OMMATEUM, With Doxology Inscribed

by A. R Ammons

$2,500 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition · Signed

Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1955. First edition. Small 8vo. Light red cloth in dustjacket. The poet's rare first book inscribed: for Barbara 11-30-58 and signed in full by the author. Bookplate of Barbara H. Mallon on front paste down. 49 pp. Light soiling, else Near Fine in a dampstained dustjacket with minimal wear and two closed tears with resulting creasing on the back panel.

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