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Combination Theatre Poem & Birthday Poem for Ten People
by Di Prima, Diane
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Heavy red paper portfolio printed in black with woodcut design. Portfolio near fine, leaves fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Brownstone Press, 1965. First edition, copy 99 of 100 copies printed. Portfolio, 4 leaves. 1 vols. Broadside. Heavy red paper portfolio printed in black with woodcut design. Portfolio near fine, leaves fine. First edition, copy 99 of 100 copies printed. Portfolio, 4 leaves. 1 vols. Broadside. Diane Di Prima's first book of poetry (This Kind of Bird Flies Backward) was published by Totem Press in 1958 and she has published nearly four dozen books since then. She is considered a bridge figure between the Beat poets and later poetic movements as well as between East and West Coast American literary figures and movements.
This broadside is inscribed by Diane Di Prima to Bob Wilson of the Phoenix Book Shop, "Bob - Happy Thanksgiving! Diane".
This broadside is inscribed by Diane Di Prima to Bob Wilson of the Phoenix Book Shop, "Bob - Happy Thanksgiving! Diane".
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 264890
- Title
- Combination Theatre Poem & Birthday Poem for Ten People
- Author
- Di Prima, Diane
- Format/Binding
- Portfolio, 4 leaves. 1 vols. Broadside
- Book Condition
- Used - Heavy red paper portfolio printed in black with woodcut design. Portfolio near fine, leaves fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, copy 99 of 100 copies printed
- Publisher
- The Brownstone Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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