SPINNING THE CRYSTAL BALL: SOME GUESSES AT THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POETRY - Rare Fine Copy of The First Edition/First Printing: Signed by James Dickey - SIGNED ON THE PAGE ITSELF

Dickey, James

Published by Washington, DC: The Library Of Congress, 1967

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 22 pages. Published in 1967. Full transcript of the author's speech. One of the most important literary texts of the 20th century. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. Without DJ, as issued. Presents James Dickey's "Spinning The Crystal Ball: Some Guesses At The Future of American Poetry". His definitive statement about American poetry, delivered as a Speech at the Library of Congress on April 24, 1967, when he was its Literary Consultant. Best-known as the author of "Deliverance" (1970), a novel of excruciating horror and violence, critics - and James Dickey himself - regard the author as primarily a poet, an American poet specifically (with all that entails), and his transcendent speech is his authentic poetic voice incarnate. An absolute "must-have" title for James Dickey collectors. This copy is very boldly, elaborately, and beautifully signed in green ink-pen on the title page by James Dickey. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. James Dickey's signature on this copy is the most beautiful we have ever seen. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. Seller Inventory # 20022

Bibliographic Details

Title: SPINNING THE CRYSTAL BALL: SOME GUESSES AT ...

Publisher: Washington, DC: The Library Of Congress, 1967

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.