Tate, Allen

The hovering fly & other essays

Cummington, Mass. Cummington School of the Arts, [1949]. Edition limited to 245 numbered copies (this, no. 151), 8vo, pp. [4], 102, [2]; printed in blue, red and black; 26 woodblocks by Williams; original brown morocco-backed gray paper-covered boards; spine a little rubbed, else very good. From the library of Kim Merker. Of this edition the first 12 contained an original drawing with hand-colored illustrations; the next 93 were printed on Van Gelder and are signed by Tate and Williams; the last 80 (as here) are unsigned. Allen Tate was the U.S. Poet Laureate from 1943 to 1944. Item #62276

Price: $300.00