The Man Among the Seals

Iowa City, IA: Stone Wall Press, 1969. First edition. 8vo, 55 pp, letter press printed and bound in brown boards with printed spine label. No dust jacket as issued. One of 260 copies. Johnson's first book, published many years in advance for the novels which would make him one of the most important writers of the last… Read more about this item

Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight bowing of boards. Very faint stain in gutter from binding glue. Near Fine. Johnson's first book, a collection of poems published when he was only 19. One of only 260 copies, issued without dustwrapper. Johnson is better known for his fiction, including the National Book Award-winning novel, TREE… Read more about this item

Iowa City: Stone Wall Press. (1969). Johnson's first book, a poetry collection published in an edition of 260 copies. Although not issued as a signed limited edition, this copy is signed by Johnson (using two pens, apparently the first one was failing). Label removal abrasions to front endpages and sticker removal mark on front cover. Sunning to the edges and… Read more about this item

Iowa City, IA: Stone Wall Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. First printing of only 260 copies. The first book, a collection of poems from the author of the National Book Award winning novel "Tree of Smoke." A clean very near fine copy in brown cloth binding with paper spine label and without dust jacket as issued.

Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1969. Edition limited to 260 copies, 8vo, pp. 55, [1]; original brown cloth, printed paper label on spine; fine in a near fine original glassine dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. This is Johnson's first book. Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 33: "When I first read Denis Johnson's poems,… Read more about this item