The Broken Span [Signed]

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. First Edition. First Printing, in Wallace's first binding (one of 300 copies of a total 2,000-copy run). Octavo (23.25cm); gray paper-covered boards printed in black and fuchsia on front cover; [32]pp. While not called for, this copy has been signed by Williams in a contemporary hand at upper front endpaper. Sunning to spine, spine ends worn, darkening to upper and lower board edges, with some offsetting to pastedowns, and a hint of foxing to text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.00), gently spine-sunned, panels lightly toned, dust-soil, and foxed; Very Good+.

The first volume in James Laughlin's "Poet of the Month" series, which included works by Harry Brown, Delmore Schwartz, Malcolm Cowley, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Josephine Miles. Contains 15 poems by Williams, several of which were originally published in The New Yorker and Poetry. WALLACE A22.