LEVERTOV, Denise Here And Now

LEVERTOV, Denise Here And NowLEVERTOV, Denise Here And Now San Francisco: City Lights Books. 1957. Small 4to. Green wrappers, white wraparound label pasted to green wrappers, lettered in green and white, retaining price of 75 cents to top left corner of lower wrapper; pp. 32; minor sunning to hinge of white wraparound label, initials of previous owner in black ink to top edge of upper wrapper, pencil marking circling 'love poem' to page 12, minor sunning to page 12 and 13; near

LEVERTOV, Denise Here And Now San Francisco: City Lights Books. 1957.

Small 4to. Green wrappers, white wraparound label pasted to green wrappers, lettered in green and white, retaining price of 75 cents to top left corner of lower wrapper; pp. 32; minor sunning to hinge of white wraparound label, initials of previous owner in black ink to top edge of upper wrapper, pencil marking circling 'love poem' to page 12, minor sunning to page 12 and 13; near fine.

First edition. Number 6 in the Pocket Poets Series.

This edition has no printing notice to the rear cover, and the white wraparound label is a separate piece of paper pasted onto the green wrapper, indicating that this is a first edition.

Denise Levertov spent most of her life as a poet after deciding to pursue the art form at the age of twelve. She sent a collection of her poetry to T.S. Elliot, who responded to the young girl with a letter of encouragement. Her poetry was frequently published in Black Mountain Review, where she often protested the violence of the Vietnam war. Here and Now is her second published collection of poems, and the first to be published in the United States.

(Cook, A6)

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