Birth of a Poet: The Santa Cruz Meditations.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1982. First edition, publisher’s copy. ix + 197 pp w/notes. Foxing along top edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Lee Bartlett. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Everson. As in the deluxe issue, there is an original holograph poem by Everson tipped in after the title page.