[Abstract Expressionism] The Poems - Permanently - Odes- Salute

New York: Tiber Press, 1960. Limited to twenty-five reserved copies, I to XXV, and two hundred signed copies, 1 to 200 ...". Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Four unpaged hardcover volumes, each 46 cm. tall, Elephant Folios. Hardcovers. All four volumes bound in fine wove white cloth over boards; upper and lower covers with heavy paper stock over this cloth; spine and upper cover of each volume lettered in black and decorated with the first of five original color screenprints (upper cover, title page, 3 full page plates sans texte). The bookmaking aspect of this project has a lot going on, all good, and deserves the clarity and thoroughness of the excellent colophon gracing each volume: "Limited to twenty-five reserved copies, I to XXV, and two hundred signed copies, 1 to 200. The paper was hand made by Hahnemühle in West Germany. The type is Walbaum-Antiqua, hand set and printed by Brüder Hartmann in West Berlin. The prints were made directly on the screens by the artist[s] at the Tiber Press in New York City, where they were printed in the fall of 1960. The books were bound by Russell-Rutter in New York. This is copy number 53 ". Book(s) condition: Fine. Dust Jacket(s) condition: Fine. Slipcase condition: Fine. A bright, pristine set. If not prettier than any other sets currently offered by the trade then certainly AS pretty.