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The Poet Exposed: Portraits by Christopher Felver (Hardbound Edition)

Publisher: New York: Alfred van der Marck Editions, in association with St. James Press, Toronto, 1986
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0912383224
Condition: As New / New
Item #: 101853

$75.00

Specifics

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth-covered boards with title stamped in silver on cover and spine, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Christopher Felver. Foreword by Robert Creeley. Prologue by Gary Snyder. Afterword by William E. Parker. 146 pp., with 100 black and white illustrations, beautifully printed by Poligrafiche Bolis, Bergamo, Italy. 11-1/4 x 9-3/8 inches.

Condition

As New in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Description

In this collection of 100 portraits of contemporary poets, Felver attempts to capture the intensity, the personality and the passion of his subjects. Accompanying each portrait are lines in the poet's own handwriting, adding to the charm and introspective nature of the images.