely condition.