[Rarebooks] FS: Wallace Stevens First Book HARMONIUM, 1/500 copies in the first binding

[Charles Agvent]

STEVENS, Wallace. HARMONIUM. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First 
Edition. One of 500 copies in the first binding of checked cloth-backed 
boards of perhaps the most important first book of poetry of the 20th 
century. Edelstein A I.a. Owner name of Alice Towler on the front 
endpaper. Small piece lacking at the bottom blank margin of the first 
page of the Contents from rough opening, a few minor tears elsewhere; 
text a bit darkened. Poem in pencil, likely by Towler, on a rear blank. 
Spine label tad darkened but readable; just mild rubbing and edgewear, 
mostly to corners. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. 
(#012084)        $3,000.00

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