POEMS by Tagliabue, John - 1959

First edition. Harper & Brothers, 1959. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket, now in a clear plastic archival cover, is discolored from age and worn with a half-inch tear. Boards are a little edge worn. Page ends are lightly soiled. Front end pages are age discolored. Text is unmarked. Strong binding.

NY: Harper, 1959. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 86. A poem by Mark Van Doren as preface. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Edges little soiled, cover scuffed at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy in soiled scuffed and chipped dj.

NY: Harper. VG in G DJ. (1959). 1st ed. Louis Untermeyer declared, "Ecstasy rises from these pages, bursts through the seemingly improvised lines, and strikes the . reader with spontaneous joy." Born in Italy, Tagliabue came to America at four. At the time of this book he lived in Japan and taught American Literature at Tokyo College. He studied at Bates College in Maine. DJ edge wear and edge tanning. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. Tiny spot on front fly else fine slightly age-toned near fine wrappers. Inscribed by the author to poet Dan Hoffman.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in slightly toned and soiled very good or better dust jacket. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Erica Dorf, the author's sister, sending the book to Malcolm Cowley at her brothers request because Tagliabue was then in Japan. The edges of the letter are a little toned.

Harper and Brothers, 1959. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Harper and Brothers; New York, 1959. Hardcover. A Very Good, grey board with line design, brown spine with gilt lettering on spine, gilt emblem bottom front board, binding sturdy and intact, mild sunning to board margins, couple of small abrasions top margin page 36/37, bit of age toning to pages, trace rubbing to board and spine edges, in a Very Good, some handling/rub marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, sunning to spine and verso, soiled spot top front panel corner, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 86pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.