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AU LIT HOLY, OR TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE MAGHREB - INSCRIBED TO KENWARD ELMSLIE
by Waldman, Anne, Laird Hunt, and Eleni Sikelianos
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- first
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Erie, CO: Smokeproof Press, 1998. First Edition. One of 350 copies. Slim octavo (20.5cm); original unprinted white card wrappers, stapled; dustjacket; [8],9-28,[4]pp. Inscribed on the title page by Waldman to poet and librettist Kenward Elmslie: "For Kenward / B'day / Love, Anne." Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $4.50). Collaborative gathering of poems inspired by the Maghreb region of northern Africa. A nice association between two prominent New York School figures.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6929
- Title
- AU LIT HOLY, OR TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE MAGHREB - INSCRIBED TO KENWARD ELMSLIE
- Author
- Waldman, Anne, Laird Hunt, and Eleni Sikelianos
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smokeproof Press
- Place of Publication
- Erie, CO
- Date Published
- 1998
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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