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The collected later poems of William Carlos Williams.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
- Series:
- New Directions book
- A New Directions book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--20th century.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 240 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- [First (signed) edition].
- Manufacture:
- Scranton, Pa. : Manufactured in the United States of America by The Haddon Craftsmen, Inc.
- Place of Publication:
- [Norfolk, Connecticut] : [New Directions Books are published by James Laughlin], [1950.]
- Contents:
- The wedge
- The clouds
- Ballad of faith
- All that is perfect in woman
- The rat
- Choral: the pink church
- Incognito
- The Birth of Venus
- 14 new poems (1950)
- Two Pendants: for the ears.
- Notes:
- "Copyright 1944, 1948, and 1950 by William Carlos Williams."
- "Designed by Maurice Serle Kaplan."
- Includes index.
- Section called "The Rose" (p. [231]-[246]) is bound separately. "The poems of the section 'The rose' were omitted from the first printing of 'The Collected Later Poems' through an oversight on the part of a typist."--Publisher's Note.
- "One hundred copies of this first edition of 'The Collected Later Poems' have been specially bound, and signed by the author."
- Dark red cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine. Buff-colored endpapers; top edges stained blue. Blue slipcase with tan paper labe printed in black.
- OCLC:
- 2195908
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