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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. William Carlos Williams. In the American Grain. With an introduction by Horace Gregory. Norfolk, Conn.: The New Classics, New Directions, C. 1948. First New Classics Edition. Original Alvin Lustig dust jacket. 235 p, 7.25 x 4.5\", 12mo. In fair condition. Dust jacket exhibits the most wear: non-binder's tape found along all edges and all hinges (on both sides of jacket) - tape is now toned, brittle & chipping; corners clipped, but original price remains on front flap's bottom corner ($1.50); edges scuffed with chipping at head and tail of spine (no loss of text); spine tanned from shelf-wear & sun-exposure. Burnt orange cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Some off-setting on edges of paste-downs and end-pages from jacket flaps. Normal toning in margins. Binding intact. Please see photos. William Carlos Williams (1883\u00961963) was a poet, short-story writer, novelist and essayist whose importance to the subsequent development of modern American poetry in the twentieth century grew out of his commitment to recording the \u0093local\u0094 experience of Rutherford, New Jersey and its environs. From 1909 until the early 1930s, Williams\u0092s poetry appeared in small journals and specialist editions, but the founding of New Directions by James Laughlin brought the author and young publisher together, and Williams subsequently published the majority of his remaining life\u0092s work with Laughlin\u0092s company. Williams was not a historian, but he was fascinated by the texture of American history. Beginning with Columbus\u0092s discovery of the Indies and moving on through Sir Walter Raleigh, Cotton Mather, Daniel Boone, George Washington, Ben Franklin, Aaron Burr, Edgar Allan Poe, and Abraham Lincoln, Williams found in the fabric of familiar episodes new shades of meaning and configurations of character. He brought a poetic imagination to the task of reconstructing a live tradition for Americans. Alvin Lustig (1915 - 1955) was an American book designer, graphic designer and typeface designer. Lustig has been honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame for his significant contributions to American design. First New Classics Edition # 1, later printing, ca. 1948. Lustig signed dust jacket. RAREA1948MBCB - 09\/25 - HK2657.…