Robert Duncan: A Descriptive Bibliography [Limited Edition, Signed by Duncan, Bertholf, and Creeley] [Typed Letter Signed by John Martin to Henry and Adele Wenning Laid in]

Language: English

Published by Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, CA, 1986

0876856210 / 9780876856215

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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition, Limited to 176 special copies handbound by Earle Gray of which this is no. 77. Quarto (27cm); publisher's maroon cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards, printed spine label, slightly opaque acetate dust jacket; 491pp.; halftone illus. Slight bubbling of acetate jacket along upper spine edge, corners nudged, else Very Good to Near Fine. Signed by Duncan, Bertholf, and Creeley on leaf bound in after the title page. Together with two-paged typed letter (approx. 250 words) signed by Black Sparrow Press founder and editor John Martin on BSP letterhead addressed to rare booksellers Henry and Adele Wenning, dated December 24, 1986. "You are both cited so liberally in this text (see the index) that I want to send you a copy.This book has been a most difficult project, about two years in the making, with over a year's worth of copy editing on the MS and revisions to the proof, that I look at it as a parent might look at a most difficult child, with a mixture of pride and regret." [It is worth noting that only Henry, not Adele, gets mentioned in the index despite what Martin says.] Martin goes on to touch upon Duncan's declining health (kidney failure) and credits one of Henry Wenning's bookseller catalogs for introducing him to Duncan's work in the first place. An excellent letter. Mail folds, else in Fine condition.…

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Title
Robert Duncan: A Descriptive Bibliography [Limited Edition, Signed by Duncan, Bertholf, and Creeley] [Typed Letter Signed by John Martin to Henry and Adele Wenning Laid in]
Author
[Robert Duncan] Robert J. Bertholf; Robert Creeley [pref.]; John Martin [publisher]
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, CA
Publication year
1986
Condition
Very Good+
Dust jacket
Very Good+
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0876856210
ISBN 13
9780876856215
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
5 pounds
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