Millar, Joseph

Blue Rust

ISBN: 9780887485497
Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed (twice) by Joseph Millar to Charles & Pamela Beach Plymell. "It's no crime to be tired of the sun,/ to be secretive, hiding your pain./ We peer now into the choppy rooms,/ the windows wavy with age and rain./ Let the phone ring forever, let the mail/ pile up. Let the dry nest fall apart,/ stuck together with last year's mud/ jammed in the eaves and shaped like a heart." (from "Kiski Flats," pg. 23) A collection of poems by Joseph Millar, the award-winning American poet who was a late bloomer, devoting himself to poetry after decades of working at various jobs & experiencing all aspects of a life lived in full- the raw material from which he has honed his poems. With color reproduction of watercolor artwork by Susan Adams, "Swept Away," on front cover. Trade-format softcover original, first edition, first printing as indicated by number sequence on copyright page. On the title page, Millar has hand-written & signed: "For Charles and Pam-/ Hope you like some of these-/ Love,/ (signed) Joe." "Charles and Pam" are Charles Plymell, the legendary poet, printer, publisher & Literary Outlaw; & his wife-collaborator Pamela Beach Plymell. Additionally, below his crossed-out printed name, Millar has hand-written & underlined his full signature. A rewarding Millar collectible with important poet-to-poet association & provenance. In very fine condition with only a bit of rubbing & scratching to front, back covers & spine; lightest wear & a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of same. Interior very fine with tiny bumps at upper corners of a few page leaves; occasional check marks & similar marginalia in light pencil by the Plymells, slight dog-ear folding of page leaf 13-14 also by the Plymells, which we have kept as part of the special quality of this volume. Very Fine. [Item #3669]

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