ALDAN, Daisy & Richard Miller (publishers); Frank O'Hara; Stephane Mallarmé; Ned Rorem, et al. (contributors)

Folder 4 (Vol. 2, No. 2)

New York: Folder, 1956. First edition. Quarto. Printed card portfolio containing loose gatherings and a few single printed sheets, plus one color serigraph on heavy stock (collated complete). Mild toning to folder; a few trivial corner-creases to contents; a Near Fine copy. Printed linotype by Floriano Vecchi at Tiber Press.

Fourth and final issue of this innovative, short-lived periodical, which appeared irregularly between 1953 and 1956. It was the first magazine associated with the New York School poets. This issue notably includes Aldan's full translation of Mallarmé's surrealist long poem "Un Coup de Des" ("A Throw of the Dice") – the first translation of the poem into English. Other contributors include Frank O'Hara, Richard Eberhart, James Broughton, Kenward Elmslie, Peter Hanke, Ned Rorem, and Ben Weber; the original color screen-print is by Felix Pasilis (signed in screen); cover illustration by Grace Hartigan. A complete, very fresh copy.

Price: $500.00

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