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New York: The Ecco Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Slim Small Octavo. 60 pp, stated first edition, short poems in three sections. 5.7" x 8.3" cloth back, gilt spine letters, & russet papered boards Unclipped DJ in acetate protector. Winner of the Poetry Society's Melville Kane award 1985. Her fourth collection of poems..
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- Title The Triumph of Achilles
- Author Louise Glueck
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 60
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press, New York
- Date 1985
- ISBN 9780880010818 / 0880010819
- Weight 2.5 lbs (1.13 kg)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 85010249
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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The Triumph of Achilles
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The Triumph of Achilles
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The Ecco Press, 1985 60 pp. Gluck's 4th book of poetry. Gray cloth spine withred boards. Bright clean copy. Slight spine slant. DJ not price-clipped, light shelf wear.
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The Triumph of Achilles
by Louise Gluck
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Ecco Press, 1985-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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THE TRIUMPH OF ACHILLES
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New York: The Ecco Press, 1985. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of the Pulitzer- and Nobel-winning authors fourth book of poetry, the title poem addressing "the power of grief to motivate heroic action" (Morris, 50) - not through victory in battle, but through Achilles's love of Patroclus. 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter grey cloth, red paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. In original unclipped ($13.50) color typographic dust jacket. Volume 32 in The American Poetry Series. [12], 60 pages. Light toning to jacket. Slight spine lean. Neat and clean.
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The Triumph of Achilles
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Ecco Press, 1985-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.5000 in x 8.1000 in x 5.8000 in. Stated first edition. Not price-clipped. DJ very good. Slight bowing of cover boards. Binding slightly rolled at top, else sound. Very slight aging to top edges. Else clean.
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The Triumph of Achilles (association copy with holograph poem)
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NY: The Ecco Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. Association copy, inscribed opposite the title page by Gluck to the poet, critic, and biographer Vince Clemente with a holograph version of her poem "The Embrace" (which leads the book's second section) following the inscription and running onto the title page. For its flavor, the finish: "above the trees, the city rose in a kind of splendor / as all that is wild comes to the surface." Also signed in full above her printed name on the title page. Clemente was a professor at SUNY and his papers are held at Rochester University. A very good copy with a mildly slant spine and a remainder mark to bottom text block face. The rear free endpaper is slightly askew and there are also a few very faint spots of foxing to gray spine cloth at the top edge. One small streak of binder glue present on front board's spine cloth. In a very near fine jacket. Though an imperfect copy, the holograph poem makes this book a unique find from…
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