The Darkness Surrounds Us by Gilbert Sorrentino - 1960

Jonathan Williams, 1960. Book. Very Good. Wraps. 1st Edition.. Unmarked, clean and solid. Spne lightly tanned, light edgewear..

Highlands: Jonathan Williams, 1960. First edition. Softcover, stapled black wraps. 48pp. Collage and frontispiece drawing by Fielding Dawson with a �directive� by Joel Oppenheimer. Fine in Near Fine dust jacketAuthor's first book.

Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams Publisher, 1960. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Paperback binding with minimal sunning. The original dustjacket has minor browning, shelfwear with a few small creases and tears. The text is clean and unmarked. Collage and frontispiece drawing of the poet by Fielding Dawson. Directive by Joel Oppenheimer. First edition..

Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams Publisher, 1960. First printing. Staplebound wraps. Fine/Near Fine. Thin octavo. 6 x 9 in. Unpaginated. Jonathan Williams / Jargon Society, Highlands NC, 1960. Dust jacket frontispiece illustration of the poet as well as cover collage by Fielding Dawson. Directive by Joel Oppenheimer. Gilbert Sorrentino's first book. Near fine in original black stapled wrappers and near fine illustrated dust jacket, light toning to spine. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover.

Highlands: Jonathan Williams, (1960).. First edition. . [48 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers in fine dust jacket. Collage and frontispiece drawing by Fielding Dawson with a “directive” by Joel Oppenheimer. Sorrentino's first book, a collection of poems. Jargon 40.

Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams, 1960. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. First edition. Jargon 40. Author's first book. McPheron / Gilbert Sorrentino A1. Plain black wrappers with printed dust jacket. Wrappers lightly rubbed. 1988 Copyright Office stamps (twenty-eight year resubmission?). Library of Congress surplus duplicate stamp on t he blank recto of the frontispiece.

Highlands, (North Carolina): Jonathan Williams, Publisher, 1960. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. [47]pp. Stapled unprinted black wrappers in pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Fielding Dawson. Book designed by Jonathan Williams. Introduction by Joel Oppenheimer. Near fine in very good dust jacket with moderate wear and tanning along spine as usual, unprinted verso has a light brown stain at lower edge of spine visible on unprinted verso. Author's first book. Issued as Jargon 40.

Highlands: Jonathan Williams, 1960. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +/very good. 8vo. First edition of the poet's first book. Published by Jonathan Williams and with cover and frontis by Fielding Dawson. Preface by Joel Oppemsheimer. Prior ownership signature else a near fine copy in black stapled wrappers. Pictorial dustwrapper in very good condition.

Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1960. First edition. Softcover. Sorrentino's first book. Introduction by Joel Oppenheimer and with the frontispiece and dust jacket illustrated by Fielding Dawson. A fine copy in wrappers in a fine dust jacket.

Jonathan Williams, 1960. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A very good+ copy in very good+ dust jacket over wrappers with slight rubbing and browning to jacket. 8vo with DJ [4 8]pp Author's first book, containing 41 poems in all; dedicated to his wife, Elsene. Frontispiece portrait drawing and collage on jacket by Fielding Dawson; introductory 'directive' by Joel Oppenheimer. One of an unspecified number of copies, designed and printed by Jonathan Williams. Exterior as noted; only very slight internal browning present. Scarce in such condition.2 B/w Illustrations (including jacket).