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What You Know With No Name For It
by Abbott, Keith
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Cranium Press. Fine. 1976. Limited Edition. Softcover. Keith Abbott's wide-ranging poem that bounces through successive observations about himself and life. Boldly inscribed by Abbott to Kenward Elmslie, on the front endpaper in elaborate calligraphic script using a chisel-point pen. "The Ken- / ward / Elmslie / Copy / (a calligraphic flourish) / Keith" Provenance: From the library and estate of Kenward Elmslie, prolific poet associated with the New York School of poetry, editor, performer, and founder of Z Magazine and Z press. One of an edition limited to 300 copies. Unpaginated, 18 pages. 5' x 5 3/4". Handset in Italian Old Style type and printed on cream colored fine paper. Bound in sewn, dark green, mould made wraps, with a Michael Meyers illustration of a picture of two faucets and grasses, framed in an arch. This illustration is replicated on the title page, the faucets being an allusion to the second paragraph of the poem. This little volume is clean, sharp, and in Fine condition.; Color Drawings; Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- 20 Ants Fine Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1085
- Title
- What You Know With No Name For It
- Author
- Abbott, Keith
- Illustrator
- Michael Meyers
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cranium Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1976
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Fine Press;
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