Author: (KEES, Weldon) LAUGHLIN, James (editor)
Title: New Directions in Prose & Poetry 1941
Description: Norfolk, CT, New Directions, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with paper spine label. A thick volume with over 700 pages, the red cloth is considered the second issue, but it's possible that this is a contributor's copy as it belonged to the poet Weldon Kees and is SIGNED by him on the front endpaper and dated Denver 1942. Kees has four poems in the book which predates his first book, THE LAST MAN (1943). Other contributors include John Berryman, Ezra Pound, Delmore Schwartz, etc. Paper spine label wrinkled, spine a bit sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper .

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Modern Poetry, Weldon Kees, Modern First Editions, Association Copy, First Book Signed Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book


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