Gathering Firewood; New Poems and Selected.

Middletown, CT Wesleyan University Press, 1974. Hardcover First Edition (1974), so stated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition (1974), so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows two tiny spots of blanching at the bottom edge off the front panel and another at the bottom of the rear hinge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, marks, or marginalia in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows a tiny chip at the bottom edge of the front panel; mild rubbing to the the front panel; just a touch of wear to the front corner tips; a short, closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel; the price is unclipped; mylar-protected. Clean and bright, showing several minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.75 x 7 x inches). 54 pages. Photography by Roger Manley. Burgundy cloth over Boards with gilt titles at the front panel and backstrip. Language: English. Weight: 12.5 ounces. The Wesleyan poetry program, v. 75. Hardback with DJ. David Ray, born May 20, 1932, is an American poet and author of fiction, essays, and memoir. He is particularly noted for poems that, while being rooted in the personal, also show a strong social concern. Ray is the author of twenty-two volumes of poetry, including "Hemingway: A Desperate Life" (2011), "When" (2007), "Music of Time: Selected and New Poems" (2006) and The Death of Sardanapalus and Other Poems of the Iraq Wars (2004). "After Tagore: Poems Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore" was published in India in 2008. Ray has taught at several colleges in the United States, including Cornell University, Reed College, the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he is professor emeritus. He has also taught in India, New Zealand, and Australia, and has published books inspired by the cultures of each country. Among other prizes, including an N.E.A. fellowship for fiction and five P.E.N. Newspaper Syndicate Awards for short stories, David Ray is a two-time winner of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.