Dorn, Edward

Geography

London, England, UK: Fulcrum Press, 1965. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. "These latest poems written in the last two years confirm the maturity of the poet whom major poets and critics like Charles Olson, Robert Creeley and Donald Davie have hailed as the most interesting of the younger American writers...This is the first appearance of any of these poems in book form." (from front flap) An earlier collection of poems by Edward Dorn (1929-1999), among the greatest of the Black Mountain School poets along with his colleagues/mentors Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan & Charles Olson. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, one of a limited first edition of 1000 copies per colophon. With dust jacket front cover illustration by Fielding Dawson (1930-2002), another great Black Mountain alumnus author & artiste. From the collection of Robin Eichele (b. 1941), a noted Mimeograph Revolutionary poet who co-founded the Detroit Artists' Workshop with the legendary John Sinclair (1941-2024) during 1964, & is our good nearby friend. An essential, highly acclaimed Dorn collectible in its rarest contemporary limited trade form, with distinguished & relevant provenance. See also our many other Dawson & Dorn collectible offerings. Book in relatively quite fine condition with only a touch of rubbing to front, back covers & spine (gilt letters at spine fully bright & complete); light wear & some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of same; mild rubbing, browning to edges of text block. Interior very fine with only very slight browning to blank paste-downs, endpapers & page leaves (the latter chiefly at blank margins/edges). Dust jacket (again relatively) fine with mild rubbing, browning, mostly faint scratching & occasional spotting, spot-staining to front, back covers, spine & flaps; mostly light wear & some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of same; several short, mostly closed tears & small chips esp. at spine-edges, corners with minimal loss of paper, surface paper; one tiny pin-hole at blank area of lower right spine just above publisher's reference. Fine / Fine. [Item #6749]

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