Meltzer, David (Sinclair, John)

Ragas

San Francisco, CA: Discovery Books, 1959. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed, signed & dated by John Sinclair to Robin Eichele. "The heart sees/ what the mind sees/ what the eyes see// differently" ("Vision," unpaginated) The first published collection of poems by David Meltzer (1937-2016), the great American poet, musician & critical music writer associated with the Beat Generation & especially the San Francisco Renaissance. Chapbook in stapled wrappers, first edition, first printing though neither specified at copyright page. From the collection of Robin Eichele (b. 1941), the acclaimed American poet & academician who co-founded the Detroit Artists' Workshop with the legendary John Sinclair (1941-2024) during 1964. At recto of first blank leaf, Sinclair has cursively hand-written, signed & dated in bold black ink: "For Robin/ "& in such good taste too"/ (signed) John/ 24.V.65 (24 May 1965)." The foundational Meltzer collectible in its rarest contemporary form, greatly enriched by the fabled Sinclair's poet-to-poet delightfully in-jokish inscription, signature & date; with multiply most-distinguished association & provenance. See our many Meltzer-&-Co. rarities incl. item No.s 6839, 6893, 6897. In relatively quite fine condition with mild rubbing, faint scratching, age-toning & occasional short markings, spots to front, back covers & stapled spine; a touch of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; staples in process of rusting with miniscule exterior & interior bleeding; light rubbing, age-toning to edges of text block. Interior fine with slight age-toning to blank inner covers, endpapers & page leaves (the latter chiefly at blank margins/edges); bit of staple-rust noted above at middle; tiny bumps at mostly lower corners of some leaves. Fine. [Item #8286]

Price: $80.00