[Rarebooks] FS: Two Scarce William Carlos Williams, including the first publication in America of "The Red Wheelbarrow, " SIGNED

[Charles Agvent]

WILLIAMS, William Carlos. MANIKIN NUMBER TWO. GO GO. New York: Monroe 
Wheeler, [1923]. First Edition. Bound in stiff string-tied wraps, 
printed in blue. Wallace A8. One of only 150 copies printed. Though not 
called for, this copy is SIGNED in red ink on the front endpaper in a 
neat but late hand by the poet. With the exception of "The 
Hermaphroditic Telephones," all the poems in this volume had appeared in 
SPRING AND ALL published in Paris in 1923. However, this chapbook marks 
the first publication in America of these poems including Williams's 
most famous poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow." Minor fading. Near Fine and 
scarce when signed. (#012493)        $3,000.00
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Price reduced:    Was $150   Now  $100:

WILLIAMS, William Carlos. "TO BE RECITED TO FLOSSIE ON HER BIRTHDAY." 
W.C.W. - F.H.W. April 18, 1959. n.p.: (Press of Igal Roodenko), (1959). 
First Edition. Broadsheet folded horizontally and vertically to make 
four pages (3-1/2" x 5- 7/16". Wallace D18: one of only 100 copies 
printed for Florence Williams. Fine. (#012485)        $100.00

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