The great American novel / by William Carlos Williams.
Accession number:
PML 187825
Published:
Paris : Three Mountains Press, 1923.
Description:
79 pages ; portrait ; 27 cm
Credit:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes:
First edition.
"Three hundred copies of this book were printed on Rives hand-made paper and the type distributed"--Page [8].
"Finished printing in May, 1923, by Herbert Clarke and William Bird, at Paris and in St. Louis' Island"--Colophon.
Library's copy is number 1.
Library's copy is housed in black cloth clamshell box.
Binding:
Grey cloth backed in green linen printed in gold.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Author's inscription in ink on front flyleaf: [signed] William Carlos Williams -- looking forward to seeing your bibliography preface to the works of Gertrude Stein, Oct. 09/40; former owner's inscription in blue ink on front flyleaf: Julian Sawyer, 280 Fort Washington Ave., New York, N.Y., Apt. 31, Wash. Hgts., 9-8260.
Provenance:
Julian Sawyer; Carter Burden.
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