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Published by Stone Wall Press, Iowa City, 1963
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Leather bound. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A beautiful collection of poems, printed by Kim Merker, with illustrations printed on delicate mulberry paper bound in between. This book is generally regarded as one of the finest from the press, which is known for the excellence of its letterpress printing and book design. The edition size was 270 copies, of which this is one of 60 deluxe copies bound in quarter-leather and paper printed with an engraved design by Roy. These copies, numbered with Roman numerals, are signed by both Roy and Roethke, who died soon after the printing was completed. Roethke won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for poetry. First edition, first printing, deluxe issue. A fine copy, no. XXX of 60, signed by Roethke and Roy. The publisher's paper-covered slipcase is beginning to split along the bottom edge.