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Box VMF 20

 Container

Contains 56 Results:

Ideas of Order. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936

 Item — Multiple Containers
Description First edition. Sent to Wallace Stevens by publisher Alfred Knopf; inherited by Stevens's grandson, Peter R. Hanchak; subsequently sold via Elliot's Books (Northford, Ct.) in 2011. Page facing half-title has blurb by Horace Gregory (for Stevens's 'Harmonium'). Full vertically-striped cloth in pink, gray, orange and white; spine has printed paper label; dust jacket. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Stevens' grandson, November 26, 2011. Book transferred to Rare Books,...

Ideas of Order. New York: The Alcestis Press, 1935

 Item — Multiple Containers
Description No. XVII of XX; signed by Wallace Stevens. Sent to Wallace Stevens by Alcestis Press; inherited by Stevens's wife, Elsie Stevens, daughter, Holly Stevens, and grandson, Peter R. Hanchak; subsequently sold via Elliot's Books (Northford, Ct.) in 2013. Original cream stiffened paper wrappers; spine and cover lettered in black; original glassine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase; accompanied by original mailing box with handwritten title. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from...

The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1984

 Item — Multiple Containers
Description Reprinted with revisions 1984 as an Archon Book. Originally owned by Wallace Stevens's daughter, Holly Stevens; inherited by Stevens's grandson, Peter R. Hanchak; subsequently sold via Elliot's Books (Northford, Ct.) in 2014. Full teal cloth; spine lettered in copper; dust jacket. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Stevens' grandson, August 22, 2014. Book transferred to Rare Books, ...

Sur Ma Guzzla Gracile. Poetry (Chicago, Illinois), Volume 19, Number 1, 1921 October

 Item — Multiple Containers
Description A poem sequence. Sent to Wallace Stevens by journal editor Harriet Monroe; inherited by Stevens's grandson, Peter R. Hanchak; subsequently sold via Elliot's Books. In paper wrappers. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Stevens' grandson, August 22, 2014. Book transferred to Rare Books, PS3537.T4753 S798...

Series 2: Letterhead

 Series — Box: VMF 20, Folder: 14

Photographic portrait of Wallace Stevens, undated

 Item — Box: VMF 20, Folder: 15
Description

Black and white image, 3.75 inches x 5.75 inches. Frame with mat, 9.25 inches x 11.25 inches.

Lawrence Levy to William H. Gass, 1968-1969

 Item — Box: VMF 20, Folder: 12
Description

5 items. Photocopies of correspondence