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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies in the first binding of checked cloth-backed boards of perhaps the most important first book of poetry of the 20th century. Edelstein A I.a.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies in the first binding of checked cloth-backed boards of perhaps the most important first book of poetry of the 20th century. Edelstein A I.a.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. The third issue of Stevens's first book, one of only 715 copies in blue cloth of a total edition of 1500. Perhaps the most important first book of poetry of the 20th century.
New York: Alcestis Press, 1935. First Edition. wraps. Stevens's second book, bound in heavy ivory paper self-wrappers. Edelstein A 2.a. Of 135 numbered and SIGNED copies on Strathmore paper of a total edition of 165, this copy is not numbered but rather marked "Publisher's Presentation" on the colophon page. In.....
Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, (1943). Second Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth-backed gray boards in the scarce tissue dustwrapper. Edelstein A 6.b. One of 330 copies set by hand in Centaur types. This copy SIGNED twice by Stevens, once on the half-title page and again on the title page, quite unusual.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Edelstein A 11.a.1: 1750 copies of the first printing. SIGNED by the poet on the title page and scarce as such.
Cambridge: The Harvard Advocate, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth with gilt decoration on the front cover; xiii, [1], 214, [2] pages. Includes poems by Witter Bynner, Bliss Carman, Arthur Davison Ficke, and others, most notably 5 poems by Wallace Stevens (class of '01), an early appearance in print.....