Emily Dickinson in Southern California; with: color pictorial broadside by Cats' Pajamas

Boston: David R. Godine, 1973. First edition of this collection of poems by X.J. Kennedy, the first number in the First Godine Poetry Chapbook Series, which reimagines the Belle of Amherst adrift among the surfers: "I bore Hope's candle farthest West - / And now - obliged to halt - / Hear Asia's rumor of despair / Behind a wall of Salt." With: undated broadside, designed by the Twin Cities firm Cats' Pajamas, featuring the opening lines of the title poem above a colorful illustration of a blonde California girl on the beach, featuring the familiar face of Emily Dickinson. A fine copy, with an unusual and striking companion broadside. Octavo, measuring 8.5 x 5.75 inches: 32. Original purple patterned paper boards, woodcut frontispiece. With: undated color pictorial broadside, printed recto only by the Center for International Education (CIE) in St. Paul, Minnesota. Folded as issued, extending to 8 x 21.5 inches unfolded. Top righthand corner creased. (Inventory #: 1003895)