POEMS by Northwest poets

Portland Art Museum, 1959. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Uniformly printed, single sheets 10-1/2 x 17', folded three times making four panels per side, or, eight panels altogether. Each 'pamphlet' reproducing a work of art on the 'cover'; the rest of the panels on this side are uniformly designed and offer a description of the art with a biography of the artists; a bibliography for the poet; and a biography of the poet, with the colophon at the bottom. The recto contains poetry only, from five to eight poems depending on the poet. Each pamphlet with a little bit of age-toning, but altogether a better than Very Good set; lacking the publishers manila envelope.. Rare thus. // Published by the Portland Art Museum for the Northwest Poetry Meetings held at the Museum July 9, 10, 11, and 12 in connection with the invitational exhibition, 'Paintings and Sculptures of the Pacific Northwest', which ran June 13 through August 9, 1959. Really quite a remarkable collection of Northwest poets; this group of 8 represents a full collection of those published, and includes the first separate publication of Richard Hugo, Carolyn Kizer, Carol Hall, John Haislip, and William Stafford (poetry). Artists include: Sally Haley; Margaret Tomkins; James McGarrell; Milton Wilson; Tony Mellara; Louis Bunce; Hilda Morris; and William Ivey.