DESIGNATING DUET
1989WRCLIT73956Newark VT: The Janus Press 1989. Small oblong quarto. Paper-backed decorated fabric over boards. A fine copy in otherwise very good cloth-covered clamshell box with an unfortunate pale tidemark affecting the spine and edges of the boards. First edition. McPherson's poems are presented in the context of a cut colored paper quilt-like construct bound into the outer shell which may be carefully extended in an accordion style fashion. One of 175 numbered copies signed by the poet by Claire Van Vliet the printer/designer and by several other parties associated with the production. The Janus Press hardcover books
