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Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. [170 x 130 mm] Original illustrated card covers designed by Margaret Atwood. The author's first book of poetry. The text block stapled, then glued in at the spine, detached here from the poor glue used and left as is in its original state. The white covers very lightly yellowed at th spine edges, with a little nick tot he bottom edge of the front cover, and a short rip at the top, with the spine head very lightly bumped. Light pencil notes to the margins and some light underlining, all erasable, but overall a great copy. Collects seven poems; Formal Garden, Pastoral, Iconic Landscape, Persephone Departing, Chthonic Love, Her Song, and Double Persephone. Book One in the Market Book Series issued by John Robert Colombo's Hawkshead Press. One of approximately 230 produced. Nice copy.
Double Persephone (Atwood first book - signed) by ATWOOD, Margaret [1939 - ] - 1961
by ATWOOD, Margaret [1939 - ]
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Double Persephone (Atwood first book - signed)
by ATWOOD, Margaret [1939 - ]
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Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First edition. Atwood, Margaret [M.E. Atwood]. Double Persephone. Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961. Market book series, book 1. [16] p. 172 × 130 mm. 4 leaves. The text block was originally glued with rubber cement into the now slightly yellowing covers. This copy is wire-stitched. A very good copy, however, the third leaf is a cream-coloured facsimile. With a colour photo of Atwood at the 100th anniversary of McClelland & Stewart. The book and photo are enclosed in a handsome black box with Atwood's drawn motif on the back and front of the box
Plus a typed letter signed to Doug ?. One page. 8 x 11 inches. Dated August 17, 1979. A form letter, addressed and signed in McClelland's hand. Promoting an advance signed copy of Margaret Atwood's Life Before Man. The book was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1979 and was a finalist for the Governor General's Award.
The Hawkshead Press (1958-1961) is an imprint of John Robert Colombo (poet, anthologist, editor, essayist, humorist, and author or editor of over 200 books). The Hawkshead Press published broadsides and little chapbooks in small editions. Authors included Milton Acorn, Mike Strong [pseud. of Mirko Srzentich], Phyllis Gotlieb, Jay Macpherson, and Colombo himself. Written by Atwood when she was 19 years of age, Double Persephone, her first publication, is a collection of poems based on the mythological figure of Persephone. It won the E.J. Pratt Medal. The text is comprised of seven poems: "Formal Garden", "Pastoral", "Iconic Landscape", "Persephone Departing", "Chthonic Love", "Her Song", "and "Double Persephone". According to Atwood, she and a friend hand-set the text and printed it on a small flat bed press in an edition of 220 copies. She also designed and printed the cover using linoblocks. She sold the book for 50¢ each.
On consignment with LDRB.
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- Format/Binding Soft Cover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition 1st Edition
- Publisher Hawkshead Press
- Place of Publication Toronto
- Date Published 1961
- Keywords Double Persephone (Atwood first book - signed)
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by Atwood, Margaret
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