WAR ELEGIES. by EVERSON, William - 1944

Waldport, OR: Untide Press, 1944. PB. very good, wraps (softcover) -- LACKS COVERS. ill. by Kemper Nomland. PLEASE NOTE -- THIS COPY LACKS THE SOFT COVERS, internal pages only, and very good - priced thusly. This is the "edition of 975 copies, and was completed in the month of November, 1944." unpaginated.

Untide Press. Collectible - Good. Waldport, OR: Untide Press, 1944. 1st edition. Sm 4to paper wraps. 33pp. Illustrations. One of 975 copies. Good book. Adhesive stain along spine. (War Poetry, Elegies) Inquire if you need further information.

Waldport: Untide Press, 1944. First printed edition. Originally appeared as a mimeographed production from Untide in 1943. Limited to 975 copies. This copy one of 30 numbered copies using the original printed sheets bound in leather-covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering and signed by Everson on the limitation page. Copy #7. Hand-set in Goudy Light Oldstyle and Futura types and printed in Linweave Early American. Illustrated by Kemper Nomland, Jr. Text includes the addition of "War Elegy V." Leather boards have minor edgewear, especially at the spine ends, few light rubs and a small scratch on the rear board and two small ink stains at the bottom spine fold; text pages are bight and clean and in Fine condition, Overall, in Very Good condition. The first title of the Press.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good. Illus. by Kemper Nomland, Jr.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Waldport, Oregon: Unitide Press, 1944. First Published Edition of a work issued (without one elegy) earlier in mimeograph. Presentation copy; inscribed in 1944 to fellow poet Bill Shank, also an inmate at a camp near Waldport for conscientious objectors. Publisher’s wrappers; very good.

First edition thus. Thin octavo. Illustrations by Kemper Nomland, Jr. Full gilt stamped brown leather, marbled endpapers, uncut. Very good. Unpaginated.Number 24 of 30 numbered copies, signed by Everson on colophon.This copy with an additional presentation inscription on half title page: "For... at the Westwood reading, William Everson, Jan 27, 1980."Inscribed by Everson after his visit and reading at our Westwood store.