DescriptionAs We Know (first edition) - John Ashbery.jpg
Digital recreation of hardcover first-edition of John Ashbery's 1979 poetry collection As We Know, published by Viking Press.
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Photos of this first edition cover can be seen here and here. Note that the cover found on later editions published by Penguin Books are virtually identical except for the addition of the (copyrighted) Penguin Books logo in the upper righthand corner; see e.g. photos of the Penguin paperback edition. The first edition by Viking Press did not include any logos or other copyrighted material on its cover.
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