signed bound as issued, in the original buckram cover and blue leather binding.
1985 · San Francisco
by Wallace Stevens
Arion Press: San Francisco, 1985. A selection of poems by Wallace Stevens with an introduction by Helen Vendler. With one etching with aquatint, titled Summer by Jasper Johns, on frontispiece. The etching is signed in pencil on the lower right and is actually based off of the first painting in a series of four paintings made by the artist known as The Seasons. The actual paintings were not exhibited to the public until many months after the publication of this book. Limited edition, one of the 300 numbered copies from a total edition of 325. The book is complete and in very good condition. It is bound as issued, in the original buckram cover and blue leather binding.
(Inventory #: N - 2024 - 52)