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Signed limited edition
e.e. cummings, 1931 , 1931 (Published)
Lot #202 |
2021-09-02 |
Christie's, New York
The Exceptional Literature Collection of Theodore B. Baum: Part Two
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USD 700 - 900 (currency of sale)
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Auction Details
Auction house: Christie's
Auction number: 20858
Auction name: The Exceptional Literature Collection of Theodore B. Baum: Part Two
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2021-09-02
End date: 2021-09-17
Currency: USD
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Genre: 20th Century American Literature
Department: Books, Manuscripts & Publications
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Dimensions: Quarto
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Edition: 1
Edition notes: first edition, signed
Year notes: Published in 1931.
Catalog summary
Signed limited edition e.e. cummings, 1931 CUMMINGS, E. E. (1894-1962). W. New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First edition, signed, one of 95 copies (this is copy 49). Cummings’s third major collection of poetry, W shows the poet’s growing ease of experimentation with typography and design. It contains some of his best known poems, such as "I sing of Olaf glad and big,” “in a middle of a room,” and “somewhere I have never traveled.” Quarto. Original cloth-backed boards (very minor soiling), glassine jacket; publisher's slipcase (slipcase slightly worn, else fine); custom box. Details Signed limited edition e.e. cummings, 1931 CUMMINGS, E. E. (1894-1962). W . New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First edition, signed, one of 95 copies (this is copy 49). Cummings’s third major collection of poetry, W shows the poet’s growing ease of experimentation with typography and design. It contains some of his best known poems, such as "I sing of Olaf glad and big,” “in a middle of a room,” and “somewhere I have never traveled.” Quarto. Original cloth-backed boards (very minor soiling), glassine jacket; publisher's slipcase (slipcase slightly worn, else fine); custom box.