Sappho's Raft Tapa dura - 1982

Jargon 99. Thomas Meyer's third book of poetry for the Jargon Society. One of 450 bound in cloth over board, issued without dust jacket. Frontispiece by David Hockney ("Tom listening to Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges"). Bright, clean text within, set in Garamond printed on Mohawk Superfine paper in black and purple ink. Five abstract illustrated pages. 105 + [3] pages. NEW in publisher's shrink wrap. "What I had in mind was Le Radeau de la Meduse ("The Raft of the Medusa") and what that painting by Gericault encodes for Art History--a passionate yet scientific obsession with the human body focused against pathetic, modern circumstances in total belief the heroic were still possible.
Sappho has always felt to me like such an upheaval, the ache of indifference, the ecstasy of embroilment. While she provides a raft upon these boiling waves her raft is but a rideau, a curtain, which when raised to the rafters lets in the vision of shipwreck,
And Mytilene, and island in a sea, home to all bright… Leer más

The Jargon Society, 1982. Hardcover. Very good/very good.

The Jargon Society, 1982. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 1st edition. Limited to 1500 copies, 450 in cloth. A Very Good copy in Very Good + dust jacket. Square 8vo., 105 pp. Bound in Purple cloth n clear, acetate dust jacket. The dust jacket has light shelf wear. Glue or damp stain on the corner of each paste down, else a Fine copy.

Highland: The Jargon Society, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited, 1/450 copies. SIGNED by Meyer on the title page. A fine copy in burgundy cloth with acetate wrapper.

Highlands: The Jargon Society, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1/450 hardbound copies. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A fine unused copy in burgundy cloth with protective acetate jacket.