first edition Hardcover
1953 · New York
by ASHBERY, John
New York: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Jane Freilicher. Octavo. Rebound in three-quarter green goatskin over marbled paper-covered boards with original wrappers bound in. Margins very slightly trimmed, old, neat, and unnecessary reinforcement inside front wrapper, previous owner's pencil notes to verso of final leaf, internally very near fine, with spine of the morocco binding sunned. One of only 300 copies printed. A nicely preserved copy of Ashbery's fragile first book.
(Inventory #: 428181)