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The presumptions of death

Title: The presumptions of death / poems by Anthony Hecht ; woodcuts by Leonard Baskin.
Author: Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004.
Publication: [Rockport, Me.] : Gehenna Press, 1995.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	By appointment only	Spencer Coll. Amer. 1995 00-16	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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[103] p. : ill. (some col.); 38 cm.

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Illustrations: 24 prints (1 on t.p.) : woodcut, b&w (16), black and red (2), col. (6) ; full-page (10), 3/4-page (7), half-page (7). Three b&w cuts are printed on colored paper (red, brown and purple) and mounted.
Binding: Publisher's green marbled paper with cloth joints, by Gray Parrot & Co., with dark and light green morocco medallion depicting a skull inlaid in front board. Issued in a green cloth solander case (40 cm.).

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1995 00-16

LCCN

95153020

OCLC

NYPG00-B33

Author

Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004.

Title

The presumptions of death / poems by Anthony Hecht ; woodcuts by Leonard Baskin.

Imprint

[Rockport, Me.] : Gehenna Press, 1995.

Local Note

50 copies printed in black and red on handmade Czech Velke Losiny paper, of which 40, numbered 11-50, comprise the "regular edition" (cf. colophon). Letterpress printed by Arthur Larson. No. 42; signed by the poet and the artist.

Each print numbered 42/50 and signed in pencil.

Added Author

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000. Wood engraver

Parrot, Gray. Binder

Gray Parrot, Inc. Binder

Gehenna Press. Printer

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1995 00-16

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