CLOTH OF THE TEMPEST by PATCHEN, Kenneth - 1948

Padell, 1948. 2nd Ed, limited to 2500. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, no ownership marks, small damppstain along the very top page edges. 185 p.

NY:: Padell,. Good. 1948. Hardcover. Second edition (2,500 copies). Ex-library copy with typical markings, else good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. .

New York: Padell, 1948. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Second edition of 2500 copies. Cloth in dust jacket, very good, light wear and soil to jacket.

New York: Paddell, 1948 Copy of the second edition consisting of 2500 copies. Jaclet has three small chips and several tears.

Padell, 1948. 2nd Edition. Good to Very Good condition. No dust jacket.

New York: Padell, 1948. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. This the second edition consists of 2500 copies. The book is clean, and unmarked, very well preserved, the dust jacket is tattered and worn with some tape repairs. Dust jacket is now in a new protective mylar cover.

EB: Harper and Brothers. Good. 1943. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo.. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1943. 185 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with paper titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Patchen's 6th book and the first to display his artwork/poetry combinations. "Cloth of the Tempest" is as varied as Kenneth Patchen's moods and methods of expression. He offers love lyrics full of the warmth of life, moving commentaries on war and his experiments with poems-in-drawings-and-type which introduced a new medium. Patchen has something to say and he's not afraid to say it with power and sincerity. Patchen's biographer wrote that he "developed in his fabulous fables, love poems, and picture poems a deep yet modern mythology that conveys a sense of compassionate… Read More

New York: Padell, 1948. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. White illustrated boards with decorative titles printed gray and gold on front and spine. Agetoning to boards, scuffing to front and back, bumping and edgewear; book body clean and tight.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. [viii], 185pp [some small chipping, and general mild wear to dj; some browning to dj - in protective sleeve]. First Edition stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Harper & Brothers; (1943). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good+ in a very good dust jacket. The black cloth is a little worn at spine ends and the bottom edge of boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. The printed brown dust jacket has a chip at the top of the spine (just affecting the title) and smaller chips at corners. White pasteon labels with red printing on front board and spine. A tight, square copy in the scarce jacket.