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 PATCHEN, KENNETH.
Fables and Other Little Tales"One is no longer looking at a dead, printed book but at something alive and breathing, something which looks back at you with equal astonishment. Novelty is employed not as seduction but like the stern fist of the Zen master to awaken and arouse the consciousness of the reader" -Henry Miller, on Patchen's books Limited first edition, number 22 of only 50 copies with original hand-painted boards and pastedown by Kenneth Patchen. With printed ad mentioning other titles in his painted books series laid in. Baden: Jonathan Williams, 1953. Octavo, original purple cloth spine and painted boards, printed spine label. Some fading to spine and boards slightly bowed. A beautiful copy with the Patchen paintings in fine condition. $2800. other images, click to enlarge:
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