Lake, Mountain, Moon
[Berkeley]: Tangram, 1990. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, octavo size, 20 pp., inscribed by Denise Levertov on the half-title page. Fine. Item #19052036
Priscilla Denise Levertov (1923-1997), recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship, was socially active in the 1960s and 70s, serving as the poetry editor for "The Nation". Later she would teach at Brandeis University, MIT, Tufts University, and Stanford University. During her lifetime, she would eventually write and publish twenty-four books of poetry, along the way garnering multiple awards and honors. Her biography on the web site of The Poetry Foundation describes her writing thus: "Her work embraced a wide variety of genres and themes, including nature lyrics, love poems, protest poetry, and poetry inspired by her faith in God."
This copy inscribed by her in the year of publication, simply: "With love from / Denise / Christmas 1990". These poems would later be published by New Directions in 1992 as part of the collection entitled "Evening Train"; one of the poems, "Daily Bread", was previously published in the American Poetry Review.
This publication unaccountably scarce in the marketplace, with only one other copy online as of this writing; OCLC locates twenty-three copies in institutions.
___DESCRIPTION: Stitched binding, light grey wraps of handmade paper, paper label on the front with black lettering, inscribed by Levertov as set forth above in blue ink on the half-title page, title page with teal calligraphy and black type, included are the poems "Settling", "Elusive, "Morning Mist", "Presence", "Effacement", "Heron", "Taking Charge", "Abruptly", "October Moonrise", "Daily Bread", and "Open Secret"; type Monotype Spectrum, paper Mohawk Superfine, calligraphy (title) by Thomas Ingmire, octavo size (9.5"by 6 1/8"), unpaginated with ten leaves.
___CONDITION: Fine, the wraps clean and without wear, the string binding strong, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; as new.
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Price: $200.00