RED WINE AND YELLOW HAIR
New York: New Directions, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, author painted issue; square 8vo; 64 pp. Cloth spine over painted boards which extend beyond the published book. Number 40 of 108 copies; the covers front and back and the inside back cover (the limitation page signed and numbered by the author/artist) all by Patchen who hand bound the book. It is estimated that he did a total of nearly 1000 "painted books" over nine titles, 442 silkscreens and more than 100 paintings and drawings. This copy with light wear, the cloth rubbed, but spine lettering sharp; tips worn through. Still a lovely, very good copy. [Corcoran: Kenneth Patchen: Painter of Poems; Morgan A18b]. Very good. Item #15859
Price: $2,000.00