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The broken span

Title
The broken span / William Carlos Williams.
Author
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963
Publication
  • Norfolk, Connecticut : New Directions, [1941]
  • Chicago : Norman Press
  • ©1941

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StatusVol/DateFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
no. 1-8TextUse in library D-13 7264 no. 1-8Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
TextRestricted use Berg Coll 22-2246Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
TextRestricted use Berg Coll 22-2247Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Forgue, Norman W.
  • Hazelrigg, Paul
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • Norman Press, printer.
Description
32 unnumbered pages; 23 cm
Series Statement
Poet of the month ; 1941
Uniform Title
Poems. Selections. 1941
Alternative Title
Poems. 1941
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dust jackets – Connecticut – Norfolk – 1941.
  • Private press books – Illinois – Chicago. – 1940
Note
  • "The type for this brochure has been composed in Linotype Baskerville and printed by letterpress on Town Crier Text by the Norman Press. Title page decoration by Paul Hazelrigg. Design and typography by Norman W. Forgue. Completed at Chicago during December 1940" -- colophon.
Indexed In (note)
  • Carruth, H. New Directions reader
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Binding (note)
  • Copy in Berg Coll 22-2246 & Berg Coll 22-2247 bound in publishers' plain stiff wrappers; with original dust jacket with a design by Paul Hazelrigg.
  • Copy in Berg Coll 22-2247 is bound in red buckram with title and date stamped on spine in gold between two single rules: "The poet of the month, 1941"; it is bound with the other titles in the series in a variant order; dust jackets retained.
Contents
A love song -- The last words of my English grandmother -- Impromptu: the suckers -- A marriage ritual -- The men -- For the poem Patterson -- Illegitimate things -- The predicter of famine -- A portrait of the times -- Against the sky -- The last turn.
Call Number
D-13 7264
LCCN
41008110
OCLC
2947135
Author
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963, author.
Title
The broken span / William Carlos Williams.
Publisher
Norfolk, Connecticut : New Directions, [1941]
Manufacturer
Chicago : Norman Press
Copyright Date
©1941
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Poet of the month ; 1941
Indexed In:
Carruth, H. New Directions reader, page 243
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 7
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-2246 & Berg Coll 22-2247 bound in publishers' plain stiff wrappers; with original dust jacket with a design by Paul Hazelrigg. NN
Copy in Berg Coll 22-2247 is bound in red buckram with title and date stamped on spine in gold between two single rules: "The poet of the month, 1941"; it is bound with the other titles in the series in a variant order; dust jackets retained. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-2246 & Berg Coll 22-2247acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Copy in Berg Coll 22-2246 is one of 12 volumes in slipcase.
Copy in Berg Coll 22-2247 is bound together in a single volume with other titles in the series.
Added Author
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Forgue, Norman W., book designer, compositor.
Hazelrigg, Paul, designer.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Norman Press, printer.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Research Call Number
D-13 7264
*KSD (Williams, C. W. Broken span)
Berg Coll 22-2246
Berg Coll 22-2247
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