Poems, 1947-1954

San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth-backed boards with paper label at spine. 82 pp. A stunning fine copy of this early work by Kees. Lacks the promotional obi. Laid into this copy is a sales slip on the publisher's letterhead indicating that a copy of this book was sold to a customer in San… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, 1954. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, trade issue. Large octavo. 82, [1]pp. Quarter brown cloth with publisher's printed paper spine label and decorated paper covered boards. Fine in rubbed else near fine publisher's unprinted acetate dust jacket, lacking the publisher's printed wrap-around band. Inscribed by Kees to Janet and Charles Richards: "To Janet & Charles,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, 1954. First Edition. Lightly rubbed; two small spatter marks to spine label; without printed wraparound band. 8vo, 82pp; original cloth-backed decorative boards. This finely printed collection was the last book of Kees's to appear before his mysterious disappearance.

Adrian Wilson, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Superb First Edition of this title, printed by Adrian Wilson on Strathmore Pastelle paper, and bound in quarter brown cloth over color stripped paper boards, with title label on spine; this copy also has the scarce publishers belly-wrapper. Overall a Fine copy; belly wrapper has a chip at the bottom… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Adrian Wilson Books,, 1954.. First edition.. 82 pp. Some light foxing to first two endpapers, else near fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. While this copy lacks the wrap-around band, it includes a very good copy of the original prospectus, less the portion clipped out to order the book. The third Kees … Read more about this item

San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, 1954. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Jurgen (Ruesch) - collaborator & friend, Weldon / S. F. January 1955." Kees and Jurgen Ruesch collaborated on the book, Nonverbal Communication: Notes On The Visual Perception Of Human Relations (1953), to which Kees contributed the photographs, and the two men worked on… Read more about this item