{"product_id":"the-collected-earlier-poems-william-carlos-williams-2nd-printing","title":"The Collected Earlier Poems, William Carlos Williams — 2nd Printing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, MacGibbon \u0026amp; Kee, 1951\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [viii], 482.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The brown cloth boards remain remarkably clean and crisp, retaining sharp corners and bright gilt lettering along the spine, indicative of careful handling. The binding is square and tight, supporting a sound and uncreased text block. Internally, the pages are clean and free from foxing, though uniformly and lightly toned, as is customary for mid-century paper stock. Both the front and rear free endpapers exhibit rectangular tape-shadowing, a standard legacy of a previous owner's protective cover, though this does not obscure any text. The unclipped dust jacket is preserved in a removable sleeve; it remains vibrant but shows some expected sun-fading and a faint damp-mark to the spine panel, alongside light edge-wear and minor rubbing to the extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is the UK edition of Williams’s collected early works, published by MacGibbon \u0026amp; Kee. While the copyright page marks this as a 1951 \"Second Printing\" manufactured in the United States, indicating that the publisher utilized sheets or plates from the American New Directions printing—this represents the first UK issue in this format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterestingly, the lower panel of the dust jacket advertises later MacGibbon \u0026amp; Kee publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe William Carlos Williams Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (published in 1966), signalling that this particular jacket is a later issue from the late 1960s. Clean, complete copies of this UK imprint are scarce on the open market today, particularly with the jacket intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collected Earlier Poems\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a monumental testament to William Carlos Williams’s transformative impact on American modernism. Gathering his work from 1906 to 1939, this comprehensive volume includes seminal early collections such as \u003ci\u003eAl Que Quiere!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSour Grapes\u003c\/i\u003e, and the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eSpring and All\u003c\/i\u003e. Through these pages, readers can trace Williams’s evolution from his early romantic inclinations toward the sharp, unadorned imagism and profound attention to the everyday that would become his hallmark. Rejecting the rigid traditions of his contemporaries, Williams sought to capture the distinct rhythm of American speech, crafting a vital, localized poetics that remains endlessly influential.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54476121211219,"sku":"4888","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260727_154429.jpg?v=1785766894","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-collected-earlier-poems-william-carlos-williams-2nd-printing","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}