An Astonished Eye Looks Out of the Air
by Patchen, Kenneth; Kemper Nomland, Jr. [Book Designer]
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
This little chapbook, designed by Kemper Nomland, Jr. was printed in a WWII conscientious objectors' camp after regular work hours. City Lights founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti admired a copy, noting how the white label stylishly obscured the staples beneath that bound it, and copied it for his Pocket Poets series, which would prove to have some of the most iconic Beat poetry books such as Allen Ginsberg's Howl. [Morgan A8b.].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140940273
- Title
- An Astonished Eye Looks Out of the Air
- Author
- Patchen, Kenneth; Kemper Nomland, Jr. [Book Designer]
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Likely Second Impression
- Publisher
- Untide Press
- Place of Publication
- Waldport, Oregon
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- poetry, Beat, Waldport, WWII, conscientious objectors, poems, City Lights, Lawrence Ferlighetti, design, book, cover, Howl, Ginsberg
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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