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Ommateum, with Doxology
by Ammons, A.R
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1955. First edition. 49 pp. Salmon cloth, lettered in gilt on the front board and the spine, with the dust jacket. Spine a little faded; the jacket is slightly chipped along the top edge with a closed tear at the spine crease and the head of the spine, some rubbing, and the date "1955" written on the front panel. Inscribed on the half-title, "Birthday greetings / on / his / 36th / for / Richard Howard / with admiration / A.R. Ammons / Oct. 9, 1965." An excellent association; Howard wrote one of the first major considerations of Ammons' work in Triquarterly in 1966, and he later pronounced "Ammons is our Lucretius, swerving and sideswiping his way into the nature of things." The book itself is quite rare; it was published with a vanity press, and, as Ammons observed, "it was forgotten about while I was on a four-day business trip to Nashville." Five years later a grand total of 16 copies had been sold. Now housed in a custom clamshell box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Triolet Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2412
- Title
- Ommateum, with Doxology
- Author
- Ammons, A.R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dorrance
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1955
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About the Seller
Triolet Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2020
Los Angeles, California
About Triolet Rare Books, ABAA
Triolet Rare Books, member ABAA/ILAB, specializes in twentieth century art and literature with a focus on modernism, livres d'artistes, poetry, and the avant-garde.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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