85.00€
Scarce first edition poetry booklet by Robert Lax, titled From the Top of the Ferris Wheel, published by Furthermore Press in 1984.
This charming small-press production features a cartoon by Robert Lax and design by Michael Lastnite. Even more desirable, this copy is personally signed and inscribed by Robert Lax, making it a wonderful collectible for admirers of his work and twentieth-century American poetry.
Published as part of the highly collectible Furthermore Press series, these booklets were produced in very small numbers for friends and supporters and distributed through Falkynor Books in Davie, Florida. Printed on multi-colored paper and staple-bound, they represent the intimate and independent spirit of small-press poetry publishing during the 1980s.
Robert Lax (1915–2000) was an American poet associated with Thomas Merton and Ad Reinhardt. Later in life he settled on the Greek island of Patmos, where he lived a quiet and contemplative life while producing some of the most distinctive minimalist poetry of the twentieth century.
Book Details
• Author: Robert Lax
• Title: From the Top of the Ferris Wheel
• Publisher: Furthermore Press
• Year: 1984
• Edition: First Edition
• Design: Michael Lastnite
• Cartoon: Robert Lax
• Signed and dedicated by the author
• Format: Stapled paper wrappers
• Pages: 12 (including covers)
• Dimensions: 21 cm × 14 cm
Condition
Very good vintage condition.
• Original paper wrappers present
• Staples secure
• Signed and dedicated by Robert Lax
• Minor age-related wear consistent with age
• Please review photographs carefully as they form part of the description
