Collected Poems Edited by Kees Weldon (7 results)

Condition: A fine copy. 8vo, original quarter black morocco & Japanese paper-covered boards. A fine copy. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies printed on Rives Light out of a total edition of 220 copies. Berger 8.

8vo, full black morocco with blind-stamped initials ("WK") on front cover and gilt lettering on spine, publisher's slipcase. A very fine copy of this rare issue of one of the most beautiful books from the Stone Wall Press, and still the definitive edition of the poet's work, in the rare slipcase which is slightly, faintly stained. A very fine copy of this rare issue of one of the most beautiful books from the Stone Wall Press, and still the definitive edition of the poet's work, in the rare slipcase which is slightly, faintly stained First edition. One of only 20 copies on Rives Heavy, a French mould made paper and bound in full leather, out of a total of 200 copies printed. Berger 8. Dana Gioia has chronicled Kees's posthumous reputation, noting that "Kees's stature among poets has risen steadily since 1960 when Iowa City's fledgling Stone Wall Press posthumously published his Collected Poems in a hand-printed edition of 200 copies. The volume received an extraordinary amount of attention for a fine press book of verse, especially one by a dead Nebraskan poet of limited reputation. The Collected Poems earned substantial notices in the New York Times Book Review, The Hudson Review, Partisan Review, Poetry, The New York Herald Tribune, and Saturday Review. The book's positive reception, however, displayed two significant features that would become constants in restricting Kees's subsequent audience. First, his champions were nearly all poets. Second, the collection they praised was virtually impossible to obtain; its small print run, high price, and severely limited distribution placed it outside the normal channels for trade books." Gioia, the current head of the National Endowment for the Arts and the author of the influential collection of essays Can Poetry Matter? Essays on Poetry and American Culture (1992), finds in Kees a paradigm of the place, or displacement, of poetry in contemporary American academia and culture, observing that "it appears that as Kees's' fame among poets grows ever larger his already marginal critical reputation shrinks further. The disparity between the legion of imaginative writers who admire Kees's work and paucity of academic interest demonstrates that there is something now oddly out of joint between the worlds of poets and literary critics." - Dana Gioia, "The Cult of Weldon Kees", Dana Gioia Online.

Edition limited to 200 copies, copies 1-180 are printed on Rives Light, nos. I-XX are printed on Rives Heavy; this is "one of 15 reviewer's proofs printed on Alexandra Japan. It includes one signature printed on Rives Light." 8vo, pp. 140, [4]; 4 duplicate preliminary leaves bound in at the back; title page printed in red and black; original tan wrappers, unadorned; fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 8: "[W]e agreed to do it having no idea what we were getting into. This is probably the longest book I've ever done on the handpress." Gillane & Niemi A.I.5.

140pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, limited to 200 copies, of which numbers I-XX are printed on Rives Heavy by Kimber Merker and Raeburn Miller, this number XVIII. 140pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Collects the three volumes of poetry Kees published before his disappearance in 1955: The Last Man, The Fall of the Magicians, and Poems 1947-1954. Donald Justice had sent a letter to Kees, including both his youthful admiration and a sestina, a form which Kees - always something of a formalist - was fond of employing, along with the villanelle and the sonnet. The letter was only fielded posthumously by Kees' father, who let the young poet edit this collection, which was released as a trade paperback later in the year, establishing Kees' fame and influence with a younger generation. This copy with Stone Wall's publication announcement, addressed to Merker's parents, laid-in. Berger 8; Provenance: from the library of Kim Merker of the Stone Wall and Windhover presses Publisher's full black morocco, spine gilt stamped, upper cover blindstamped WK, near fine in shelf-worn slipcase, only issued with the Rives Heavy copies First Edition, limited to 200 copies, of which numbers I-XX are printed on Rives Heavy by Kimber Merker and Raeburn Miller, this number XVIII.

140pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. 1st Edition. First Edition, no. 59 of 180 copies printed on Rives Light by Kimber Merker and Raeburn Miller, out of a total edition of. 140pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Collects the three volumes of poetry Kees published before his disappearance in 1955: The Last Man, The Fall of the Magicians, and Poems 1947-1954. Donald Justice had sent a letter to Kees, including both his youthful admiration and a sestina, a form which Kees - always something of a formalist - was fond of employing, along with the villanelle and the sonnet. The letter was only fielded posthumously by Kees' father, who let the young poet edit this collection, which was released as a trade paperback later in the year, establishing Kees' fame and influence with a younger generation. Berger 8 Publisher's quarter morocco and paper over boards. Fine First Edition, no. 59 of 180 copies printed on Rives Light by Kimber Merker and Raeburn Miller, out of a total edition of.

Edition limited to 200 copies, copies 1-180 are printed on Rives Light, nos. I-XX are printed on Rives Heavy; this is copy no. 69 and printed on Rives Light; 8vo, pp. 140, [4]; title page printed in red and black; original morocco-backed Japanese paper over boards, spine stamped in gilt, upper cover with blindstamped initials; corners slightly bumped, else a fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker. Containing the poems "The Last Man," "The Fall of the Magicians," Poems: 1947-1954, and Uncollected Poems. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 8: "[W]e agreed to do it having no idea what we were getting into. This is probably the longest book I've ever done on the handpress." Gillane & Niemi A.I.5.

Iowa City, The Stone Wall Press, 1960, 8° (cm. 26 x 17) legatura originale in mezza pelle con titoli dorati al dorso, iniziali "WK" impresse al piatto anteriore, pp. 140. Tiratura di 200 copie numerate a mano (la nostra la n. 80). Tracce di nastro adesivo ai fogli di guardia. Peraltro in ottimo stato. Prima edizione definitiva delle opere dell'A., tuttora insuperata.