Kenneth Patchen — Red Wine & Yellow Hair

New York, New Directions, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from American writer Kenneth Patchen. First edition. A collection of poetry with titles including: The Hunter, A Lost Poem, Summer Storm by the Sea, And a Man Went Out Alone, and The Little Black Train, amongst others. Written by Kenneth Patchen, an American poet and novelist likened to William Black and Walt Whitman for his experimentation with different forms of writing and incorporation of painting, drawing, and jazz music into his works. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear and sunning to the extremities. The odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.