Research Catalog

Title

Small feast : poems / Charles Simic.

Author

Simic, Charles, 1938-2023.

Publication

Concord, N.H. : William B. Ewert, 1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hyder, Elisabeth
• Kristensen, John
• William B. Ewert, Publisher, publisher.

Description

23 pages; 27 cm

Subjects

• Private press books > New Hampshire > Concord > 1998
• American poetry > 20th century
• Poetry

Genre/Form

Private press books – New Hampshire – Concord – 1998.

Note

• "This edition, designed by John Kristensen, was printed letterpress from Kabel and Neuland types and bound at Firefly Press, Somerville, Massachusetts. Of 85 copies signed by the author, this is one of 55 printed on Monadnock Dulcet paper and handsewn in patterned-paper wrappers designed by Elisabeth Hyder"--Colophon.

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "Charles Simic."

Binding (note)

• Bound in decorative white paper wrappers with printed label laid on upper wrapper.

Contents

El libro de la sexualidad -- Medieval miniature -- Arriving celebrities -- Amour fou -- In the street -- Happy hard times -- Mummy's curse -- The return of the invisible man -- Modern sorcery -- Small feast -- The number of fools -- As I was telling Francine -- Past the animal hospital -- Prison guards silhouetted against the sky -- Filthy landscape -- Love poem.

Call Number

Rare Books 21-80

OCLC

44606944

Author

Simic, Charles, 1938-2023.

Title

Small feast : poems / Charles Simic.

Imprint

Concord, N.H. : William B. Ewert, 1998.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "Charles Simic." NN

Binding

Bound in decorative white paper wrappers with printed label laid on upper wrapper. NN

Connect to:

Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection

Added Author

Hyder, Elisabeth, book designer.

Kristensen, John, book designer.

William B. Ewert, Publisher, publisher.

Research Call Number

Rare Books 21-80