The Maximus Poems: 1-10 / 11-22. (Signed Deluxe Editions)
by OLSON, Charles
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine copies, save for rounding to corners of second volume, with faint stain to lower portion of half-title page. Volumes e
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Stuttgart: Jonathan Williams, Publisher, 1953 and 1956. Near fine copies, save for rounding to corners of second volume, with faint stain to lower portion of half-title page. Volumes each housed in original card-stock portfolios, further housed in cloth clamshell cases with leather lettering pieces to spines.. Deluxe Editions. Slim quartos. Two-part publication of Olson's magnum opus, with textured wrappers designed by Jonathan Williams; both volumes present here in their deluxe states. The first volume, published by Williams as Jargon 7, being one of fifty SIGNED by Olson and accompanied by prospectus leaf for second volume, featuring an introductory text by Robert Creeley. This association copy further INSCRIBED by Olson to writer Fielding Dawson, one of his students at Black Mountain College. The second volume, published as Jargon 9, being one of 25 from the scarce Patron's Edition. Of the patrons named in the colophon, we note Robert Duncan, the Menils, and Robert Motherwell.
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- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28730
- Title
- The Maximus Poems: 1-10 / 11-22. (Signed Deluxe Editions)
- Author
- OLSON, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine copies, save for rounding to corners of second volume, with faint stain to lower portion of half-title page. Volumes e
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Stuttgart: Jonathan Williams, Publisher
- Date Published
- 1953 and 1956
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
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East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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