OF, All Five Volumes / The Complete Set, exclusively from Longhouse

Published by Lapis Press, 1990 / Origin Press, 1998 / Longhouse, 2015

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Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers

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First edition All five volumes in three books, 4000 pages. Volumes One Through Two are signed by Cid Corman on his small personal bookplate.The first two books, Volume One and Two are housed in a slipcase. Volume Three is housed in its own slipcase. Volume Four and Five is the completion of the opus and is a volume that shows the author's face on the spine. Unique to Longhouse only with all three books in five volumes.SIGNED Volume One and Two: Two-volume boxed-set. 1506 pages. Twin volumes - Very close to fine and extremely attractive and unique feature of an ongoing testament of Cid's poetry. More than half uncollected before; bound in soft cloth spine with cover art by Sam Francis. Held in a sturdy cloth covered slipcase. Signed by the poet, each volume, on the poet's personal bookplate Regarding Cid Corman: Volume Three "of" is one part of a yet unpublished five-volume single book of poems. It draws on all cultures and tells the human situation with a directness and immediacy. Each volume [Volume One, Volume Two and Volume Three] has 750 poems per volume. Beautifully produced. The author's life was dedicated to poetry - even as poetry is dedicated to life. Cid Corman's reputation as translator is well known in a dozen other languages and his work is in Special Collections at many key libraries in USA and in Canada. There are recordings and videos of his work and performance at Harvard University and the Library of Congress as well as elsewhere.Volume Four and Five : Edited by Bob Arnold. Fine new wraps in shrinkwrap. 850 pages, 1500 poems. Gorgeous! Very scarce. The final entry in the poet's opus.…

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Title
OF, All Five Volumes / The Complete Set, exclusively from Longhouse
Author
Corman, Cid
Publisher
Lapis Press, 1990 / Origin Press, 1998 / Longhouse, 2015
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Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers

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LONGHOUSE, Publishers & Booksellers is a publisher of original poetry and prose titles. As booksellers, we sell all of our own titles plus new, used, and rare poetry editions along with modern first editions. For 50 years hundreds of folders, booklets, broadsides, bookmarks, postcards, anthologies and for- the-trade books have been published by us. The idea is to connect to the working poet and reader around the world. It's not complicated! If you have an interest in poetry and the related arts, we may be able to meet your needs.…

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