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STEVENS, Wallace. Ideas of Order. New York: The Alcestis Press, 1935.
Tall 8°. Original printed wrappers (a few spots on inner front wrapper); original glassine (a few chips at edges, slightly toned). Provenance: John Holmes (1904-1962), American poet and critic (gift inscription to:) Ted Roethke (1908-1963), American poet.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 116 of 135 copies signed by Stevens from an edition of 165. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed by the poet and critic John Holmes to the poet Ted Roethke on the front free endpaper: “Ted from John / to recall a visit in August 1937.” Holmes and Roethke became friends while students at Harvard, and later both taught at Tufts in the 1930s. The title poem “The Idea of Order at Key West” is one of Stevens’ most celebrated works. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, CONNECTING THREE 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN POETS: Roethke would receive the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1954 for The Waking, one year before Stevens won for his Collected Poems. Holmes is known for his lyrical verse, and for having taught the poet Anne Sexton at Tufts. Edelstein A2.a.
Tall 8°. Original printed wrappers (a few spots on inner front wrapper); original glassine (a few chips at edges, slightly toned). Provenance: John Holmes (1904-1962), American poet and critic (gift inscription to:) Ted Roethke (1908-1963), American poet.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 116 of 135 copies signed by Stevens from an edition of 165. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed by the poet and critic John Holmes to the poet Ted Roethke on the front free endpaper: “Ted from John / to recall a visit in August 1937.” Holmes and Roethke became friends while students at Harvard, and later both taught at Tufts in the 1930s. The title poem “The Idea of Order at Key West” is one of Stevens’ most celebrated works. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, CONNECTING THREE 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN POETS: Roethke would receive the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1954 for The Waking, one year before Stevens won for his Collected Poems. Holmes is known for his lyrical verse, and for having taught the poet Anne Sexton at Tufts. Edelstein A2.a.