NY, Jargon/Corinth Books, 1960. The limited edition of the first combined edition of these poems, originally published in 1953 and 1956 in a pair of oversize limited editions. One of the most important achievements of American poetry in the postwar era, on a par with Pound's Cantos and Williams' Paterson. Olson influenced an entire generation of poets by virtue of his presence at Black Mountain College in the Fifties, and The Maximus Poems stands as his major poetic work. Number 25 of 75 numbered copies; the total hardcover printing consisted of 101 copies. This copy is inscribed by the author in 1965. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. Very uncommon in hardcover, and especially so signed or inscribed. [#017241] SOLD