Accession number
PML 187805
Creator
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
Published
[Norfolk, Conn.] : New Directions, 1950.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
First edition. Cf. Wallace.
"A New Directions book"
Includes index (pages 231-240).
Library's copy lacks "The Rose" stapled pages loosely laid in.
"A New Directions book"
Includes index (pages 231-240).
Library's copy lacks "The Rose" stapled pages loosely laid in.
Description
240 pages ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in ink on front flyleaf: Dear Michel: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth! Pleni sunt coah et terra gloria tue. (inscription in cursive Hebrew text), "Imagination is the Divine Vision not of The World, or of Man, nor from Man as he is a Natural Man, but only as he is a Spiritual Man." William Blake, Greetings on this Christmas of 1950, Burt Shapiro; author's inscription in ink on half title page: William Carlos Williams - Ancient gentility be our bond - 3/4/51, for Michel [illegible].
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Crimson cloth stamped in gilt on spine with yellow, red, and black printed dust jacket, with author's photograph on rear panel.
Classification
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