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The long poem Litany, written as two interrelated monologues, joins with forty-seven lyrical poems to portray the search for self-identity in the modern world
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As We Know: Poems
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
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Oblong Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Seller Inventory # 119862
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As We Know: Poems
Seller: Berthoff Books, Harpers Ferry, WV, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 118 pages. 1980 reprint of collection first published 1979 simultaneously in hardcover (Viking) and soft cover (Penguin). In Penguin Poets series. Contains the long two-column poem "Litany" (two voices) and 47 short poems. Trade paperback in landscape layout, glossy pictorial wraps with sticker-remnant smudge and vertical crease to front wrap, wraps curled, a few marks on back, inside front cover and ffep stained brown from previously laid-in newspaper clippings, lighter tan stain on pp. 98-99 where a clipping of three other poems by Ashbery is still laid in, small chips to fore-edge of p. 33-34. Check mark in the ToC next to name of the title poem; other pages unmarked. Seller Inventory # WBB-682
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As We Know
Seller: Pheonix Books and Collectibles, Clearfield, PA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover in overall good shape with light general wear. Binding square and firm. Clean throughout. Seller Inventory # 4387
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As We Know
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Penguin Books, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0140422749
ISBN 13: 9780140422740
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Oblong octavo. Glossy wrappers. Light edgewear with rubbing, near fine. Poetry. Seller Inventory # 411418
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As We Know
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ISBN 10: 0140422749
ISBN 13: 9780140422740
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Oblong octavo. Pictorial, glossy wrappers near fine with spine lightly faded. Poetry. Seller Inventory # 399629
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As We Know: Poems
Seller: Friends of Pima County Public Library, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Dog ear bends to pages / cover. Pages / Margins yellowed. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. Slight edge wear and bumping. Seller Inventory # mon0000013625
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As We Know
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ISBN 10: 0140422749
ISBN 13: 9780140422740
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Simultaneous first edition. Oblong octavo. Glossy wrappers. Light fading on the spine else fine. Poetry. Seller Inventory # 411415
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As We Know
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ISBN 10: 0140422749
ISBN 13: 9780140422740
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Oblong octavo. Glossy wrappers. Light edgewear, near fine. Ownership signature of poet Mark Strand. Poetry. Seller Inventory # 411419
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As We Know: Poems (Photo of Author Included)
Seller: Bookshop Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: G. Includes a separate, black and white glossy PHOTO of John Ashbery dated 1979. Review copy with review slip along with a Viking newsletter. Clean text, cover has some creases and scratches; some pages are creased at the top edge. Contains 47 short lyrical pieces plus the long poem, "Litany." Some of the poems are Sleeping in the Corners of Our Lives, Five Pedantic Pieces, Flowering Death, My Erotic Double, A Box and Its Contents, Distant Relatives, Hittite Lullaby, Landscapeople, The Plural of Jack-in-the Box, and more. Seller Inventory # 18233
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As We Know
Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book shows very slight wear to covers only: cover has slight curl at fore edge, very minor corner wear and at top and bottom spine. Price inked out on back cover. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Oblong format, 118 pages. Keywords: Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, Pulitzer Prize, April Galleons, Reported Sightings: Art Chronicles, Guggenheim, Bollingen Prize, New York, Quick Question, Planisphere, Notes From the Air, A Worldly Country, Where Shall I Wander, National Book Critics Circle Award, Nest of Ninnies. Seller Inventory # 150822