The Triumph of Achilles by GLUCK, Louise - 1985

Ecco Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. Dust jacket adhered to cover boards. The binding suffers minor loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ecco Press, 1985. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards and dust jacket show signs of shelf wear. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ecco Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards and dust jacket show signs of shelf wear. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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..

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.

Ecco Press, 1985-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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.

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.

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… Read More