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CONCERNING MAN.
(New York: The Banyan Press, 1947). 215 x 165 mm. (8 1/2 x 6 1/2"). 4 p.l., 81 [1] pp., [1] leaf (limitation). No. 60 OF 350 COPIES.
Publisher's terra cotta buckram, spine with gilt lettering. In original dust jacket. A 1998 photocopied invoice from James S. Jaffe Rare Books (for $100) laid in at front. Dust jacket a bit creased, edges of leaves just slightly browned because of paper stock, otherwise fine.
Attractively printed with a modernist layout and titles, this is the first poetry collection of Gil Orlovitz (1918-73) as well as the first publication of The Banyan Press. Avant-garde novelist, poet, and playwright Gil began publishing poetry while serving in the Army Air Force during the Second World War; a few of those poems are included in this collection. He dedicated this series of verses to his first wife, Bettie Bennett, whom he calls "St. R" in the text. Founded by Claude Fredericks and Milton Saul in 1946, the Banyan Press produced small press runs of hand-set books, primarily the works of modern poets. Our copy is from the library of Laure-Anne Bosselaar (b. 1943) and her husband Kurt Brown (1944-2013). Bosselaar is a Belgian-American poet, translator, and editor who has published numerous works of poetry in multiple languages, including five collections of her own works. She has received various prizes and recognitions (Pushcart, Isabella Gardner, Breadloaf) and was named Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara in 2019. Sometimes publishing jointly with Bosselaar, Brown was also a prolific poet and editor of anthologies, as well as the founder and first director of the Aspen Writer's Conference, playing a pivotal role in shaping its early vision and establishing Aspen as a literary center. (ST20338-001)
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