THRICE CHOSEN - THE BINDER'S COPY, Signed by Roditi, Edouard (poems); Moreh, Mordecai (illustrator)

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. Deluxe Issue, specially bound and designated for the author, artist, binder, publisher, printer, and the publisher's files, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Roditi on a preliminary leaf. Hardcover. Fine/in clear acetate jacket. Moreh, Mordecai. THRICE CHOSEN - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED by Roditi, Edouard (poems); Moreh, Mordecai (illustrator)
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, artist, binder, publisher, printer, and the publisher's files, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Roditi on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-137,[7]pp. Laid into this copy is an original signed etching by Israeli artist Mordecai Moreh, numbered "H.C. 5/6" at lower margin. Some scattered foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Roditi's second book published by the press, a collection of poems and translations, with a preface by the author, and a foreword by Paul Goodman.