Patchen, Kenneth.

The Moment, for Miriam. [Glory Never Guesses and A Surprise for the Bagpipe Player bound together.]

NEWLY LISTED. In 1955 Kenneth Patchen produced two exceptional works: Glory Never Guesses and A Surprise for the Bagpipe Player. Each was a folder containing 18 silkscreened broadsides and published in an edition of 200 copies. The present bound volume includes those 36 images plus two additional silkscreens on the title page and verso consisting of a poem to his wife Miriam.
**38 silkscreened pages in various colors on 19 leaves of rice paper printed on one side, then folded with the printed sides out and bound at the open edges Japanese style. White leather and brown textured paper, with a silk-screened title label in white, purple, and brown on black. 38.5 x 32.2 cm (covers).
**Colophon, in dark blue-green ink on light green paper, mounted inside the rear cover: “‘The Moment’ Silkscreened by Frank Bacher on special paper for this edition. Hanbound [sic] at the printshop of Henry Geiger in Alhambra, Calif. Edition Limited to 42 copies. Signed on December 5, 1960. Kenneth Patchen”.
**A fine copy in a ragged paper wrapper. A few tiny flecks on the first printed page (following the front free endpaper and a blank leaf) probably are just natural irregularities of the paper. A CD of all the images was prepared by the owner and accompanies this copy.
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• USD 12,500.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: 1213

• bookseller: Laurence McGilvery (USA)