[Rarebooks] FS: John Ashbery's scarce first book TURANDOT Inscribed by both Ashbery and artist Jane Freilicher

[Charles Agvent]

ASHBERY,  John. TURANDOT AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Tibor de  Nagy
Gallery  1953. First Edition. Ashbery's first book, a 23-page chapbook
in  sewn  decorated  paper  wraps, one of  only  300  copies  printed.
Illustrated  with  four drawings by Jane Freilicher. In this copy  two
of  the plates are duplicated giving a total of six plates.  INSCRIBED
and  SIGNED  by the poet to Herbert with love and also  INSCRIBED  and
SIGNED   by  the  artist  to  Herbert   with  "my  love,  too."   Both
inscriptions  are  on  the title page and appear to  be  contemporary.
Wrappers are slightly darkened with two round oily stains on the rear,
not  too  dark.  The front wrapper has one short  closed  tear  neatly
repaired  internally  with tape and a sliver chip on the  lower  right
corner  with the detached piece still present. Very Good to Near  Fine
example of this scarce book.                                  $3500.00

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