Item #018050 QUANTITIES. POEMS. Richard HOWARD.

QUANTITIES. POEMS

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1962). First Edition. Softcover. Poet's first book, the issue in wraps. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page to the poet William Meredith: "For William/and, I hope,/some qualities in these/early efforts, and subsequent/affections and admirations/with all that has ensued,/gratefully/Richard/'83/Institute of Academy of Arts & Letters." Additionally SIGNED on the title page by Bernard Malamud: "For a dear sweet man/and good friend/an outsider/Bern." Meredith has written in pencil near Malamud's inscription an explanation of how he was seated near Howard when he inscribed the book. Laid in is a brief TYPED LETTER SIGNED from Malamud apologizing for signing the book. Some dust spotting to top edge. Near Fine. Item #018050

Price: $500.00