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Ashbery (John). Some Trees, with a foreword by W. H. Auden (Yale Series of Younger Poets, 52), 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956, original publisher's black cloth, spine titled in gilt, with unclipped dust-wrapper, a few minor marks and spine somewhat tanned, 8vo, generally G/VG, with an original typescript poem by John Ashbery loosely inserted at front of volume, in French on two sheets of paper, titled 'Poemes Francaises' (in blue ink), and signed twice to foot of each sheet in blue ink by John Ashbery (the first signature inked over), marked in pencil to upper corner of first sheet 'Tel Quel 27', together with Moore (Marianne). The Pangolin and Other Verse, 1st edition, London: Brendin Publishing Company, 1936, monochrome illustrations by George Plank, printed at the Curwen Press, original patterned boards, a little rubbed and spine somewhat darkened, 8vo, plus two others: John Berryman, Poems (Poet of the Month series), 1st edition, Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1942, original light blue printed wrappers, minor discolouration to edges, and Robert Creeley, The Finger, poems 1966-1969, 1st edition, London: Calder & Boyars, 1970, original green cloth in dustwrapper, with some light spotting, inscribed by the author 'for Lee-with our love-in his country. Bob, London 7/18/70', all 8vo (Quantity: 4) 'Poemes Francais' was written in 1966, and published in Tel Quel, Autumn 1966 (in French) and Art and Literature, Spring 1967 (in English), before appearing in The Double Dream of Spring (1970). In a note appended to the English text, Ashbery said: “I wrote the group of ‘French poems’ in French and translated them myself into English, with the idea of avoiding customary word-patterns and associations.” Abbott A5 for Marianne Moore's The Pangolin. Printed in an edition of 120 copies only.