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THE QUENCHING OF THE LAMP: VERSIONS FROM THE THERIGATHA AND THERAGATHA - INSCRIBED TO KENWARD ELMSLIE
by Waldman, Anne and Andrew Schelling
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About This Item
Boulder, CO: Rodent Press, 1994. First Edition. One of 200 copies. Slim octavo (21.75cm); original letterpress printed card wrappers, stapled; [6],7-28,[4]pp; illus. Signed by Waldman and Schelling on the title page, inscribed directly above by Waldman to Kenward Elmslie: "For Kenward / with love." A Fine copy of this brief collection of poems based on ancient Buddhist texts, several of which first appeared in the pages of Denver Quarterly, Shambhala Sun, Cottonwood, and Tricycle. A nice association between two prominent New York School figures.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6928
- Title
- THE QUENCHING OF THE LAMP: VERSIONS FROM THE THERIGATHA AND THERAGATHA - INSCRIBED TO KENWARD ELMSLIE
- Author
- Waldman, Anne and Andrew Schelling
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rodent Press
- Place of Publication
- Boulder, CO
- Date Published
- 1994
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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