The Song of the Border-Guard

Black Mountain, North Carolina: Nicola Cernovich / Black Mountain College Graphics Workshop, [circa 1952].

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Unbound. First edition. Designed by Cy Twombly. Folded broadside laid into handprinted wrappers, 12.5" x 19" when open. Signed by Duncan. Fine. Reportedly one of approximately 200 copies printed at the printshop of Black Mountain College, and one of the earliest printed works by Twombly. Extremely scarce, and rare in this condition.

Item #282565

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Item #282565 The Song of the Border-Guard. Robert DUNCAN, Cy Twombly.
The Song of the Border-Guard

Robert Duncan
birth name: Edward Howard Duncan
born: 1/7/1919
died: 2/3/1988
nationality: USA

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Biography

American poet, a leader of the Black Mountain group of poets in the 1950s. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

Not to be confused with the mystery author Robert L. Duncan.more

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