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Published by Corinth Books, 1970
ISBN 10: 0870910604ISBN 13: 9780870910609
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
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Published by New York, Corinth, 1970
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Paper back issue.abt fine (H1/8).
Published by Corinth, 1970, 1970
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition Cover art by Joe Brainard. Very close to fine bright illustrated wraps with strong spine and crisp text. Trifle age-tone to cover, so no printing. Otherwise quite nice all around.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Hardcover Edition. First hardcover edition. New York: Corinth, 1970. Lavender cloth. 94 pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. An unread copy with a tight binding. Jacket has a nick at head, a few small stains to spine panel, price intact, mylar-protected. A nice copy of the poet's first book, one of a thousand hardcover copies, expanded from the 1968 Angel Hair printing.
Published by Corinth Books, New York, 1970
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK to be commercially published. Fine in fine dust jacket showing only a touch of minor shelfwear.
Published by Corinth, New York City, 1970
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small octavo. Perfect-bound white and lavender printed paper wraps. 94 pages. First edition limited to 2,000 paperbound copies, signed by the author on the title page. Near fine. Cover illustration by Joe Brainard. Waldman's fourth book of poetry. Easy to love and hard to define, her work has been aligned with the Beats, the New York School, and the Outriders. Ginsberg called her his "spiritual wife." The pair make an appearance in Bob Dylan's film Renaldo & Clara, the footage gathered during the infamous Rolling Thunder tour. From the library of a poet friend of hers. "Awake in a giant night is where I am There is a river where my soul, hungry as a horse drinks beside me An hour of immense possibility flies by and I do nothing but sit in the present which keeps changing moment to moment How can I tell you my mind is a blanket?". Signed by Author(s).
Published by Corinth Books, New York, 1970
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in lavender cloth, in a Fine pale lavender and white dustwrapper, not price-clipped, by Joe Brainard. Waldman's first regularly published book. Q14454.
Published by Corinth Books, New York, 1970
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (21cm); purple cloth, with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-94,[2]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $6.50), with only some trivial wear to extremities. Waldman's first regularly published book, considerably expanded from the mimeographed 1968 collection of the same name, published by Angel Hair. Striking wraparound dustjacket art by Joe Brainard.
Published by Corinth Books, New York, 1970
Seller: Vintage Books and Fine Art, Oxford, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Very Good. 1st Trade Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1st Trade Edition, limited to 2000 copies in wraps, signed by Waldman on the title page in blue ink. Waldman's association with the Beat Poets begins with her relationship with fellow Beat Allen Ginsberg, who referred to Waldman as his 'spiritual wife'. They maintained a close working relationship throughout their careers and founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics together in Boulder, Colorado. 'Giant Night' is Waldman's first work of poetry, originally published in 1968 in a 100-copy limited mimeographed edition. Square tight binding. Clean interior. the mildest of age toning to spine. A superior edition.
Published by Angel Hair, 1968
Seller: Sheafe Street Books, Portsmouth, NH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. George Schneeman (illustrator). First. Cover slightly worn with an unfortunate discoloration in the center. Signed and dated. Signed by author.
Published by Angel Hair, 1968
Seller: Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA, Hopewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Folio (14 x 8 1/2 inches; 356 x 215mm), [4] unnumbered leaves, in stapled illustrated wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED by Anne Waldman on the final page, her first book and one of only 100 mimeographed copies. A meditation on "my little world," written when she and fellow poet Lewis Warsh were living on St. Mark's Place in the East Village. The poem is dated December 3, 1967, but was published by their Angel Hair imprint in 1968. The book features a beautiful cover illustration by George Schneeman, who often collaborated with New York School poets. Corinth reprinted Giant Night in 1970; that edition is readily obtainable. This true first edition, though, is scarce to the market, especially in collectible condition. CONDITION: Pages lightly toned, some soiling to the covers, half-inch tear and some rippling to the rear cover page. A Very Good copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by New York: Corinth Books, 1970, 1970
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition, signed limited issue, number 39 of 50 copies, numbered and signed by the author. Giant Night was Waldman's third poetry collection. The total edition comprised 3,000 copies, of which 2,000 were issued in wrappers and 1,000 in cloth. Anne Waldman (b.1945) is an American writer, experimental poet, and lecturer connected to the Beat poets, in particular Allen Ginsberg, who once referred to Waldman as his spiritual wife. She is "known as one of the most influential performance poets of the 20th century", founded the poetry journal Angel Hair, and was active in editing a number of other key Beat publications (Oakes, p. 352). The poem "Giant Night" was previously published alone by Angel Hair in a pamphlet in 1968. Elizabeth H. Oakes, American Writers, 2004. Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in white. With the illustrated dust jacket, designed by Joe Brainard. A near-fine copy, couple of spots to cloth, internally clean, in the like dust jacket, unclipped, bright and sharp.