One of 190 numbered copies
Notes toward a Supreme Fiction.
Stevens, Wallace.
Cummington, MA: Cummington Press, 1942.
Price:
$3,500.00
About the item
First edition, no. 76 of 190 numbered copies on Dutch Charcoal paper (273 the entire edition). With geometric decorations printed in yellow and gray. 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original white cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in black; rear cover border stamped in gray with lines from closing stanza of the book; some light overall shelf wear; light gray endpapers; dated ownership signature on first free endpaper; held in tan cloth slipcase; near fine. Edelstein A6.a.
Item #377902
With the ownership signature of William Arrowsmith, a prominent American academic, translator, and critic who frequently wrote about Stevens' poetry. His close association with the poet can be construed by the date underneath his name (11/42), which was the month after this limited edition was released. In 1947, Arrowsmith co-founded The Hudson Review — which regularly featured Stevens' work in its early days — and later served on the editorial boards of Delos, Mosaic, American Poetry Review, and Pequod.
