{"product_id":"22059-ashbery-john-katz-alex-bidart-frank-fragment","title":"Ashbery, John. (1927 - 2017) \u0026 Katz, Alex. (b. 1927) [Bidart, Frank. (b. 1939)] FRAGMENT","description":"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThe 1969 1st paperback edition, limited to only 750 copies. Light staining and soiling around the light-tan wrapper edges, small nick\/bend to lower right edge which extends from front cover about halfway through the block, but internally very clean and overall an excellent, solid copy overall. 25 illustrations by the painter Alex Katz complementing John Ashbery's verse. This copy with the ownership signature to the ffe of the important American poet Frank Bidart, who \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ereceived the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e2018 \u003c\/span\u003ePulitzer Prize for Poetry, the\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGriffin Poetry Prize\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e Lifetime Recognition Award, and the 2017 \u003c\/span\u003eNational Book Award\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e for Poetry for his book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eHalf-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAn especially interesting association copy of Ashbery's long autobiographical poem, written between December 1964 - March 1965. The first of only two of his works published by the Black Sparrow Press, and an early collaborative work with Brooklyn artist Alex Katz.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093801128095,"sku":"22059","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ashbery_2C_John_26_Katz_2C_Alex_FRAGMENT_22059a.jpg?v=1722190454","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/22059-ashbery-john-katz-alex-bidart-frank-fragment","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}