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Naming, A Poem by Philip Levine, Sutton Hoo Select Number Four [Copy "B" (beta) of 13 special copies lettered in Greek]

Naming, A Poem by Philip Levine, Sutton Hoo Select Number Four [Copy "B" (beta) of 13 special copies lettered in Greek]

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Naming, A Poem by Philip Levine, Sutton Hoo Select Number Four [Copy "B" (beta) of 13 special copies lettered in Greek]

by Levine, Philip

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[Winona]: [Sutton Hoo Press], 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Jacobsen, Cheryl. One of 13 copies of the deluxe edition, duodecimo size, 64 pp., signed by Philip Levine. Philip Levine (1928-2015) won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1995, the Ruth Lillly Poetry Prize in 1987, and was named the Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011-2012; this publication by the Sutton Hoo Press features a long poem by Levine with calligraphic marks by Cheryl Jacobsen running through each page. This volume is the deluxe edition and comes in a clamshell box.

___DESCRIPTION: This copy one of the special edition of 13 copies lettered in Greek, with a special binding and housed in a black clamshell box made by Judi Conant (out of a total print run of 200 plus artist's proofs). These copies are bound in a lap-component binding with blue leather on the spine and fore-edge and Fabriano Roma, a hand-made cover paper over the boards, decorated endpapers, printed on Johannot, a French mouldmade paper, calligraphic ornaments by Cheryl Jacobsen. Duodecimo size (approximately 7.5" tall), unpaginated with 32 leaves printed on the recto sides only. Housed in a clamshell box.

___CONDITION: Fine in a near fine box.

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Bookseller
Swan's Fine Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
CNJL153
Title
Naming, A Poem by Philip Levine, Sutton Hoo Select Number Four [Copy "B" (beta) of 13 special copies lettered in Greek]
Author
Levine, Philip
Illustrator
Jacobsen, Cheryl
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limited Edition
Publisher
[Sutton Hoo Press]
Place of Publication
[Winona]
Date Published
2004
Keywords
Fine Press - Sutton Hoo Press, Poetry, Calligraphy, Cheryl Jacobsen, Pulitzer Winner, Nobel Laureate

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