THE BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEW: Vol. I, No. 2 - Summer 1954
by Creeley, Robert (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Black Mountain, North Carolina: Black Mountain College, 1954. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. The second issue of this seminal literary and art journal, which made an impact on artistic circles in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and beyond. Includes a selection of verse by Antonin Artaud translated by Kenneth Rexroth, a study of Herman Melville's poetry by Ronald Mason, and an essay on The Desert Music of William Carlos Williams by Robert Creeley, as well as contributions by Toda Tomoya, Irving Layton, Paul Blackburn, Douglas Woolf, Kizu Toyotaro, and Lucy Lapp. Printed in Mallorca, Spain. Octavo, 64 p. with 8 black-and-white photographs illustrating Charles Olson's piece on Mayan heads. Original printed paper wrappers. Period ink bookseller's stamp (The Phoenix - Books, Berkeley, California) to the rear endpaper. Some moderate toning to the wrappers, with a small tear to the bottom edge of the rear panel; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73794
- Title
- THE BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEW: Vol. I, No. 2 - Summer 1954
- Author
- Creeley, Robert (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Black Mountain College
- Place of Publication
- Black Mountain, North Carolina
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, American Literature, Avant-Garde, Postmodernism, Black Mountain Poets, Literary Journals, Periodicals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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