Item #004945 1 X 1 (One Times One)
1 X 1 (One Times One)
1 X 1 (One Times One)

1 X 1 (One Times One)

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1944. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #004945

1st edition, 1st printing. A Very Good copy. 8vo., LIV pp. grey cloth, lacking the dust jacket. The spine is is a bit sunned/browned, with some light soiling on the rear board. A Very Good copy. *** Cummings' biographer Richard S. Kennedy described the theme of the book, Cummings' ninth, as "oneness and the means (one times one) whereby that oneness is achieved - love". The book contains 54 poems, including portraits of people important to Cummings, and antiwar poems. It received the Shelley Memorial Award in 1945. Published by Henry Holt in 1944, it was reissued by publisher Harcourt Brace in 1954. - wiki ***.

Price: $30.00