Sleeping with One Eye Open by Strand (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 53 Pp. Gilt #80 Of A Limited Edition Of 225 Copies, Strand's First Book. Red Cloth, Gilt; All Text Printed In Grey-Brown, With Contents Page Using Arabic Numerals. Fine, No Wear, Gilt Brilliant, No Faults. Lacking The Original Clear Acetate Dust Jacket.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Limited edition of 225 copies printed by K. K. Merker. This copy out-of-series. Cover cloth is sunned around top edges. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. This is copy 161 of 225 copies printed by K K Merker. Red cloth boards with sun fading on the spine and the top edge of the front and back board. Trace foxing on the top edge of the text block. There is minor soiling near the fore edges of the boards. A very good copy lacking the glassine dust wrapper.

cloth. Stone Wall Press (illustrator). 8vo. cloth. unpaginated. One of 225 copies, of which this is the second issue with the Roman Numerials printed in black on the table of contents page. This copy inscribed by Mark Strand on the colophon page. Spine faded, gilt lettering rubbed. Covers lightly soiled. Interior tight and bright. Lacking the very rare acetate wrapper. Printed by Kim Merker at the Stone Wall Press with Romanee type on Curtis Rag paper. Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 16. Laugher p.551. The first book by this Pulitzer Prize winning author. Mark Strand ( b.April 11, 1934 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island - d. November 29, 2014,New York) was a American man of letters. Strand who would go on to win many awards in his career including the Pulitzer Prize thought highly enough of this his first collection to include ten of these poems in his 1980 Selected Poems.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 53 pages. Number 109 from an edition of 225 copies printed by K.K. Merker from Romanee type on Curtis Rag paper. The first book from this acclaimed poet and writer who won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize award, was the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress and won numerous other awards. A clean near fine copy in red cloth boards and in a supplied acetate dust jacket. Signed by Strand on the title page. A very nice copy of this debut collection of poems.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Copy 184 of only 225 copies. 53, (1) pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Very Good with slightly soiled cloth, rubbed gilt, and slight cigar odor. In original acetate wraps, slightly irregularly trimmed along top edge and thoroughly wrinkled, but still quite rare thus. The poet's first book.

Hardcover. First Edition. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's scarce first book, copy #195 of only 225 numbered copies. Apparently issued with a glassine, but not on any of the dozen or so copies we have seen. This copy has a mylar cover on it, but we don't believe it to be original. Sunning to the spine with just a touch of rubbing to the gilt lettering which is clear; contents bright and fresh. Near Fine.

First edition limited to 225 copies (this, no. 19); 8vo, pp. 53, [3]; original red cloth, gilt-stamped spine, without the publisher's slipcase. Near fine copy, from the library of Kim Merker. Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 16: "Mark was a student at the Writers Workshop at the time." This is his first book.

First Edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt at spine in acetate dustjacket; 8vo. 53 pp. A Fine copy of the poet's first book, number 105 of 225 copies printed by K[im] K Merker of the press. The gilt a bit dull, else Fine. Clear acetate jacket has one chip, else minor loss and wear at edges. The Pulitzer Prize winner's first collection; ten of the poems first included here are reprinted in his "Selected Poems" (1980).

First edition limited to 225 copies (this, no. 41); 8vo, pp. 53, [3]; original red cloth, gilt-stamped spine, publisher's slipcase. Fine copy, from the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Strand to Merker: "To Kim / Who published the first and most recent - elegantly, beautifully. With high regard and abiding affection. / Mark Strand." Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 16: "Mark was a student at the Writers Workshop at the time." This is his first book.

STRAND, Mark. SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN. Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1964. Limited First Edition. 8vo. 53pp. Red cloth stamped in gilt to spine.Author's first book #40 of limited edtion of 225. Inscribed by athor on ffep. "For Gary/with both eyes open/-Mark Strand/July 28, 1966, Small split to paper at front hinge. Spine faded and lightly soiled. Lacks dj. Very good.