Adlib No. 9: On Brooklyn [Limited Edition]

  • Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute, 1961
By [Pratt Institute] Fritz Eichenberg and Jacob Landau [eds.]
Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute, 1961. Very Good. Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute, 1961. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies of which this is no. 232. Large, slim quarto; publisher's pictorial card wrappers printed silkscreen; [48]pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit rubbed, especially along spine edge, else Very Good and sound overall.

Beautiful production marrying previously-published poetry with original designs, such as Walt Whitman's poem "The Wallabout Martyrs" accompanied by woodcuts by Penelope Tent; or Marianne Moore's "Hometown Piece for Messrs. Alston & Reese" accompanied by a relief etching by Robert Lo Presti.

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