[Rarebooks] FS: DANTE Signed by 20 Poets (Heaney, Merwin, Strand, etc.) with an Original Signed Etching by Francisco Clemente

[Charles Agvent]

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          DANTE  [HEANEY,  Seamus; MERWIN, W. S.; MERRILL,  James;
         GRAHAM,  Jorie; OLDS, Sharon; STRAND, Mark; et. al.]. DANTE'S
         INFERNO:  TRANSLATIONS  BY TWENTY CONTEMPORARY POETS with  an
         original  etching SIGNED by Francesco Clemente. Hopewell, NJ:
         The Ecco  Press  (1993).  First   Edition.  Folio  (10-1/4" x
         13-1/4")  bound  in  quarter black calf and red  silk  with a
         matching  red silk slipcase by Claudia Cohen. Introduction by
         James Merrill.  Edited  by  Daniel Halpern. One of  only  125
         numbered  copies SIGNED in pencil by each of the  translators
         and with  an  ORIGINAL ETCHING SIGNED by  Francisco  Clemente
         laid in.  The  translators  are   Nobel  Prize-winner  Seamus
         Heaney,  Richard  Wilbur,  W. S. Merwin, Amy  Clampitt,  Mark
         Strand,  Robert  Pinsky, Galway Kinnell,  Cynthia  Macdonald,
         Jorie Graham, Charles Wright, Richard Howard, Stanley Plumly,
         C. K. Williams,  Susan Mitchell, Carolyn Forche, Alfred Corn,
         Sharon  Olds,  Deborah  Digges,  Robert  Hass,  Merrill,  and
         Halpern.  Beautifully  printed  letterpress  by  Michael  and
         Winifred  Bixler  on  Rives heavyweight paper. Fine  in  Fine
         slipcase, as issued.                                 $3500.00

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