Writing

by Tom Raworth

$75 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

Berkeley: The Figures, 1982. First Edition. Regular issue. One of 474 copies, from a total edition of 500. Oblong quarto; staple-bound, printed wrappers; unpaginated 40pp . Fine. The somewhat uncommon first printing of Raworth's celebrated long poem, printed throughout in seven columns across double-page spreads. Unfortunately, the book's design is as unwieldy as it is innovative, perhaps

• Printing: first
• Binding: Wrappers

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