The Geometric Poem

4to. Beige staple-bound card wrappers. In lightly toned paper dust jacket with a little rubbing to spine ends. Number 271 of a an edition of 291 copies. Including a foldout page featuring a photograph of Corso by Etore Sottsass Jr, later used on the New Directions collection “Elegiac Feelings American”. *** Beautifully produced artists’ book published by writer Fernanda Pivano and architect/designer Ettore Sottsass. It reproduces Corso’s original manuscript, complete with annotations, drawings, glyphs and corrections. A stunning piece of work by one of the most original poets of the Beat Generation.