[Abstract Expressionism] The Poems - Permanently - Odes- Salute de John Ashbery [Joan MITCHELL], Kenneth Koch [Alfred LESLIE], Frank O'Hara [Michael GOLDBERG], James Schuyler [Grace HARTIGAN] - 1960

New York: Tiber Press, 1960. Limited to twenty-five reserved copies, I to XXV, and two hundred signed copies, 1 to 200 ...". Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An iconic, important work. Four unpaged hardcover volumes, each 46 cm. tall. Elephant Folios. Hardcovers. All four volumes bound in fine wove white cloth over boards; upper and lower covers with heavy paper stock over this cloth; spine and upper cover of each volume lettered in black and decorated with the first of five original color screenprints (upper cover, title page, 3 full page plates sans texte). From the colophon gracing each volume: "Limited to twenty-five reserved copies, I to XXV, and two hundred signed copies, 1 to 200. The paper was hand made by Hahnemühle in West Germany. The type is Walbaum-Antiqua, hand set and printed by Brüder Hartmann in West Berlin. The prints were made directly on the screens by the artist[s] at the Tiber Press in New York City, where they were printed in the fall of 1960. The books were bound by Russell-Rutter in New York. This is copy number 53 ". Book(s) condition: Fine. Dust Jacket(s) condition: Fine. Slipcase condition: Fine. A bright, pristine set. If not prettier than all other sets currently offered by the trade then certainly "AS" pretty. John Ashbery's "The Poems" with original prints by Joan Mitchell. Kenneth Koch's "Permanently" with original prints by Alfred Leslie. Frank O'Hara's "Odes" with original prints by Michael Goldberg. James Schuyler's "Salute" with original prints by Grace Hartigan.