Poems by Robert Kelly. From "The Heavenly Country" Once I thought it was the place my father brought me and my mother to, between the rivers up north. The near river was full of white stones bleached in the sun, and the banks on the far side were red clay. At night it was almost cold, so we slept with blankets or walked out in sweaters early morning to see deer or whatever else might reveal itself to us. That it is a matter of It willing to reveal to Us I have never doubted.
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Poems by Robert Kelly. From "The Heavenly Country" Once I thought it was the place my father brought me and my mother to, between the rivers up north. The near river was full of white stones bleached in the sun, and the banks on the far side were red clay. At night it was almost cold, so we slept with blankets or walked out in sweaters early morning to see deer or whatever else might reveal itself to us. That it is a matter of It willing to reveal to Us I have never doubted.
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Very Good. No dustjacket as issued. Size: 0x0x0; Hardcover. Number 36 of 50 copies with a short poem and a small abstract watercolor by Kelly on a tipped in sheet opposite the copyright page; also signed by him on colophon. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Some light handling and a bit of edge wear on the boards and spine. Text unmarked. In its original acetate cover showing some light handling. 8vo. 135pp.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Half red cloth with printed paper spine label, decorative papercovered boards. Fine in a near fine unprinted acetate dustwrapper with light scuffing. This is number 60 of 250 copies Signed by the author. Poetry.
Add this copy of The Convections [Numbered Signed Limited Edition] to cart. $66.00, like new condition, Sold by Arches Bookhouse rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Black Sparrow Press.
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FINE. 132pp 8vo, printed yellow paper over boards backed in yellow cloth with paper spine label. SIGNED by Robert Kelly on the colophon with an additional hologram poem and watercolor painting; hand numbered '42' of 50-copy subset of the limited first edition, handbound by Earle Gray. FINE in FINE acetate mylar jacket.
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Fine. 135pp. yellow cloth. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1978. Limited First Edition. Fine. Number 26 out of only 50 signed copies, with a holograph poem.
Add this copy of The Convections to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by Jeff Maser, Bookseller--ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Black Sparrow.
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First edition, numbered & signed issue. 135 pp. Light foxing to top edge, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Kelly. Morrow & Cooney 292b. This is copy #1.
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Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.158. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and dark red cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10], 11-135, [5]pp. Pictorial bookplate of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) mounted to the front pastedown. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. 85764.
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