The Fall of the Magicians

Poems

by Weldon Kees 

First edition.  New York:  Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Tan covers with green ink title.
• Boards show some exposure, toning at edges, edgewear.  Corners are bumped.  See photos.  
• Spine has green text and is darkened with frayed, softened ends.  See photos.  
• Binding is strong. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some light staining. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some marginal toning, a few scattered spots at page edges.  See photos. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have untrimmed fore and foot edges, some foxing.  See photos. 
• PS2026.0520

55 pages. 5.5 x 8 inches

First edition.  Publisher's tan boards with title in green ink at top board and spine, lacking the dust jacket.  Boards darkened with exposure at spine and periphery, with bottom corner bumped.  Binding is firm, interior unmarked with a little toning to edges and a smattering of spots.  Overall a Very Good copy of the author's first commercially published book.

Harry Weldon Kees (1914–1955) was an American poet, painter, literary critic, novelist, playwright, jazz pianist, short story writer, and filmmaker.  Despite his brief career, Kees is considered an important mid-20th-century poet of the Beat generation, and peer of John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Lowell.  His work has been immensely influential on subsequent generations of poets writing in English and other languages, and his collected poems have been included in many anthologies. [Wiki]

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