Description
The first edition, first printing of The Rescued Year, signed by William Stafford, the publisher’s first issue text and jacket.
Octavo, ix, [1], 81pp, [5]. Orange decorated paper-covered boards. The first printing, with “First Edition” stated on copyright page. The first issue, with an uncut fore edge. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $3.95 retail price on the front flap, light sunning to the spine, a near fine example.
Signed and dated by the author on the title page: “William Stafford / June 19, ’68.”
Stafford’s third collection of poetry, and his first book following Traveling Through the Dark, winner of the 1963 National Book Award for Poetry.
