This collection contains trial sheets in different sizes and formats for M. C. Richards's 1947 publication of Poems by the press at Black Mountain College (in Black Mountain, North Carolina) while she was working there. Also included are copies of a collation attempt made by bookdealer Philip Howard of Serendipity Books and portions of his correspondence (1994) with James S. Jaffe regarding differences between the trial sheets and the printed edition of the Poems.
April 17, 2024 (unprocessed), 0.15 cubic feet; This collection contains trial sheets in different sizes and formats for M. C. Richards's 1947 publication of Poems by the press at Black Mountain College (in Black Mountain, North Carolina) while she was working there. Also included are copies of a collation attempt made by bookdealer Philip Howard of Serendipity Books and portions of his correspondence (1994) with James S. Jaffe regarding differences between the trial sheets and the printed edition of the Poems. Purchased from Division Leap on ebay.
Purchased from Division Leap
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