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Author: [Nawakum Press] Bly, Robert
Title: The Indigo Bunting: 15 Love Poems
Publication: [Santa Rosa]: Nawakum Press, 2010
Edition: Number 9 of 20 copies of the deluxe edition
Description: 10.5X6.25" unpaginated. Frontis and cover woodcuts by Keith Cranmer, and signed by him at the colophon. Burnt orange Cave Paper over boards, quarter bound in foil stamped dark brown leather. Japanese cloth drop spine box with paper chemise housing a signed engraving of the Indigo Bunting used for the cover. Fine condition.
Gorgeous edition from the early years of David Pascoe's Nawakum Press, a collection of poems from Minnesota poet, Robert Bly (1926-2021), who became the state's first poet laureate in 2008. Introduction by Thomas R. Smith, woodcuts by Keith Cranmer, designed and letterpress printed by Norman Clayton, bound by Campbell-Logan bindery in Minneapolis.
Seller ID: 6411
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