Editore: Odyssey Chapbook, Chicago, 1958
Da: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. Stapled wrappers; 21 pp. Number 267 of 368 copies. Publisher address changes in Sward's handwriting. Introduction by Frederick Eckman. Odyssey Chapbook 1. This copy inscribed by the poet to Jon Edgar Webb, best known for publishing (with his wife Gypsy Lou) Charles Bukowski and others at their Loujon Press. Staples corroded, covers a bit soiled, about very good.
Editore: Putnam, London, 1962
Da: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards; 8vo. 32 pp. Inscribed "For Jon Edgar Webb and/The Outsider/with warmest regads and best wishes/Bob Sward/ McDowell Colony/Peterborough, NH/July 1962." Poet's second book, no U.S. equivalent. Bottom edges and tips of the fragile paper covers worn; Very Good. Dustjacket bright yellow; lightly worn and soiled (small brown spot on back panel); Very Good. Webb and his wife "Gypsy Lou" edited the Loujon Press and published five issues of The Outsider, one of the most (elaborate) and important mid-century literary magazines. The contributors to The Outsider, Miller, Bukowski, The Beats, and other anti-establishment writers were not generally invited to The McDowell Colony, and no other connection found between Sward and Webb. An interesting association copy. Signed.