{"product_id":"david-meltzer-beat-poet-signed-in-bespoke-leather-sangorski-sutcliffe-book-box","title":"David Meltzer BEAT POET Signed In BESPOKE LEATHER SANGORSKI \u0026 SUTCLIFFE BOOK BOX","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Meltzer TENS Selected Poems, 1961-1971 (Publisher’s advance uncorrected page proof)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIGNED and INSCRIBED by DAVID MELTZER to his friend and publisher Robert Hawley: “27 May 73 \/ For the Hawleys \/ For the Beginnings \/ For Everything \/ Since then \/ Love from \/ The Meltzers”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoused in a custom blue Morocco book form slipcase made especially for this work by notable London bookbinders Sangorski \u0026amp; Sutcliffe and sold through the J. W. Robinson Company, a southern California department store company which maintained a bespoke book department.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Herder and Herder, New York. Uncorrected page proof, stamp from \"Crane Duplicating Service, Inc.\" on inside of back cover, 151 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONDITION \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe custom leather box is in good condition. Book clean throughout. A rather unique signed presentation copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Meltzer\u003c\/strong\u003e (1937-2016) was an American poet and musician of the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance. Lawrence Ferlinghetti described him as \"one of the greats of post-World-War-Two San Francisco poets and musicians\". Meltzer came to prominence with inclusion of his work in the anthology The New American Poetry 1945–1960. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(GC2)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Gently Mad Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56510381261177,"sku":null,"price":265.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/3496\/4020\/files\/tens.jpg?v=1768577677","url":"https:\/\/thegentlymadbookshop.co.uk\/products\/david-meltzer-beat-poet-signed-in-bespoke-leather-sangorski-sutcliffe-book-box","provider":"The Gently Mad Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}