ID 470351
Lot 282 | Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
Three Academic Pieces. 1947
STEVENS, Wallace (1879-1955). Three Academic Pieces. Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1947.
First edition, no.XVII of LII copies signed by the author from a total edition of 246 copies. This work comprises three pieces – ‘The Realm of Resemblance’, ’Someone Puts a Pineapple Together’, and ‘Of Ideal Time and Choice’ – each of which were read by Stevens at Harvard University in February 1947. Edelstein A12.
Octavo (198 x 134mm). 3 large woodcut initials by Wightman Williams coloured by hand. Original cloth-backed paper boards (light wear at corners).
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