[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Limited Edition by William Carlos Williams, Signed

[Charles Agvent]

One of a number of fine William Carlos Williams items in our list of  
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WILLIAMS,  William Carlos. THE WEDGE. [Cummington,  MA]:
        Cummington  Press  1944.  First Edition. Bound  in  patterned
        orange  paper  boards with a cover design from a  drawing  by
        Wightman  Williams.  Wallace A23: One of only 380 copies  set
        by hand.  Contains  the  first book publication of a  few  of
        Williams's  famous poems including "The Dance (In  Breughel's
        great picture)"  and  "A Sort of Song": "Let the  snake  wait
        under/his  weed/and the writing/be of words, slow and  quick,
        sharp/to    strike,  quiet   to   wait,/sleepless.//--through
        metaphor  to  reconcile/the people and  the  stones./Compose.
        (No ideas/but  in things) Invent!/Saxifrage is my flower that
        splits/the  rocks." Williams later said about this title in I
        WANTED  TO  WRITE A POEM (1958, p. 70): "I have  always  been
        proud of  this  book. The Introduction, written in  the  most
        forthright  prose,  is an explanation of my poetic  creed  at
        that time--for  all time as far as that goes." Though not called 
for, this copy is SIGNED by  the
        poet in  his  later hand on the front endpaper. Top of  spine
        chipped  cleanly  away  about 3/8" of an inch. Still  a  Near
        Fine copy of this uncommon and fragile title.        $2500.00

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