First American edition, first printing, following the 1955 Pesce d’Oro Italian release. Review copy, with the publisher’s card laid in. Pencil ownership inscription of “Ted Berrigan 1962” to ffep; Berrigan (1934-1983) was an American poet. Fine in a very good dust-jacket, with some rubbing, yellowing, one stain, edge-wear. Gallup A70b.

This copy is accompanied by an unusual booklet, Six Poems, published by New Directions in 1957.

“This booklet distributed to the friends of New Directions contains one poem from six books of poetry published by New Directions in 1956.”

Contents: “On Love” and “Statement” from Poems from the Greek Anthology by Dudley Fitts. “Written on the Wall at Chang’s Hermitage” from One Hundred Poems from the Chinese by Kenneth Rexroth. “Meditation” from In the Rose of Time by Robert Fitzgerald. “The American Century” from In Defense of the Earth by Kenneth Rexroth. “My Little One” from In the Winter of Cities by Tennessee Williams. From Canto 90 of Section: Rock-Drill by Ezra Pound.

4to, 8pp.; 15.9 x 8.9 cm. Stapled. Reader’s crease in bottom corner. Small stain to last page. Bottom staple imperfect. Does not appear to be in Gallup or mentioned elsewhere online, save a ghost listing on Amazon.