THE LAST BENEDETTA POEMS - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. Item #5865
Deluxe Issue, one of four copies specially designated for the author, publisher, binder, and printer, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (24.5cm); full patterned cloth, with title labels mounted to spine and front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-39,[7]pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, rubbed, with a small tear at crown, and a larger one at upper front panel. Malanga's first collection of poems to be published by John Martin's fledgling Black Sparrow Press. The poems were inspired by his muse, Italian model, actress, and feminist Benedetta Barzini. Morrow & Cooney 54b.
Price: $200.00