Paterson - Books I-V

by Poetry, William Carlos Williams

$5,000 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

New York: New Directions Books, 1946-1958. First Editions. First Printings. Five octavo volumes 24cm ; beige cloth, blocked in various colors and titled in gilt on front covers; dustjackets; 48 ; 58 ; 56 ; 64 ; 48 pp. All volumes show a hint of foxing to upper board edges, some offsetting to pastedowns on Vol.1, else cloth bindings are uniformly clean, and contents quite fresh; very Near

• Printing: first

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