[DICKINSON, EMILY]
BERVIN, JEN AND MARTA WERNER. The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope-Poems. New York: Granary Books, 2012. One of 60 copies (from the limitation), though the box has a discreet notation 25/50; this copy inscribed in the companion volume in pencil by Jen Bervin. Three volumes, as published; the 48 color facsimiles in wraps; the essay by Marta Werner also in wraps; and the index volume, loose leaves in handmade paper sleeve; the whole in the original archival box with line drawing, as issued. 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (37.5 x 29.25 cm) for the portfolio; 48 double-sided color facsimiles, 52 pp. (the accompanying text); 32 pp. (the index volume); Fine; Together with the trade edition (New York, 2013) and a mass-market hardcover edition in small format.

An important event in Dickinson scholarship, the publication of these "scraps" (some of substantial poetical import) represented a significant addition to the poet's corpus. The title is taken from her manuscript A 821: "the gorgeous nothings which compose the sunset keep."