Hardcover
1947 · New York
by STEVENS, Wallace
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Third edition. Octavo. xii, 196pp. Gilt-stamped red cloth. Boards quite worn but sound and good, lacking the dust jacket. Poet Doanld Justice's copy with his early penciled ownership signature on the front fly. The third edition, 'completely reset' for this 1947 edition, of Wallace Stevens' first book [Connolly's One Hundred Modern Books, No. 46]. Author's first book [Edelstein A1.C.1 (1000 copies printed, "completely reset" for this edition); see Edelstein A1.a for the first edition, which was printed in September, 1923].
(Inventory #: 598551)