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The Geometric Poem

Corso, Gregory

£360.00

1st Edition
Soft cover

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.

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Book Details

AuthorCorso, Gregory
Publisher"East 28 Milano 12 1966"
Publisher Year1966
Book ConditionFine
Jacket ConditionNear Fine
Binding TypeSoft cover
Edition1st Edition
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorSottsass, Etore