[No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930].

CUMMINGS, E. E.

$975.00

Item Number: 136284

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1930.

First edition and signed limited edition of Cumming’s cleverly titled untitled work. Quarto, original cloth stamped in silver, illustrated with 8 full-page drawings by the author. One of 491 copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 144. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Small bookplate designed by Rockwell Kent. One of the more elusive Cummings titles.

Widely regarded as one of the most important American poets of the 20th century, American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright E. E. Cummings wrote approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays, and several essays throughout the course of his lifetime. Associated with modernist free-form poetry, much of his work has idiosyncratic syntax and uses lower-case spellings for poetic expression.