[Rarebooks] FS: Karl Shapiro Inscribed to Robert Lowell & Elizabeth Hardwick: POEMS OF A JEW
Charles Agvent
agvent at erols.com
Thu Dec 4 10:15:47 EST 2008
One of 150 interesting items to be included in our HOLIDAY 2008
Catalogue to be posted on our web site on Friday. Included will be
beautifully bound classics, signed books, fine press titles, poetry,
illustrated books, and the unusual.
SHAPIRO, Karl [LOWELL, Robert]. POEMS OF A JEW. New York: Random
House (1958). First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on
the front endpaper to Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick: "For Cal
and Elizabeth/with kindest wishes from/Karl and Evelyn./May 27 1958."
Lowell and Shapiro both served on the Bollingen Prize committee in
1949 that made the controversial award to Ezra Pound for his PISAN
CANTOS. Lowell voted for awarding Pound and Shapiro voted against the
award on the grounds of Pound's anti-Semitism. Dustwrapper has some
edgewear at the head of the spine. Superb Association Copy. Near Fine
in a Very Good dustwrapper. $450.00
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