CUMMINGS, E. E.

£1,250 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

16 Poèmes Enfantins. First edition, inscribed by the poet in red and blue crayon on the first blank, "Wishing Michel Farano the best of luck, M.M. & E.E.C. February 5 '62".Farano was an American poet and critic. His papers, held at the University of Delaware, reveal substantial correspondences with Jean Starr Untermeyer and Williams Carlos Williams. Untermeyer dedicated her 1950 memoir Private Collection to Farano.The poems in this collection were selected from Cumming's Poems 1923-1954 (1954) and 95 Poems (1958). The book was designed by George Firmage and printed in Bodoni type. This is one of 500 copies.

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