North Central Niedecker, Lorine

Very Good. 4to. Printed in green and black on Glastonbury grey antique laid paper, botanical illustrations, printer’s ornaments; stray spot to the colophon, nearly imperceptible toning to the upper margins. Publisher’s brown buckram, spine lettered in silver, in the original pictorial dustjacket; dustjacket with some modest soiling and browning, front panel with a closed tear at head and foot each, slight loss at folds, and with some creases and nicks at extremities. First edition, trade edition, not of the signed and numbered limited edition. Fulcrum Press played a significant hand in the revival of interest in Niedecker’s work, with the publication of North Central and My Life by Water. North Central contains some of her greatest and best-known poems, including “Lake Superior” and “Wintergreen Ridge.” A scarce and very handsomely produced work.