Harmonium

N. Y.: Knopf, 1923. First edition, second (& rarest) binding, of Stevens' first book. One of only 215 copies bound thus. Edelstein A1a. Published when Stevens was 44 years old, Harmonium includes "The Comedian as the Letter C", "Of Heaven Considered as a Tomb", "A High-Toned Old Christian Woman", "The Emperor of Ice-Cream", "Disillusionment of Ten O'clock", "Sunday Morning", "Anecdote of the Jar", "To the One of Fictive Music", "Peter Quince at the Clavier", "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", among other poems deserving of mention. Head and tail of spine of dust jacket lightly chipped, small hole in spine near rear fold of dust jacket, otherwise a very good copy, preserved in a half morocco folding box. 8vo, original cloth-backed patterned boards with printed label on the spine, dust jacket. Head and tail of spine of dust jacket lightly chipped, small hole in spine near rear fold of dust jacket, otherwise a very good copy, preserved in a half morocco folding box.