Rococo. A Poem. With Three Drawings by Howard Simon
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Seller: Albatross Books, Milan, MI, ItalyAlbatross Books
AbeBooks seller since June 28, 2024
Condition: Used - Very good
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Paris, Edward W. Titus (printed by «Imprimerie Crété»), 1926 (August), cream-coloured boards lettered black to spine; grey paper pasted to boards; black titles in azure label to front board, octavo, pages: [4, of which 1 is the copyright page and 1 contains information of the print run] 22 [4, 1 of which is the colophon]. First edition. Copy 53 of 500 numbered copies, all of which shoud have been signed by the author and the artist, though most were signed by neither (this copy is signed by Dunning and the first plate is signed by Simon). In good condition (spine and boards worn). Published sixteen years after his pastoral drama «Hyllus» when Dunning was already forty-eight, the Victorian-style poem in «terza rima» «Rococo» is his second work and the first book printed by Edward Titus’s Black Manikin Press. Dunning, who was born in Detroit and lived in Paris for most of his adult life, was close friends with Pound, who admired his work and insisted on helping him with his opium addiction, frequently asking friends to check in on him (Hemingway reportedly found him in a trance brought on by drugs on the roof of his flat one day). Paris, Edward W. Titus (stampa: «Imprimerie Crété»), 1926 (August), in ottavo, cartonato color crema con titoli in nero al dorso; piatti rivestiti in carta grigia; pecetta azzurra con titoli al piatto anteriore, pagine: [4, di cui 1 contiene i dati di stampa e l’altra le informazioni sulla tiratura] 22 [4, di cui 1 di colophon]; 3 tavole applicate su carte bianche fuori testo. Prima edizione. Esemplare 53 di 500 numerati, che dovevano essere tutti firmati dall’autore e dall’artista ma che spesso furono firmati da nessuno dei due; questa copia è firmata da Dunning e la prima tavola è firmata da Simon. In buone condizioni (segni del tempo al dorso e ai piatti). Pubblicato sedici anni dopo il suo dramma pastorale «Hyllus», quando Dunning aveva già quarantotto anni, il poema in terza rima in stile vittoriano «Rococo» è la sua seconda opera e il primo libro stampato dalla Black Manikin Press di Edward Titus. Dunning, nato a Detroit e vissuto a Parigi per gran parte della sua vita adulta, era un caro amico di Pound, che ammirava i suo versi e insisteva per aiutarlo a gestire la sua dipendenza dall’oppio, chiedendo spesso agli amici di andare a controllare se stesse bene (pare che Hemingway un giorno lo trovò in stato di trance drogata sul tetto del suo appartamento).…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Rococo. A Poem. With Three Drawings by Howard Simon
- Author
- Ralph Cheever Dunning (illustrazioni di Howard Simon; illustrated by Howard Simon)
- Condition
- Very good
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