signed first edition Hardcover
1963 · Princeton, NJ
by Hawkins, Sherman
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 1963. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 115 pages of text. Black hardcover cloth spine, with multi-colored paper covered boards with minimal shelfwear; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Includes checklists of the poets. Presented by Charles Ryskamp, Associate Professor of English at Princeton, to Levering Cartwright, and inscribed as such on the contents page. Signed by many contributors, including Willard Thorp (and dated Feb. 22, 1964), Margaret Thorp, Louis Coxe, Edith W. Coxe, Dudley Johnson (writer of essay on Coxe), George Garrett (inscribed by him "For Lev Cartwright with best wishes + thanks for telling me I was heard), R.P. Blackmur (writer of essay on Thoedore Holmes), Galway Kinnell (and dated Feb 22, 1964), Sherman H. Hawkins (writer of essay on Kinnell), William Meredith (inscribed "For Lev Cartwright, from [signed] Princeton 22 Feb 1964"), Tom Roche (writer of essay on Merwin, and inscribed "To Levering Cartwright. No errors here"), Bink Noll (dated February 22, 1964)..
(Inventory #: 001769)