Selected Letters of Charles Reznikoff 1917-1976 by Reznikoff, Charles - 1997

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 250 copies (this one apparently bound without a colophon). Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial printed-paper covered boards and blue cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [4],5-340,[4]pp. Very light foxing to upper and lower edges of textblock, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. The majority of the letters in this collection pertain to Reznikoff's personal life, addressed chiefly to his wife, Marie Syrkin, and his lifelong friend and sometime employer in Hollywood, Albert Lewin.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow,, 1997.. First edition.. 340 pp w/index. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 250 trade hardcover copies.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow,, 1997.. First edition, lettered issue.. 340 pp w/index. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 20 lettered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. Deluxe issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for use by the publisher and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [4],5-340,[4]pp. Hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock, otherwise Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. The majority of the letters in this collection pertain to Reznikoff's personal life, addressed chiefly to his wife, Marie Syrkin, and his lifelong friend and sometime employer in Hollywood, Albert Lewin.