(New York): New Directions, (1972).. (1972).. Good. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY NORMAN HOLMES PEARSON - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is bumped & soiled with foxing to the rear wrap. The spine is chipped & creased with some creases extending to the adjacent edge of the front wrap. [ix] & 117 pages. Good. <p>First edition, wraps issue.<p>A nice association copy inscribed and signed in the year of publication by Norman Holmes Pearson, H. D.'s editor, who wrote the foreword and held the copyright for the book: "To Judson Crews, poet, / Norman Holmes Pearson / Nov. 1972".<p>Norman Holmes Pearson [1909-1975] was an American academic, author, editor, critic and archivist. He was a leader of the American counterintelligece service [the OSS] and contributed to the founding of the CIA. He was an active figure in American modernist literature, using his personal connections with authors, including H. D., Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein, to acquire major collections of their work for Yale University. At the same time he used his authoritative position to further the interests of these modernists, obtaining publishers for them and contributing to the success of their best work.<p>Judson Crews [1917-2010] was an American poet, bookseller and small press publisher.

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 33228
Title: HERMETIC DEFINITION
Author: H. D
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: (New York): New Directions, (1972).
Date Published: (1972).
Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; AMERICAN POET; H. D.; HERMETIC DEFINITION; ASSOCIATION COPY; NORMAN HOLMES PEARSON; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; JUDSON CREWS; FIRST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE; 1ST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE.

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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