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An Eastward Look.
1974170252Berkeley: Sand Dollar 1974. First edition signed limited issue number 25 of 26 copies signed by the author on the final page and printed on mould-made paper. This copy is from the library of Berry's fellow environmentalist poet William Henry Matchett whose poems were inspired by his home in Hood Canal Washington and who served as president of the Hood Canal Environmental Council. Matchett 1923-2021 eschewed modern technology perhaps taking a leaf from Berry's essay "Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer" 1987. Matchett was also a founding member of the Poets' Theatre the editor of Modern Language Quarterly and an emeritus professor at the University of Washington. His ownership inscription on the first leaf is dated December 1974 following publication in Autumn. Drawing from Japanese and Chinese influences this work comprises a series of haiku and the section "Chinese Painting Poems". These are verses written in response to artists such as Ni Zan and Shen Zhou in keeping with the Chinese tradition of seeking the poetry within a painting and the painting within a poem. A trade issue of 350 copies was published simultaneously. Small octavo pp. 22. Original sewn yellow wrappers front cover lettered in red device on rear cover in white fore and bottom edges uncut. A fine copy. Freedman A24a. unknown
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