Brother Antoninus (William Everson)

THE HAZARDS OF HOLINESS; Poems 1957-1960

New York: Doubleday, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed later printing - no first edition statement. Red cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. Inscribed for Crimilda Pontes, "on the occasion of her gracious showmanship at The Yale University Press, [and signed in full] Brother Antoninus, New Haven, Feb. 21, 1963". Pontes was a book designer and calligrapher. Offsetting on the front end papers resulting from a newspaper about his event at Yale laid in. Otherwise fine in a toned dust jacket (complete - $2.95 price) with a couple of ink smudges along the top edge, else near fine. Very good / very good. Item #4135

Price: $50.00