NY: American Fabric Publications, [no date, but circa late 1950s/early 1960s]. Presumed first edition. [56] pp., printed rectos only; b&w illus. Four-hole stab-bound in pink wraps; printed title label mounted to front. Near fine, with light fading to wraps, toned leaves. Title-page signed by Reps with ink brush and red signature stamp.
Signed copy of this illustrated book of verse by American poet and artist Paul Reps (1895-1990), an early adopter in the West of Japanese literary and artistic aesthetics, particularly the haiku, which he used to frequently idiosyncratic ends. This a sort of verse primer on Reps's so-called "picture-poems," illustrated with 13 reproduced black-and-white sumi-e-style brush paintings combining text and graphic components.
