Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) was an American modernist poet and business executive who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1955 for his "Collected Poems." These verses are presented in a deluxe Franklin Library edition with a frontis portrait of the poet by David Hockney. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in rich full burgundy bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Beige silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An excellent copy but with a couple of small scuffed spots to gilding on textblock fore-edge; otherwise bright, crisp and possibly unread.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (22), 3-468 pages
Title: The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series)
Location Published: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1982
Binding: Leather
Book Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
Categories: >>Poetry, >>Fine Bindings
Stock No.: 86880
