The Triumph Of Achilles by Louise Gluck - 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

2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine

Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.

Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows…) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions… Read More

Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.

Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .

Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.

Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.

NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.