[Rarebooks] FS: William Carlos Williams: THE WEDGE: (No ideas/but in things)

[Charles Agvent]

 From our new internet-only End of Summer Catalogue containing 140 items in a 
variety of fields including scarce Americana and Law, unusual Baseball and other 
Sporting items, and uncommon Modern First Editions. View it here: 
http://www.erols.com/agvent

WILLIAMS,  William  Carlos.   THE  WEDGE.  [Cummington,   MA]:
Cummington  Press 1944. First Edition. Bound in patterned orange paper
boards  with  a  cover  design  printed in black  from  a  drawing  by
Wightman  Williams,  the  same design repeated in color on  the  title
page.  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.
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."
Significantly  better  than  average  copy  of  this  title,  with  no
restoration  whatsoever, the best copy we have handled in relation  to
condition.  (We still think the rather worn copy inscribed by the poet
to  his  son that we sold some years ago is the most interesting  copy
we've  handled.) Mild wear to spine tips and mild sunning to  spine. A
Near Fine copy of this uncommon and fragile title.            $1000.00
-- 

All books subject to prior sale.  Cash with order; institutions may be billed. 
Postage additional:  $8.00 for the first book, $4.00 each thereafter.  Overseas 
postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales 
tax.  Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover accepted.  Books may be 
returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided they are in the same 
condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their 
full value.  We carry a diverse stock with major specialties including Modern 
and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Autographed Books, and Limited 
Editions Club books.  We are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers 
Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian 
Booksellers (ILAB) as well as the Manuscript Society and the Universal Autograph 
Collectors Club (UACC).  Please feel free to contact us with any wants or 
offerings.  Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT
291 Linden Road
Mertztown, PA  19539-8750
Voice/Fax: 610-682-4750
agvent at erols.com
Visit our home page:  http://www.erols.com/agvent