Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
The Man with the Blue Guitar. 1937
STEVENS, Wallace (1879-1955). The Man with the Blue Guitar & Other Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.
First edition, one of 1,000 copies, in the first issue dust jacket, with ‘conjunctioning’ not yet corrected to ‘conjunctions’. ‘Although the blue guitar is a symbol of the imagination, it is used most often simply as a reference to the individuality of the poet, meaning by the poet any man of imagination.’ Edelstein A4.a.
Octavo (192 x 129mm). Review slip and publisher’s advertisement loosely inserted (faint stain in gutter of 2 leaves). Original yellow cloth (some light marks); original printed yellow dustjacket (spine panel lightly faded).
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
The Man with the Blue Guitar. 1937
STEVENS, Wallace (1879-1955). The Man with the Blue Guitar & Other Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.
First edition, one of 1,000 copies, in the first issue dust jacket, with ‘conjunctioning’ not yet corrected to ‘conjunctions’. ‘Although the blue guitar is a symbol of the imagination, it is used most often simply as a reference to the individuality of the poet, meaning by the poet any man of imagination.’ Edelstein A4.a.
Octavo (192 x 129mm). Review slip and publisher’s advertisement loosely inserted (faint stain in gutter of 2 leaves). Original yellow cloth (some light marks); original printed yellow dustjacket (spine panel lightly faded).
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