The Basho poems

by Keith Harrison

$75 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

Iowa City: Cyathus Press, 1975. First edition, one of 200 copies printed by hand with Bembo types on Ragston paper, 12mo, pp. 80 ; quarter bound with Nagisa, a Japanese handmade paper and canvas over boards; fine. Half serious and half a literary spoof, the Basho of these poems is a chameleonic poet living somewhere between 17th-century Japan and present day Midwestern America. Inscribed by the author, Lucy - May Basho warm you during the cold season. Hri!

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