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cummings, e. e. (1894-1962). EIMI. New York: Covici, Friede, Publishers, 1933. 8vo. [ii], [1]-432, [1, blank], [1, signed limitation page], [4, blank] pp. Publisher’s full yellow cloth, front board and spine lettered in black, publisher’s unclipped (“$3.00”) dust jacket (cloth slightly rubbed, some ffep residue affixed to p. [i], a few pages unopened, endleaves a bit toned; jacket with several tape repairs to verso, jacket toned, spine and front panel chipped, some edgewear with small marginal chips, tears, some occasional soiling). A fine copy in a good jacket. FIRST EDITION, #492 OUT OF 1,381 COPIES SIGNED BY CUMMINGS. cummings’ unconventional prose account of his travels in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (“Fundamentally, EIMI constitutes the epic reaction of a human being to a transcendent experience…” from the rear jacket blurb).