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STEVENS, Wallace. Esthétique du Mal. Cummington, Mass.: The Cummington Press, 1945.
Tall 8°. Illustrated by Wightman Williams. Original rose “Natsume” straw-paper-covered boards, black morocco gilt-lettered spine (slightest rubbing to ends of spine); publisher’s plain glassine. Provenance: Ruth (1913-2010) & Mark Schorer (1908-1977), American critic and scholar (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 282 of 300 numbered copies from an edition of 340. IN THE VERY SCARCE BINDING VARIANT, with rose-colored boards (rather than green), known in only a few copies, including Wallace Stevens’ own. Stevens mentions in a letter to Harry Duncan “Five [other copies] will be mailed to you on Monday. One of these is covered in rose paper, not with green… Only a few copies have it, all the available green paper not quite being enough for the entire edition." Edelstein A10.
Tall 8°. Illustrated by Wightman Williams. Original rose “Natsume” straw-paper-covered boards, black morocco gilt-lettered spine (slightest rubbing to ends of spine); publisher’s plain glassine. Provenance: Ruth (1913-2010) & Mark Schorer (1908-1977), American critic and scholar (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 282 of 300 numbered copies from an edition of 340. IN THE VERY SCARCE BINDING VARIANT, with rose-colored boards (rather than green), known in only a few copies, including Wallace Stevens’ own. Stevens mentions in a letter to Harry Duncan “Five [other copies] will be mailed to you on Monday. One of these is covered in rose paper, not with green… Only a few copies have it, all the available green paper not quite being enough for the entire edition." Edelstein A10.