Justification by Slesinger Warren (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. One of 225 copies, printed with Bembo types on Rives Heavy paper by K.K. Merker, and bound in stiff wrappers. Near fine condition with a faint scuff to the left extremity of the front wrap.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. [16 p.]. 24 cm. Grey card covers. 225 copies printed by hand from handset Bembo types on Rives Heavy paper.

First edition. [14 pp]. Fine in wrappers with printed spine. One of 225 copies on Rives Heavy paper. Berger 81.

Paperback. Condition: Fine Condition. One of two hundred and twenty five copies. Bound in publisher's original grey paper wrapper.

Condition: Very Good. Paper wrappers. Slight discoloration to front endpapers. One of 225 copies.

stiff paper wrappers. Windhover Press (illustrator). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Limited to 225 copies. Hand-printed from handset Bembo types on Rives Heavy paper. Slesinger's poetry is in the form of dictionary definitions. "All other text--actual dictionary entries fitting alphabetically in the correct order--is blind stamped; the blind-stamped defined word appears clearly, but the definition is overprinted three times.to make the entries essentially illegible" (Berger p. 81).

Edition limited to 225 copies, 8vo, pp. [16]; partially printed in blind; original gray wrappers printed in black on spine; fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker. With a postcard prospectus laid in. Slesinger's poems are in the form of dictionary definitions. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 81: "This is a funny book. It didn't turn out very well. It was a bad experiment and it could have been a good one . I received two letters from librarians in different parts of the country who said essentially the same thing: 'Our copies seem not to have been inked in various places. We cannot understand why that should be, but could you send us copies that are completely inked?'".