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Y & X.
by OLSON, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
(Washington, D.C.): Black Sun Press / Caresse Crosby, 1948. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Fold out sheet with poems and drawings. Near fine with bit of toning at the topedge and light crease along the spine in very good original glassine dust jacket with typical toning and a few chips and tears at the spine and front flap fold. Copy number 124. Inscribed on the front to artist Ben Shahn and his family: "Olson for Ben / Bernarda / Suzy / John / Abby / with much love, Charles." Shahn and Olson were friends who collaborated on the anonymously published 1943 pamphlet *Spanish Speaking Americans in the War: The Southwest*, which preceded Olson's first book by four years. Olson later invited Shahn to teach at Black Mountain College. A wonderful association.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 538950
- Title
- Y & X.
- Author
- OLSON, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Black Sun Press / Caresse Crosby
- Place of Publication
- (Washington, D.C.)
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- AmerLit20thCent, Poetry, AssociationCopy, Art/Illustration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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