[Rarebooks] FS: Pre-Columbian Art; 1/50 Signed by 15 poets

[Charles Agvent]

WILLIAMS,   William  Carlos;   ROETHKE,  Theodore;  PAZ,
        Octavio;  MERWIN, W. S.; WRIGHT, James; et. al. POETS AND THE
        PAST: AN  ANTHOLOGY  OF  POEMS,  AND OBJECTS OF  ART  OF  THE
        PRE-COLUMBIAN  PAST. New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery (1959).
        First Edition.   Bound  in   original  green   leather-backed
        marbled    boards.  A  collection   of  poems   paired   with
        photographs  of  Pre-Columbian  artifacts,   edited  by  Dore
        Ashton  with  photographs by Lee Boltin. Of a total  of  1500
        copies  printed,  this is copy XXXX of 50, SIGNED by each  of
        the 15  contributing  poets on separate blank pages bound  at
        the beginning  of  the  book. The poets  are  Barbara  Howes,
        James Wright,  Louise  Bogan, Theodore Roethke, John  Malcolm
        Brinnin,  I.  A.  Richards, William Carlos  Williams,  W.  S.
        Merwin,  Stanley  Kunitz,  C.   Day  Lewis,  St.-John  Perse,
        William  Jay  Smith,  Richard   Wilbur,  Jean  Garrigue,  and
        Octavio  Paz.  A superb collection of autographs of  some  of
        the most  important  modern poets. Touch of rubbing to  spine
        tips and  corners.  Close  to  Fine in  a  Fine  green  cloth
        slipcase.                                            $1500.00

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