Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Williams, William Carlos. THE WEDGE. Cummington Press, Cummington MA, 1944.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo, original decorated paste-paper boards. One of 380 copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi type on Dacian paper. Paper over spine spliit but holding, plus some modest edgewear. Owner bookplate pastedown. Uncommon.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. The Wedge. Cummington Press, Cummington, 1944.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Limited to 380 copies printed on Dacian paper. About Good. Orange paper on the boards, generally rubbed, split along the top two inches of the front and back gutter. Square, hinges a bit loose but the binding is generally tight, toned at the endpapers, rubbed in a spot at the rear, clean otherwise. A pocket-sized collection of Williams's poetry intdended to be carried by US servicemen during World War II, a collection edited with the help of Louis Zukofsky and a predecessor of Paterson.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos.. The Wedge. Cummington Press, E-156, 1944.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardcover. 12mo. Cummington Press, Cummington MA, 1944. Illustrated by Wightman Williams (title page and cover device) (illustrator). One of 380 copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi type on Dacian paper. Bound in original decorated paste-paper boards. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (, spine taped to boards, corners and extremities bumped and rubbed this is a rough copy) Previous owner's name (an '45 alumnus of Bennington, who should have spent more time taking care of his books) present to the FFEP with a short poem by the previous owner also present to the reverse of the rear endpaper . Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This collection, published during the war, includes many of Williams's most effective and famous poems, including "A Sort of a Song," "The Dance," "the World Narrowed to a Point," "A Flowing River," etc. E-156; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, original decorated paste-paper boards. Arthur Mizener's copy, with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet, spine very slightly faded, with a touch of wear at the base, otherwise an unusually nice copy of this fragile book, which seldom survives in fine condition. Arthur Mizener's copy, with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet, spine very slightly faded, with a touch of wear at the base, otherwise an unusually nice copy of this fragile book, which seldom survives in fine condition. First edition. One of 380 copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi type on Dacian paper. Wallace A23. A diminutive but significant volume, which includes "Paterson: The Falls", "The Dance (In Breughel's great picture)", "The Semblables" and "To Ford Madox Ford in Heaven", in addition to Williams' important introduction, a brief "Ars Poetica".
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos.. The Wedge.. The Cummington Press, 1944.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited Edition. 380 copies. Title and cover "wedge" designs by Wightman Williams. Near Fine copy in deep orange marbled paper covered boards. Slight rubbing to edges of spine, which is very slightly faded. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked, with no soil, foxing or wear. 109pp. This collection, published during the war, includes many of Williams's most effective and famous poems, including "A Sort of a Song," "The Dance," "the World Narrowed to a Point," "A Flowing River," etc. A diminutive book, with an eccentric design. Q06200
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.