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Y & X: DRAWINGS BY CORRADO CAGLI / POEMS BY CHARLES OLSON
(OLSON, CHARLES) (CAGLI, CORRADO). Olson, Charles & Corrado Cagli. New York: Black Sun Press, 1948. First Edition #50/500. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Livre D'Artiste. Very Good.. Two 12 x 27" cardstock sheet printed monochrome recto and verso, joined and machine folded vertically to make 12 x 9", 12pp, 5 illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1948 by Caresse Crosby at her Black Sun Press, this is the first, limited edition of noted American literary figure Charles Olson's collaboration with the Italian-born, New York-based "Scuola Romana" artist Corrado Cagli entitled "X & Y". It pairs each of five Olson poems - "The Green Man", "The K", "La Preface", "The Moebus Strip", and "Trinacria" - with a full page drawing by Caglia. A most presentable HAND NUMBERED (50) example of the uncommon first edition limited to five hundred copies in the publisher's original brittle, age-toned and chipped glassine wrapper showing some mild soiling and age-toning. While not indicated in any way, this was acquired directly from the library of Charles Olson's Black Mountain colleague and longtime close friend, artist and educator Emerson Woelffer. Inventory Number: 026916