Ashbery, John. (1927 - 2017) & Katz, Alex. (b. 1927) [Bidart, Frank. (b. 1939)] FRAGMENTThe 1969 1st paperback edition, limited to only 750 copies. Light staining and soiling around the light tan wrapper edges, small nick bend to lower right edge which extends from front cover about halfway through the block, but internally very clean and overall an excellent, solid copy overall. 25 illustrations by the painter Alex Katz complementing John Ashbery's verse. This copy with the ownership signature to the ffe of the important American poet