Edizioni d'arte Ghelfi

First edition.

Original wrappers, complete with its color illustrated dust jacket.

Association copy, signed and inscribed: "A mon cher Georges Hugnet en souvenir de cette petite AMERICA '57 et de son ami Orfeo Tamburi / Paris 8.5.'68" [To my dear Georges Hugnet in remembrance of this little AMERICA '57 and his friend Orfeo Tamburi / Paris 8.5.'68]

Fine copy of this journey through the United States, with 37 illustrations by Tamburini from his travels to New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, New Orleans, Harrisburg, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Providence.

Hugnet and Tamburi collaborated on several artists' books: La Morale à Nicolas (1964), and Le Buveur de rosée (1970), a collection of 25 poems for which Tamburi created 5 lithographs.