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N.P. (Aurora, New York & Cummington, Mass.): The Wells College Press/Cummington Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Edges a bit shelf-rubbed; some rubbing and a a bit of tanning to label; very good.. 8vo, 64pp; original slate gray cloth, with printed spine label. One of 310 numbered copies printed on English handmade paper, this being one of 250 in the regular, unsigned, issue. A handsome collaboration between two master hand-press printers, Harry Duncan and Victor Hammer. Wallace A26.

The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press, 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. From the library of noted American poet Denise Levertov. This is one of the three hundred ten numbered copies (this being #70). Printed by Harry Duncan and Wightman Williams with the assistance of Victor Hammer. 64pp. Gray cloth with mounted paper title label on the spine; a Near Fine copy showing just a touch of wear to the edges. This copy with a brief but warm presentation inscription from Florence Williams, the wife of William Carlos Williams, to Denise Levertov on the colophon: In memory of a beautiful friendship (signed Floss), also with a nice ANs from 'Floss' Williams to Levertov laid in.

[Aurora, New York:] The Wells College Press and The Cummington Press,, 1948. Whatever distinction I succeeded in getting is witnessed by the poems included in The Clouds First edition, sole impression, number 235 of 310 copies, this copy signed by the author on the front free endpaper. The limitation states that the first 60 copies were signed. In his autobiography Williams remarks: "I was in my stride now. I thought I had found my form. I said what I had to say, using the American idiom; I felt free with it. The rhythmical construction of a poem was determined for me by the language as it is spoken. Word of mouth language, not classical English. That feeling of the language was the fountainhead of what I wanted to do. If I could make that distinguished I would have accomplished my purpose. Whatever distinction I succeeded in getting is witnessed by the poems included in The Clouds" (p. 74ff). Octavo. Original greenish-grey cloth, title label on spine lettered in black, fore and lower edges… Leer más