GLEASON, MADELINE — The Metaphysical Needle

San Francisco, CA: Centaur Press, 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Hal Goldman. Color Illustrations; Limited to 483 copies. This copy has been signed by both the author and the illustrator on the front endpaper, and the illustrator has drawn a bird on the front endpaper, along with his signature. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have some light toning to the spine and edges along with several tiny spots of discoloration. "Madeline Gleason (January 26, 1903 – April 22, 1979) was a United States poet and dramatist. She was the founder of the San Francisco Poetry Guild and, in 1947, the director of the first poetry festival in the United States, laying the groundwork (along with other figures such as Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Duncan, William Everson, Jack Spicer, James Broughton, et al. ) for what became known as the San Francisco Renaissance. She was, with Helen Adam, Barbara Guest, and Denise Levertov, one of only four women whose work was included in Donald Allen's landmark anthology, The New American Poetry 1945-1960 (1960)." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author & Illustrator. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .