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Schwerner, Armand. bacchae sonnets. Abattoir Editions & The Cummington Press, Omaha, 1974.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Square 4to. Beige cloth with paper label on front cover. Unpaginated. B&w illustrations. 430 copies.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to. Nearly square clothbound book with delicate paper label afixed to the front panel. Protected in a thick clear acetate wrapper. An unpaginated fine press edition published in an edition of 450 copies. Near fine condition. SIGNED by the illustrator.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Omaha, NE: Abattoir Editions & The Cummington Press/The Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha, 1974. First Edition and Limited Edition, one of 430 copies. Illustrated by James W. Mall. Cream/beige cloth with decorated rice paper label on cover. Unpaginated. Faint soil, no salient flaws. Fine. A sharp copy; please see scan. Schwermer (d. 1999), a Belgian immigrant in 1935, became a post-war experimenter in poetry - at the "maximalist" end, say some, because of the diverse and thorough self-education present in his work - and showed native humor and philosophical depth in this and his other best-known works, "The Tablets", "Cantos From Dante's Inferno", and "Selected Shorter Poems". Perhaps over-interpreted - the mark of a poet of texture and substance - Schwerner gets into sensory and cerebral appeal both dark and light in this short series of short segments, nicely matched by sketch illustrations in the same tone by Mall. l-fltschc1
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$62.50 + shipping
Description: First edition limited to 430 copies, square 4to, pp. [20]; 8 drawings by Mall; original tan cloth, illustrated paper label on upper cover; fine. Printed by Harry Duncan, with Robert Fritzmeier and Nicholas Wees on Ragston paper.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4to, unpag.; buff linen with decorative label. One of 430 copies on Ragston paper, printed by Harry Duncan, with Robert Fritzmeier and Nicholas Wees.
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.