Fables and Other Little Tales by Patchen, Kenneth - 1953

Jonathan Willams, 1953. Softcover. Very good/Good. Tall case. Jargon #6. Chipped dust jacket.

Karlsruhe / Baden: Jonathan Williams, 1953. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Printed self-wrappers as issued. Age-toning, darkest at the spine, and with a tiny chip, a sound near very good copy. One of 450 copies. Issued as *Jargon 6*.

Karlsruhe: Jonathan Williams, 1953.. First edition, one of 450 copies, 8vo, (xii), 131, (3) pp. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf, later bookplate. Original paper wrappers, some minor soiling and browning. Morgan A21a, calling for a red cloth binding.

Karlsruhe ::: Jonathan Williams, Publisher,,, 1953... First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy in paper covers with a Very Good plus dust jacket missing a small chip from the corner of the spine. This is one of only 450 copies published. None of these 60 short pieces were previously published before this collection appeared. Kenneth Patchen is one of those unclassifiable writers--his poetry and prose have a wild kind of purity to them that is hard to explain or ignore. Patchen is a fabulist, a humorist (in a some what dark vein), a surrealist, and a dedicated experimentalist who refuses to be categorized. These fables reflect the myriad aspects of his talent fresh approach to the written word.

Karlsruhe / Baden: Jonathan Williams (Jargon), 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition in bound wrappers in dustwrapper of this collection. Published as Jargon 6. A lovely near fine example in near fine wrapper, clipped at bottom of front flap.