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Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The endpapers have noticeable toning as does the title page. This copy has been signed by William Everson as William Everson (dated 1944) with an inscription, and signed again in 1962 as Brother Antoninus. This is the author's third book of poetry and is quite scarce. From Wikipedia: "Everson was an influential member of the San Francisco Renaissance in poetry and worked closely with Kenneth Rexroth during this period of his life. Throughout his life, Everson was a devotee of the work and lifestyle of poet Robinson Jeffers. Much of his work as a critic was done on Jeffers's poetry. Everson registered as an anarchist and a pacifist with his draft board, in compliance with the 1940 draft bill. In 1943, he was sent to a Civilian Public Service (CPS) work camp for conscientious objectors in Oregon. In Camp Angel at Waldport, Oregon, with other poets, artists and actors such as Kemper Nomland, William Eshelman, Kermit Sheets, Glen Coffield, George Woodcock and Kenneth Patchen, he founded a fine-arts program in which the CPS men staged plays and poetry-readings and learned the craft of fine printing." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A rare copy of William Emerson (AKA Brother Antoninus)'s first book. This copy is not only inscribed by Everson, but has corrections by Everson throughout the text. Inscription is "for Lee and Millicent, October 1942, Bill E." Errata slip laid in back. Pages are yellowed. Minor shelf & edge wear. Small corner & edge bump.
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.