Brighton Press — McGraw, DeLoss — Snodgrass, W.D.

A collection of three works, San Diego, 1985-1987, comprising:



The House the Poet Built. 1985, oblong 4to (9 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.; 250 x 400 mm.), number 8 of 40 copies of which this is one of thirty copies numbered in Arabic, signed by author and illustrator, 10 hand-tinted etchings by DeLoss McGraw, loose as issued in pictorial cloth folding box



A Colored Poem. 1985, small 12mo (5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.; 138 x 95 mm.), number 8 of 50 copies, signed by the author and illustrator, 6 hand-tinted etchings by DeLoss McGraw, loose as issued in pictorial cloth folding box



Lullaby The Comforting of Cock Robin, single leaf (21 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.; 554 x 285 mm.), number 128 of 200 copies, signed by the author and illustrator, 1 hand-tinted etching by DeLoss McGraw laid-down, collector's folding case

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The poet W.D. Snodgrass was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1960 for his first book of poems, Heart's Needle.