- First Edition
- Signed
- Used
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since September 3, 2014
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 2,800.00
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition, one of only 35 copies, signed by Robert Creeley on the title page. Bound in publisher's burnt umber cloth lettered in black; issued without a dust jacket. Hand set caslon old style on paper handmade by Walter Hamady, with the actual printing pulled at the Rob Run Press in Rochester. Near Fine with small abrasion to rear board at center. A scarce imprint of the Black Mountain poet's collection of fragmentary verses. Creeley was one of the most influential poets of the 20th century known best for concise and emotional balladry. This is the first of four collaborations between Creeley and Hamady for the Perishable Press. Bruccoli & Clark Vol. 3 p. 57.
Seller Inventory # 140947730
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Words
- Author
- Creeley, Robert; [Walter Hamady]
- Publisher
- [Perishable Press], [Rochester, MI]
- Publication year
- 1965
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed
- Edition
- Signed Limited First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Fine Press, Poetry, Signed
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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We're a general antiquarian bookshop in Portland, Oregon, welcoming visitors by appointment. We specialize in literature, modern first editions and rare nonfiction. Member ABAA, ILAB.
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General Rare, Signed, Non-fiction, 19-20th Century British and American Literature, Economics, First Editions, Limited EditionsAssociation member
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
OR, U.S.A.
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