Naming, A Poem by Philip Levine, Sutton Hoo Select Number Four [Copy "B" (beta) of 13 special copies lettered in Greek]
by Levine, Philip
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About This Item
[Winona]: [Sutton Hoo Press], 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Jacobsen, Cheryl. One of 13 copies of the deluxe edition, duodecimo size, 64 pp., signed by Philip Levine. Philip Levine (1928-2015) won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1995, the Ruth Lillly Poetry Prize in 1987, and was named the Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011-2012; this publication by the Sutton Hoo Press features a long poem by Levine with calligraphic marks by Cheryl Jacobsen running through each page. This volume is the deluxe edition and comes in a clamshell box.
___DESCRIPTION: This copy one of the special edition of 13 copies lettered in Greek, with a special binding and housed in a black clamshell box made by Judi Conant (out of a total print run of 200 plus artist's proofs). These copies are bound in a lap-component binding with blue leather on the spine and fore-edge and Fabriano Roma, a hand-made cover paper over the boards, decorated endpapers, printed on Johannot, a French mouldmade paper, calligraphic ornaments by Cheryl Jacobsen. Duodecimo size (approximately 7.5" tall), unpaginated with 32 leaves printed on the recto sides only. Housed in a clamshell box.
___CONDITION: Fine in a near fine box.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please contact seller for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
___DESCRIPTION: This copy one of the special edition of 13 copies lettered in Greek, with a special binding and housed in a black clamshell box made by Judi Conant (out of a total print run of 200 plus artist's proofs). These copies are bound in a lap-component binding with blue leather on the spine and fore-edge and Fabriano Roma, a hand-made cover paper over the boards, decorated endpapers, printed on Johannot, a French mouldmade paper, calligraphic ornaments by Cheryl Jacobsen. Duodecimo size (approximately 7.5" tall), unpaginated with 32 leaves printed on the recto sides only. Housed in a clamshell box.
___CONDITION: Fine in a near fine box.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please contact seller for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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- Bookseller
- Swan's Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CNJL153
- Title
- Naming, A Poem by Philip Levine, Sutton Hoo Select Number Four [Copy "B" (beta) of 13 special copies lettered in Greek]
- Author
- Levine, Philip
- Illustrator
- Jacobsen, Cheryl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- [Sutton Hoo Press]
- Place of Publication
- [Winona]
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Fine Press - Sutton Hoo Press, Poetry, Calligraphy, Cheryl Jacobsen, Pulitzer Winner, Nobel Laureate
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