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[Cummington Press]: Rimbaud, Arthur. A UNE RAISON TO A REASON FROM LES ILLUMINATIONS . [wrapper title]. The Cummington Press, [Cummington, MA], 1948.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto sheet, French-folded to four panels. Upper panel illustrated. Soft diagonal crease, otherwise about fine. One of 125 copies printed as Duncan and Wightman Williams' Christmas greeting for the year. The stylized illustration is by Williams and the French text and Duncan's translation are printed in parallel. This attractive item, the prospectus for THE HOVERING FLY, and W.C. Williams's THE CLOUDS . constituted the sum of the press' output for the year. OCLC locates only eight copies.

Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.

William Carlos Williams. THE CLOUDS, Aigeltinger, Russia, and other verse. The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press, 1948.

Price: US$379.07 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo. 64pp. Grey cloth-covered boards with paper spine label pasted on. No dust-jacket, as issued. No.188 in an edition of 310, this being the regular unsigned issue. A lovely copy in fine condition. Binding tight and square, no blemishes or markings to cloth or contents.

Seller: The Paper Hound Bookshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada

William Carlos Williams. THE CLOUDS, Aigeltinger, Russia, &c.. The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press, 1948.

Price: US$389.86 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: One of 250 numbered copies (of 310). 8vo. Grey-green cloth with printed spine label. 64pp. Lightly spotted to the head edge, the fore edge with a couple of small bumps, but a handsome example.

Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United Kingdom

Williams, William Carlos. The Clouds,; Aigeltinger, Russia, &c. The Wells College Press/Cummington Press, N.P. (Aurora, New York & Cummington, Mass.), 1948.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, 64pp; original slate gray cloth, with printed spine label. One of 310 numbered copies printed on English handmade paper, this being one of 250 in the regular, unsigned, issue. A handsome collaboration between two master hand-press printers, Harry Duncan and Victor Hammer. Wallace A26. Edges a bit shelf-rubbed; some rubbing and a a bit of tanning to label; very good.

Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, William Carlos.. The Clouds.. Wells College Press and The Cummington Press, N.p., 1948.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: 64 pp. 8vo, publisher's gray cloth with printed paper label. First edition; No. 142 of 310 copies printed. Just about fine.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963).. The Clouds, Aigeltinger, Russia, &c. [Poems].. Published jointly by The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press. Number 166 of a total of 310 copies., 1948.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 5 7/8 inches x 9 3/8 in., numbered limitation page; title-page; contents; 64 pp. Greenish-gray cloth over boards, with a printed paper title label on the spine. Prints 61 poems.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

Williams, William Carlos. The Clouds, Aigeltinger, Russia and Other Verse. Published jointly by The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press, Aurora, NY & Cummington, MA, 1948.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 64 pp. First edition. Copy 252 of a limited 310 numbered copies. Very Good with light insecting to the cloth, small stain to rear cover; "R. W. Flint Pigeon Cover 1950 Review Copy" inked on front free end paper, and several small check marks inked next to several poem titles of index.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Williams, William Carlos. The Clouds: Aigeltinger, Russia &c. The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press, 1948.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: From the library of noted American poet Denise Levertov. This is one of the three hundred ten numbered copies (this being #70). Printed by Harry Duncan and Wightman Williams with the assistance of Victor Hammer. 64pp. Gray cloth with mounted paper title label on the spine; a Near Fine copy showing just a touch of wear to the edges. This copy with a brief but warm presentation inscription from Florence Williams, the wife of William Carlos Williams, to Denise Levertov on the colophon: In memory of a beautiful friendship (signed Floss), also with a nice ANs from 'Floss' Williams to Levertov laid in.

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, William Carlos.. The Clouds. Aigeltinger, Russia, &c.. [Aurora, New York:] The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press, 1948, 1948.

Price: US$2599.09 + shipping

Description: First edition, sole impression, number 235 of 310 copies, this copy signed by the author on the front free endpaper. The limitation states that the first 60 copies were signed. In his autobiography Williams remarks: "I was in my stride now. I thought I had found my form. I said what I had to say, using the American idiom; I felt free with it. The rhythmical construction of a poem was determined for me by the language as it is spoken. Word of mouth language, not classical English. That feeling of the language was the fountainhead of what I wanted to do. If I could make that distinguished I would have accomplished my purpose. Whatever distinction I succeeded in getting is witnessed by the poems included in The Clouds" (p. 74ff). William Carlos Williams, I Wanted to Write a Poem, 1978. Octavo. Original greenish-grey cloth, title label on spine lettered in black, fore and lower edges untrimmed. Spine toned, extremities a little rubbed, light foxing to endpapers, a few marks to rear cover. A very good copy indeed, square and firm.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

WILLIAMS, William Carlos. The Clouds, Aigeltinger, Russia, &c. Wells College Press & Cummington Press, (MA), 1948.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, original cloth with printed spine label, publisher's slipcase. Fine copy in slipcase. Although the regular issue of The Clouds is fairly common, the signed issue is rare; we have only handled two copies. Fine copy in slipcase. Although the regular issue of The Clouds is fairly common, the signed issue is rare; we have only handled two copies First edition. One of 60 Roman-numeraled copies on hand-made paper signed by Williams, out of a total edition of 310 copies (the regular copies were printed on an all-rag paper & not signed). Wallace A26.

Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.

Williams, William Carlos. The clouds, Aigeltinger, Russia, etc.. Cummington Press / Wells College Press, [Aurora, New York & Cummington, Mass.], 1948.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Description: Edition limited to 310 copies on hand-made paper, this copy unnumbered but one of LX signed by Williams; 8vo, pp. 64; fine copy in original gray cloth, printed paper label on spine, publisher's slipcase. From the library of Kim Merker. The regular edition was unsigned, without a slipcase, and on rag paper. Printed by Harry Duncan and Wightman Williams under the direction of Victor Hammer. A wonderful collaboration among three great 20th-century printers. To say nothing of the poet. Wallace A26. Richmond 34: "Issued jointly with the Wells College Press where Harry Duncan and Wightman Williams printed this book "through the good offices" of Victor Hammer."

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.