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152 pp. Blue paper boards over smooth black cloth spine with printed paper label mounted, with the dust jacket. Slight fading to board edges, jacket toned on verso and extremities, spine browned, small snag on rear panel of jacket at top edge. Overall a remarkably clean copy. The second edition of Stevens' landmark first book, which added fourteen poems and removed three poems from the original publication. 1500 copies were printed. Edelstein A1.b. Connolly 46.

Harmonium is the first book of poetry by American poet Wallace Stevens, published in 1923. The collection includes many of Stevens' most famous poems such as 'Sunday Morning,' 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,' and 'The Emperor of Ice-Cream.' It is noted for its lush language, imaginative landscapes, and thematic richness.