WHO KNOWS WHAT CONSTITUTES A LIFE

Calais: Z Press, 1999. First edition, limited to 200 copies and 26 lettered copies and an unspecified number of hors commerce copies. This is one of the hors commerce copies, marked "H.C." on the limitation page. Original seven color print by Elizabeth Murray bound-in with tissue guard laid-in as issued. Signed by Ashbery on the limitation page and by Murray on her print. Sewn wraps with French fold flaps and printed label on the front wrap. Number 3 in the publisher's series. Designed by Kenward Elmslie and C.W. Swets. Faint beginning toning on the spine edge; otherwise, in Fine condition. Ashbery is the only poet to have received the Pulitzer, the Nat'l Book Award and the Nat'l Book Critics Circle Award.. Signed By Author & Artist. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.