Poems by Elling Eide (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Lexington, Kentucky: Anvil Press,1983, 1984 First edition. Quarto, 29.2*22.4cm. Copyright pages dated 1984, but Colophon page and The Elling Eide Center dated 1983. Black cloth portfolio contains 2 volumes. Poem translations printed on high-quality hand-made paper. Page edges uncut. Limited to 150 copies. 50 poems by Li Po translated into English: vi, 69 pages printed in red & black on one side only. Bound with Translator's Note and Finding Lists: 19 pages, 2 b/w illustrations, and a phonograph record sample of T'ang music played on modern Western instruments; reconstructed & arranged by Dr. E.R. Picken of Cambridge University. Extremely scarce. More photos available upon request. 1st Edition. Very Good/No Jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Anvil Press deluxe edition. One of 150 copies. [2], [viii], 69 leaves printed on rectos only, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, paper title label. Includes separate volume, Translator's Note and Finding Lists in gray boards, paper label on front, 7" record in pocket at rear. Housed together in a cloth folding case, paper label, blac ribbon ties. Fine volumes in Fine slipcase, record NM. One of China's greatest poets, Li Po, who lived from 701-762AD, translated into English and printed in a fine press edition by Anvil Press, an association of printers inspired by Victor Hammer and his second wife Carolyn Reading Hammer. The included record, while a 7", is to be played at 33 RPM and features music from the T'Ang Dynasty played on Western instruments. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Limited Edition. Quarto; in black cloth binding with an additional volume by Elling Eide of Translator's Notes and Finding Lists; vii, 69 pages; ix, 18 pages, [19], followed by a phonograph record in a sleeve attached to the rear of the Translator's Notes volumes; the Poems by Li Po volume is printed in black and burgundy; the two volumes together are housed in a black portfolio, with a silk tie and a printed paper label to the spine; the spine and edges of portfolio are lightly sunned.~~We find no copies in commerce (as of March 20, 2024) and only a scant handful of institutional holdings. Very Good binding.…