THE WHOLE TRUTH by Cummins, James - 1986

The Whole Truth - poetry by James Cummins
ISBN-13: 9780865472259
ISBN-10: 0865472254
Publisher: North Point Press, copyright 1986
Hardcover
6.2 x 8.35 inches, 57 pages

James Cummins is an American poet. Cummins teaches at the University of Cincinnati and is the curator of the Elliston Poetry Collection. He is married to the poet and art critic, Maureen Bloomfield (Error and Angels, University of South Carolina, 1997). They have two daughters.

His poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry series in 1994, 1995, 1998, and 2005. Series editor David Lehman thanked Cummins for "useful suggestions" in the 2005 and 2006 editions of the series.

North Point Press, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

San Francisco.: North Point Press., 1986. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 1986,1st edition. Dust jacket and boards in as new condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (56 pages).

North Point Pr, 1986-06. Hardcover. Good.

North Point Pr. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. With remainder mark. (poetry, literature)

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. Hardcover. Octavo, 56 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is gray with silver print. Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, cocked spine. Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column G. 1378677. FP New Rockville Stock.

San Francisco:: North Point Press,, 1986.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some spine slant). First printing. The author's first book, a parody of detective stories, which features the characters from the Perry Mason series as it describes Mason's attempts to find the truth behind several cases. Long blurb by John Ashbery on the rear cover of the dust jacket in which he comments "The remarkable thing about James Cummins's first collection is not the fact that it is made up entirely of sestinas about the Perry Mason characters, nor that he has handled this impossibly demanding form with an ease which has perhaps never been equaled. What is remarkable is the poetry that floods through the cracks in Cummins's pokerfaced facade, drenching his mock-narrative with timeless light and joy." 56 pp plus 1 p of notes.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 12mo., 56pp. Sharp First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout. A touch of toning to edges but barely noticeable. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($11.95), has some fairly minor surface rubbing but still fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.