THE POOL, From the Novel Dorit in Lesbos
Driftless [i.e. Mt. Horeb], WI: Perishable Press, 1991. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Item #7716
Octavo. [44] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 49 of 107 copies signed by Olson. As issued in publisher's wrappers individually collaged on the front cover by the printer; glassine jacket. A very nice copy. Stand-alone printing of a particularly evocative sequence from Olson's novel Dorit in Lesbos, dedicated to Alan Peacock (here given as Allen). This interesting Perishable Press printing was handset in Gill Sans and printed on Shadwell paper made by Kent Kasuboske "back in the Oligocene sometime" according to the colophon; the work is illustrated an oversized folding plate "with one embellishment" Juxtamorphing Space, 116.
Price: $500.00