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New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958. Hardcover. VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps inside front and rear covers with date stamp on foreword page. Binding is tight. Pages are otherwise clean.). Gray paper boards with burgundy cloth spine, gilt spine lettering; 27 unnumbered pages, 1 wood engraving. The correspondence between American poet Marianne Moore and marketing executive David Wallace concerning an appropriate name for a new line of automobiles being designed by the Ford Motor Company. Despite the appeal of Miss Moore's final submission "Utopian Turtletop," the line was ultimately branded, as it turns out, under the unfortunate name--Edsel. "The edition of this book consists of five hundred fifty copies. Four hundred copies have been reserved for the Fellows of The Pierpont Morgan Library and one hundred fifty copies are offered for sale. They have been printed at The Spiral Press in New York. The wood engraving by Leonard Baskin has been printed from the original block"--Colophon.

Pierpont Morgan Library. Collectible - Very Good. NY: Pierpont Morgan Library 1958. 1st edition. Ltd. Edition of 550 copies. Hardcover 8vo unpaginated. 1 cream and green plate. Very good in a near fine slipcase. Slight waviness at bottom of pgs. Else near fine. (Ford Motor Company, Automobiles, Marketing, History) Inquire if you need further information.

The book is a record of the correspondence between Miss Marianne Moore, one of America's foremost poets and the Ford Motor Company on the name for a new car. Among Miss Moore's many honors were the Bollingen prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. The limited edition of this book printed at the Spiral Press of New York with an engraving by Leonard Baskin, consisted of five hundred fifty copies, four hundred of which were reserved for the Fellows of The Pierpont Morgan Library and one hundred fifty copies are offered for sale. This is one of the one hundred fifty copies. Unpaginated slim volume in a matching slipcase in fine condition. Spine is of crimson cloth with blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering along the spine and vertically along the cloth portion of the spine on front cover. Some discoloration to matching slipcase of stiff, gray paper over crimson cloth edges.

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition of Letters from and to the Ford Motor Company, with a laid-in letter from the printer, Joseph Blumenthal.. Octavo, [unpaginated]. Red cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. Printed at The Spiral Press in New York. Solid text block, a fine example. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase. Stated one of 550 copies on limitation page at rear. Laid-in letter states, "Dear Dr. Bornemann - Because of your affection for Marianne Moore, the exchange of letters here enclosed (which I printed) may amuse you and will warrant 3/8" of space on your precious book shelves. With all best wishes, Joseph Blumenthal 29 November '78.