Exceptionally beautiful copy of the first edition of Stanford's cult magnum opus.
Fine.
Price: $2,000.00
"I am afraid after reading all these so-called initiation books that some / cortege of boot lickers will enter my room while I am sleeping and suck / my eyes out with soda straws they will be older men and women much like / the amanuenses with bad breath in the principal's office who call / up and tell on you the Unferths of the world better beware."
Stanford's final book before his 1978 suicide, BATTLEFIELD is a nearly 16,000-line poem that has gained an almost mythical status in the more than forty years since its publication. A significant portion of this original 1977 edition was destroyed in a basement flood and the book remained out of print for years until Lost Roads reissued the title in 2000. The finest copy we've encountered, examples are often in poor condition due both to its bulk and the frequency and fervency with which it is read and passed along. A remarkably well-preserved example of this beloved contemporary verse epic.
First printing. (Fayetteville, AR): Lost Roads, 1977. 8.5'' x 7''. Original color photographic wrappers. Mill Mountain numbers 7-12. [8], 242, [2] pages. Trace rubbing. Else bright, sharp, and tight. Appears unread. Housed in a custom full black cloth clamshell with leather spine label.
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