THE DESTRUCTION OF CATHEDRALS: And Other Poems

Paris / New York: Two Cities Press, 1963. First printing. Near fine.. First edition, rare hardcover issue, of these poems by New York School poet, editor, and translator Aldan — with illustrations by De Kooning, Pollock, Nell Blaine, Grace Hartigan, Alice Kirkpatrick, and Franz Kline. 9'' x 6''. Original glossy blue and white boards designed by Leon Hecht. Six black-and-white ilustrations (one by each artist). "A limited number of copies is available in hard cover and numbered"; this copy not numbered. 75, [1] pages. Errata slip laid in between pages 24-25. Minor edgewear, faint toning to spine, small smudge to bottom of front flyleaf.