In Love With Time [presentation]

Benet, Laura

Published by Wake-Brook House, Sanbornville, NH, 1959

Sanbornville, NH: Wake-Brook House, 1959. First Edition. Presentation copy, signed, inscribed and dated by the author to her friend Evan O'Conor. Tan printed wraps, 9"x6", 53 pp. + colophon. Curling at perimeters of wraps, and some darkening to them, else Near Fine; a handsome copy. See scans. Laura Benet (1884-1979) was the sister of poet Stephen Vincent Benet, and an accomplished poet herself. This copy has been dated by her in Santa Barbara in November of 1961, and signed and warmly inscribed by her to her friend Evan O'Conor, in memory of "many visits". No small amount of sophistication and personal style permeates this volume of short poems, one with a mood that defies description, at least in familiar words. These pieces very potently carry an only slightly Americanized form of the Japanese moods of Sabi, Wabi, Aware, and Yugen - most saliently the last and most mysterious of those, Yugen - though there is no way of knowing (for me, at least) if this striking similarity came from familiarity on her part with those styles, or is sheer artistic coincidence. Sometimes, after a lifetime of art, one can become a subconscious compendium of the most primal forms, and to very good effect, at that. Singular example. L-36n. Seller Inventory # 000725

Bibliographic Details

Title: In Love With Time [presentation]
Publisher: Wake-Brook House, Sanbornville, NH
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: Printed Wrappers
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed, Inscribed, Dated By Au
Edition: First Edition