The Last Poem & Tough Company [Limited Edition, Signed]

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the authors, this being copy no.54. Slim octavo (20.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and orange cloth backstrip; publisher's unprinted white paper dustjacket; [12]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with two tiny spots to upper front panel. Housed in the original envelope, with a "Compliments of the Publisher" slip loosely laid in. A sharp copy of this New Year's Greeting, a collaborative work by two Black Sparrow Press regulars. Provenance: From the library of noted poet and translator Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024). MORROW & COONEY 226b. 86343.