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Howls & Whispers.
Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1998. 4to, blue-gray paste-paper over gray cloth, black leather lettering piece at spine, black leather accents at head and foot of spine. [39] pp., 11 etchings, 9 printed in color, all signed and numbered in pencil by Baskin. Housed in original gray cloth tray case, with blue-gray paste-paper affixed to spine and edges, black leather lettering at spine, edged in red. CONDITION: Near fine.
First edition, limited to 110 copies, of this sequence of “stray poems” from a larger series Hughes wrote on the subject of his wife, Sylvia Plath, most of which were published in his Birthday Poems. Signed by Hughes and Baskin. From the colophon: “One hundred & ten copies of Howls & Whispers were printed at The Gehenna Press during the promising Spring of 1998. The paper was handmade in Italy. The letterpress in Centaur types was achieved by Arthur Larson of Hadley, Mass. The etchings were printed in color from copperplates by Michael Kutch. The book has been bound by Claudia Cohen of Easthampton, Mass. Copies numbered 1-10 comprise the deluxe edition & contain three water-color drawings by Leonard Baskin, a second suite of the etchings (the ones originally printed in black are hand-touched in color by Baskin), one copperplate & a leaf of Ted Hughes’ manuscript. Copies numbered 11-110 constitute the regular edition. This is copy number 103.”
Item #2475
Price: $5,500.00