BIRTH OF A POET: THE SANTA CRUZ MEDITATIONS - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED WITH AN ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH POEM
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition. Item #6027
Deluxe Issue, one of probably no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Everson on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and grey patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; ix,[x-xvi],17-197,[7]pp; with an original holograph poem by Everson on a tipped-in leaf, following the copyright page. Light foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine, in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. An intensely autobiographical work by Everson, with an introduction by editor Lee Bartlett.
Price: $150.00