Firebird by Metcalf, Paul; Miller, Cynthia (Artist) - 1987

Minneapolis / Tucson: Granary Books, Chax Press, 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Miller, Cynthia. Copy "A" of 26 lettered copies, quarto size, [43] pp., signed by the author. In "Firebird", American poet Paul Metcalf (1917-1999) combines the story of the Peshtigo fire of 1871 with accounts of great hawk migrations. The book is an example of his signature style, a collection of texts from various sources pieced together to create new voices and ideas. This edition is grandly presented by Granary Books, an appropriate collaboration between two like-minded creators with a focus on the visual presentation of the text. Notably, Metcalf was the great-grandson of one of his own influences, Herman Melville.

___DESCRIPTION: Quarter purple cloth, handmade decorative paper covered boards, printed gray paper label on backstrip, fore- and bottom edges uncut, gray Fabriano endpapers, title page printed in black and blue with orange woodcut, two-page map in black, blue, and orange, embellishments throughout in orange, spare paper spine label tipped onto rear pastedown; Kennerly type, Arches paper, quarto size (11.25" by 6.75"), [43] unnumbered pp., limited edition, this copy "A" of 26 lettered copies, signed by Paul Metcalf (total edition includes 26 lettered copies, ten numbered I through X, and 236 numbered copies in wrappers).

___CONDITION: Volume is fine, with clean boards, straight corners with no rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; overall, a fine copy; like new.

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