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New York, Adventures in Poetry, 1972, Soft cover
First Edition, First Printing, Very Good
SIGNED by James Schuyler and Fairfield Porter on the limitation page of this collection, which features poems by Schuyler and illustrations by Porter (including the cover). This is letter "P" of only 26 lettered copies, signed by both men, from a total edition of 300.
This volume is a terrific collaboration between two key members of the New York School poetry and art scene, who lived together from 1961 to 1973. In 1981, Schuyler won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 1980 collection, "The Morning of the Poem."
SCARCE signed by author and illustrator.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215 mm), [30] leaves in stapled wrappers, printed on rectos only (soft cover).
CONDITION: Very light toning near spine, a few indents to wrappers, and rusting of staples. Very Good or better.
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