THE ART OF WORLDLY WISDOM SIGNED & INSCRIBED by KENNETH REXROTH

  

The Art of Worldly Wisdom. Santa Barbara, CA: Bradford Morrow & Allan Covici, 1980.

One of an issue limited to 50 numbered copies signed by the author; this is copy #23. Additionally signed and inscribed by Rexroth on the front free endpaper to a fellow poet in the year of publication: For David Dahl, best wishes.

The books interesting publication history is detailed at the colophon and reads in full: This first signed, limited edition of The Art of Worldly Wisdom published by Bradford Morrow & Allan Covici consists of 50 numbered and 26 lettered copies, all signed by the author. This book is comprised of the original printed sheets for the Decker Press edition (Prairie City, 1949) which was never published; thereafter these same sheets were trimmed and used by the Golden Goose Press (Sausalito, 1953) for the first published edition, adding the Second Preface to the text. The present edition adds a new Afterword by the author. Typography and printing by Patrick Reagh, and bound in Earle Gray in Winter, 1980. Fresh fine copy in a fine dust jacket with the barest hint of toning to the spine, enclosed in the original slipcase which is also in fine shape. The item "THE ART OF WORLDLY WISDOM SIGNED & INSCRIBED by KENNETH REXROTH" is in sale since Friday, September 12, 2014. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "catstarbuck" and is located in Santa Barbara, California. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Egypt, Jordan, Cambodia, Macao, Pakistan, Viet nam, China, Sri lanka, South africa, Maldives, Oman, Reunion.

• Binding: Hardcover w/Jacket in Slipcase
• Subject: Literature & Fiction
• Topic: Modern Literature & Poetry
• Year Printed: 1980
• Special Attributes: Signed
• Origin: American