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A love for four voices : homage to Franz Joseph Haydn

Title: A love for four voices : homage to Franz Joseph Haydn / Anthony Hecht.
Author: Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004.
Publication: Great Barrington, Mass. : Penmaen Press, 1983.

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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	Restricted use	*KP (Penmaen) 08-469	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

[29] p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Penmaen chapbook series ; no. 1

Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Caledonia.

Note

"Hand-printed in an edition of 300 copies at Penmaen Press ... One hundred copies were hand-bound in wrappers, numbered 1-100, and signed by the poet and artist. One hundred and fifty copies were wrapper-bound and unsigned. Fifty signed copies, numbered I-L, have been designated for casebinding"--Colophon.
"Fifty copies ... will be casebound by hand on request. Each binding ... will be unique. And each copy will contain a separate, signed engraving by McCurdy"--Prospectus.
Originally published in Poetry.
The names of the 4 characters in the poem are taken from Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream.
"Michael McCurdy designed and printed this edition as well as hand-bound the wrapper editions. Deborah Wender bound the hardcover edition. The paper is Mohawk Letterpress Text and the type is Caledonia"--Colophon.
Illustrated with a wood engraving (on t.p.) by McCurdy.

Binding (note)

NYPL copy (one of 50 bound copies): Publisher's quarter gray cloth and marbled paper boards; white paper label on front cover.

Call Number

*KP (Penmaen) 08-469

OCLC

9879798

Author

Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004.

Title

A love for four voices : homage to Franz Joseph Haydn / Anthony Hecht.

Imprint

Great Barrington, Mass. : Penmaen Press, 1983.

Series

Penmaen chapbook series ; no. 1

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. xxv; signed by Hecht and Michael McCurdy.

NYPL copy contains an additional copy of the wood engraving, numbered 25/75 and signed in pencil by McCurdy.

Binding

NYPL copy (one of 50 bound copies): Publisher's quarter gray cloth and marbled paper boards; white paper label on front cover. NN

Local Note

Accompanied by prospectus ([4] p.).

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McCurdy, Michael. Illustrator

Wender, Deborah. Binder

Penmaen Press. Printer

Research Call Number

*KP (Penmaen) 08-469