Oak Knoll

Limited to 125 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. A couple small white spots along the spine and boards, else a fine copy. Also included is the announcement of the publication, as well as the price list of other limited editions by the press and order form. Folded.

The book was set in 16 point Spectrum and printed on a Vandercook No. 4. The volume was designed, hand-set, and printed by Mary Chenoweth and Barnard Taylor and bound by Don and Pam Rash. The three full-page etchings were created by Rosalyn Richards and printed by Kathy Kaminskas at Bucknell University Department of Art. The edition was printed on imported mould made Rives Heavyweight paper. Number three in the The Bucknell University Fine Editions: A Series in Contemporary Poetry, edited by John Wheatcroft.

Karl Shapiro has been the recipient of every major poetry prize, including the Pulitzer, Bollingen, and Shelley Memorial Award. Shapiro had also served as Poetry Consultant and Whittall lecturer to the Library of Congress and as Poet-in-Residence at Bucknell University. Shapiro's poetry is often associated with themes of American urban realism and with World War II poetry from a soldier's point of view. His realism rendered in colloquial idiom, has had a marked influence on the next generation of poets.