Books sit at the heart of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library. But what exactly is a book? Perfect bound or stapled, letterpress printed or mimeographed, a simple folded piece of paper or an illuminated unique book, the 75,000 volumes found in the Library may range in size but all prove important to understanding the course of writing and printing in 20th century. Thought to be the largest library in private hands until coming to Emory, the Danowski Poetry Library strives to be the library of record for the twentieth century.
A living library including 85,000 volumes of rare & modern poetry
housed at Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library.
housed at Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library.
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Rare Books
Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass.
First Edition. 1855.
With ownership signature by Bayard Taylor, “July 1855.”
Association copies
T.S. Eliot. The Waste Land.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923.
Second edition. No. 777 of 1000 copies.
With coat of arms of Harry & Caresse Crosby,
publishers of Black Sun Press.
Mimeographed books
Handmade book by students welcoming Miss Brooks to their class. c. 1970s.
Handmade Books
Alice Notley, handmade Valentine for Ted Berrigan, n.d. (circa 1970s).
Married poets Notley and Berrigan regularly made and exchanged cards with each other.