Collected Poems Kees Edited by Kees Weldon (5 results)
Published by Stone Wall Press, Iowa City, IA, 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: 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.
Published by Stone Wall Press, Iowa City, IA, 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller8vo, 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 staine…d. 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.
More imagesPublished by The Stone Wall Press, Iowa City, Iowa, 1960
- First Edition
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 3,062.98
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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, Th…e 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.
More imagesPublished by The Stone Wall Press, Iowa City, Iowa, 1960
- First Edition
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller140pp. 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 1947-19…54. 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.
Seller: Libreria Piani, Monte San Pietro, BO, ItalyLibreria Piani
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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 d…elle opere dell'A., tuttora insuperata.
