The Real World of Manuel Cordova
by MERWIN, W. S
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A very fine copy of this extraordinary production
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
(Sherman Oaks, CA): Ninja Press, 1995. First separate edition of this long poem which was originally published in Travels (N. Y.: Knopf, 1992), printed accordion-fold, so that when fully extended, the text is fifteen feet long. Limited to 160 copies printed from "hand-set Samson Uncial type on kakishibu, a persimmon-washed handmade paper" from the Fuji Mills Cooperative in Tokushima, Japan, illustrated with the image of an undulating river printed from photopolymer plates in five colors, the whole enclosed in layers of folders of handmade paper, the penultimate layer printed with Athanasius Kircher's 1665 map of the world, the first to show the world's currents, with the outermost layer/folder made of a "loft-dried raw flax sheet", signed by Merwin. A very fine copy of this extraordinary production. Oblong folio, illustrated, accordion-fold, original handmade paper folders. A very fine copy of this extraordinary production.
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- Bookseller
- James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21398
- Title
- The Real World of Manuel Cordova
- Author
- MERWIN, W. S
- Book Condition
- Used - A very fine copy of this extraordinary production
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First separate edition of this long poem which was originally pu
- Publisher
- Ninja Press
- Place of Publication
- (Sherman Oaks, CA)
- Date Published
- 1995
Terms of Sale
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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About the Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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Deep River, Connecticut
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