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LYRIC VERSE: A PRINTER'S CHOICE Compiled and Printed by David R. Godine

Godine, David R.

Lunenburg, VT: Stinehour Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. From a total edition of 500 copies, this is one of 280 printed on Curtis Tweedweave. Godine’s first published book, featuring Latin verse from ancient Rome, Italian verse from the Renaissance, 19th-century French poetry, and English verse from Chaucer to Lawrence Durrell (with Christina Rossetti and Emily Dickinson as the women contributors). Includes notes on the nine typefaces selected for the poems. 75 pp. Tall 8vo, parchment spine and marbled boards. Fine

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