EVERSON, William [aka Brother Antoninus]; Kemper Nomland, Jr., illus

War Elegies

Waldport: Untide Press, 1944. First edition thus. First printed edition. Deluxe issue; no.23 of 30 signed and numbered copies, from a total edition of 975. Octavo; bound in full polished sheep, marbled endpapers, [38]pp, with illustrations by Kemper Nomland, Jr. A fine copy.

This chapbook, one of Everson's earliest published works, was printed at Camp Angel, the conscientious objectors camp where Everson, Nomland, Glen Coffield, Adrian Wilson, Kenneth Patchen and others spent WW2. These 30 deluxe copies were bound years later, from remainder stock (circa 1982) and distributed by Los Angeles bookseller George Houle. BARTLETT & CAMPO A4.

Price: $350.00

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