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Stiff Wraps. Condizione: Very Good -. Waldo C. M. Johnston (illustratore). First Edition. 144pgs, slight edgewear.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated by Johnston, Waldo C. M. (illustratore). First Edition. 144 pages.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated by Johnston, Waldo C. M. (illustratore). First Edition. Inscribed by editor on the title page, signed with first name only.

First Edition. First edition. First appearance of each of the twelve poems. One of 475 sets designed, illustrated and printed by Johnston. Poems printed on handmade paper and stitched into illustrated wrappers in various colors, laid in yellow, printed, paper chemise and housed in publisher's decorated paper slipcase. Includes Genevieve Taggard, Robert Frost, Vachel Lindsay, E. A. Robinson, Louis Untermeyer, Alfred Kreymborg, H. D. [Hilda Doolitte], Elinor Wylie, Theodore Dreiser, William Rose Benet, Conrad Aiken and Witter Bynner. Slipcase chipped at edges and evidently repaired at two seams but otherwise good to very good. Chemise has a few internal tape repairs but is otherwise very good to near fine. Brochures are fine.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condizione: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 475 sets of twelve royal octavo chapbooks, designed, illustrated, and printed by Paul Johnston, each being the first appearance of a poem by a contemporary American. (253 x 158mm) [4]pp. Original variously colored handmade string-bound wrappers, front covers with contrasting color vignettes and black lettering, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; all collected in original yellow stiff paper chemise lettered in black and inserted into publisher's black card slipcase decorated with yellow figures. Virtually pristine, with only minor, nearly imperceptible restoration to chemise and slipcase. Clymer & Green, p. 50. Crane A12. Comprising poems by Genevieve Taggard ("Monologue for Mothers"), Robert Frost ("The Lovely Shall be Choosers"), Vachel Lindsay ("Rigamarole, Rigamarole"), Edwin Arlington Robinson ("The Prodigal Son"), Louis Untermeyer ("Adirondack Cycle"), Alfred Kreymborg ("Body and Stone"), H. D. ("Red Roses for Bronze"), Elinor Wylie ("Birthday Sonnet"), Theodore Dreiser ("The Aspirant"), William Rose Benét ("Sagacity"), Conrad Aiken ("Prelude"), and Witter Bynner ("Roots"). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.) The Poetry Quartos, 12 brochures in folder: Paul Johnston;.